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On Future High-Energy Colliders
An outline of the physics reasons to pursue a future programme in high-energy colliders is presented.
Gian Francesco GiudiceFeb 21, 2019
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Feynman's different approach to electromagnetism
We discuss a previously unpublished description of electromagnetism outlined by Richard P. Feynman in the 1960s in five handwritten pages, recently uncovered among his papers, and partly developed in…
Roberto De Luca, Marco Di Mauro, Salvatore Esposito et al.Feb 15, 2019
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How to make the Earth orbit the Sun in 1614
In 1614 Johann Georg Locher, a student of the Jesuit astronomer Christoph Scheiner, proposed a physical mechanism to explain how the Earth could orbit the sun. An orbit, Locher said, is a perpetual…
Christopher M. GraneyFeb 12, 2019
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Claudius Ptolemy and Giambattista Della Porta: Two Contrasting Conceptions of Optics
We address the phenomenon of reflection in concave spherical mirror in two contrasting approaches to optics. In his Optics (ca.165) Ptolemy applied the cathetus principle as a regulative means for…
Yaakov Zik, Giora HonFeb 10, 2019
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Lost in Math? A review of 'Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray', by Sabine Hossenfelder
This is a review of Hossenfelder's book, 'Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray'. The book gives a breezy exposition of the present situation in fundamental physics, and raises important…
Jeremy ButterfieldFeb 9, 2019
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Quantum gravity from general relativity
Although general relativity is a predictively successful theory, it treats matter as classical rather than as quantum. For this reason, it will have to be replaced by a more fundamental quantum…
Christian WuthrichFeb 6, 2019
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Colloquium: A Century of Noether's Theorem
In the summer of 1918, Emmy Noether published the theorem that now bears her name, establishing a profound two-way connection between symmetries and conservation laws. The influence of this insight…
Chris QuiggFeb 6, 2019
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The Discovery of the Atmospheric Neutrino Anomaly
The discovery of the missing atmospheric muon neutrinos known as the atmospheric neutrino anomaly, is briefly described. Learned and Lipari gave a general review of atmospheric neutrinos at the…
John M. LoSeccoFeb 5, 2019
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Neutrinos and Particle Physics Models
As in Greek mythology, the neutrino was born in the mind of Wolfgang Pauli to salvage a fundamental principle. Its existence met with universal skepticism by a scientific community used to infer…
Pierre RamondFeb 5, 2019
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Non-locality and quasiclassical reality in Kent's formulation of relativistic quantum theory
We report Adrian Kent's proposed framework for a realist, one-world, Lorentz-invariant formulation of quantum theory. The idea is to postulate a final boundary condition: in effect, a late-time…
Jeremy Butterfield, Brendan MarshFeb 4, 2019
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Max Weinstein: Physics, Philosophy, Pandeism
This is a brief introduction to the life and ideas of the Lithuanian-German physicist, philosopher and religious thinker Max B. Weinstein, who is today best known for his thoughts concerning…
Helge KraghJan 31, 2019
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The E\"otv\"os Paradox: The Enduring Significance of E\"otv\"os' Most Famous Paper
Following the death of Baron Lor\'and von E\"otv\"os in 1919, his collaborators Desiderius Pek\'ar and Eugen Fekete co-authored a paper in 1922 containing the results of a series of earlier…
Ephraim Fischbach, Dennis E. KrauseJan 30, 2019
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Genius
arXiv admin note: This submission has been withdrawn by arXiv administrators due to inflammatory content and unprofessional language
Tomasz BodzionyJan 30, 2019
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The Metaphysics of Machian Frame-Dragging
The paper investigates the kind of dependence relation that best portrays Machian frame-dragging in general relativity. The question is tricky because frame-dragging relates local inertial frames to…
Antonio Vassallo, Carl HoeferJan 30, 2019
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Demystifying Gauge Symmetry
Gauge symmetries are often highlighted as a fundamental cornerstone of modern physics. But at the same time, it is commonly emphasized that gauge symmetries are not a fundamental feature of nature…
Jakob SchwichtenbergJan 29, 2019
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The future of US-China relations: a scientific investigation
In earlier centuries kings and governments employed astrologists to help them take the best decisions. Present-day governments no longer employ astrologists but still have no clear analytical tool to…
Belal E. Baaquie, Peter Richmond, Bertrand M. Roehner et al.Jan 29, 2019
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On the diversity of stationary cosmologies in the first half of the twentieth century
Before the establishment of the hot Big Bang scenario as the modern paradigm of cosmology, it faced several early competitors : the so-called stationary cosmological models. There were truly plural…
E-A. Dubois A. FüzfaJan 28, 2019
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Intrinsic, extrinsic, and the constitutive a priori
On the basis of what I call physico-formalist philosophy of mathematics, I will develop an amended account of the Kantian--Reichenbachian conception of constitutive a priori. It will be shown that…
Laszlo E. SzaboJan 25, 2019
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Dating the foundation of Augusta Taurinorum ex sole. The augustean propaganda and the role of Astronomy
The essay presents the results of a joint study of astronomy and archeology that has allowed to define the foundation date of the city of Turin as a Roman colony, called Iulia Augusta Taurinorum.…
Sandro Caranzano, Mariateresa CrostaJan 24, 2019
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Gauging the Boundary in Field-space
Local gauge theories are in a complicated relationship with boundaries. Whereas fixing the gauge can often shave off unwanted redundancies, the coupling of different bounded regions requires the use…
Henrique GomesJan 23, 2019
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A new perspective on quantum mechanics?
Bell suggested that a new perspective on quantum mechanics was needed. We propose a solution of the measurement problem based on a reconsideration of the nature of particles. The solution is…
Raymond S. MackintoshJan 23, 2019
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John Archibald Wheeler: A Biographical Memoir
John Archibald Wheeler was a theoretical physicist who worked on both down-to-earth projects and highly speculative ideas, and always emphasized the importance of experiment and observation, even…
Kip S. ThorneJan 20, 2019
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Statistical Mechanics and the Ghosts of Departed Quantities
Quantum mechanics appears to contain ghosts from both classical statistical mechanics and special relativity. On one hand, both the Dirac and Schr\"odinger equations have classical analogs that…
G. N. OrdJan 17, 2019
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Fueling Peter's Mill: Mikhail Lomonosov's Educational Training in Russia and Germany, 1731-1741
This article, the second in a series about the Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov (1711-1765), traces his education from his arrival in Moscow in 1731 to study at the Slavo-Greco-Latin Academy,…
Robert P. Crease, Vladimir ShiltsevJan 10, 2019
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Formulation of the laws of conservation and non-conservation
For each substance-like quantity, a theorem about its conservation or non-conservation can be formulated. For the electric charge e.g. it reads: Electric charge can neither be created nor destroyed.…
Friedrich HerrmannJan 8, 2019
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