2.9k citations · 26.2k across the 112 of their papers we have counts for
7 papers · 1 filter
Recent Results in String Duality
Joseph Polchinski
This is a talk given at YKIS '95, primarily to non-string theorists. I review the evidence for string duality, the principle that any string theory at strong coupling looks like an…
Dirichlet-Branes and Ramond-Ramond Charges
Joseph Polchinski
We show that Dirichlet-branes, extended objects defined by mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary conditions in string theory, break half of the supersymmetries of the type~II superstrin…
New Vacua for Type II String Theory
Joseph Polchinski, Andrew Strominger
Lorentz-invariant expectation values for antisymmetric tensor field strengths in Calabi-Yau compactification of IIA string theory are considered. These are found to impart magnetic…
Evidence for Heterotic - Type I String Duality
Joseph Polchinski, Edward Witten
A study is made of the implications of heterotic string -duality and extended gauge symmetry for the conjectured equivalence of heterotic and Type I superstrings. While at first…
String Theory and Black Hole Complementarity
Joseph Polchinski
Is string theory relevant to the black hole information problem? This is an attempt to clarify some of the issues involved. Presented at Strings '95.
Black Hole Complementarity vs. Locality
David A. Lowe, Joseph Polchinski, Leonard Susskind +2
The evaporation of a large mass black hole can be described throughout most of its lifetime by a low-energy effective theory defined on a suitably chosen set of smooth spacelike hy…