Gravitation (Quantum Field Theory)

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Classical and Quantum Gravity Classical and Quantum Gravity: A journal for physicists, mathematicians and cosmologists working in the fields of gravitation and the theory of spacetime. Abstracts, full text editorials, and freely available featured articles. (Gravitation) http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/0264-9381 How gravity works at microscopic scales How gravity works at microscopic scales: Discusses in simple terms the problem of constructing a quantum theory of gravity. (Gravitation) http://www.jupiterscientific.org/sciinfo/gravity.html Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics: International focal point of cutting-edge research in foundational theoretical physics. (Gravitation) http://perimeterinstitute.ca Spin Foam Models Spin Foam Models: A review of the spin foam formulation of quantum gravity. (Gravitation) http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0301113 Canonical Quantum Gravity Canonical Quantum Gravity: This is a summary of a talk delivered at the workshop "Quantum gravity in the Southern Cone II". (Gravitation) http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9806119 Loop quantum gravity induced modifications to particle dynamics Loop quantum gravity induced modifications to particle dynamics: The construction of effective Hamiltonians arising from Loop Quantum Gravity and incorporating Planck scale corrections to the dynamics of photons and spin 1/2 particles is summarized. (Gravitation) http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0303189 Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics: Institute established to pursue research in gravitational physics, especially general relativity and quantum gravity. (Gravitation) http://www.aei-potsdam.mpg.de/about/index.html Loop Quantum Gravity Loop Quantum Gravity: A general overview of ideas, results and open problems of loop quantum gravity. (Gravitation) http://www.livingreviews.org/Articles/Volume1/1998-1rovelli/ Astronomy Today - Quantum Gravity Astronomy Today - Quantum Gravity: Astronomy Today - Article on Gamma Ray bursts which may reveal Quantum Gravity. (Gravitation) http://www.astronomytoday.com/cosmology/quantumgrav.html Physics News Update - Quantum Gravitational States Physics News Update - Quantum Gravitational States: Quantum gravitational states have been observed for the first time. An experiment with ultracold neutrons. (Gravitation) http://www.aip.org/enews/physnews/2002/573.html Introduction to Scalar Gravity Introduction to Scalar Gravity: This book is an introduction to Scalar Gravity, a relativistic theory of gravity modelled with scalar fields. (Gravitation) http://users.whsurf.net/paulbird/gravbook Strings, Loops and Others Strings, Loops and Others: This postscript file contains a review of the present theoretical attempts to understand the quantum properties of spacetime. (Gravitation) http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9803024 Gravity as an Effective Field Theory Gravity as an Effective Field Theory: This is a pedagogical introduction to the treatment of general relativity as a quantum effective field theory. (Gravitation) http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9512024 Gravitational Theory Gravitational Theory: Views on The Directional Gravity Theory. (Gravitation) http://www.ameritech.net/users/dennisreynolds1/GravitationalTheory.html QGravity.Org QGravity.Org: An simple overview of current theories of quantum gravity. (Gravitation) http://www.qgravity.org/ Matters of Gravity Matters of Gravity: An online journal with articles on advances in the theories of gravity. (Gravitation) http://www.phys.lsu.edu/mog Cosmological applications of loop quantum gravity Cosmological applications of loop quantum gravity: After a brief introduction to classical and quantum gravity we discuss applications of loop quantum gravity in the cosmological realm. This includes the basic formalism and recent results of loop quantum cosmology. (Gravitation) http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0306008 Discrete Approaches to Quantum Gravity Discrete Approaches to Quantum Gravity: The construction of a consistent theory of quantum gravity is a problem in theoretical physics that has so far defied all attempts at resolution. Reviewed here are three major areas of research: gauge-theoretic approaches; quantum Regge calculus; and the (Gravitation) http://www.livingreviews.org/Articles/Volume1/1998-13loll/article.html Summary Report of the D2 Workshop Summary Report of the D2 Workshop: A review of material presented at 1998 conference on quantum cosmology. (Gravitation) http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9803089 PhysicsWeb - Neutrons reveal quantum effects of gravity. PhysicsWeb - Neutrons reveal quantum effects of gravity.: PhysicsWeb, A resource for physicists, PhysicsWorld, Institute of Physics, Electronic Publishing, online products and services. (Gravitation) http://physicsweb.org/article/news/6/1/9 Quantum Relativity Theory of Everything Quantum Relativity Theory of Everything: Preliminary look at a new approach to Relativity, Cosmology and the Quantum nature of the universe. (Gravitation) http://www.becomereal.com/quantum_relativity.htm Gravity Drive Engine Theory Gravity Drive Engine Theory: A Unified Field Theory with an emphasis on gravity drive engines. (Gravitation) http://www.freewebs.com/spinstate/ An Introduction to Simplicial Gravity An Introduction to Simplicial Gravity: Contains introductory material on quantum mechanics and relativity and outlines one method of combining the two theories. (Gravitation) http://www.simscience.org/membranes/advanced/essay/quantum_grav1.html Sir Isaac Newton: The Universal Law of Gravitation Sir Isaac Newton: The Universal Law of Gravitation: Sir Isaac Newton's theroy on gravitational attraction. (Gravitation) http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/newtongrav.html An Ode to Effective Lagrangian An Ode to Effective Lagrangian: A brief introduction is given to the methods of effective lagrangians. The emphasis is on a summary of the overall picture, using a simple model of quantum gravity. (Gravitation) http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9812470 Quantum Gravity and M-Theory Quantum Gravity and M-Theory: A review of modern approaches to quantum gravity. (Gravitation) http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9803065 Throwing Einstein for a Loop Throwing Einstein for a Loop: A scientific american article which gives a summary of loop quantum gravity. (Gravitation) http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0007E95C-9597-1DC9-AF71809EC588EEDF Knots and Quantum Gravity Knots and Quantum Gravity: The book "Knots and Quantum Gravity" is the proceedings of a conference held at U.C. Riverside on May 14-16th, 1993. It is now available for free in Postscript format. (Gravitation) http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/kqg.html Quantum Gravity Quantum Gravity: A site maintained by Cambridge University on advances in quantum theories of gravity. (Gravitation) http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/qg_home.html How far are we from the quantum theory of gravity? How far are we from the quantum theory of gravity?: An assessment is offered of the progress that the major approaches to quantum gravity have made towards the goal of constructing a complete and satisfactory theory. The emphasis is on loop quantum gravity and string theory, although other approaches are d (Gravitation) http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0303185 Numerical Quantum Gravity Numerical Quantum Gravity: An overview of work being done in the field of quantum gravity. (Gravitation) http://pdg.cecm.sfu.ca/~warp/papers/essay/essay.html