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Undergrad Why can we understand physical laws?
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Graduate Coleman-Weinberg formula and one-loop processes in string formalism
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Graduate Broken law of radiactive decay and broken law of FTL
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Graduate Is Louis Crane's New Paper on Neutrino Models and Symmetry a Visionary Work?
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Graduate Inversion of curl of A formula
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Graduate Why can't the solution to Laplace's equation be derived from points?
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Is there a way to get published new ideas about our universe on this
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Graduate How well accepted is M-Theory?
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Graduate David Bohm's holographic paradigm of the cosmos
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Graduate Canonical Conjugates and Fourier Transforms in Classical Physics
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Graduate Condition of Chaos: Ljapunov Exponent & Strange Attractor
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Graduate Is the vector superfield in superspace a physical degree of freedom?
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Graduate How Do Gauge Transformations Influence Physical Fields?
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FQXi Lectures: Setting Time Aright
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Graduate A Very Good Resource on Dark Energy
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Graduate Graph representation of particles
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Graduate Unraveling the Mysteries of Planck Scale Physics and Quantum Gravity
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Graduate Gravity as space-time curvature and the need to unify it with quantum mechanics
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Graduate Basic Rundown on Current Quantum Gravity Research
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Graduate Can Negative Mass be Plugged into Conservation of Momentum and Energy Equations?
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Graduate Which Papers Will Shape Future Quantum Gravity Research?
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Undergrad Alternative definitions of energy?
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Some help with a personal project would be greatly appreciated
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Graduate Understanding SO(10) GUT Representations
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Graduate Beyond the Standard Model (where *are* we going?)
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Graduate What Are Branes in String Theory?
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Graduate Can someone tell me why this doesn't make sense?
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Graduate Theory of Everything: Can We Find the Answer?
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Graduate Applications of string theory in communications
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Graduate [Holography] Global symmetry in boundary corresponds to gauge symmetry in bulk?
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Graduate Can Objects Have Negative Mass and Defy the Speed of Light?
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Graduate Dimensions of five-dimensional Newton's constant
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Graduate Circumnavigating the Universe and 3D 'Branes
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Graduate What is 3rd quantization and what can be learned from it?
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Graduate Universe with only e+ , e- , photons, and gravitation?
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Graduate How Long is a Piece of String When Measured Infinitely?
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Graduate What is the spin-2 particle explanation for strong gravity?
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Graduate Higgs rumors prior to CERN seminar
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Undergrad The Axiomatization of Physics?
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Graduate Heim theory - Recent development + Opinion
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Graduate Quantum Spacetime Points & General Covariance
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Graduate Any experts in using SOFTSUSY (the tool) here?
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Graduate What exactly is the relation between LQG and the Friedmann equation?
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Graduate WHAT is the reason gravity SHOULD be stronger than maganetism?
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Graduate Reconstruction of Quantum Theory by Lucien Hardy
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Graduate Is the Bulk a 12-Dimensional Manifold Housing Parallel Universes?
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Graduate 4d object heavier then 3d object?
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Graduate Why Are Extra Dimensions Beyond 3D Incomprehensible in Our 3D World?
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Graduate Can string theory predict faster than light neutrinos ?
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Graduate Self-Organizing systems discussion 2:
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Graduate Casual Dynamical Triangulation
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Graduate Discussing Section 8 of Marcolli's Paper: Spin Foams with Matter
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Graduate What Differentiates Wave Functions and Spacetime in Quantum Gravity?
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Graduate Is Infinity possible without duplication?
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Graduate Is AAAD QED Considered Mainstream Physics or Beyond?
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Graduate What are strings with endpoint boundary conditions NN, DD, ND and DN?
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Graduate What Are the Implications of 4D Space on Physics and Reality?
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Graduate Could bosonic strings be a kind of projective space of m-theory?
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Undergrad What is the meaning of homogenous and isotropic in Gallilean transformation?
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Graduate Can loop quantum gravity tell us something about the phenomena of the neutrinos?
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Graduate Do Pseudovectors Change Direction After Reflection?
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Graduate 2 questions. 1 on Field theory, the other on Ads/CFT.
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Graduate Penrose's original spin networks and 3-space
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Graduate Crackpotry or I'm missing something?
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Graduate How Has Physics Influenced Mathematics in the Last Century?
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Graduate Formulating the correct least action expression
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Graduate What exactly is loop quantum gravity?
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Graduate Is it possible to turn vacuum energy into heat
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Graduate How Can Gravity Provide an Endless Supply of Energy?
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Graduate Tau sneutrino as tachyonic Higgs
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Graduate Where are the missing dimensions?
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Graduate Is Universe Oscillatory or Cyclical?
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Graduate Energy: fundamental or emergent?
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Graduate Can String Theory Be Tested Through Vibrations in a Vacuum?
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Graduate Fundamental Equations in Physics: Uncovering the Building Blocks of the Universe
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Graduate Understanding D0-branes and Kappa-Symmetry
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Graduate Prospects of spin foam formalism in loop quantum gravity [Alexandrov, Roche]
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Graduate Are extra-dimensions a possible explanation for electroweak symmetry breaking?
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Graduate Looking for a Course in Loop Quantum Gravity
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Graduate What's happening with Loop? (new potential challenges)
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Graduate Up-tunneling is Impossible for Minkowski, DeSitter, or Anti-de Sitter
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Graduate Is the Quest for a Theory of Everything Getting Out of Hand?
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Graduate How many dimensions are needed to fully describe the electromagnetic force?
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Graduate How to tough to publish string theory topics?
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Graduate Prospects of the canonical formalism in loop quantum gravity [Alexandrov, Roche]
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Undergrad Euler Lagrange derivation in book
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Graduate What is the significance of scale-invariance in asymptotic safety theories?
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Graduate Solving PDE involving Gaussian fields.
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Graduate Why don't they count as physical explanations?
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Graduate Can Lorentz Symmetry be Emergent?
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Graduate Confused about String Mass Calculation in R & NS Sectors?
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Graduate A question regarding the definition of a tensor
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Graduate Question about concepts of distance
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Graduate How are intertwinners related to conservation laws?
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Graduate Is there a unified understanding of time and its dimensions?
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Graduate I don't understand something about the Lagrangian / action?
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Graduate Prospects of the canonical formalism in loop quantum gravity
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Graduate Normal Modes Solution for Two-Body Oscillator
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Graduate Proving Runge-Lenz Vector Time Derivative is Constant
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Graduate Argument for discreteness of spacetime
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