The Duel：Strings versus Loops
The Duel: Strings versus Loops
摘要：
物理学家在寻找世界的基础：微小的物体如何创造物质，能量，甚至空间和时间-以及可能无数的其他宇宙。--这篇文章是为了介绍量子几何（圈量子引力）和弦论，为普通读者写的。部分地，这篇文章也是一个会议报告和评论，基于2003年10月在德国戈尔姆的马克斯-普朗克引力物理研究所（阿尔伯特爱因斯坦研究所）举行的“弦与环”会议。--关键词：量子几何、圈量子引力、弦论、弦宇宙学、自旋网络、自旋泡沫、人择原理、万物理论、Abhay Ashtekar、Martin Bojowald、Michael Douglas、Jerzy Lewandowski、Hermann Nicolai、Robert Oeckl、Fernando Quevedo、Carlo Rovelli、Amitabha Sen、Lee Smolin、Leonard Susskind。
英文摘要：
Physicists in search of the foundation of the world: how tiny objects can create matter, energy and even space and time - and possibly countless other universes. -- This article is meant as an introduction into quantum geometry (loop quantum gravity) and string theory, written for the general audience. Partly, this article is also a conference report and review, based on the "Strings Meet Loops" conference at the Max-Planck-Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Golm/Germany, in October 2003. -- Keywords: quantum geometry, loop quantum gravity, string theory, string cosmology, spin networks, spin foams, anthropic principle, theory of everything, Abhay Ashtekar, Martin Bojowald, Michael Douglas, Jerzy Lewandowski, Hermann Nicolai, Robert Oeckl, Fernando Quevedo, Carlo Rovelli, Amitabha Sen, Lee Smolin, Leonard Susskind.
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