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Originally Posted by Profpat  Hi Frederick; Harmony to me doesn't mean it is static, rather the opposite, in that to harmonize it must be dynamic. Superstrings and universal harmony
If you go by the number of researchers involved in it, string theory is the candidate for a theory of quantum gravity that is most actively studied these days. String theory is descended from the ordinary models of particle physics, but with a crucial difference: Its basic constituents are not point-like particles, but one-dimensional objects, strings.
Strings can do what point particles cannot: they can oscillate in intricate patterns, as sketched in the following animation: 
[Animation © Thomas Klose, AEI]
One basic postulate of string theory is that the plethora of possible oscillatory states of a string is responsible for the variety of the different elementary matter and force particles that occur within the standard model of particle physics. Put simply: there is only one species of string, but depending on how this tiny string oscillates, it acquires the same properties as an electron, a photon, a specific kind of quark or some other elementary particle. It can be shown quite generally that one of the possible oscillation states of a string will automatically correspond to the properties of a graviton, a carrier particle of the gravitational force - but without any of the attendant difficulties that arise from trying to include gravity in any of the ordinary quantum theories of forces. This makes string theory a natural candidate for a quantum theory of gravity, but string theory promises much more: Nothing less than a complete unified description for all forces and all matter particles - the whole world as a consequence of the harmony of strings. |
Thank you for the further explanation, Pat.
Great visual, I like it.
In my pentaist toe, string theory is using the wrong ideas to deliver the right outcome. Wrong in that the entire set of dimensions used in string theory are in essence still the same three directions we all grew up with. Right, in that the concept of 3D contains static components that do not vibe with reality and that as such this concept is therefore not applicable as the backdrop for a toe. The string theory correctly wants to circumvent this problem, and while pointing to what is correct the delivery itself in specifics is not correct.
The pentaist toe has only two dimensions, yet they are fields. As such your excellent image is covered, since two fields contain both the static and the relative positioning we find in our materialized universe.