Session U4: Sakurai & Heineman Prizes
3:30 PM–5:18 PM, Monday, April 16, 2007
Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Room: Grand 3
Sponsoring Unit:
DPF
Chair: Robert Cahn, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Abstract ID: BAPS.2007.APR.U4.2
Abstract: U4.00002 : Daniel Heineman Prize: The Quest for Quantum Gravity
4:06 PM–4:42 PM
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Author:
Joseph Polchinski
(University of California, Santa Barbara)
Finding a consistent theory that incorporates both quantum mechanics and general relativity is extremely hard, and no complete solution exists. In string theory, the progress toward this goal has proceeded through a series of often unexpected discoveries. I describe one such step, the discovery of D-branes, and discuss how this fits into the present and future direction of string theory.
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