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What is the critical value of the Immirzi parameter in loop quantum gravity?
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I would like to have a glimpse of understanding of grand unificaction
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Is the Lagrangian for LQG similar to that of Yang-Mills theories?
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Relation between Verlinde's Entropic gravity and AdS/CFT
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Signature of a higgselss/bootstrap model at LHC.
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Must Gravitons Exist? Quantum Gravity Theories
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Could quantum gravity itself have any answers?
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Gravity: The explanation for quantum statistical effects?
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Nonexistence of local gravitational energy
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Was Super String theory specifically designed to explain singularities?
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Unification of QM and relativity theory
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What are self-similar pictures of bifurcations and fractals ?
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Visualizing seven extra dimensions
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(Im)probability of Inflation (Ashtekar Sloan 1003.2475)
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On the influence of our imaginary on string theory's beauty
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CP violation explained by Kerr metric
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What Powers the Vibration of Strings in a Unified Theory of Light and Energy?
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Does string theory mean that in our universe 1 + 1 = 2 ?
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What is the updated information on Frank Wilczek's talk at Strings 2011?
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The relation between entropy and probability at quantum levelu
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Supergravity paper on LHC-physics by Chris Austin
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Prospective grand unifying theory?
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Integral's Results Challenge Quantum Theory: GR vs. QM
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What can make a string massless?
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Introduction to Group Field Theory: Main Ideas, Formalism, and Origins
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Trouble with Equation (4.13) in Wess & Bagger?
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Quantization of mass for black holes?
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Why Start Theories with SO(n,1) and Compactify to SO(3,1)xG?
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Why I am REALLY disappointed about string theory
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Our picks for second quarter 2011 MIP (most important QG paper)
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Strings can vibrate, but do they move?
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Integral challenges physics beyond Einstein
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Quantum grains (String theory & LQG in trouble?)
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*Hidden Phase Space* at the Holo Cosmo corral (Verlinde video)
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How Are Vibrating Strings and Branes Related to String Theory Testing?
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Second quarter 2011 MIP poll-what papers to include?
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Which conference lineup interests you more? (Strings '11 or mixed-QG 11)
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LQC Beginner: What Causes a "Bounce" & Its Implications?
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Loops 2011: abstracts of all talks now online
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Does a GUT have to have gravity involved?
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Can You Explain The Interactions Of SUSY?
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Physical intuition behind NCG?
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Elegant Mathematics Leads to Wrong Physics?
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Modifying Lorentz Transformations for Invariant Length
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Observations a TOE must agree with?
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Is string theory a theory of quantum gravity?
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Sanoy's question: is the world made of entanglement?
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Speculative Time Jump Question
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Could Technicolour Play a Role in Black Hole Collapse?
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What's higher spin gauge theory all about?
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Perturbative approach in Loop Quantum Gravity
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Emergence of Superstring from Pure Spinor
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Bifundamental wrt two gravities
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Can We Simulate the Entire Universe on a Supercomputer?
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Can Quantum Gravity Explain Matter and Gravity as Separate Entities?
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What is the history of the ADM formalism in quantum gravity?
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Where can I learn spin connection?
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Beables in or NOT in Spacetime?
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Can Koide's yukawaon models explain the neglected clue in particle physics?
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Has Quantum Mechanics Been Fully Explored in Curved Spacetime?
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Gravity/Electroweak unification based on generalized Yang-Mills
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Measurement Problem, Quantum Gravity & Unification
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John Baez's comments on CDT/Hořava-Lifshitz gravity.
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An elementary view of duality?
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In short, I don't know if there is a clear answer to your question at this time.
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Can Charged Black Holes Propel Interstellar Travel?
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Could Time Travel Paradoxes Be Resolved by Multi-Worlds Theory?
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Is Entropic Gravity the Future of Physics?
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What Was the Impact of the QG11 Conference in Zurich?
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What is the Connection between Quantum Foam and Wormholes?
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Unraveling the Conflict between Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity
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Are there Spin-2 bosons other than graviton?
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Is Frank Wilczek's The Grid a Modern Take on Ether?
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String treatment of the quantum graphity model
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Possible Particle Pairs in Gravitational Pair Production: A Speculative Inquiry
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How Does Einstein's General Relativity Explain Gravity's Effects on Objects?
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Space-Time Higgs field interchangability?
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What does N-Dimensional mean?
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How does the first-order analysis extend to the (A)dS algebra in supergravity?
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Extending the Symmetry Group: Even/Odd Z2 Symmetry?
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'Levels of Reality' on the order of Strings
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What Were Einstein's Ideas in His Search for a Unified Theory?
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Susskind and Bousso's incomprehensible new paper
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Can a perpetual motion machine truly exist?
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Does anyone still bother to read papers by the giants of theoretical physics?
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Quantum Mechanics & General Relativity = Super String Theory
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Can the Scharnhorst Effect Be Overcome by Gravity in a Long Tube?
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Getting from (3D gravity + local degrees of freedom) to 4D gravity
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Topologically Massive Gravity in dS3 (arxiv:1105.4733): detailed analysis
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Wanted: video by Wilczek on The Grid
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Quiver path algebra and F-term relations in melting crystals
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Is physics about to hit a dead end, or am I jumping to conclusions?
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Exploring Quantum Spacetime: Unifying Matter, Space, and Time in Quantum Gravity
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Is Rivasseau switching to agriculture?
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BTSM Review Papers: Guide to Navigating Research Fields
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What is Supersymmetry? Overview & Explanation
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Can Gravitational Waves Test String Theory?
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Exploring the Progress and Challenges of Twistor Theory in Quantum Gravity
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How is Velocity Distributed over 11 Dimensions?
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Fermionic nature of quantum gravity
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