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This report is a combined version of two talks presented by the authors at the Edinburgh $b$-physics Workshop, December 1991. It presents the ideas of heavy quark symmetry and gives an introduction to some applications. The references…
This is a review of the latest developments in the theory of superdense nuclear matter, formed in relativistic heavy ion collisions or in the core of collapsed stars, as they were reported and discussed at the Quark Matter 2005 conference…
These lecture notes are intended as a guide to Graduate level readers that are already familiar with basic General Relativity. They present in a concise way some advanced concepts and problems encountered in the study of gravitation. In…
This is an updated version of my PhD thesis, defended at the University of Waterloo on the 2nd of April 2025, uploaded to the ArXiv with the goal of reaching a wider audience. The thesis is divided into 5 chapters, respectively containing…
A quantum theory of the region of pure gravitation was given earlier in two papers [gr-qc/9908036 (Phys. Lett. A {\bf {265}}, 1 (2000)); gr-qc/0101056]. In this paper I provide further insight into the physics of this region.
This is a brief, popular-level introduction to holographic entanglement. It was published in the newsletter of the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore.
We review recent developments and results in testing general relativity (GR) at cosmological scales. The subject has witnessed rapid growth during the last two decades with the aim of addressing the question of cosmic acceleration and the…
This volume contains the proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Quantum Physics and Logic (QPL 2023). The aim of the QPL conference series is to bring together academic and industry researchers working on mathematical…
This article summarizes the talks in the session GW2 of the Sixteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Gravitation, and Relativistic Field Theories, 5-10 July, 2021, on…
These lecture notes are intended for starting PhD students in theoretical physics who have a working knowledge of General Relativity. The 4 topics covered are (1) Surface charges as conserved quantities in theories of gravity; (2) Classical…
Lectures given at International School of Physics ``Enrico Fermi'', Varenna, Villa Monastero, June 28-July 7 1994
This talk summarises the discussions during the conference on the spin structure of the nucleon held at Erice; July 1995. The summary focuses on where we have come, where we are now, and the emerging questions that direct where we go next…
Invited talk presented at the Workshop on Quantum Field Theoretical Aspects of High Energy Physics, Kyffh\"auser, Germany, September 20-24, 1993; to be published in the Proceedings.
Contents: We hear that... by Jorge Pullin * Reflections of a decade: Matters of Gravity and the Topical Group in Gravitation, by Beverly Berger 10 Years in Gravitational Wave Detection, by Peter Saulson Ten years of general relativity, some…
Talk given at the Conference ``Constrained Dynamics and Quantum Gravity 99'', Villasimius (Sardinia, Italy), September 13-17, 1999
This document presents the recommendations and scientific conclusions from the Town Meeting on QCD and Hadronic Physics that took place in the period 13-15 September 2014 at Temple University as part of the NSAC 2014 Long Range Planning…
Quantum General Relativity (QGR), sometimes called Loop Quantum Gravity, has matured over the past fifteen years to a mathematically rigorous candidate quantum field theory of the gravitational field. The features that distinguish it from…
This is the collection of the proceedings presented by the IceCube Collaboration at the TAUP2007 conference.
This is an introductory set of lecture notes on quantum cosmology, given in 1995 to an audience with interests ranging from astronomy to particle physics. Topics covered: 1. Introduction: 1.1 Quantum cosmology and quantum gravity; 1.2 A…
This is a redacted transcript of a course given by the author at Harvard in spring semester 2016. It contains a pedagogical overview of recent developments connecting the subjects of soft theorems, the memory effect and asymptotic…