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Quantum Fields and Strings

Quantum field theory is used to describe the interactions of elementary particles, the dynamics of many-body systems, and critical phenomena, all with exquisite accuracy. String theory is based on the idea that, at very short distances, all particles should be seen to be extended one-dimensional objects: “strings.” Together, “quantum fields and strings” has strong connections to condensed matter, quantum gravity, particle physics, and cosmology, and mathematics.

Learn more about Quantum Fields and Strings at Perimeter Institute

In July 2023, 200 physicists gathered at Perimeter, and 1,400 joined online, for the flagship annual conference of the extended…
/Sep 22, 2023
On July 27, Juan Maldacena, a luminary in the worlds of string theory and quantum gravity, will share his insights…
/Jul 12, 2023
Kevin Costello from Perimeter and Natalie Paquette from the University of Washington are combining twisted holography with celestial holography
/Jan 19, 2023
Is the universe a hologram? Celestial holography researchers, like Perimeter’s Ana-Maria Raclariu, are exploring the idea as a new way…
/Jun 21, 2022
The discovery of a set of peculiar quantum field theories opened up a bounty of unsolved problems. Two Perimeter researchers…
/Mar 24, 2020
A thriving new body of research has revived an old tool – the bootstrap – and is using it as…
/Jan 31, 2020
Whether they are probing higher dimensions or trampling over boundaries, Kevin Costello and Davide Gaiotto are having a blast –…
/Nov 06, 2019
For a decade, physicists have been asking a tantalizing question: could a mathematical tool lifted from condensed matter physics be…
/Apr 26, 2019
The theory that governs the interactions of quarks and gluons inside atoms has long been an intractable mathematical snarl. Perimeter…
/Feb 08, 2019
With a new approach to calculations and the aid of supercomputers, Emmy Noether Visiting Fellow Phiala Shanahan is rebuilding nuclear…
/Dec 21, 2018