vibrating. These strings vibrate at different frequencies, and different frequencies produce different particles.

relies on a xed space time background, Loop Quantum Gravity relies on the fabric of space time as a foamy network of interacting loops.

String Theory and Loop Quantum Gravity

Now physicists are able to combine the quantum world with the larger world, using complex equations. However, String Theory equations do not work in a The main emphasis of Loop Quantum Gravity universe with 3 dimensions, they only is to unify gravity with other forces of nature work in a universe with 10 dimensions. on a quantum level. Unlike String Theory,

Loop Quantum Gravity

Loop Quantum Gravity is an attempt to unify the principles of General Relativity

Loop Quantum Gravity makes experimentally testable hypotheses. Yet, String Theory has been very successful in answering many

and Quantum Mechanics quite differently questions about the universe. than String Theory. Where String Theory

Over the years, Einstein came to

Theory of Everything?
String Theory is one of the most popular theories about the way the universe works. However, some believe that it falls short to theorize everything. Is there a theory that could go beyond the bounds of string theory to theorize everything? Loop Quantum Gravity gives another approach to how the universe works. This brochure is to help explain the two theories from a background of General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics

understand space as a type of fabric, and this fabric is warped, and stretched by heavy objects like planets and stars. It is this warping that causes the effect we feel as gravity.

planets and stars. In this quantum realm, we cannot know exactly where a particle will be at a specic time, everything is dealt in probabilities. Its really a chaotic world The picture above is a great depiction of how the Earth follows the warping of the Suns gravity upon the fabric of space. that does not make sense in comparison with the larger world.

General Relativity Overview

In the early 1900s, Albert Einstein, in his studies, discovered how gravity worked. Einstein also came to the conclusion that light was a cosmic speed limit, and nothing can travel faster than it.

String Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics do not work well together. String Theory introduces a new way to combine the large with the super small. If we were to look deep inside of an atom, past the nucleus, past the quarks, we would nd tiny strings of energy

Intro to Quantum Mechanics

Now, when we look at the tiniest of particles, the laws of General Relativity do not work. Small particles like protons and neutrons behave differently than larger objects, like