Dualities of Fields and Strings
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-07-28 v3
Abstract
Duality, the equivalence between seemingly distinct quantum systems, is a curious property that has been known for at least three quarters of a century. In the past two decades it has played a central role in mapping out the structure of theoretical physics. I discuss the unexpected connections that have been revealed among quantum field theories and string theories.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1412.5704,
title = {Dualities of Fields and Strings},
author = {Joseph Polchinski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.5704},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Written for a special issue of Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. 42 pages, 1 figure (guess which one). v2: references added, typos corrected. v3: references added, minor clarifications