Key facts
- Category
- Theoretical objects
- Object class
- Theoretical string
- Scale fact
- ~1.6 × 10-35 mlength
Fundamental String
~1.6 × 10-35 mlength
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Details
A fundamental string is the hypothetical one-dimensional object at the heart of string theory. In that framework, particles arise from different vibrational states of tiny strings, so this entry marks a deeply speculative scale usually associated with the Planck length rather than a directly observed object.
Links
- Wikipedia
- Fundamental String on Wikipedia
Size neighbors
Objects near Fundamental String on the scale
On the logarithmic size axis, Fundamental String falls below Electron near the smallest end of the catalog. The band uses nearby Theoretical objects records.
Shared physical scale
1.2 × 10-35m
Sources
References for Fundamental String
Measurements and descriptive context are compiled by the Scale of Space team from the references below. If you find an error, please let us know.
- Fundamental String — Wikipedia
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