Generic Superstring Theory and its Applications

弦理论是宇宙中所有物质及其相互作用（包括引力）的统一量子理论的主要候选者。以前，大多数对弦动力学的理解超出了微扰理论，来自弦理论的高度超对称配置-那些具有精确零（或负）真空能量和整数和半整数自旋粒子之间的精确对称性。我的研究开发了一套新的技术和思想，来研究具有完全破缺超对称性的弦理论。由于我和我的合作者的工作，我们现在有能力定量地理解弦理论的许多非超对称机制，而不仅仅是弱耦合展开

String theory is the leading candidate for a unified quantum theory of all matter in the Universe and its interactions, including gravity. Previously, the majority of understanding of string dynamics beyond perturbation theory, came from highly supersymmetric configurations of string theory -- those with exactly zero (or negative) vacuum energy and an exact symmetry between particles of integer and half-integer spin. My research developed a new set of techniques and ideas to study string theory in phases with fully broken supersymmetry. Due to my work and that of my collaborators, we now have the ability to understand many non-supersymmetric regimes of string theory quantitatively, beyond the weak coupling expansion