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Beyond the Standard Models Forum

Join expert and advanced topics on beyond the standard model of physics. This includes professionally researched theories like strings, branes, and LQG. Mainstream physics only.

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Most Influential Paper first quarter 2007

Mar 23, 2007 · Replies 26 · Mar 31, 2007

Replies: 26

Views: 7K

Dynamical coherent states and physical solutions of quantum cosmological bounces

Mar 30, 2007 · Replies 7 · Mar 31, 2007

Replies: 7

Views: 3K

QGQG-One School | Zakopane | 22nd March - 4th April

Mar 25, 2007 · Replies 8 · Mar 29, 2007

Replies: 8

Views: 5K

Magueijo-Singh: observational LQC prospects

Mar 21, 2007 · Replies 7 · Mar 29, 2007

Replies: 7

Views: 3K

A completely different look at the 4th dimension

Feb 26, 2007 · Replies 3 · Mar 29, 2007

Replies: 3

Views: 4K

New Physics or Standard Model? D-Meson Mixing Evidence Emerges

Mar 27, 2007 · Replies 1 · Mar 28, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

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Public interest in Smolin's book

Feb 24, 2007 · Replies 29 · Mar 28, 2007

Replies: 29

Views: 7K

Is Negative Mass Prohibited in the Standard Model of Particle Physics?

Jan 22, 2007 · Replies 42 · Mar 27, 2007

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Replies: 42

Views: 12K

Could Time Be Conceptualized as a String?

Mar 9, 2007 · Replies 47 · Mar 26, 2007

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Replies: 47

Views: 12K

Is 11 dimensional space infinite?

Mar 23, 2007 · Replies 1 · Mar 23, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 6K

Bengtsson picks up on Krasnov's non-metric gravity

Mar 22, 2007 · Replies 1 · Mar 22, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

Fairbairn-Livine map spinfoam developments

Mar 21, 2007 · Replies 3 · Mar 21, 2007

Replies: 3

Views: 3K

New directions in Background Independent Quantum Gravity

Mar 21, 2007 · Replies 3 · Mar 21, 2007

Replies: 3

Views: 3K

Mathematicians Map 248-Dimension Structure of E8

Mar 19, 2007 · Replies 1 · Mar 19, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 4K

Freidel Girelli Livine: relativistic particles and DSR

Jan 14, 2007 · Replies 13 · Mar 19, 2007

Replies: 13

Views: 6K

Mathematicians Map [ the exceptional Lie group ] E8

Mar 19, 2007 · Replies 1 · Mar 19, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 5K

Conformal Invariance of N=4 SYM Theory and the Yang-Mills Stress Tensor

Mar 17, 2007 · Replies 2 · Mar 18, 2007

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

Crossing The Desert-without h-bar

Mar 2, 2007 · Replies 28 · Mar 17, 2007

Replies: 28

Views: 7K

How Do Loop Quantum Gravity Loops Differ From String Theory Strings?

Jan 27, 2007 · Replies 27 · Mar 16, 2007

Replies: 27

Views: 7K

Was Stephen Hawking wrong in dublin?

Mar 12, 2007 · Replies 9 · Mar 14, 2007

Replies: 9

Views: 4K

Lee Smolin's LQG may reproduce the standard model

Aug 11, 2006 · Replies 75 · Mar 13, 2007

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Replies: 75

Views: 18K

Are extra dimensions required be compacted?

Mar 11, 2007 · Replies 4 · Mar 13, 2007

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

Beyond the Big Bang (Springer Press 2007) Rudy Vaas

Mar 8, 2007 · Replies 0 · Mar 8, 2007

Replies: 0

Views: 4K

Is Quantum Gravity Taking Shape on the West Coast?

Feb 7, 2007 · Replies 15 · Mar 8, 2007

Replies: 15

Views: 6K

Universal Structure - Bubble Theory

Mar 7, 2007 · Replies 1 · Mar 8, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 12K

Philosophical and Formal Foundations of Modern Physics

Mar 5, 2007 · Replies 12 · Mar 8, 2007

Replies: 12

Views: 6K

Minimum Length from First Principles

May 17, 2005 · Replies 10 · Mar 6, 2007

Replies: 10

Views: 4K

Can Superknot Theory Reveal the Hidden Structures of Tangled Superstrings?

Mar 4, 2007 · Replies 7 · Mar 5, 2007

Replies: 7

Views: 3K

Gravity, BF, and DSR talk by Jerzy Kowalski-Glikman

Feb 13, 2007 · Replies 15 · Mar 3, 2007

Replies: 15

Views: 5K

If M-Theory Is True, All Possible Realities Exist?

Feb 24, 2007 · Replies 14 · Mar 3, 2007

Replies: 14

Views: 9K

Brief Review: Terry Gannon 'Moonshine Beyond the Monster'

Mar 2, 2007 · Replies 2 · Mar 2, 2007

Replies: 2

Views: 5K

Useful annotated overview of string theory literature

Nov 6, 2003 · Replies 24 · Mar 1, 2007

Replies: 24

Views: 16K

Singularities and Quantum Gravity

Feb 27, 2007 · Replies 3 · Feb 28, 2007

Replies: 3

Views: 3K

The problems in Quantum Geometry

Feb 26, 2007 · Replies 19 · Feb 28, 2007

Replies: 19

Views: 5K

String Theory: Where to begin?

Feb 26, 2007 · Replies 13 · Feb 28, 2007

Replies: 13

Views: 17K

Week246: What does John Baez have to say about TWP and NEW?

Feb 25, 2007 · Replies 4 · Feb 26, 2007

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

De Sitter special relativity José Geraldo Pereira

Feb 12, 2007 · Replies 4 · Feb 25, 2007

Replies: 4

Views: 4K

What is the minimum energy limit of particles in the early universe?

Feb 24, 2007 · Replies 4 · Feb 25, 2007

Replies: 4

Views: 4K

Understanding AdS/CFT Conjecture: N=4 SYM and D-Brane Dynamics Explained

Jan 19, 2007 · Replies 2 · Feb 24, 2007

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

Helpful new paper by Derek Wise

Nov 30, 2006 · Replies 20 · Feb 24, 2007

Replies: 20

Views: 7K

A minor Immirzi revolution (Corichi, Ghosh, DeBenedictis)

Feb 7, 2007 · Replies 5 · Feb 21, 2007

Replies: 5

Views: 3K

Quantum Gravity School - March 2007

Dec 11, 2006 · Replies 34 · Feb 20, 2007

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Replies: 34

Views: 7K

Testing string theory soon, with Cosmic Microwave Background?

Feb 11, 2007 · Replies 4 · Feb 20, 2007

Replies: 4

Views: 5K

BRST quantization of string question

Feb 20, 2007 · Replies 1 · Feb 20, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 4K

Sabine Hossenfelder's "Multi-Particle States in Deformed Special Relativity

Feb 5, 2007 · Replies 13 · Feb 19, 2007

Replies: 13

Views: 4K

Burton Richter's talk at AAAS in San Francisco

Feb 19, 2007 · Replies 0 · Feb 19, 2007

Replies: 0

Views: 2K

Is Light a String in the Vibrating Geometry of the Universe?

Jan 27, 2007 · Replies 2 · Feb 18, 2007

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

Find the Value of T3: D3 Brane Tension

Feb 17, 2007 · Replies 1 · Feb 18, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 4K

Quantum information science and M-theory

Jul 1, 2006 · Replies 3 · Feb 13, 2007

Replies: 3

Views: 4K

Converge on new QG formulation

Jan 30, 2007 · Replies 14 · Feb 11, 2007

Replies: 14

Views: 4K

Email from Jorge Pullin about this seminar ilqgs

Nov 23, 2006 · Replies 17 · Feb 10, 2007

Replies: 17

Views: 4K

Intuitive meaning of string wavefunction?

Dec 7, 2006 · Replies 5 · Feb 10, 2007

Replies: 5

Views: 5K

String Theory in Two Minutes Or Less (contest)

Feb 8, 2007 · Replies 3 · Feb 9, 2007

Replies: 3

Views: 3K

Does Quantum Foam Exist in All Spaces, Challenging the Concept of Vacuum?

Feb 8, 2007 · Replies 8 · Feb 9, 2007

Replies: 8

Views: 3K

Of Dice and Divinity-discussion started by MeJennifer

Feb 8, 2007 · Replies 16 · Feb 9, 2007

Replies: 16

Views: 4K

Could Theories Beyond the Standard Model Unify Forces in Physics?

Dec 8, 2006 · Replies 8 · Feb 9, 2007

Replies: 8

Views: 4K

What about the absence of a unified field?

Sep 16, 2004 · Replies 76 · Feb 8, 2007

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Replies: 76

Views: 11K

JB - TWF #244: When was the First Calculus Textbook Written?

Feb 3, 2007 · Replies 1 · Feb 6, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Is String Theory Finally Testable?

Jan 24, 2007 · Replies 3 · Feb 4, 2007

Replies: 3

Views: 3K

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What is the current trend in public interest for string theory?

Jan 5, 2007 · Replies 16 · Feb 3, 2007

Replies: 16

Views: 5K

Was lqg assessed unfairly at KITP program in quantum nature of singularities?

Feb 1, 2007 · Replies 7 · Feb 2, 2007

Replies: 7

Views: 3K

Is the New Format of Spires Topcites 2006 Overlooking Significant Research?

Feb 2, 2007 · Replies 1 · Feb 2, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

The Quantum Nature of Spacetime Singularities-18-day pow-wow

Jan 2, 2007 · Replies 8 · Feb 1, 2007

Replies: 8

Views: 4K

Time and space in Quantum gravity

Jan 31, 2007 · Replies 4 · Jan 31, 2007

Replies: 4

Views: 4K

Do Pursuit-Evasion Games Hold the Key to Understanding Physics and Nature?

Oct 19, 2006 · Replies 3 · Jan 30, 2007

Replies: 3

Views: 5K

Is there a limit to how small distance can be?

Jan 13, 2007 · Replies 17 · Jan 28, 2007

Replies: 17

Views: 9K

Leap in the dark by Leonardo Modesto

Jan 26, 2007 · Replies 8 · Jan 27, 2007

Replies: 8

Views: 4K

I am having trouble understanding some details of super string theory.

Jan 20, 2007 · Replies 13 · Jan 27, 2007

Replies: 13

Views: 4K

Threesphere world could have come from hole ( best-fit radius 130 billion LY)

Jan 26, 2007 · Replies 5 · Jan 27, 2007

Replies: 5

Views: 3K

Initial conditions of our universe

Dec 23, 2006 · Replies 11 · Jan 23, 2007

Replies: 11

Views: 7K

Games: Gravity is a chain reaction within an equilibrium of chaos& entro

Nov 7, 2006 · Replies 1 · Jan 23, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 5K

Followup on Piombino conference (DICE 2006)

Oct 15, 2006 · Replies 8 · Jan 22, 2007

Replies: 8

Views: 4K

Lee Smolin and Daughter universes

Jan 9, 2007 · Replies 10 · Jan 22, 2007

Replies: 10

Views: 4K

GReat talk by Ashtekar at the kitp singularities workshop

Jan 14, 2007 · Replies 19 · Jan 22, 2007

Replies: 19

Views: 6K

Is String Theory Still King? A Look at the Top Cited Papers in Particle Physics

Jan 18, 2007 · Replies 6 · Jan 21, 2007

Replies: 6

Views: 3K

The self-dual connection in LQG

Jan 19, 2007 · Replies 2 · Jan 19, 2007

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

Is it possible that gravitons also orbit nucleons like electrons do?

Dec 24, 2006 · Replies 12 · Jan 17, 2007

Replies: 12

Views: 4K

String theory: Not Even Wrong according to Peter Woit

Jan 11, 2007 · Replies 24 · Jan 16, 2007

Replies: 24

Views: 15K

Re: 'Dark Matter'-where is it?

Jan 12, 2007 · Replies 1 · Jan 12, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 5K

Steinhardt Turok imitate Smolin (to get small Lambda)

May 8, 2006 · Replies 4 · Jan 6, 2007

Replies: 4

Views: 4K

Category theory and beyond the standard model

Dec 24, 2006 · Replies 39 · Jan 5, 2007

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Replies: 39

Views: 12K

What Lies Beyond the Standard Model in Particle Physics?

Nov 21, 2006 · Replies 2 · Jan 5, 2007

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

What Could Quantum Foam Give Us?

Jan 4, 2007 · Replies 3 · Jan 5, 2007

Replies: 3

Views: 3K

Kids must be asking for Smolin for Christmas

Dec 5, 2006 · Replies 12 · Jan 4, 2007

Replies: 12

Views: 3K

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Most Influential Paper fourth quarter 2006

Dec 28, 2006 · Replies 5 · Jan 1, 2007

Replies: 5

Views: 4K

Non-dispersive DSR (personal view of Jerzy K-G)

Dec 28, 2006 · Replies 1 · Dec 28, 2006

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

Baez TWF #243 is out (talks about Derek Wise Cartan paper)

Dec 26, 2006 · Replies 1 · Dec 27, 2006

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

D-branes (a question for experts)

Dec 18, 2006 · Replies 12 · Dec 26, 2006

Replies: 12

Views: 5K

The Status of Cosmological Natural Selection (Smolin rebuts Vilenkin)

Dec 18, 2006 · Replies 10 · Dec 24, 2006

Replies: 10

Views: 5K

Einstein was wrong, and should be Cartanized ( this is professional research)

Dec 18, 2006 · Replies 6 · Dec 22, 2006

Replies: 6

Views: 3K

Parallel Universes (recent video)

Dec 15, 2006 · Replies 2 · Dec 21, 2006

Replies: 2

Views: 4K

Poll

Topcites Forecast: How Many String Papers Will Get 100+ Citations in 2006?

Sep 10, 2006 · Replies 10 · Dec 21, 2006

Replies: 10

Views: 4K

Poll

Most Influential Paper third quarter 2006

Oct 2, 2006 · Replies 15 · Dec 20, 2006

Replies: 15

Views: 5K

Imaging the distribution of dark matter-anyone want to expand on this?

Dec 14, 2006 · Replies 4 · Dec 15, 2006

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

Lisa Randall number one on Amazon physics

Dec 13, 2006 · Replies 12 · Dec 15, 2006

Replies: 12

Views: 6K

Covariant Loop Quantum Gravity: Experts' Views

Nov 22, 2006 · Replies 5 · Dec 14, 2006

Replies: 5

Views: 3K

New Witten paper (geometric Langlands)

Dec 10, 2006 · Replies 6 · Dec 13, 2006

Replies: 6

Views: 6K

N=4 SYM: Extended Superspace, Coloumb Phase

Nov 26, 2006 · Replies 2 · Dec 13, 2006

Replies: 2

Views: 6K

JB diary has been getting pretty interesting

Dec 10, 2006 · Replies 0 · Dec 10, 2006

Replies: 0

Views: 3K

Two new string books go on sale soon (Becker's and Dine's)

Dec 10, 2006 · Replies 0 · Dec 10, 2006

Replies: 0

Views: 2K

Theoretical Physics

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This field involves the creation of mathematical equations and conceptual frameworks, exploring topics such as quantum mechanics, general relativity, and particle physics.

Theoretical physicists contribute to our understanding of the universe at both the smallest and largest scales, seeking to formulate elegant and comprehensive theories that describe the underlying principles of the cosmos, even if some aspects remain challenging to verify experimentally.

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