2013 Awards for Essays on Gravitation (reminder)
GRAVITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION PO BOX 81389 WELLESLEY HILLS MA 02481-0004 USA 2013 Awards for Essays on Gravitation In 2013, for our sixty-fourth competition, the trustees of the Gravity Research...
View ArticleLiving Reviews in Relativity: Spin Foams and Minimal Length in Quantum Gravity
Living Reviews in Relativity has published two new review articles on Quantum Gravity: “The Spin-Foam Approach to Quantum Gravity” by Alejandro Perez and “Minimal Length Scale Scenarios for Quantum...
View ArticleNew look for hyperspace!
Dear all, I am glad to announce hyperspace’s new look! Behind what seems only an aesthetical restyle there is a major overhaul of hyperspace, which is now fully compatible with WordPress and less...
View ArticleIJMPD: Gravitational Wave Detection and Fundamental Physics in Space
Dear Colleagues, International Journal of Modern Physics D has published a new special issue on Gravitational Wave Detection and Fundamental Physics in Space [IJMPD Vol. 22, No. 1 (2013)]. Web address:...
View ArticleNew book: “Gauge Theories of Gravitation”, M. Blagojevic and F.W. Hehl (eds.)
M. Blagojevic (Belgrade) and F.W. Hehl (Cologne and Columbia, MO), Editors, GAUGE THEORIES OF GRAVITATION: A Reader with Commentaries Foreword by T.W.B. Kibble, FRS Imperial College Press, London,...
View ArticleThe 2013 Bronstein Prize in Loop Quantum Gravity
During the celebration of 25 years of Loop Quantum Gravity at Madrid, a new prize for Post-doctoral scholars in Loop Quantum Gravity was created. It is named after Matvei Petrovich Bronstein, who was...
View ArticleLiving Reviews in Relativity: “Relativistic Binaries in Globular Clusters”...
Living Reviews in Relativity has published a major update of the review “Relativistic Binaries in Globular Clusters” by Matthew J. Benacquista and Jonathan M.B. Downing on 4 March 2013. Please find the...
View ArticleMessage to ISGRG members
To members of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (ISGRG) — also known as the GRG. Between 1 April and 3 April, all ISGRG members should receive an email from me describing...
View ArticleNew book: “Heart of Darkness-Unraveling the Mysteries of the Invisible...
Authors: Jeremiah P Ostriker and Simon Mitton Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 9780691134307 Heart of Darkness is a popular science book (level of reader = college educated) that describes...
View ArticleNew Book: “General Relativity: 1972 Lecture Notes” by Robert Geroch
Robert Geroch’s lecture notes on general relativity are unique in three main respects. First, the physics of general relativity and the mathematics, which describes it, are masterfully intertwined in...
View ArticleLlama Multi-Block Infrastructure publicly available
http://llamacode.org/ The Llama Multi-Block Infrastructure for Cactus is now publicly available under the GNU General Public License. Llama provides three-dimensional multi-block capability for...
View ArticleCQG Focus Issue on “Higher Spins and Holography” guest edited by Per Kraus...
I am very pleased to bring you this focus issue on ‘Higher Spins and Holography’ guest edited by Per Kraus and Simon F Ross. http://j.mp/100eDpc Higher spin gravity has gained broader appeal in recent...
View Article2013 Awards for Essays on Gravitation: results
GRAVITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION PO BOX 81389 WELLESLEY HILLS MA 02481-0004 USA The trustees are pleased to announce the Awards for Essays for 2013. 1. $4,000 – Information Conservation Is Fundamental:...
View ArticleAnnouncing Finesse 1.0
After more than 13 years of work and 25 releases we are proud to announce version 1.0 of the interferometer simulation tool Finesse! http://www.gwoptics.org/finesse Finesse is a fast and relatively...
View ArticleLiving Reviews in Relativity: Quantum-Spacetime Phenomenology
Living Reviews in Relativity has published a new review article on “Quantum-Spacetime Phenomenology” by Giovanni Amelino-Camelia on 12 June 2013. Please find the abstract and further details below....
View ArticlePresentations Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2013 Warm Dark Matter
Ecole Internationale d’Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge Online presentations and photo album of the Chalonge Meudon Workshop 2013 Warm Dark Matter Galaxies in Agreement with Observations at the Meudon...
View ArticleObituary for Mauro Francaviglia
Mauro Francaviglia was born in Torino, on 22 june 1953 and passed away in Cosenza on 24 June 2013. He obtained his degree in Mathematics at the University of Torino in 1975 and he was a Full Professor...
View ArticleChalonge School Summer Open Session
Summer open session of Scientific Culture of the International School Daniel Chalonge and award of the Daniel Chalonge Medal 2013 Friday July 26, 2013 at the Observatory of Paris, Perrault building,...
View ArticleSimulationTools for Mathematica
15th August 2013 We present “SimulationTools for Mathematica” (http://simulationtools.org/), available as free software under the GNU General Public License. SimulationTools is a Mathematica...
View ArticleThe Daniel Chalonge Medal 2013
Ecole Internationale d’Astrophysique Daniel Chalonge http://chalonge.obspm.fr The Daniel Chalonge Medal 2013 has been awarded to Professor Gerard F. GILMORE The International School of Astrophysics...
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