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Beyond the Standard Models Forum

Join expert and advanced topics on beyond the standard model of physics. This includes professionally researched theories like strings, branes, and LQG. Mainstream physics only.

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Haggard and Rovelli against the Eddington principle

Jul 4, 2014 · Replies 5 · Jul 5, 2014

Replies: 5

Views: 4K

Can Gauge Theory Successfully Integrate with General Relativity?

Jun 20, 2014 · Replies 23 · Jul 4, 2014

Replies: 23

Views: 14K

Conceptualizing the Big Bounce in LQC

Mar 28, 2014 · Replies 5 · Jul 4, 2014

Replies: 5

Views: 9K

Applying of knot theory to string theory

Apr 5, 2013 · Replies 6 · Jul 3, 2014

Replies: 6

Views: 10K

Poll

First quarter 2014 MIP (most important QG paper) poll-great selection

Apr 1, 2014 · Replies 26 · Jun 30, 2014

Replies: 26

Views: 12K

Read Witten's Reflections on Spacetime

Jun 12, 2014 · Replies 11 · Jun 28, 2014

Replies: 11

Views: 7K

CHR&R answer 20year Jacobson question (GR foundations+Thermo)

Jan 22, 2014 · Replies 18 · Jun 22, 2014

Replies: 18

Views: 10K

Cosmology Papers: Interesting Old Papers - Share Your Thoughts

Jun 19, 2014 · Replies 6 · Jun 20, 2014

Replies: 6

Views: 5K

Solving the Most Complex Physical Features of Nature: How Far Off Are We?

Jun 8, 2014 · Replies 3 · Jun 14, 2014

Replies: 3

Views: 4K

How do D-Brane arrangements affect particle masses and the standard model?

May 30, 2014 · Replies 1 · Jun 11, 2014

Replies: 1

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Can Quantum Field Theories Exhibit S-Dualities with Distinct Lagrangians?

May 19, 2014 · Replies 1 · Jun 11, 2014

Replies: 1

Views: 4K

Sir Roger Penrose´s contributions

May 11, 2014 · Replies 24 · Jun 10, 2014

Replies: 24

Views: 11K

Jim Gates live webcast on supersymmetry June 4th

Jun 3, 2014 · Replies 4 · Jun 5, 2014

Replies: 4

Views: 4K

Bekenstein bound and Cauchy's integral formula

Jun 3, 2014 · Replies 1 · Jun 3, 2014

Replies: 1

Views: 4K

Lorentz invariance of Rarita-Schwinger action

May 27, 2014 · Replies 3 · Jun 2, 2014

Replies: 3

Views: 6K

Spin Foam Gravity at new stage of maturity/consistency

Apr 4, 2014 · Replies 13 · May 29, 2014

Replies: 13

Views: 7K

String Theory AP physics project

May 24, 2014 · Replies 13 · May 26, 2014

Replies: 13

Views: 6K

How many scalars are needed in GUT theories?

May 19, 2014 · Replies 4 · May 24, 2014

Replies: 4

Views: 5K

Susskind process and holographic principle

May 18, 2014 · Replies 1 · May 19, 2014

Replies: 1

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BICEP & Planck: Estimating Polarized Galactic Dust Emission

May 13, 2014 · Replies 2 · May 18, 2014

Replies: 2

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Program working for simplicity

May 14, 2014 · Replies 4 · May 15, 2014

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

String Theory and 4 dimensions

May 3, 2014 · Replies 3 · May 14, 2014

Replies: 3

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Algebra-geometry equivalence in string theory

May 13, 2014 · Replies 1 · May 14, 2014

Replies: 1

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Solutions to the string theory landscape

May 5, 2014 · Replies 4 · May 12, 2014

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

Photons from strings, from expert to layman.

Apr 15, 2014 · Replies 2 · May 5, 2014

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On Fundamental Closed String Solutions

Apr 9, 2014 · Replies 1 · May 4, 2014

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

Doubled of Minkowski space and spinor wave function

Apr 29, 2014 · Replies 1 · Apr 29, 2014

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Death and Resurrection of the Zero-th Principle of Thermo

Apr 29, 2014 · Replies 2 · Apr 29, 2014

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

125 GeV Higgs and Vacuum Instability

Dec 14, 2011 · Replies 10 · Apr 28, 2014

Replies: 10

Views: 13K

What is meant by the following 2 statements?

Apr 28, 2014 · Replies 1 · Apr 28, 2014

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Erik Verlinde's paper on Emergent Entropy

Apr 27, 2014 · Replies 2 · Apr 28, 2014

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

Predict The Day of Judgment (by real observation) is at hand-Smolin

Apr 26, 2014 · Replies 4 · Apr 27, 2014

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

Renormalization Group Approaches to Quantum Gravity (conference at PI)

Apr 26, 2014 · Replies 3 · Apr 26, 2014

Replies: 3

Views: 3K

A question about fundamental constants in Multiverse idea

Apr 25, 2014 · Replies 2 · Apr 26, 2014

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

Joe Lykken's 19 March talk at Cern

Mar 20, 2013 · Replies 10 · Apr 25, 2014

Replies: 10

Views: 6K

Why 10^520 Universes in String Theory Landscape

Apr 20, 2014 · Replies 3 · Apr 23, 2014

Replies: 3

Views: 3K

Is Supersymmetry Dead? | Sciencenews.org

Apr 20, 2014 · Replies 19 · Apr 23, 2014

Replies: 19

Views: 5K

Could this be of any importance for research nowadays?

Apr 11, 2014 · Replies 11 · Apr 20, 2014

Replies: 11

Views: 3K

String theory and Statistical Physics

Apr 16, 2014 · Replies 5 · Apr 17, 2014

Replies: 5

Views: 3K

Particles in LQG: Are There Alternatives to Braids?

Apr 8, 2014 · Replies 4 · Apr 14, 2014

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

How many spacetime quanta are there? (depends how you count.)

Apr 11, 2014 · Replies 1 · Apr 11, 2014

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

M Theory Formulations: Math & Competing Theories

Apr 9, 2014 · Replies 2 · Apr 11, 2014

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

Did cosmological natural selection get a reprieve?

Apr 8, 2014 · Replies 11 · Apr 9, 2014

Replies: 11

Views: 3K

Does it make sense to study old (stringless) twistor theory nowadays?

Apr 7, 2014 · Replies 6 · Apr 8, 2014

Replies: 6

Views: 2K

Is M-Theory the only possible UV completion of Supergravity?

Apr 7, 2014 · Replies 7 · Apr 8, 2014

Replies: 7

Views: 3K

Does BICEP2's observation rules out ekpyrotic cosmological model ?

Apr 4, 2014 · Replies 3 · Apr 8, 2014

Replies: 3

Views: 3K

How do gravitational fields and waves interact with black holes and FTL travel?

Apr 7, 2014 · Replies 3 · Apr 8, 2014

Replies: 3

Views: 2K

Wieland's thesis foreword in rough German-to-English translation

Apr 2, 2014 · Replies 5 · Apr 8, 2014

Replies: 5

Views: 5K

Do all known quantum gravity theories lead to a true unification?

Mar 31, 2014 · Replies 10 · Apr 1, 2014

Replies: 10

Views: 3K

Poll

Our picks for fourth quarter 2013 MIP (most important QG paper)

Dec 31, 2013 · Replies 9 · Apr 1, 2014

Replies: 9

Views: 5K

Signs of Quantum Gravity in CMB Ancient Light

Apr 1, 2014 · Replies 1 · Apr 1, 2014

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Strumia's dimensionless gravity

Mar 29, 2014 · Replies 10 · Mar 31, 2014

Replies: 10

Views: 5K

Freidel Continuum Limit and Renormalization ILQGS 1/4/14

Mar 31, 2014 · Replies 1 · Mar 31, 2014

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Introduction To Loop Quantum Gravity

Nov 25, 2004 · Replies 311 · Mar 30, 2014

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Replies: 311

Views: 166K

Does Clifford algebra solve both QFT and GR

Feb 13, 2012 · Replies 15 · Mar 29, 2014

Replies: 15

Views: 8K

Viability after BICEP2 of LQC matter bounce

Mar 27, 2014 · Replies 2 · Mar 28, 2014

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

Unruh and Hawking Radiation Paradoxes?

Mar 26, 2014 · Replies 7 · Mar 28, 2014

Replies: 7

Views: 3K

Length and curvature operators in Loop gravity

Mar 13, 2014 · Replies 4 · Mar 27, 2014

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

What Are the Top Beginner Resources for Learning Loop Quantum Gravity Online?

Mar 26, 2014 · Replies 2 · Mar 27, 2014

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

LQC & Inflation: Dynamics, Spectrum & Benefits

Mar 21, 2014 · Replies 8 · Mar 26, 2014

Replies: 8

Views: 3K

Questions on General Relativity and Beyond

Mar 24, 2014 · Replies 3 · Mar 24, 2014

Replies: 3

Views: 2K

Quark-Lepton Symmetry: What Happens When Particles Annihilate?

Feb 3, 2014 · Replies 4 · Mar 22, 2014

Replies: 4

Views: 5K

What do the fusion rules in CFT mean when coefficients are larger than 1?

Mar 19, 2014 · Replies 2 · Mar 21, 2014

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

Cosmic Inflation Discovery: BICEP2 Primordial B-modes

Mar 17, 2014 · Replies 1 · Mar 17, 2014

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Can string theory explain the existence of multiple universes?

Mar 9, 2014 · Replies 14 · Mar 15, 2014

Replies: 14

Views: 5K

Shaposhnikov Wetterich predicted 126 GeV Higgs in 2009

Dec 13, 2011 · Replies 102 · Mar 13, 2014

4

Replies: 102

Views: 43K

Can a Black Hole Firewall Limit Energy and Entropy?

Mar 7, 2014 · Replies 4 · Mar 8, 2014

Replies: 4

Views: 2K

What is the expression of N=2 SUSY transformation

Sep 30, 2013 · Replies 19 · Mar 8, 2014

Replies: 19

Views: 22K

GR/StatMech/QM foundations, epistemic views only please

Jan 12, 2014 · Replies 120 · Mar 7, 2014

5

Replies: 120

Views: 16K

Global emergent time, how does Tomita flow work?

Dec 26, 2012 · Replies 85 · Mar 7, 2014

3

Replies: 85

Views: 33K

Do Non-Commuting Derivatives Shape New Physical Theories?

Jan 25, 2014 · Replies 13 · Mar 7, 2014

Replies: 13

Views: 10K

Scharnhorst effect - faster or slower than c?

Oct 16, 2012 · Replies 5 · Feb 26, 2014

Replies: 5

Views: 4K

Database of theories beyond the standard model?

Feb 7, 2014 · Replies 1 · Feb 25, 2014

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

Is the universe slowly freezing or experiencing a hot big bang?

Feb 25, 2014 · Replies 0 · Feb 25, 2014

Replies: 0

Views: 2K

Understanding the New Theory of UBIT: A Breakthrough in Quantum Mechanics

Feb 25, 2014 · Replies 8 · Feb 25, 2014

Replies: 8

Views: 3K

A New Vacuum for LQG (Dittrich Geiller)

Jan 26, 2014 · Replies 10 · Feb 19, 2014

Replies: 10

Views: 4K

Massive particles in D-brane models ?

Feb 19, 2014 · Replies 1 · Feb 19, 2014

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Can Very Short Gamma-Ray Bursts Be Traced to Primordial Black Hole Explosions?

Feb 7, 2014 · Replies 8 · Feb 14, 2014

Replies: 8

Views: 3K

Can AdS/CFT and Holography Be Proven Through t'Hooft Diagrams?

Feb 10, 2014 · Replies 4 · Feb 12, 2014

Replies: 4

Views: 4K

Supersymmetry - current status

Feb 4, 2014 · Replies 3 · Feb 9, 2014

Replies: 3

Views: 3K

Understanding BPS States and Their Relation to Supersymmetry Generators

Jan 17, 2014 · Replies 4 · Feb 9, 2014

Replies: 4

Views: 4K

Is There a Unified Theory for the Other Three Forces?

Feb 6, 2014 · Replies 2 · Feb 6, 2014

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

What are the difficulties of gravitational quantization scheme?

Feb 5, 2014 · Replies 4 · Feb 6, 2014

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

Has the Firewall Paradox Finally Been Resolved?

Feb 1, 2014 · Replies 7 · Feb 3, 2014

Replies: 7

Views: 3K

Gluino hadronization, what do we know?

Jan 31, 2014 · Replies 12 · Feb 1, 2014

Replies: 12

Views: 3K

't Hooft - Polyakov monopole at large distance

Jan 29, 2014 · Replies 1 · Jan 31, 2014

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

Are extra dimensions provable?

Jan 26, 2014 · Replies 5 · Jan 29, 2014

Replies: 5

Views: 3K

How does M-Theory deal with space time?

Jan 27, 2014 · Replies 1 · Jan 29, 2014

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Symmetry Groups of the Standard Model: SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1)

Dec 11, 2013 · Replies 4 · Jan 29, 2014

Replies: 4

Views: 4K

Black holes may not exist after all

Jan 24, 2014 · Replies 32 · Jan 25, 2014

2

Replies: 32

Views: 7K

Extra dimensions and weakness of gravity

Jan 22, 2014 · Replies 1 · Jan 23, 2014

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Reference for N=4 d=3 SuperYangMills

Jan 19, 2014 · Replies 1 · Jan 21, 2014

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Particles with complex number mass.

Jan 3, 2014 · Replies 4 · Jan 20, 2014

Replies: 4

Views: 4K

Compactification effects in Kaluza-K theory - Gauge away EM?

Dec 15, 2013 · Replies 3 · Jan 20, 2014

Replies: 3

Views: 4K

Understanding SU(5) Subgroups and the SM Choice

Jan 18, 2014 · Replies 4 · Jan 19, 2014

Replies: 4

Views: 4K

String Theory and Evidence of the Multiverse

Nov 18, 2013 · Replies 4 · Jan 9, 2014

Replies: 4

Views: 6K

I think I just became a QBist ?

Nov 24, 2013 · Replies 91 · Jan 9, 2014

4

Replies: 91

Views: 17K

Gravity as Entanglement Thermodynamics

Aug 27, 2013 · Replies 27 · Jan 7, 2014

Replies: 27

Views: 16K

What are Soliton Particle Models?

Sep 12, 2013 · Replies 7 · Jan 6, 2014

Replies: 7

Views: 8K

Extra Dimensions in String Theory

Nov 2, 2006 · Replies 94 · Jan 6, 2014

4

Replies: 94

Views: 24K

Theoretical Physics

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This field involves the creation of mathematical equations and conceptual frameworks, exploring topics such as quantum mechanics, general relativity, and particle physics.

Theoretical physicists contribute to our understanding of the universe at both the smallest and largest scales, seeking to formulate elegant and comprehensive theories that describe the underlying principles of the cosmos, even if some aspects remain challenging to verify experimentally.

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