Twistor string theory
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Twistor String theory is an equivalence between Supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory and the peturbative Topological B model string theory in twistor space.[1] It was initially proposed by Witten in 2003. This is considered a major breakthrough by many as before Witten's 2003 paper, Twistor theory was only applicable to Classical General Relativity.[2]
Since the dimensionality of Twistor space is necessarily the same as 4-dimensional spacetime with metric signature , i.e. 1 time and 3 space, this is also a way to do away with the extra dimensions of string theory.
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References
- ^ Witten, Edward (2003). "Perturbative Gauge Theory As A String Theory In Twistor Space:" (PDF). Communications in Mathematical Physics. 1. 252 (1): 189. doi:10.1007/s00220-004-1187-3. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
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