Karim
Apr22-04, 06:34 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>I am a lay person trying to get a better mental picture of strings.\n\nAre strings subject to the same principles that point particles are\nin quantum mechanics, i.e., is each point on a string associated with\nan abstract state vector and observables obeying uncertainty relations?\nThat is, if I choose to picture an electron as a "fuzzy" point according to\nquantum mechanics, should I picture an electron as a "fuzzy" string\n(in how many ever dimensions) according to string theory?\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>I am a lay person trying to get a better mental picture of strings.
Are strings subject to the same principles that point particles are
in quantum mechanics, i.e., is each point on a string associated with
an abstract state vector and observables obeying uncertainty relations?
That is, if I choose to picture an electron as a "fuzzy" point according to
quantum mechanics, should I picture an electron as a "fuzzy" string
(in how many ever dimensions) according to string theory?
Are strings subject to the same principles that point particles are
in quantum mechanics, i.e., is each point on a string associated with
an abstract state vector and observables obeying uncertainty relations?
That is, if I choose to picture an electron as a "fuzzy" point according to
quantum mechanics, should I picture an electron as a "fuzzy" string
(in how many ever dimensions) according to string theory?