Gary T Horowitz 2005 New J. Phys. 7 201 doi:10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/201
Spacetime in string theory
Focus on Spacetime 100 Years LaterGary T Horowitz
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We give a brief overview of the nature of spacetime emerging from string theory. This is radically different from the familiar spacetime of Einstein's relativity. At a perturbative level, the spacetime metric appears as 'coupling constants' in a two-dimensional quantum field theory. Nonperturbatively (with certain boundary conditions), spacetime is not fundamental but must be reconstructed from a holographic, dual theory.
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Issue 1 (September 2005)
Received 13 October 2004
Published 29 September 2005
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