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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / What is the historical background to String Theory?
« on: 21/08/2017 10:02:04 »
hi
I am looking for some historical background on the origins of string theory. In particular the linking of scattering amplitudes to the Euler beta function which led on to the work of Leonard Susskind.
and the second question
I have been thinking about this for a while now. With quarks and electrons there has to be an amount of kinetic energy that can be defined. The velocity component cannot reach the speed of light since these particles have rest mass. An object composed of atoms that is accelerated near to the speed of light must be adding to the individual kinetic energies of all its constituent particles. Therefore there has to be an effect on the velocity of those particles to prevent them from reaching light speed. Any thoughts?
thx all!
I am looking for some historical background on the origins of string theory. In particular the linking of scattering amplitudes to the Euler beta function which led on to the work of Leonard Susskind.
and the second question
I have been thinking about this for a while now. With quarks and electrons there has to be an amount of kinetic energy that can be defined. The velocity component cannot reach the speed of light since these particles have rest mass. An object composed of atoms that is accelerated near to the speed of light must be adding to the individual kinetic energies of all its constituent particles. Therefore there has to be an effect on the velocity of those particles to prevent them from reaching light speed. Any thoughts?
thx all!