superstring theory

[ soo-per-string ]

noun

1. any supersymmetric string theory in which each type of elementary particle is treated as a vibration of a single fundamental string superstring at a particular frequency.

superstring theory

/ so̅o̅′pər-strĭng′ /

1. A type of string theory that includes the theoretical assumptions of supersymmetry .

Example Sentences

So they put it as a building block: "We know it exists, put it as a brick at the bottom of the tower that we are building called string theory, called superstring theory. And let's assume that we know it it's completely trivial, experimentalists will eventually find it, we don't even need to think about it — let's put it as a building block of our tower."

From Salon

Edward Witten, who many consider to be the founder of M-theory, a theory in physics that unifies superstring theory, believes a fleet of these craft could find the celestial object with relative ease.

From Fox News

I was keen to discover whether Lindley, an astrophysicist and the author of several well-regarded books, including “Uncertainty” and “The Science of Jurassic Park,” follows a line of reasoning that we’re beginning to see more frequently in popular science writing today: another full-throated critique of the more exotic speculations in theoretical physics like superstring theory, parallel universes, the properties of black hole event horizons and the hidden dimensions of space and time.

From New York Times

Still other proposals, such as superstring theory, could modify general relativity by allowing more dimensions of space than the three commonly encountered.

From Scientific American

I bet him $1,000 that “by 2020, no one will have won a Nobel Prize for work on superstring theory, membrane theory, or some other unified theory describing all the forces of nature.”

From Scientific American