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

这个关于弦的研讨会是去年马里兰关于这个主题的研讨会的后续。这里的重点是超弦。有几个问题需要澄清。其中包括明显有限的量子引力理论，其一致性要求引力与其他力是统一的。弦也仍然缺乏“几何”原理。对弦的微扰理解不足以解决紧化和类瞬态效应的问题。研讨会汇集了关注这些问题的物理学家和数学家，它也为年轻物理学家提供了一个熟悉弦理论的机会，弦理论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.