Category Archives: String Theory

Box Counting or "Points" on the Strings Length?

Posted on October 9, 2006 by PlatoHagel

The jump from conventional field theories of point-like objects to a theory of one-dimensional objects has striking implications. The vibration spectrum of the string contains a massless spin-2 particle: the graviton. Its long wavelength interactions are described by Einstein’s theory … Continue reading →

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From Modelling to Experimentation?

Posted on October 7, 2006 by PlatoHagel

Moving to higher energies, the expected fluxes of neutrinos become smaller, that even a cubic kilometer detector is not able to detect them. Larger volumes can be achieved by replacing optical sensors by acoustic detection. The reason is that acoustic … Continue reading →

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The Periodic Table of the Moon’s Strata

Posted on October 3, 2006 by PlatoHagel

Clementine color ratio composite image of Aristarchus Crater on the Moon. This 42 km diameter crater is located on the corner of the Aristarchus plateau, at 24 N, 47 W. Ejecta from the plateau is visible as the blue material … Continue reading →

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CP Violation

Posted on October 2, 2006 by PlatoHagel

The value of non-Euclidean geometry lies in its ability to liberate us from preconceived ideas in preparation for the time when exploration of physical laws might demand some geometry other than the Euclidean. Bernhard Riemann ON a macroscale the blackhole … Continue reading →

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Are Strangelets Natural?

Posted on September 30, 2006 by PlatoHagel

Thus RHIC is in a certain sense a string theory testing machine, analyzing the formation and decay of dual black holes, and giving information about the black hole interior. It is important that you look at the date of this … Continue reading →

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Hydrogen, and the Law of Octaves

Posted on September 23, 2006 by PlatoHagel

<a href="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/vilenkin06/vilenkin06_index.html&quot; target=_BLank title="The Edge-THE PRINCIPLE OF MEDIOCRITY [9.15.06]By Alexander Vilenkin”> Alex Vilenkin – Many Worlds in One article by Mark of Cosmic Variance drew my interest again after reading with a new perspective gained from understandng some implications about … Continue reading →

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CNO and the Law of Octaves

Posted on September 20, 2006 by PlatoHagel

“String theory—the hot topic in physics for the past 20 years—is a dead-end, says Smolin, one of the founders of Canada’s Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics and himself a lapsed string theorist. In fact, he (and others) argue convincingly, string … Continue reading →

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What’s on the Condense Matter Theorist’s Mind?

Posted on September 13, 2006 by PlatoHagel

The Theory of Everything Prof. Robert B. Laughlin The crystalline state is the simplest known example of a quantum , a stable state of matter whose generic low-energy properties are determined by a higher organizing principle and nothing else. Robert … Continue reading →

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Window on the Universe

Posted on September 10, 2006 by PlatoHagel

Michio Kaku: I like to compare it to wandering in the desert, and stumbling over a tiny pebble. When we push away the sand, we find that this “pebble” is actually the tip of a gargantuan pyramid. After years of … Continue reading →

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Quantum Hall Effect

Posted on September 7, 2006 by PlatoHagel

This article below was set in motion by Stefan’s article,”Pencils, Black Holes, and the Klein Paradox”, at Backreaction. B will have to offer her perspective on the blackhole analogy. I offer mine.:) The fractional quantum Hall effect continues to be … Continue reading →

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