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Graduate String theory in arbitrary number of dimensions

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Undergrad Interesting Coincidence with Classical/Modern View of Mass and Energy

  • Cadaei
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Graduate If String Theory explains/ leads to gravity, how does it not make predictions?

  • Swimmingly!
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Graduate Is Proving Canonical Transformations as Challenging as It Seems?

  • M. next
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Graduate What is Maupertuis' Principle and its significance in Lagrangian mechanics?

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Graduate Where did cotQ come from in canonical transformation?

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Graduate Acceleration of a universe with -ve Cosmological Constant

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Graduate Is String Theory Truly the Ultimate Theory of Everything?

  • CuriousApe
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Graduate Deriving the 2D KdV Equation for Overcoming Nonlinear Theory Challenges

  • hunt_mat
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Graduate Poisson Bracket Notation: Understanding Conflicting Values - Tips & Tricks

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Graduate Area Law and accuracy of momentum measurement at plank energies

  • Prathyush
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Graduate Proving Hamiltonian ≠ Energy for Rotating Ball

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Graduate List of Questions I want to ask regarding physics, philosophy, mathematics, etc.

  • ConfusedSoul
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Graduate Unitarity in Spin Foams: Canonical LQG vs. Path Integrals

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Graduate The Standard Model from SO(32) superstrings?

  • lpetrich
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Graduate Does ST provide causation to QM?

  • csmcmillion
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Graduate Master equation for Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process

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Graduate Does cosmic censureship hypothesis avoid incompatibility with QM?

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Graduate Smolin:GR=EoS of SF, if he's right isn't that the ballgame? :-D

  • marcus
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Graduate How Does RCHO Unification Relate to Normed Division Algebras?

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Graduate Fist and second order constraints in a system?

  • trex
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Graduate What Did Einstein's Quest for a Theory of Everything Really Aim to Achieve?

  • Zubeen
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Graduate Explaination of Quantum Loop Gravity?

  • Neutrino98
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Graduate Dimensions and Degrees of Freedom

  • Guymillion
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Graduate Explaining Equation: L = \Phi+ [i \partial\tau - H]\Phi + \Phi+ * \Phi * \Phi

  • Alcubierre
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Graduate The concept of on-shell mass : what is it?

  • member 11137
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Undergrad Understanding the role of infinity into the Multiverse.

  • marc2012
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Graduate What is the recent development of Loop Quantum Gravity

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Graduate Why do strings in black holes not collapse to a singularity?

  • brooknorton
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Graduate Symmetries of Lagrangian and governing equations

  • nickthequick
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Graduate 2012 Gravity essay contest results

  • marcus
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Graduate Limit cycles in asymptotic safety?

  • atyy
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Graduate Twistor question the link holomorphic vector bundles and anti self dual guage

  • Jim Kata
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Graduate M-theory phenomenology - homework exercise

  • mitchell porter
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Graduate Codification of fundamental principals of physics

  • csmcmillion
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High School The four forces that are trying to be unified by TOE?

  • MattA147
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Graduate Text book for SU5/GUT theories

  • Neitrino
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Graduate T'Hooft video talk: Conformal Gravity - BH complementarity

  • marcus
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Graduate Papers to prove and disprove string theory/ M Theory?

  • SakuraAi
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Graduate Converting equations in Natural units to SI?

  • lordkelvin
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Graduate KdV Equation - weakly nonlinear weakly disspersive

  • quid
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Graduate Dark energy from logarithmic corrections to cosmological horizon entropy?

  • mitchell porter
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Graduate Logarithmic corrections to black hole entropy, especially for the standard model

  • mitchell porter
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Graduate Opinions on the QG ideas in the latest Scientific American?

  • PAllen
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Undergrad Manifold Explained in Simple Terms

  • KFC
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Graduate Question regarding quantum gravity.

  • Sigurdsson
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Graduate Can someone explains me the Legrendre transformation?

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Graduate Noncommutative geometry in leaf spaces of classical physics

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Graduate Unifying Forces: Mendel Sachs' Theory and its Validity

  • MathematicalPhysicist
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Graduate Quantum Master Equation in String Theory

  • Caeadas
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Undergrad What Do Hamiltonians and Hamilton's Equations Tell Us About Dimensions?

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Graduate Unraveling the Mystery of Cosmic Strings

  • Physgeek123
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Graduate Causes of loss of interest in String program

  • marcus
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Undergrad Can a dimension exist that is neither temporal nor spatial?

  • Dremmer
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Graduate Question regarding possible extra time dimensions

  • dknaack
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Graduate Boson Charges in E6 and E8 Algebras

  • frogjg2003
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Graduate Does the Immirzi Parameter Determine Black Hole Entropy in Loop Quantum Gravity?

  • Physics Monkey
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Graduate Is string theory just a new math?

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Graduate Loop Gravity as the Dynamics of Topological Defects

  • marcus
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Graduate Line defects and String Theory

  • Paulibus
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Graduate Rovelli's talk at Perimeter 4/4/12: video online, comment?

  • marcus
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Graduate Does Multiverse theory disprove Freewill?

  • Korppi
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Undergrad Visualizing the hyperspheres (only the hyperspheres, no tesseracts etc. please)

  • Secret
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Graduate Why is there a difference between past and future?

  • ndung200790
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Graduate What do we want to calculate with quantum gravity?

  • Lapidus
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Undergrad Mathematics Topics in String Theory

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Graduate What is the impact of complex phases on neutrino oscillations?

  • edpell
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Graduate Is string theory really science?

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Graduate The scale of the action integral?

  • pellman
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Graduate Applications of Topology in Physics

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Graduate Expectation value of Normal ordered Stress-energy tensor

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Graduate The easiest way to standard model

  • welatiger
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Graduate When can the Lagrangian be used

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Graduate What is the definition of canonical transformation?

  • zheng89120
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Graduate Uncovering the Role of K in Canonical Variables of Loop Quantum Gravity

  • zwicky
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Graduate What is Graviton-Graviton Scattering in Quantum Theory of Gravity?

  • dpa
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Graduate Why all these prejudices against a constant? ( dark energy is a fake probem)

  • marcus
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Graduate New papers on NCG and the standard model

  • arivero
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Graduate GR or QM: which is more 'fundamental'?

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Graduate Our picks for first quarter 2012 MIRS (online QG seminar talks)

  • marcus
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Graduate The Hidden Symmetries of the BKL Limit: From Cosmology to Quantum Gravity

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Graduate B-L extension of the Standard Model

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Undergrad Looking for the best books to increase my knowledge

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Graduate What Are Spin Networks and Spin Foams?

  • dpa
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Graduate Meaning of area in the Nambu Goto string action

  • clerk
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Graduate Gravity of elementary particles

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Undergrad Dimensional Analysis and the mathematical steps throughout a process.

  • Olly_price
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Graduate Is the Number of Gods in a Universe Determined by Its Topology?

  • strangerep
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Graduate Does ''Higgs sector'' mean there are many Higgs particle types?

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Graduate Is Stable Equilibrium Possible Without Potential Energy Minima?

  • matematikuvol
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Graduate A fascinating solution of the black-hole information problems?

  • Demystifier
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Graduate Why Strings Vibrate - Uncertainty Principle & Interactions Explained

  • ShayanJ
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Graduate Eugene Wigner's take on math's role in natural science

  • absurdist
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Graduate Feynmans of geometry: computable trans. amps. by K+Le+P algorithm

  • marcus
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Graduate Can a One Inch Equation Truly Explain Everything in Physics?

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Graduate If an electron is not a point particle how does current flow

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Graduate Mathematical Definition of Energy

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Graduate What is quantum theory about? From quanta to M-theory

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Graduate Why do we assume unitary evolution?

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Graduate When Einstein knew gravity is geometry and not force

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