Strings, Branes and Holography

该奖项用于资助德克萨斯农工大学K.Becker、M.Becker和E.Sezgin教授的研究活动。这项研究项目涉及弦理论的基本方面，并探索了与其他物理领域的联系，如高温超导。第一组项目涉及弦微扰理论和D-膜有效作用量的构造。这项工作的结果也可以用来检查从弦理论获得的粒子物理模型的一致性。另一个要研究的主题是弦理论在凝聚态物理中的应用，特别是高温超导。其他要研究的课题包括二维以外的保形场理论，以及爱因斯坦引力显著的高自旋延伸及其全息描述的发展。这项提案中描述的研究预计将产生重大的更广泛的影响。除了这项研究的跨学科性质，从高能物理到凝聚态物理，这些影响还包括对攻读博士学位的研究生的培训。S，以及对将直接参与该奖项资助的研究的博士后研究员的培训和指导。

This award funds the research activities of Professors K. Becker, M. Becker, and E. Sezgin at Texas A&M University. This research project addresses fundamental aspects of string theory and also explores connections to other areas of physics such as high temperature superconductivity. The first set of projects deals with string perturbation theory and the construction of D-brane effective actions. The results of such work could also be used to check the consistency of models of particle physics obtained from string theory. Another topic to be investigated concerns the application of string theory to condensed matter physics, specifically high temperature superconductivity. Other topics to be investigated include conformal field theories beyond two dimensions, as well as the development of remarkable higher-spin extensions of Einstein gravity and their holographic descriptions. The research described in this proposal is envisioned to have significant broader impacts. Beyond the interdisciplinary nature of this research, stretching from high-energy physics to condensed-matter physics, these impacts also include the training of graduate students working towards their Ph.D.'s and the training and mentoring of postdoctoral fellows who will be directly involved with the research funded under this award.