This project began in the Fall of 2016, with my physics capstone project "Investigating a Correlation between Minimal Surfaces and Relativistic String Dynamics. During the preceding summer, I independently studied the first half of Zwiebach's string theory text, and other supplementary material drawing on my undergraduate coursework at that time.
Between my 2017-2018 engineering capstone project and summer research at CERN in 2017, I continued the project in a revised direction, focusing on the visualization tools we developed and their application to areas of modern cosmological interest. Two manuscripts are being prepared for publication under the title "Investigation and Visualization of Relativistic String Dynamics" and will be posted here in due course.
I am supported in this research by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Maine, as well as by the guidance of Professor Neil Comins of the University of Maine, and Professor Matthew Kleban of NYU. This work has also been supported under a fellowship from the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) at the University of Maine.
I am happy to answer any questions relating to this work, and may be reached at ucapgwg@ucl.ac.uk.
Works Cited:
I am supported in this research by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Maine, as well as by the guidance of Professor Neil Comins of the University of Maine, and Professor Matthew Kleban of NYU. This work has also been supported under a fellowship from the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) at the University of Maine.
I am happy to answer any questions relating to this work, and may be reached at ucapgwg@ucl.ac.uk.
Works Cited:
- Zwiebach, Barton. A First Course in String Theory. New York: Cambridge UP, 2004. Print. Chapters 1-10
- Kühnel, Wolfgang. Differential Geometry: Curves - Surfaces - Manifolds. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society, 2006. Print.
- "Open Questions: Superstring Theory." Open Questions. Ed. Charles Daney. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Sept. 2016.
- O'Neill, Barrett. Elementary Differential Geometry. New York: Academic, 1966. Print.
- Lee, Sungwook. "Weierstrass Representation for Minimal Surfaces in Minkowski 3-space." Arxiv.org. N.p., 29 Aug. 2006. Web. 13 Oct. 2016.
- Kilchrist, Myla, and Dave Packard. "The Weierstrass-Enneper Representations." Dynamics at the Horsetooth. Colorado State University, Spring 2012. Web. 13 Oct. 2016.