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Graduate Natural Units: What is the Conversion Process?
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Graduate Is AdS/CFT geometric or quantum?
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Graduate AdS/CFT as quantum to classical correspondence
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Graduate Classical version of QM axioms
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Graduate Hamber-Tomiuri vs Shaposhnikov-Wetterich?
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Graduate 6th Dimensions in a 3 Dimensional universe
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Undergrad Changing Origin in Physical Context: Mathematical Approach
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Graduate What Experiments Could Validate String Theory's Hidden Dimensions?
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Graduate Can we deduce the correct Calabi-Yau space?
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Graduate Gauge Theory Explained: Fundamentals, Scope and Postulates
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Graduate Hehl on gauge aspects of spacetime - beyond Riemann
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Graduate What if we redefine force in physics as a function of velocity and momentum?
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Graduate Can the Fourier Transform Be Defined Without the Minus Sign?
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Graduate Noncommuting position variables due to quantum gravity
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Graduate Physicall Entity or object of study for physics
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Graduate Could this be a mathematical way to obtain longitude without clock? Please help
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Graduate X_iu^i: Physical Significance & Conservation
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Graduate Towards a neo-minimal synthesis for BSM physics
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Graduate AdS/CFT derived from Kaluza theory
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Graduate Poisson Bracket for 1 space dimension field
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Graduate Spin Geometry: Introduction & Overview
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Graduate Seeking derivation of real scalar field Lagrangian
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Graduate Quantum foam -RIP, or needs new formulation?
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Graduate String theory / Plank length question
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Graduate What Does Dimension Really Mean in String Theory?
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Graduate How can I be sure that the action has a minimum?
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Graduate Cardinality of class of worlds in quantum MWT
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Graduate Opinions or facts about M theory
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Graduate Quantum-reduced loop gravity (first quantize, then reduce)
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Graduate Why is Pi Significant in Physics?
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Graduate Principle of least action as a law?
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Graduate What is the Precise Heuristic Argument that Leads to Noether's Theorem
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Graduate Why do people say string theory is non-manifestly background-indepndent?
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Graduate Graph c*-algebras (try googling it)
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Graduate Quantitative way to compare theoretical values to experimental values
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Graduate APS Physics view of pre-inflation cosmology article
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Graduate Question on Possibility of Changing Constants
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Graduate QST: Intuitive framework for QG?
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Graduate Brane cosmology and extra dimensions
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Graduate QED; electrons and photons, different fields, modes of a common field?
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Graduate How has LQG resolved the Big Bang Singularity
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Graduate Conformal Standard Model (Meissner Nicolai) resonance at 325 GeV?
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Graduate Scattering Amplitudes BCFW relation (A question)
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Graduate Jacobsen's New Papers: Solving the Cosmological Constant Problem?
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Paradox disproves multiverse, says 9 year old.
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Contemplating the Possibility of a Simulated Universe
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Graduate White space drive & casimir cavities?
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Graduate Banks, The Top 10^{500} Reasons Not to Believe in the Landscape
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Graduate Physics Not Presented Rigorously Enough
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Graduate How Does Symmetry Underpin Conservation Laws in Physics?
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Graduate Maybe there is no grand unified theory?
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Graduate How to recover time paradoxes in canonical theories of gravity?
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Graduate Our picks for third quarter 2012 MIP (most important QG paper)
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Graduate Large Scale <-> Small Scale failure of intuition.
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Graduate Julian Barbour on does time exist
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Graduate Is Hestenes massless electron beyond standard model?
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Graduate Relational Observables in LQG: Gauge Invariance and Incorporation of Matter
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Graduate Can Someone Explain What String Theory Is? (Simple Terms With Examples)
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Graduate How hard is string theory exactly?
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Graduate Problem with Poisson's Theorem
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Graduate Supersymmetry and String Theory
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Undergrad Are the 4 Forces Really Interconnected?
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Graduate Is Gravitation Necessary for Unification?
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Graduate How does string theory explain the proton in holographic QCD?
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Graduate String Vibrations Prove Higher Dimension?
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Graduate In holographic principle, the boundary is wrt which light cone?
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Graduate Susy preserving branes and equation of motion
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Graduate Mach-Woodward Effect: New Experimental Measurement Setup Proposed
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Graduate Confused about the principle of least action
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Graduate Understanding the Dissipative Lagrangian for Coupled Oscillators
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Graduate Evolution of Physics: Could Physical Laws Change Over Time?
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Graduate What is the smoking gun that validates ADS/CFT
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Graduate Question about the wave equation
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Graduate Hidden dimension in string theory
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Graduate Alternative (Bohm-ish) quantum formalism using Clifford algebras (B.J.Hiley)
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Graduate Can Multiverse Theory Impact Our Understanding of Universal Physics?
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Graduate Hamiltonian Math: Understanding p-dot and q-dot Terms
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Graduate String endpoints move at light speed-?
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Graduate Mathieu Moonshine & Monster Group: Uncovering Connections
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Graduate Is the definition of space relative ?
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Graduate What characterizes each dimension in M-theory?
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Graduate Is E=mc² Truly Equivalent to kE=(π)r² in Energy-Mass-Volume Relationships?
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Graduate Is a tabletop search for Planck scale signals feasible
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Graduate Edwards-Anderson Hamiltonian of a Hopf link
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Graduate Theoretical gage factor for resistive wire strain gages?
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Graduate Is Holonomy Spinfoam even more likely to succeed than Twistor Networks?
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Graduate Penrose's argument that q.g. can't remove the Big Bang singularity
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Graduate Help Solve a Question on Antisymmetrical Tensor Density
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Graduate Cern: First evidence for the decay Bs → μ+μ−
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Graduate Constructor Theory by David Deutsch
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Graduate How Kane et al get the Higgs mass
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Graduate Roger Shawyer's EmDrive Validated: Debunking or Proving it Works?
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Graduate Can Noether's Theorem Be Derived Without Induction?
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Graduate The "What is?" Post | Theoretical Physics
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Graduate (gravitational) energy and entropy in an expanding universe
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Graduate Geometrical GUT: Einstein's Unfinished Quest
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Graduate Bianchi's entropy result-what to ask, what to learn from it
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Graduate Invariant mass and spin in deSitter cosmology
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Graduate Euler-Lagrange Equations with constraint depend on 2nd derivative?
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Graduate Understanding Poisson Brackets in Symplectic Notation
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