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Dualities of fields and strings

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint 01 Aug 2017Embargo end date: 01 Jan 2014Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, volume 59, pages 6-20 (issn: 1355-2198,

Authors: Joseph Polchinski; Joseph Polchinski;

doi: 10.1016/j.shpsb.2015.08.011 , 10.48550/arxiv.1412.5704

arXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/1412.5704

Dualities of fields and strings

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Abstract

Duality, the equivalence between seemingly distinct quantum systems, is a curious property that has been known for at least three quarters of a century. In the past two decades it has played a central role in mapping out the structure of theoretical physics. I discuss the unexpected connections that have been revealed among quantum field theories and string theories.

Written for a special issue of Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 42 pages, 1 figure (guess which one). v2: references added, typos corrected. v3: references added, minor clarifications

Related Organizations

University of California, Santa Barbara
United States
Department of Physics University of California, Santa Barbara
United States
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
United States

Keywords

High Energy Physics - Theory, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), FOS: Physical sciences

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