True, it could offer a framework for the unification of quantum mechanics and ... unduly dominating theoretical physics research deserves inspection. String theory is bound to attract young ...

The quantum and gravitational theory group of the Brandeis Physics Department conducts research on a range of topics in theoretical physics, including string theory, classical and quantum gravity, ...

Together, they are finding common ground, where string theory can be applied to the physics of quark–gluon ... of quark and gluon interactions is quantum chromodynamics, or QCD.

string theory remains a hopeful candidate for putting all the pieces of the cosmic puzzle together. If it works out, ...

The quantum and gravitational theory group works on a wide range of topics in theoretical physics, from string theory to quantum information, condensed matter, and cosmology.

While some attempts to give string theory predictive power are underway, many physicists are looking elsewhere. Whether in the form of loop quantum gravity ... find new physics beyond the standard ...

This has been an active area of theoretical physics since the 1930s ... From the mid-1980s, string theory set up a possible framework to approach quantum gravity using a 'top-down' approach.

Quantum field theory marries the ideas of other quantum ... Two quantum field theories lie at the heart of the standard model of particle physics. The product of many decades of theoretical ...

Ask almost any physicist what the most frustrating problem is in modern-day physics, and they will likely say the discrepancy between general relativity and quantum mechanics. That discrepancy has ...

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2025 – AIP and the American Physical Society (APS) are excited to award Samson Shatashvili with the ...