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Graduate R-parity and conservation of angular momentum
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Graduate Is the closed string an unknot?
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High School Can someone explain string theory?
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Graduate SO(32) heterotic String theory
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What is the BtSM Conference Schedule?
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Graduate E8 theory according to the dark matter and energy
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Graduate POLL: How do you think of the Hubble rate?
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Graduate Classical/QFT Vacuum Fluctuations
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Graduate T-Duality on Torus: Inverting Radii & Interchanging A- & B-Cycles
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Insights Homotopy Lie-n Algebras in Supergravity - Comments
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Graduate An interesting new paper on f(X) gravity
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Graduate On a scale of 1 to String, how speculative is this?
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Graduate Is orbifolding of the torus a sophisticated spherification?
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Insights It Was 20 Years Ago Today -- the M-theory Conjecture - Comments
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Graduate What would be the physics of a hypothetical gluon star?
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Graduate Equivalence of inertial and gravitational mass
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Graduate Curl of Gradient of a Scalar Field
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Graduate Dimensional Analysis of Planck Length
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Graduate PI video of new QG ideas from Eyo Ita, Chopin Soo, C-Y Chou
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Graduate A First Course in String Theory/Invariant Interval/Metric
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Undergrad Is Matter Really made of Matter?
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Graduate Susskind on supersymmetry vs. cosmological constant?
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Graduate Understanding 2D Tensors: Covariant, Contravariant, and Physical Components
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Graduate In LQG, do objects attract via gravitons or curved spacetime
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Graduate Discussing Lee Smolin's Non-Local Beables: Quantum Physics Emergent from Gravity
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Graduate Huygens synchronization of two clocks
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Graduate Z-bosons as Hawking radiation from BH
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Graduate How Does Multiverse Theory Make *Every* Universe Possible?
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Graduate Scientific implications of latest LHC SUSY beauty quark
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Graduate Is spacetime a massless spin 2 field?
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Graduate Braids as a representation space of SU(5)
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Graduate Why would I want to fix a gauge?
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Graduate Physical significance of Eigenvalues and Eigenvector?
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Graduate The Immirzi Parameter: Unravelling Gravity's Weakness in Vacuum LQG
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Graduate Is there a good candidate Hamiltonian for loop QG?
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Graduate Dark Matter effect in Lattice Space
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Graduate Does quantized gravity mean quantized time?
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Graduate Is Physics a Matter of Applying or Deriving Mathematics?
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Graduate What are some common misconceptions about fields in physics?
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Graduate String theory, string dimensions?
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Graduate Understanding Unified Forces in the Early Universe
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Graduate Lagrangian for Perfect Fluid Euler Equation
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Undergrad How can strings be only one dimensional?
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Graduate I need intuition for Lagrangians and action
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Graduate What does the EM gauge freedom have to do with U(1)
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Graduate Space-time travel in String Theory
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Graduate Which of these books would you recommend for LQG?
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Graduate Chaos (Non-Linear Dynamics) Driven Damped Pendulum
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Graduate Lagrangian of two body problem with spin
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Graduate Deriving Commutation of Variation & Derivative Operators in EL Equation
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Graduate Why is it necessary to have 11 dimensions in M Theory?
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Undergrad Degrees of Freedom in Physics: Theory & Solutions
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Undergrad Why is Gravity Weak? Understanding the Fundamental Forces and Magnetism
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Graduate What is the right theory of quantum gravity?
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Graduate Information Preservation and Weather Forecasting for Black Holes
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Graduate Differential Form - Notation Help
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Graduate Quantum Relativity: Universe is "One" Thing?
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Graduate AdS/CFT w/out Holography and SLOT - Fluctuation Work Theorem
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Graduate What is the role of T-duality in understanding length scales in string theory?
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Graduate Do Different Observers Agree on Entropy in the Unruh Effect?
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Undergrad Moon Earth binar system by math
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Graduate Relaxion: New idea for naturalness
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Graduate Leading lines of development in LQG, main issues, Loops 15
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Undergrad Lagrangian and Hamiltonian. What are these in layman terms?
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Is there any news to Garrett Lisi theory?
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Graduate What is the acceleration formula for particles in Loop Quantum Gravity?
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Graduate Product rule for vector derivative
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Graduate Color Kinematics Duality and Asymptotic Safety
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Graduate Looking for an explanation/definition of a "causal diamond"
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Graduate Bekenstein bound on cosmological scales
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Graduate Our picks for first quarter 2015 MIP (most important QG paper)
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Graduate Einstein Equation of State vs Gravity from Entanglement
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Graduate T hooft Cellular Automata Quantum Mechanics
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Graduate Can String Theory's Extra Dimensions Be Larger Than We Think?
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Graduate 3D Coordinate transformation and Euler Angles
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Graduate Background independent framework
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Graduate Mathematical Modelling An Object for a System
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Graduate Hybrid HE11 mode of corrugated waveguides as source of axion
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Undergrad How many dimentions are known, what is there or what exists?
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Graduate Strings can be seen? Surely not
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Graduate What is Lee Smolin's Maximal Variety Principle in Quantum Mechanics?
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Can a Person Escape an Endless Fall Through Two Facing Portals?
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Graduate How do you express 3D charge distributions using the Dirac Delta function?
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Graduate What is the quantized form of the strings lagrangian?
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Graduate Conformal gravity vs loop quantum gravity
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Graduate Exploring the Quantum Formulation of String Theory
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Graduate Phlip Mannheim's conformal theory of everything
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Graduate Noether's Theorem and the real world
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Undergrad Are There Ever Multiple Theories That Fully Explain the Same Phenomenon?
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Graduate Is there a reversed GKPW for AdS/CFT?
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Graduate Generating functions and Legendre transforms
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Graduate Why is Supersymmetry Necessary in String Theory?
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Graduate Lagrangian without K.E and any anthromorophic answer
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Graduate What is the recommended resource for learning the basics of AdS/CFT?
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Graduate Understanding the Principle of Least Action in Multidimensional Systems
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Graduate Analytical continuation free energy
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Graduate Experimental Limits on Spin-Foam Effects From Quasars
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Graduate Seesaw mass matrix and neutrino masses
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Graduate Confirm my reasoning on a generating function proof
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Graduate Spiral time concept - are there any credible......
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