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Leading models for building realistic SM from Strings.
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Are Hidden Variables Essential for Understanding Quantum Gravity?
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Gauge fixing in 5D vs 4D, and photon polarization
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Understanding String Theory: A Beginner's Guide
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Can the algebraic string formulation provide insights into Loop Quantum Gravity?
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Accelerating universe alternative
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String Theory: 6 extra dimensions
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The new spinfoam and strings as only game in town
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String Theory: Get Rundown on The Elegant Universe
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FQXi 2009 talks now on their site.
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Triply Special Relativity is the Max
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Fractal dynamics(quantum geometry)
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Resolution of the black hole information paradox
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Physics does not end at singularities (Abhay at MG12)
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New Trends in Quantum Gravity II
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Eyo Ita, Randono, Kodama state progress?
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How Does Bianchi's Paper Impact the Understanding of Loop Quantum Gravity?
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What is the underlying connection between geometry and matter in string theory?
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The recent makeup of topcited Loop/Spinfoam research (window on current work)
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Formation of Naked Singularities
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Topological Unification of M-theory and LQG?
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Can We Explore General Relativity in Laboratory Experiments?
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Videos from Planck Scale conference now online
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Can Black Holes Absorb Massless Light?
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What does 'Coulomb branch' mean?
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New FQXi contest: What's Ultimately Possible in Physics?
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Does zero arc length mediation of EM cause the wavefunction
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LQG discreteness no conflict with Lorentz contraction
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What is the rationale behind gravitons?
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Steve Carlip: Dimensional Reduction at Small Scale
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Graviton Theory: Inertial vs Gravitational Mass
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Weinberg shows support for 3+1 gravitational assymptotic safety
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Defining Superstring's Additional Dimensions
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Is string theory an approximation to QFT?
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Parallel universe : Anything that can happen will happen
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Marcel Twelve redefines mainstream
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Is Minimal CFT Essential for Understanding String Theory?
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String and pair creation/annihilation
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Why does Stephen Hawking omit all mention Loop Gravity?
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Discreteness of space itself and 1dimensionality
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Do strings have to be the most fundamental
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Physical reality of string theory demonstrated
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Superpartners and the Search for New Physics at the LHC
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Why Does String Theory Suggest the Existence of Extra Dimensions?
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A string theorist reports on the Planck Scale conference
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String Theory, the singularity and photons
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Diversity of emergent gravity programs?
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Are elementary particles large or small
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String theory and reference frames HELP
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Observational Loop QG-your opinion.
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Major developments LQG a look back 1998-2009
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How Do Quantum Strings Vibrate and Stay Confined in Dimensions?
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Wetterich's derivation of QM from classical
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Our picks for first quarter 2009 MIP (most important QG paper)
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Expectations for LQG in 2009: New Developments and Connections to LQC
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What do stringy people find interesting about LQG?
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What is Oz and the Emerging Quantum Gravity Research in Australia?
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Why do stringy people don't like LQG?
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How Does Unimodular Gravity Influence Modern Quantum Gravity Theories?
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Near term observ. constraints on QG dispersion
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Relaxed informative Witten interview of June 18 at Cern
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If they are real, what exactly do gravitons do?
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Current status of twistor theory
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Refereed publications on Loop/Canonical QG
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Evolving law, Smolin and others
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Who are the most respected research groups in QG now?
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Zeta regularization for UV divergences ?
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How Does Rovelli's Quantum GR Limit Relate to DSR?
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Hidden dimensions of string theory hiding in 4D spacetime?
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Going Beyond LQG: how to define QFT over Loops?
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Quantum gravity vs. general relativity
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Susy2009: June 5-10 | Northeastern University
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Gravity Essay Contest Results in; amateur recognized
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How far does an object traveling slower than light travel in the same distance?
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Gambini & Pullin on measuring time in quantum physics
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How Does Geometry Clarify the Concept of Gauge Fields in Physics?
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Quantizing unimod GR and solving the cosmo constant problem
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WHY dimensional regularization does not work for Gravity ?
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Self-dual Black Holes in LQG: Theory and Phenomenology: (title of the article)
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Questions about some basic conceptions
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No "Theory of Everything" Inside E8: Jacques Distler & Skip Garibaldi
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Exploring the Content of a New Research Program
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Freidel, Krasnov and Livine hints of Sring Theory in LQG
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Could you have BOTH mirror matter and supersymmetry?
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Where can we go with Relational QM?
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Torsion in GR and QG from fermions?
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Can String Theory Predict the Mass of Leptons?
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Information Causality: A New Physical Principle by M. Pawlowski et al.
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Free Parameters In String Theory
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Relativity from Quantum Entanglement: A Quantum Model for the Universe
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Exploring D=9 Supergravity and SU(3)xU(1) Non-Chiral Theory in Four Dimensions
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Loop Quantum Gravity Resources
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Perimeter gets Loll to teach 3-week QG minicourse
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Electromagnetic force in the fourth spatial dimension?
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Nature of quantum theory of gravity.
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Something special about four dimensions?
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Can Black Holes Have Hair in Higher Dimensions?
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Some basic questions regarding LQG
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About the notation OSP(8|4) etc.
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Nice LQG paper by Modesto about dimension down with scale
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