Workshop on Strings; University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

这次弦乐研讨会是去年马里兰州关于这一主题的研讨会的后续。这里的焦点是超弦的主题。有几个问题需要澄清。其中包括显然有限的量子引力理论，该理论的一致性要求引力与其他力统一。也仍然缺乏弦的“几何”原理。对弦的微扰理解不足以解决紧凑化和类瞬子效应问题。研讨会汇集了关心这些问题的物理学家和数学家，它也为年轻的物理学家提供了熟悉弦理论的机会，这是一个技术要求极高的领域。

This Workshop on Strings is a follow-on to last year's Maryland workshop on this subject. The focus here is on the topic of superstrings. Several questions require clarification. These include apparently finite theories of quantum gravity, whose consistency requires that the force of gravity be unified with other forces. There is also still lacking a "geometrical" principle for strings. A perturbative understanding of strings does not suffice for questions of compactification and instanton-like effects. The workshop brings together physicists and mathematicians concerned with these questions, it also provides an opportunity for young physicists to become familiar with string theory, which is an extremely technically demanding field.