Talk:Heterotic string theory

Mass?

?. Mass where did it come from? What did it consist of? What if there was no mass? In M theory it was suggested that two parallel universes collided and created our own. Say this did occur was there a exchange of matter from this collision that makes up what we call our universe? Could instead it be that the force of this collision turned into the mass that is our universe?--71.116.48.20 02:16, 12 October 2005 (UTC)zyromm@verizon.net

I think, you are talkink about this part of the article: A heterotic string is embedded in the membrane that creates harmonics on the string which translate into mass and energy through mechanisms discussed above.[clarification needed].

Seems that you want to know from where the mass (...translate into mass and energy...) come from. Probably, the editor was talking about Gaugino mass Luizpuodzius (talk) 06:04, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

References

Discovered?

I changed a line that read "Heterotic string theory was discovered in 1985" to "Heterotic string theory was first developed in 1985." I don't think theories are discovered. They are theorized or developed. I'd be happy to hear arguments otherwise.Lamontacranston 14:22, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

What the fuck does this mean?

incomprehensible.

Agreed. See my post below. Spiral5800 (talk) 20:58, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Technical tag

This article is extremely specialized and could use some clarification for users who are not fluent in theoretical physics. I am very interested in theoretical physics, and have read a great deal on string theory, and I still find this article boggling - and I imagine I would have to read half a dozen other articles to make it even half as boggling as it is now. This problem could easily be fixed by someone who already knows their stuff simply adding to this article a couple explanatory sentences for those of us without degrees in physics (Neuroscience here, but I dabble in everything, and as I said I love theoretical physics and am still baffled by this article). Therefore, I added the {{technical}} tag to this article - which I feel sums up my concerns and that of the other user who used more colorful language than I on this talk page. Once this is resolved please feel free to remove the template. Thanks! Spiral5800 (talk) 20:58, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps adding an intro would be the best option? Spiral5800 (talk) 21:04, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

It took 3 years, but I have made and attempt at something readable. The first 4 sentences are close to intelligible. The rest still obviously needs work Bhny (talk) 20:24, 7 June 2013 (UTC)