Re: Twistors and Superstrings

Posted by DickT on July 01, 2002 at 15:40:49:

In Reply to: Re: Twistors and Superstrings posted by ronron on July 01, 2002 at 15:00:34:

Ronron,

By definition (almost) bosons have integer spin. The twistors are not particles but something more basic, geometric entities.

Here is another discussion of Penroses's twistor program in something like understandible English.

Regards,
Dick

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