String Theory

[have_u_ever_been_2_uranus?]

String theory people is a more complex theory beyond the size of atoms, a bit like the smaller atoms building atoms. string theory suggest micro rings of strings are viabrating at different frequencies differing them from each other. like atoms differ eachother.

I would like to further disscuse this topic of string theory.

[aeolus]

I don't know much about it, but I'd think that this is the kind of place that someone really smart could provide a basic kind of understanding for those who don't understand. Everything I've found online is too sketchy; the stuff in the library is just impossible unless you dedicate serious effort to learning.

I know it talks about sub atomic stuff vibrating and wobbling and twisting and stuff. And its closer to uinifying the forces than the Standard model, correct?

[have_u_ever_been_2_uranus?]

Originally posted by aeolus@Aug 9 2005, 01:45 PM
I don't know much about it, but I'd think that this is the kind of place that someone really smart could provide a basic kind of understanding for those who don't understand. Everything I've found online is too sketchy; the stuff in the library is just impossible unless you dedicate serious effort to learning.

I know it talks about sub atomic stuff vibrating and wobbling and twisting and stuff. And its closer to uinifying the forces than the Standard model, correct?
Yeah, i geuss so that is a fairly good basic understanding of it. i dont know that much as well.

[Dave Mitsky]

There's a good primer on string theory at http://superstringtheory.com/basics/index.html

Dave Mitsky

[Red Hot Chili]

Well i saw a really good program about string theory a while ago, it was very confuising, but a lot of talk about alternative universes and multiple big bangs was included, it was brillaint. I do however think these scientists get ahead of theirselvs most of the time.

[have_u_ever_been_2_uranus?]

Originally posted by Red Hot Chili@Aug 18 2005, 09:19 PM
Well i saw a really good program about string theory a while ago, it was very confuising, but a lot of talk about alternative universes and multiple big bangs was included, it was brillaint. I do however think these scientists get ahead of theirselvs most of the time.
well i saw a good progam to, thats where i got my basic knowlege from. very complex

[Matthew]

String theory is essentially a theory of everything. Using string theory you should be able to (technically) be able to explain all observable phenomum (unless the theory is fundementally flawed).

Strings in the string theory are tiny energy fluctuations that behave like vibrating strings. The variations in the vibrations cause the different fundamental particles (like quarks, electrons, positrons). The vibrations are very specific, giving very specific resultant particles.

However because strings cannot be observed (they are way too small), strings can only be defined in mathematical models. And there's a few models for string theory. An interesting fact is that through investigating string theory advances in mathematics have been made, so even if it all turns out to be wrong, mathematics will still owe some advances to the beauty of strings.

If you want to learn more check out Dave's link. Or check out the wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory

[StarLab]

Just to add on to a bit of what Matt said, S-theory is a mathematical model that causes mayhem in all non-theoretical ways possible. Experimentation is almost impossible, because S-theory proposes that all elementary particles we are accustomed with, including electrons, quarks and the gluons holding them together, are each and every one of themselves made of these smaller strings. "Open" string define photons and E/M, while "closed" string define gravity and gravitons. The mathematics are so complicated that it's actually harder to disprove it than to prove it.

The scariest though is if one day some empirical evidence actually supports S-theory.

(A joke of mine: if open string are photons and closed strings are gravitons, what are square-knot strings?)

[GOURDHEAD]

what are square-knot strings? Something to be avoided.