Definition of superstring in English:
superstring
noun ˈsuːpəˌstrɪŋˈso͞opərˌstriNG
Physics A subatomic particle in a version of string theory that incorporates supersymmetry.
Example sentencesExamples
- When fermions are added to make superstrings, the mathematics becomes more complicated but the structures and symmetries become more rich.
- We still don't know the fundamental M theory, but a lot has been learned about the eleven-dimensional M theory and how it relates to superstrings in ten spacetime dimensions.
- The current great excitement amongst theoretical physicists for superstrings has arisen because this idea provides the first good candidate for a Theory of Everything.
- Uniting these two different symmetries is highly nontrivial and leads us directly to supersymmetry and superstrings.
- Despite recent encouraging possibilities that superstrings might have observable effects at the TeV scale, string theory remains an almost exclusively mathematical activity isolated from any serious threat of experimental test.