We review several properties of string theory and introduce the Brandenberger-Vafa mechanism. This mechanism uses the intrinsic properties of strings to explain why only three of the nine spatial dimensions (ten in the context of M-theory) predicted by string theory are observable. We develop two methods used to verify the BV mechanism and later employ these methods to corroborate previous findings.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.19739 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Creators | Berndsen, Aaron |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Physics) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002022840, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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