Introduction to Strings Theory and Relations with the standard model

• Grant number: 16/24891-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2017
• End date: December 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Elementary Particle Physics and Fields
• Principal Investigator: Luiz Antonio Barreiro
• Grantee: Isabela Maietto Silvério
• Host Institution: Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas (IGCE). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil

Abstract

String Theory has developed as a great candidate for a unified theory of Nature, assuming that all particles are different harmonics of small vibrating strings. This idea leads to a possible union between Einstein's theory of gravitation and the laws of quantum mechanics. In this work, we will begin with an introductory study of String Theory, until we reach the relationship between D-branes and gauge groups of the standard model. (AU)