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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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Graduate Most visual form of quantum GR?

marcus
Dec 7, 2004 · Replies 4 · Nov 15, 2006

Replies: 4

Graduate Is superstringtheory a quantum theory ?

vanesch
Jan 20, 2005 · Replies 3 · Nov 15, 2006

Replies: 3

Graduate Is Ontology the Hidden Framework of Physics?

marcus
Oct 26, 2004 · Replies 23 · Nov 15, 2006

Replies: 23

Graduate Do String Theory Dualities Challenge Traditional Ontology?

Curious6
Nov 22, 2004 · Replies 15 · Nov 15, 2006

Replies: 15

Graduate Quantum Gravity Theory and Interpretations of QM

Curious6
Sep 13, 2004 · Replies 6 · Nov 15, 2006

Replies: 6

Graduate Olaf Dreyer: the Cosmological Constant paradox

marcus
Sep 5, 2004 · Replies 21 · Nov 15, 2006

Replies: 21

Graduate How does string theory describe the wave/particle duality of matter?

QuantumDefect
Jun 9, 2004 · Replies 8 · Nov 15, 2006

Replies: 8

Graduate Is Loop Quantum Gravity Compatible with Classical General Relativity?

Demystifier
Nov 13, 2006 · Replies 19 · Nov 15, 2006

Replies: 19

Poll

Cast Your Vote: SFT vs. LQG – Join the Discussion!

Mentat
Oct 6, 2003 · Replies 22 · Nov 14, 2006

Replies: 22

Graduate Explaining Rank 0, 1 and 2 Field Theory in Simple Terms

actionintegral
Nov 14, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 14, 2006

Replies: 2

Graduate Lee Smolin tantalizing hint in TTWT

RandallB
Nov 11, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 13, 2006

Replies: 3

Graduate How can we test string theory?

Chaos' lil bro Order
Nov 9, 2006 · Replies 5 · Nov 13, 2006

Replies: 5

Graduate Q:What is the analogue of the excitation vector in the case of mass density?

mma
Nov 8, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 12, 2006

Replies: 2

Graduate Baratin-Freidel: Hidden Quantum Gravity in 4d Feynman diagrams

marcus
Nov 5, 2006 · Replies 8 · Nov 11, 2006

Replies: 8

Graduate Spinfoam idea for energy source (Louis Crane-FQXi)

marcus
Aug 16, 2006 · Replies 4 · Nov 10, 2006

Replies: 4

Graduate New Connes: Gravity and the standard model with neutrino mixing

marcus
Oct 23, 2006 · Replies 20 · Nov 10, 2006

Replies: 20

Graduate Higgs field, QFT in curved spacetime, and spinfoams

Mike2
Aug 12, 2006 · Replies 10 · Nov 9, 2006

Replies: 10

Graduate Quantum Gravity and Experimental Data: Lee Smolin in Physics Today"

Thomas Larsson
Nov 7, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 9, 2006

Replies: 1

Discover the Mystery of Christine's Missing Blog: A Tale of Dantas and Marcus

Kea
Nov 6, 2006 · Replies 37 · Nov 9, 2006

2

Replies: 37

Undergrad Most Accessible Fields of Research

Euclid
Nov 7, 2006 · Replies 12 · Nov 8, 2006

Replies: 12

New Perimeter video archive format

marcus
Nov 3, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 8, 2006

Replies: 3

Graduate Thinking on a Tangent: Universe & Beyond

wolram
Nov 7, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 8, 2006

Replies: 3

Graduate Particle Overview: Arxiv.org HEP-PH 0611040

wolram
Nov 7, 2006 · Replies 8 · Nov 8, 2006

Replies: 8

Graduate Can the Ratio of Real to Virtual Particles Influence Quantum Gravity?

wolram
Nov 3, 2006 · Replies 10 · Nov 5, 2006

Replies: 10

Graduate Stroop Theory - the possible unification of QM with GR through IT and CHO?

Dcase
Jul 5, 2006 · Replies 37 · Nov 5, 2006

2

Replies: 37

Graduate Poincare Invariance from General QFT

CarlB
Sep 11, 2006 · Replies 33 · Nov 5, 2006

2

Replies: 33

Graduate Polchinski: 2006, the Year in Strings

CarlB
Nov 2, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 5, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Bee evaluates multimindedness-its role in science

marcus
Nov 3, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 3, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate How Did the Understanding of Fundamental Forces Evolve Historically?

student007
Nov 1, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 2, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Bee's new paper on QG phenomenology

marcus
Nov 1, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 2, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Beautiful Shahar Hod relax time lower bound-connecting to Third Law

marcus
Nov 1, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 2, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Can string theory make predictions for particle physics?

CarlB
Nov 1, 2006 · Replies 4 · Nov 2, 2006

Replies: 4

Graduate Carl Brannen's Triumph in Hawaii: Japanese Physicist Koide Cites 2 Equations

marcus
Nov 1, 2006 · Replies 4 · Nov 1, 2006

Replies: 4

CBI's One Year Anniversary - Guest Posts Welcome

ccdantas
Oct 30, 2006 · Replies 8 · Nov 1, 2006

Replies: 8

Graduate Foot-trap rage and spanking the messenger

marcus
Oct 23, 2006 · Replies 15 · Oct 29, 2006

Replies: 15

Graduate String theory is a complete scientific failure by Daniel Friedan

bananan
Sep 26, 2006 · Replies 23 · Oct 29, 2006

Replies: 23

Graduate What Came First, Gravity or Mass?

nannoh
Oct 26, 2006 · Replies 10 · Oct 26, 2006

Replies: 10

Graduate Algebraic QFT and Quantum Gravity

selfAdjoint
Oct 25, 2006 · Replies 1 · Oct 25, 2006

Replies: 1

Smolin's book first appearance on UK amazon physics bestseller list

marcus
Oct 3, 2006 · Replies 4 · Oct 22, 2006

Replies: 4

Graduate KITP Video w/ David Gross on Background Independence in String Theory

marcus
Oct 22, 2006 · Replies 3 · Oct 22, 2006

Replies: 3

Briefer bumps Trouble from #1 bestseller spot (after a month)

marcus
Oct 19, 2006 · Replies 6 · Oct 22, 2006

Replies: 6

Graduate Topology & Physics: Motivation & Applications

quasar987
Oct 21, 2006 · Replies 5 · Oct 21, 2006

Replies: 5

Graduate Searching for Quantum Gravity in Gamma-Ray Bursts

marcus
Oct 19, 2006 · Replies 7 · Oct 21, 2006

Replies: 7

Graduate How Physics is Done: The Process of Formulating and Testing Theories

pivoxa15
Oct 17, 2006 · Replies 5 · Oct 20, 2006

Replies: 5

Zing-Zong. Bee's blog only gets better

marcus
Oct 19, 2006 · Replies 0 · Oct 19, 2006

Replies: 0

Graduate Talk by Hendryk Pfeiffer today

marcus
Oct 19, 2006 · Replies 0 · Oct 19, 2006

Replies: 0

Graduate Raft to the Future: Unraveling Math Confusion

malthis
Oct 17, 2006 · Replies 9 · Oct 19, 2006

Replies: 9

Graduate What Are Examples of Calabi-Yau Four-Folds with H^(1,1)=1?

aaron
Oct 11, 2006 · Replies 1 · Oct 19, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate What's the trouble with anthropic reasoning?

Chronos
Oct 11, 2006 · Replies 26 · Oct 18, 2006

Replies: 26

Graduate Vilenkin claims to have refuted the CNS conjecture

marcus
Oct 4, 2006 · Replies 9 · Oct 17, 2006

Replies: 9

Graduate Vilenkin unconvincing: CNS concerns stellar collapse black holes

marcus
Oct 7, 2006 · Replies 8 · Oct 17, 2006

Replies: 8

Graduate Do You Need a Strong Understanding of Quantum Mechanics to Study M-Theory?

Swapnil
Oct 13, 2006 · Replies 11 · Oct 17, 2006

Replies: 11

Graduate What Are the Theological Implications of the Pre-Big Bang Scenario?

pmb_phy
Oct 16, 2006 · Replies 3 · Oct 16, 2006

Replies: 3

Is String Theory Explained in an XKCD Comic?

neutrino
Oct 16, 2006 · Replies 6 · Oct 16, 2006

Replies: 6

Graduate Pre-Quantum theory talk at PI, Wednesday 11 October

marcus
Oct 10, 2006 · Replies 12 · Oct 14, 2006

Replies: 12

Graduate Smolin's reply to review in the New Scientist

marcus
Oct 9, 2006 · Replies 2 · Oct 13, 2006

Replies: 2

Smolin and Woit both top physics bestsellers (US and UK)

marcus
Oct 7, 2006 · Replies 8 · Oct 13, 2006

Replies: 8

Graduate Torelli Group: Understanding the Non-Trivial Diffeomorphisms of String Theory

Darth Sidious
Oct 11, 2006 · Replies 1 · Oct 11, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate String number density - does it make sense?

frank_k_sheldon@yahoo.co.uk
Oct 11, 2006 · Replies 1 · Oct 11, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate The Paradox of Zeno: An Analysis of the 2000-Year-Old Puzzle

Egap
Oct 11, 2006 · Replies 1 · Oct 11, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Gravitomagnetic effect 10^20 large then predicted by GR ?

serg271
Oct 11, 2006 · Replies 8 · Oct 11, 2006

Replies: 8

Graduate Is 11-Dimensional Spacetime a Valid Explanation of the Universe?

m_brain
Oct 11, 2006 · Replies 2 · Oct 11, 2006

Replies: 2

Graduate The Asymptotic Safety Scenario in QG

selfAdjoint
Oct 10, 2006 · Replies 1 · Oct 10, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Review in Nature by Geoff Brumfiel

marcus
Oct 9, 2006 · Replies 0 · Oct 9, 2006

Replies: 0

Graduate The Relationship Between Matter and Energy

camanintx
Oct 8, 2006 · Replies 2 · Oct 9, 2006

Replies: 2

Graduate The Mathematics of LQG Theory: Topology, Manifolds, and More

MathematicalPhysicist
Oct 8, 2006 · Replies 8 · Oct 8, 2006

Replies: 8

Graduate If spinfoam incorporated unbroken SUSY formalism, would SUSY

bananan
Oct 7, 2006 · Replies 2 · Oct 8, 2006

Replies: 2

Graduate Spin network euristic for pre-quantum picture

marcus
Oct 3, 2006 · Replies 24 · Oct 6, 2006

Replies: 24

Graduate Zero point energy as 5th fundamental force

Mk
Oct 5, 2006 · Replies 1 · Oct 6, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Is always a Lagrangian L=T-V ?

Karlisbad
Oct 5, 2006 · Replies 1 · Oct 5, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Re there useful links for the definition & use of Tensor Waves?

desA
Oct 3, 2006 · Replies 1 · Oct 4, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Not Even Wrong #1 UK bestseller in particle physics

marcus
Oct 2, 2006 · Replies 3 · Oct 4, 2006

Replies: 3

Graduate Third quarter QG research poll: nominations

marcus
Sep 3, 2006 · Replies 9 · Oct 2, 2006

Replies: 9

Graduate Does String Theory or Preon Theory More Accurately Predict the Higgs Boson Mass?

bananan
Oct 2, 2006 · Replies 6 · Oct 2, 2006

Replies: 6

Graduate A little question: is x-boson included in su(5)?

francesco_barbero
Oct 2, 2006 · Replies 2 · Oct 2, 2006

Replies: 2

Graduate A Look at Quantum &amp;quot;Spookiness&amp;quot;

Egap
Jul 16, 2006 · Replies 3 · Oct 2, 2006

Replies: 3

Graduate Would Feynman Embrace Background Independence in Quantum Mechanics Today?

George Jones
Sep 25, 2006 · Replies 14 · Sep 30, 2006

Replies: 14

Smolin and Woit #1 and #2 bestsellers

marcus
Sep 2, 2006 · Replies 18 · Sep 30, 2006

Replies: 18

Graduate Is a Fundamental Unit of Length Possible with the Planck Circle Problem?

ModernTantalus
Aug 31, 2006 · Replies 12 · Sep 29, 2006

Replies: 12

Graduate Penrose: Outrageous Solution to Big Bang Cosmology Puzzle

marcus
Sep 21, 2006 · Replies 14 · Sep 28, 2006

Replies: 14

Graduate Question about the Unified Field Theory

aznpride2pac
Sep 27, 2006 · Replies 3 · Sep 28, 2006

Replies: 3

Graduate Does Hawking Radiation Maintain a Black Hole's Maximum Entropy?

TriTertButoxy
Sep 17, 2006 · Replies 1 · Sep 27, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Emergent spacetime & Background independence

touqra
Sep 20, 2006 · Replies 6 · Sep 26, 2006

Replies: 6

Graduate The Telephone Seminar was fun (Laurent and Abhay arguing with Carlo)

marcus
Sep 26, 2006 · Replies 0 · Sep 26, 2006

Replies: 0

Riofrio Cosmology: Evidence of Changing Speed of Light

Kea
Sep 25, 2006 · Replies 1 · Sep 25, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate What Are the Implications of the Leech Lattice and Strings in String Theory?

arivero
Sep 23, 2006 · Replies 7 · Sep 25, 2006

Replies: 7

Undergrad Where can I find a list of physics axioms?

mtanti
Sep 25, 2006 · Replies 2 · Sep 25, 2006

Replies: 2

Graduate Opinions of ideas in Not Even Wrong

FieldIntensity
Sep 21, 2006 · Replies 4 · Sep 24, 2006

Replies: 4

Smolin at Kepler's in Menlo Park on Wednesday

marcus
Sep 23, 2006 · Replies 1 · Sep 23, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Can Energy Be Extracted from Quantum Fields Without Depleting Them?

Chaos' lil bro Order
Sep 22, 2006 · Replies 1 · Sep 23, 2006

Replies: 1

Amanda Cook and Sara Lippencott edited #1 physics bestseller

marcus
Sep 23, 2006 · Replies 1 · Sep 23, 2006

Replies: 1

Undergrad Why Is the Theoretical Triangle Essential in Physics Diagrams?

AbedeuS
Sep 21, 2006 · Replies 4 · Sep 22, 2006

Replies: 4

Graduate What is the meaning behind the complex equations in Dyson's 1951 text on arXiv?

rtharbaugh1
Sep 18, 2006 · Replies 15 · Sep 21, 2006

Replies: 15

Graduate Cambridge Noncommutative Geometry workshop in September

marcus
Jul 11, 2006 · Replies 21 · Sep 21, 2006

Replies: 21

Graduate Space Time & Metric Encoded Evolution: Rules & Principles

wolram
Sep 2, 2006 · Replies 16 · Sep 20, 2006

Replies: 16

Graduate The Trouble with Physics-Woit's review

marcus
Aug 28, 2006 · Replies 32 · Sep 18, 2006

2

Replies: 32

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,

marcus
Sep 17, 2006 · Replies 5 · Sep 17, 2006

Replies: 5

Graduate Is Particle-Wave Duality a Topological Transformation?

Rade
Sep 16, 2006 · Replies 1 · Sep 17, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Teaching myself supersymmetry and supergravity

simic4
Sep 5, 2006 · Replies 7 · Sep 16, 2006

Replies: 7

Graduate New Cosmology Idea - Is it Too Simple?

robert van cleve
Sep 15, 2006 · Replies 1 · Sep 15, 2006

Replies: 1

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