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String theory meets QCD

String theory meets QCD
String theory meets QCD
String theory began life in the late 1960s as an attempt to understand the properties of nuclear matter such as protons and neutrons. Although it was not successful as a theory of quarks and gluons, it has since developed a life of its own as a possible theory of everything – with the potential to incorporate quantum gravity as well as the other forces of nature. However, in a remarkable about face in the last five years, it has now been discovered that string theory and the standard theory of nuclear matter – QCD – might in fact describe the same physics.
0953-8585
35-38
Evans, Nick
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Evans, Nick
33dfbb52-64dd-4c1f-9cd1-074faf2be4b3

Evans, Nick (2003) String theory meets QCD. Physics World, 16 (5), 35-38.

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String theory began life in the late 1960s as an attempt to understand the properties of nuclear matter such as protons and neutrons. Although it was not successful as a theory of quarks and gluons, it has since developed a life of its own as a possible theory of everything – with the potential to incorporate quantum gravity as well as the other forces of nature. However, in a remarkable about face in the last five years, it has now been discovered that string theory and the standard theory of nuclear matter – QCD – might in fact describe the same physics.

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Published date: May 2003

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Local EPrints ID: 64179
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/64179
ISSN: 0953-8585
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Date deposited: 05 Dec 2008
Last modified: 08 Jan 2022 04:04

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