Spring 2024 Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium - Mank iKim

Manki Kim
2021-2024 Pappalardo Fellow in Physics
String Theory; Cosmology
“Towards Quantum Gravity in Realistic Universes”
Despite string theory providing a perturbative window to understand quantum gravity, its utilities have been restricted to highly unrealistic universes.
Of the many theoretical challenges for understanding string theory in realistic universes, formulating string theory in a magnetic field background stands out.
In this talk, I will describe what prevented string theorists from studying more realistic universes and how recent developments of second quantized string theory provide an exciting opportunity to study semi-realistic universes.