Superstring Theory, Quantum Gravity and Noncommutative Geometry

Information

• NSF Award
• 0601213

Owner

• American University of Beirut

• Award Id

  0601213

• Award Effective Date

  10/1/2006 - 18 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  9/30/2007 - 17 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 25,000.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

This proposal requests continuing support for a program of research aimed at the unification of quantum mechanics and gravity. The program follows two distinct approaches: string theory and M-theory on the one hand; and noncommutative geometry on the other. The string theory approach involves such areas as supersymmetry, black holes, and branes, and the Co-PI involved in this effort is an acknowledged expert in the study of black holes. The noncommutative geometry approach considers the possibility that at extremely small, sub-Planckian distances space becomes quantized; the PI is one of the early pioneers of this approach and contributed to the foundations of it. <br/><br/>The broader impacts of this work lie in the area of education and research development in an under-developed region of the world, and they may have important consequences for related fields such as particle physics phenomenology and cosmology.

• Program Officer

  Frederick Cooper

• Min Amd Letter Date

  9/25/2006 - 18 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  9/25/2006 - 18 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  American University of Beirut

• City

  New York

• State

  NY

• Country

  United States

• Address

  3 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza

• Postal Code

  100172303

• Phone Number

  9611350000

• First Name

  Wafic

• Last Name

  Sabra

• Email Address

  ws00@aub.edu.lb

• Start Date

  9/25/2006 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Ali

• Last Name

  Chamseddine

• Email Address

  chams@aub.edu.lb

• Start Date

  9/25/2006 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Other Applications NEC

• Code

  99

• Text

  Elem. Particle Physics/Theory

• Code

  1286

• Text

  UNASSIGNED

• Code

  0

• Text

  OTHER RESEARCH OR EDUCATION