The String Theory Landscape

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Recorded: 5/12/2018 Released: 9/21/2018

Jim and Randy explore the landscape of string theory, an idea put forward by Leonard Susskind about how to interpret the cornucopia of universes possible in string theory.

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Notes:

1. The papers we read for this program:

• Susskind, L., "The Anthropic Landscape of String Theory" in Carr, Bernard (ed.), Universe or Multiverse? (Cambridge, 2009), 247-266. [arXiv]
• Susskind, L., "Supersymmetry Breaking in the Anthropic Landscape" in Shifman, Vainshtein, and Wheater (eds.) From Fields to Strings: Circumnavigating Theoretical Physics (World Scientific, 2005). 1745-1749. [arXiv]

2. Books mentioned in this podcast:

• I reviewed Cosmic Update some time ago.
• I also reviewed the previous volume, Extra Dimensions in Space and Time, which includes a nice explanation of Itzhak Bars' 2T theory.

3. Previous shows mentioned in this podcast:.

• Physics Frontiers 18:The 2T Physics of Itzhak Bars

4. Related Shows:

• Physics Frontiers 23: Dark Energy

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