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Graduate Ideas for first quarter 2009 most important paper (nominations)
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Graduate Noether theorem + CP violation -> Energy is not conserved?
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Undergrad Regge Trajectories: What Are They?
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So what about the FQXi time essay contest? It's February already.
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Graduate The role of information in gravity - ( article - food for Fra)
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Graduate Mystery Equation Found at UNH Physics Library!
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Graduate Symmetry Breaking and the Metric
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Graduate Hamiltonian Principle: Uncovering Physics Beyond Euler-Lagrange Eq.s
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Graduate Eleven dimensions, too small or too big?
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Graduate What Do Dimensions 5-14 in String Theory Really Mean?
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Graduate The Anti-Gravity Project- I Need Your Help
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Graduate What is group field theory, and its relation LQG, CDT?
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Graduate Dimensions Creation: Theory or Always Existed?
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Graduate Approaches to Quantum Gravity (now in Cambridge Press catalog)
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Graduate Extra dimensions don't go with dark energy (new Steinhardt no-go theorems)
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Graduate String theory - what do strings look like?
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The Elegant Universe- string theory documentary
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Graduate Path Integral formulation of Loop Cosmology (a first)
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Graduate Links for Self-Studying Physics by Nobel Laureate 't Hooft
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Graduate Can a Simple Cellular Lattice Model Unify All Observed Particles and Fields?
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Undergrad String thoery - extra dimensions
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Graduate Noncommutative geometry naturally includes inflation epoch
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Graduate Properties of 6 Dimensional Spheres
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Graduate A four dimensional object spinning on it's axis.
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Graduate Is the Continuity Equation a Restatement of Gauss' Divergence Theorem?
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Graduate Current BH-LQG topics (e.g. quantization of entropy)
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Graduate Equivalence of Gravity & Thermodynamics: Einstein Eqs & $\delta Q = T \delta S$
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Graduate Can someone explain the 3D Dirac Delta Function in Griffiths' Section 1.5.3?
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Graduate T-symmetry violation: any leads?
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Graduate Why is gravitino a spin 3/2 particle?
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Graduate Can Canonical Transformations Preserve the Physics of Different Systems?
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Graduate The Relationship between Experience and Theoretical Physics
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Graduate How does Dark energy fit into the standard model?
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Graduate Does Simulating 3-D Structures Enhance Polymer Solar Cell Efficiency?
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Graduate Gravitons corresponding to flat spacetime.
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Graduate Some questions about dimensions 5 - 11
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Graduate String Theory, M-Theory, whatever
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Graduate Where are the particles created in BH evaporation?
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Graduate Discussing "Time for a Change: The Non-Existence of Time" by Lynds
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Graduate What is the proposed solution to the Vacuum Energy Density Crisis?
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Graduate Emergent string based space time
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Graduate Is Space-Time Composed of Strings in String Theory?
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Graduate Researching LQG: What Disciplines Should I Study?
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Graduate Are Pressure and Energy Density Redundant in Dimensional Equivalence?
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Graduate Weinberg cites Reuter, Saueressig, also Percacci in Oriti's Quantum Gravity book
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Graduate Initial Value for GR /w Ashtekar Var. Eyo EyoIta defies Freidel and Smolin
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Graduate Does String Theory Arise from Quantum/Unified Fields?
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Graduate New action is key to Loop gains (the Dittrich-Speziale action)
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Graduate Could someone please explain this 4-vector/tensor notation?
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Graduate How Does Quantum Theory Suggest Spacetime Emerges from Simple Triangles?
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Graduate Do superstrings exist in two states of spin?
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Graduate What is the concept of Dual Special Relativity?
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Graduate Explaining the Expanding Universe: A Discussion
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Graduate Asymptotic Safety paper thanks Jacques Distler
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Graduate Physicists Theorize New Method for FTL Travel
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Graduate How does an electron behave in a closed time like curve?
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Graduate Can Liouville's theorem apply to dissipative systems
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Graduate The meaning of the relative strength of forces
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Graduate The email I sent to Petr Horava about CDT, LQG and his new theory. (no answer).
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Graduate Covariant loop quantum gravity and its low-energy limit (throwing the eagle)
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Graduate Tests of LQG in cosmology (proposals, prospects etc)
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Necessity of theoretical physics and philosophy
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Graduate Can Strings Act as Both Particles and Waves Like Quantum Particles?
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Graduate How do D-branes fit into closed string theories?
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Graduate How Does General Relativity Encode Universal Energy into Mass?
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Graduate Diff invariance allows loop variables why?
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Graduate Importance of Closing Algebra in Wess-Zumino Lagrangian: Simple SUSY Question
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Graduate What is the Conceptual Meaning of Boltzmann's Constant?
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Graduate Supersymmetric string theory, what is it?
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Graduate Chiral theories and matter gauges
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Graduate String theory and Bell's theorem
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Graduate Understanding Z2 Symmetry in Models
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Graduate Wave function collapse causes gravity? (article title)
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Graduate The meaning of time in curved space quantization
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Graduate Harmonic Functions: Why n>2 Condition Imposed
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Graduate Gravostrong ? TOE advise needed
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Graduate Why Do Some Tensor Functions Appear Isotropic in Component Notation?
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Graduate Is gauge theory applicable to finite-dimensional Lie groups?
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Graduate Can Knotted Closed Strings Exist in Higher Dimensions?
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Undergrad Is Space-Time Really Like a Liquid, and Why Aren't We Dissolving in It?
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Graduate Does someone undesrstand Matti Pitkanen's TGD?
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Graduate Where do you need topology in physics?
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Graduate String Field Theory: Will It Outshine String Theories?
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Graduate What are the different approaches to QG and QM without spacetime?
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Graduate Petr Horava's quantum Gravity ( without strings)
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Graduate Free Papers Intro to 11D Supergravity: ArXiv & Google Scholar
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Graduate Conformally inequivalent tori (for one-loop string diagrams)
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Graduate Significance of non-linear terms
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Graduate What Are the Fundamental Numbers Essential for the Universe's Existence?
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Graduate Question over dimensions, something that's been bothering me
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Graduate A request for advice on studying theoretical physics
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Graduate Susskind on black hole in collider experiment
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Graduate Number of Lepton Generations in string theory
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Graduate Advanced published papers regarding valid unification theories?
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Graduate Has anyone heard of Anyonic strings?
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Undergrad Where Does the Gravitational Constant Come From?
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Graduate Fooling around with Hamilton-Jacobi theory: can this be right?
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Graduate Simple question about a calculation in superstring theory
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Undergrad Whenever energy is added to a system, the system gains mass
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Graduate Strings vs Blocks: Dimensions & Oscillating Volumes
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