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String Theory

String Theory is a theoretical framework in physics that posits that the fundamental constituents of the universe are one-dimensional extended objects called strings, rather than point-like particles, thereby providing a quantum-mechanical description of gravity and unifying all fundamental forces and particles through vibrational modes of these strings.

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The large $N$ limit of superconformal field theories and supergravity

Juan Maldacena · Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics · 1998 · 14.5K citations · Full text

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Anti de Sitter space and holography

Edward Witten · Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics · 1998 · 13.3K citations · Full text

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The Large N Limit of Superconformal Field Theories and Supergravity

1998 · 10.8K citations

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Gauge theory correlators from non-critical string theory

Physics Letters B · 1998 · 9.3K citations · Full text

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Gauge Theory Correlators from Non-Critical String Theory

CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 1998 · 6.9K citations

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  1. CV
    Cumrun Vafa

    Harvard University, United States

    132 publications · 25.3K citations

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    Edward Witten

    Institute for Advanced Study, United States

    87 publications · 46.7K citations

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  3. AT
    A.A. Tseytlin

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

    118 publications · 16.5K citations

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    Ashoke Sen

    Harish-Chandra Research Institute, India

    117 publications · 11.8K citations

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  5. JP
    Joseph Polchinski

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    64 publications · 20.5K citations

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  1. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    148 h-index

    842 publications

    196.7K citations

  2. European Organization for Nuclear Research

    Geneva, Switzerland

    141 h-index

    1.8K publications

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  3. Institute for Advanced Study

    Princeton, United States

    135 h-index

    649 publications

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  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    132 h-index

    711 publications

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  5. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    127 h-index

    815 publications

    115.8K citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    118 h-index

    675 publications

    111.5K citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    106 h-index

    772 publications

    70K citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

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  1. Nuclear Physics B

    1.7K publications · 193.1K citations

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  2. Journal of High Energy Physics

    JHEP · 3.3K publications · 194.9K citations

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  4. Physics Letters B

    1.7K publications · 136.3K citations

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