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Graduate Can a Quanta of Gravity Exist Alone?

wolram
Apr 12, 2004 · Replies 6 · Apr 14, 2004

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Graduate Is There a Minimum Value in String Theory?

PRodQuanta
Apr 5, 2004 · Replies 3 · Apr 13, 2004

Replies: 3

Graduate TOE - possible breakthrough concepts

Yoda
Apr 12, 2004 · Replies 5 · Apr 13, 2004

Replies: 5

Graduate Background Independent Quantum Gravity-new survey paper

marcus
Apr 6, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 13, 2004

Replies: 2

What Inspired Keats' Vision on Darien's Peak?

marcus
Apr 3, 2004 · Replies 20 · Apr 12, 2004

Replies: 20

Graduate Does String theory resolve the information paradox?

PRodQuanta
Apr 7, 2004 · Replies 8 · Apr 11, 2004

Replies: 8

Graduate Contest: The most interesting article of the day: Pioline + Waldron

Lubos Motl
Apr 4, 2004 · Replies 1 · Apr 11, 2004

Replies: 1

Graduate What Mathematical Branch Studies Relations Between Multisets and Normal Sets?

Organic
Apr 8, 2004 · Replies 1 · Apr 11, 2004

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Graduate Evidence supporting the existense of tachyons?

BookWorm
Apr 2, 2004 · Replies 6 · Apr 11, 2004

Replies: 6

Graduate Kaluza-Klein Theory and spatial curvature

alexh110
Mar 29, 2004 · Replies 6 · Apr 8, 2004

Replies: 6

Graduate Philosophical issues of background (in)dependence in QG (long)

Stevo
Apr 8, 2004 · Replies 9 · Apr 8, 2004

Replies: 9

Graduate New Field Theory: Similarities & Differences

McQueen
Mar 21, 2004 · Replies 55 · Apr 7, 2004

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Graduate Are Non-Commutative Natural Numbers the Future of Mathematical Theory?

matt grime
Mar 23, 2004 · Replies 127 · Apr 7, 2004

5

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Graduate Understanding GSW 2.2.3: Questions on Vertexoperators and Symmetric Traces

Rene Meyer
Mar 31, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 7, 2004

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Graduate Twistorial String Field Theory

Urs Schreiber
Mar 31, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 7, 2004

Replies: 2

Graduate Looking for notes on guage geometry.

Haelfix
Apr 4, 2004 · Replies 3 · Apr 6, 2004

Replies: 3

Superstringtheory.com reopened ? No.

pelastration
Apr 4, 2004 · Replies 13 · Apr 6, 2004

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Graduate Unveiling Emergent Spacetime for the Layman

Urs Schreiber
Mar 29, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 6, 2004

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Graduate IIRC, ToE not possible, per Goedel

mister studebaker
Mar 29, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 5, 2004

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Graduate Residual conformal symmetry in GSW

Rene Meyer
Mar 29, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 5, 2004

Replies: 2

Undergrad Gravity: Is it a Force? - Beginner Physics Questions

Paul Fernihough
Mar 19, 2004 · Replies 15 · Apr 4, 2004

Replies: 15

Undergrad Symmetry breaking, what is it?

Mike2
Apr 2, 2004 · Replies 5 · Apr 4, 2004

Replies: 5

Graduate Uncovering the Universal Algorithm

PFanalog57
Apr 2, 2004 · Replies 4 · Apr 4, 2004

Replies: 4

Most Popular Boards: Forums & Boards for Theoretical Physicists

Conqueror
Apr 2, 2004 · Replies 3 · Apr 3, 2004

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Graduate Why can't we verify string theory with calculations?

aychamo
Mar 26, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 3, 2004

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Graduate Is Non-Perturbative String Theory Bound to a Single Vacuum State?

Creighton Hogg
Mar 28, 2004 · Replies 5 · Apr 2, 2004

Replies: 5

Graduate Understanding String Field Theory and Its Role in the Study of String Theory

Creighton Hogg
Mar 31, 2004 · Replies 4 · Apr 2, 2004

Replies: 4

Graduate Understanding D-brane Probes: A Beginner's Guide to String Theory Concepts

Creighton Hogg
Mar 26, 2004 · Replies 1 · Apr 2, 2004

Replies: 1

Graduate What Are Stratified Manifolds and Their Role in Theoretical Physics?

MathematicalPhysicist
Mar 29, 2004 · Replies 6 · Apr 2, 2004

Replies: 6

Graduate What are the best sources for researching M Theory?

Piscesboy
Mar 26, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 2, 2004

Replies: 2

Graduate What is the Plank unit explanation for the gravitational constant G?

Jade Falcon
Apr 1, 2004 · Replies 1 · Apr 1, 2004

Replies: 1

Graduate What is Local Infinitesimal Motion (LIM) and its significance in physics?

Antonio Lao
Mar 18, 2004 · Replies 20 · Apr 1, 2004

Replies: 20

Graduate Exploring Creation Principles in Quantum Mechanics and String Theory

Mike2
Mar 7, 2004 · Replies 22 · Apr 1, 2004

Replies: 22

Graduate Unlock the Concept of TOE: Electric Charge & Mass

Antonio Lao
Mar 18, 2004 · Replies 1 · Mar 31, 2004

Replies: 1

The Duel: Strings versus Loops by Rudy Vaas

marcus
Mar 24, 2004 · Replies 9 · Mar 31, 2004

Replies: 9

Graduate Dorothea Bahns: The Invariant Charges of the Nambu-Goto String

marcus
Mar 14, 2004 · Replies 7 · Mar 30, 2004

Replies: 7

Graduate Will Superstring Theory Win a Nobel Prize by 2020?

Ebe
Mar 28, 2004 · Replies 5 · Mar 29, 2004

Replies: 5

Graduate Are Two Copies of the Virasoro Algebra Equivalent to Diff(S^1)xDiff(S^1)?

Zig
Mar 27, 2004 · Replies 6 · Mar 29, 2004

Replies: 6

Graduate Does the Higgs Boson Support or Contradict String Theory?

sazzles
Mar 21, 2004 · Replies 17 · Mar 29, 2004

Replies: 17

Undergrad Did String Theory Revolutionize Our Understanding of the Universe?

phy
Mar 21, 2004 · Replies 18 · Mar 28, 2004

Replies: 18

Graduate Does string provide a quantum gravity theory?

marcus
Mar 26, 2004 · Replies 8 · Mar 28, 2004

Replies: 8

Graduate String Cosmology Review Paper?

robousy
Mar 20, 2004 · Replies 1 · Mar 27, 2004

Replies: 1

Music Formula: Transistor Theory Applied

b11ngoo
Mar 27, 2004 · Replies 1 · Mar 27, 2004

Replies: 1

Graduate Why Is Action Considered a Fundamental Concept in Physics?

robousy
Mar 26, 2004 · Replies 1 · Mar 26, 2004

Replies: 1

Graduate What Are the Mysteries of the Planck Scale in Our Universe?

rtharbaugh1
Jan 25, 2004 · Replies 28 · Mar 26, 2004

Replies: 28

Graduate Can M theory/strings explane dark matter/enegy?

neotrekkie
Mar 26, 2004 · Replies 2 · Mar 26, 2004

Replies: 2

Graduate Dr. Kaku gives A&M audience physics lesson

Ebe
Mar 24, 2004 · Replies 1 · Mar 26, 2004

Replies: 1

Graduate Woit's idea of a Better Holy Grail

marcus
Mar 25, 2004 · Replies 2 · Mar 25, 2004

Replies: 2

Graduate Josh Willis replies to comment on LQG and the diffeomorphism group

marcus
Mar 12, 2004 · Replies 28 · Mar 24, 2004

Replies: 28

Graduate THING & ITS LAW: Unifying Nature, Productive Force & Cognitive Ability

424319
Mar 24, 2004 · Replies 1 · Mar 24, 2004

Replies: 1

Graduate Understanding Energy in Time-Space

424319
Mar 19, 2004 · Replies 2 · Mar 23, 2004

Replies: 2

Graduate Could Every Particle Actually be a Point Singularity?

MathematicalPhysicist
Mar 23, 2004 · Replies 2 · Mar 23, 2004

Replies: 2

Graduate How was the Planck length (or time) calculated?

Chen
Mar 21, 2004 · Replies 6 · Mar 22, 2004

Replies: 6

Graduate Separable Hilbert Space in Loop Quantum Gravity

marcus
Mar 12, 2004 · Replies 16 · Mar 21, 2004

Replies: 16

Graduate Gravitational Theories in Higher Dimensions

MentalManager
Mar 17, 2004 · Replies 5 · Mar 21, 2004

Replies: 5

Graduate Introductory Interactive Online String Theory Seminar at the String Coffee Table

Urs
Mar 14, 2004 · Replies 1 · Mar 21, 2004

Replies: 1

Poll

Graduate Your pick of the latest LQG papers

marcus
Feb 26, 2004 · Replies 4 · Mar 21, 2004

Replies: 4

Graduate Theory on why no T.O.E. can be made.

b11ngoo
Mar 21, 2004 · Replies 1 · Mar 21, 2004

Replies: 1

Graduate Call For Votes for sci.physics.strings

Urs
Feb 24, 2004 · Replies 12 · Mar 20, 2004

Replies: 12

Graduate Is light wave energy equivalent to mass?

424319
Mar 19, 2004 · Replies 7 · Mar 19, 2004

Replies: 7

Graduate A new T.o.E. I have to start a new thread. The other one's messy.

b11ngoo
Mar 13, 2004 · Replies 11 · Mar 18, 2004

Replies: 11

Graduate Is the SO(2) Connection in Ashtekar's General Relativity Real or Complex?

marcus
Dec 20, 2003 · Replies 11 · Mar 18, 2004

Replies: 11

Graduate Studying physics in universities

startic84
Mar 17, 2004 · Replies 2 · Mar 18, 2004

Replies: 2

Graduate How can gravitons pass so effortlessly through a solid?

fbsthreads
Mar 16, 2004 · Replies 2 · Mar 16, 2004

Replies: 2

Graduate Real Life Examples: Reasons for Studying New Physics & Technologies from TOE

PRodQuanta
Mar 8, 2004 · Replies 2 · Mar 16, 2004

Replies: 2

Undergrad Is the Big Bang Part of a Repeating Cosmic Pattern?

Geoffro2@hotmail.com
Mar 12, 2004 · Replies 12 · Mar 15, 2004

Replies: 12

Graduate Five Super-string theories and one M-Theory = 6

Terry Giblin
Mar 12, 2004 · Replies 9 · Mar 15, 2004

Replies: 9

Graduate Could the Unified Field Theory be Right Under Our Noses?

joe_l_3_2
Mar 11, 2004 · Replies 5 · Mar 13, 2004

Replies: 5

Graduate Urs bid for amazing loop understanding?

ranyart
Mar 12, 2004 · Replies 4 · Mar 13, 2004

Replies: 4

High School Exploring String Theory: Science Fair Project Ideas for High School Freshmen

WaC-Man
Nov 9, 2003 · Replies 12 · Mar 12, 2004

Replies: 12

I have a humble plan to create a T.o.E.

b11ngoo
Mar 8, 2004 · Replies 4 · Mar 12, 2004

Replies: 4

Graduate Quarks are the solution to the GUT

Terry Giblin
Feb 24, 2004 · Replies 7 · Mar 11, 2004

Replies: 7

Graduate Witten's original papers on M-theory

rick1138
Mar 8, 2004 · Replies 4 · Mar 9, 2004

Replies: 4

Graduate Number of Calabi-Yau Manifolds in Superstring Theories

meteor
Feb 16, 2004 · Replies 10 · Mar 9, 2004

Replies: 10

Graduate What is an Orbibundle? Explanation

meteor
Mar 7, 2004 · Replies 6 · Mar 8, 2004

Replies: 6

Graduate A brief history about development of String Theories

kiarash_niknejad2003
Mar 7, 2004 · Replies 5 · Mar 8, 2004

Replies: 5

Graduate Polchinski Excercise Question - delta function

selfAdjoint
Mar 7, 2004 · Replies 10 · Mar 8, 2004

Replies: 10

Graduate Ashtekar's Shadow states paper

marcus
Feb 27, 2004 · Replies 54 · Mar 7, 2004

2

Replies: 54

Graduate Requirements for a theory of Quantum Gravity, or Theory of Everything

rick1138
Mar 4, 2004 · Replies 10 · Mar 7, 2004

Replies: 10

Graduate Unraveling the Connection Between Gravity and Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle

Sariaht
Feb 19, 2004 · Replies 39 · Mar 6, 2004

2

Replies: 39

Graduate Is Gravity in String Theory a Problem for Multiple Universes?

lord of time
Feb 29, 2004 · Replies 3 · Mar 4, 2004

Replies: 3

Graduate Was Einstein Wrong About Singularity Theory?

Sariaht
Mar 1, 2004 · Replies 6 · Mar 4, 2004

Replies: 6

Graduate Are Forces in Different Dimensions Actually the Same?

taylordnz
Mar 3, 2004 · Replies 1 · Mar 4, 2004

Replies: 1

Graduate Can anyone tell me why this counter string theory is wrong

lord of time
Feb 25, 2004 · Replies 2 · Mar 3, 2004

Replies: 2

Graduate Online copy? Background Independent Quantum Gravity: a Status Report

marcus
Mar 2, 2004 · Replies 7 · Mar 3, 2004

Replies: 7

Graduate Could anyone recommend some good books on string?

Dale12
Mar 2, 2004 · Replies 2 · Mar 2, 2004

Replies: 2

Graduate Can 2-Brane Structure Describe Universe?

Antonio Lao
Feb 26, 2004 · Replies 10 · Mar 2, 2004

Replies: 10

Graduate Are Black Holes Actually Fuzzballs of Tangled Strings?

Guybrush Threepwood
Mar 2, 2004 · Replies 2 · Mar 2, 2004

Replies: 2

Graduate What is the Category Theory formulation of LQG?

marcus
Feb 25, 2004 · Replies 11 · Mar 1, 2004

Replies: 11

Graduate Can Linear Wormholes Revolutionize Spacecraft Fuel Recycling?

Lord Flasheart
Feb 5, 2004 · Replies 18 · Feb 29, 2004

Replies: 18

Poll

Graduate Isham's New Quantization & Topos Theory

arivero
Feb 12, 2004 · Replies 15 · Feb 29, 2004

Replies: 15

Graduate Urs Schneider's allegations about the Ashtekar Shadow states paper

marcus
Feb 28, 2004 · Replies 10 · Feb 28, 2004

Replies: 10

Graduate When did we first realize that more than four dimensions may exist?

Ivan Seeking
Dec 24, 2003 · Replies 2 · Feb 28, 2004

Replies: 2

Graduate Do Gravitons Exist in the 4th Spatial Dimension?

SmarterThanGod
Feb 27, 2004 · Replies 4 · Feb 28, 2004

Replies: 4

Brian Greene's Fabric of the Cosmos

rick1138
Feb 5, 2004 · Replies 11 · Feb 27, 2004

Replies: 11

Graduate Accelerated growth in Quantum Gravity research

marcus
Feb 26, 2004 · Replies 4 · Feb 27, 2004

Replies: 4

Graduate Thomas Larsson's post on LQG-String

marcus
Feb 22, 2004 · Replies 44 · Feb 27, 2004

2

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Graduate Strings Theory for High School Students

String Dreadnaught
Feb 25, 2004 · Replies 2 · Feb 26, 2004

Replies: 2

Undergrad String tension, is this the correct formula?

ant0
Feb 26, 2004 · Replies 2 · Feb 26, 2004

Replies: 2

Graduate Is Redshift Really Proof of Universe Expansion?

Ingvar Astrand
Jan 23, 2004 · Replies 9 · Feb 26, 2004

Replies: 9

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