ERC Starting Grant · 2023
New Handles for String Scattering Amplitudes
String Theory is currently the only known theoretical framework that unifies the concepts of quantum mechanics and gravity in a consistent way. As such, it makes concrete quantitative predictions for the interaction of gravitons in the form of scattering amplitudes. Unfortunately, the technical complexity of the theory is staggering, and most attempts to directly compute such scattering amplitudes beyond the leading orders have been stifled by technical difficulties. This project aims to overcome these difficulties by applying three new and unconventional tools to the problem. StringScats's three-pronged strategy leverages numerical techniques, saddle-point approximation, and exact…
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