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Positivity of Total Gravitational Energy in GR

I read the following statement in the introduction to an article: Over the last 30 years, one of the greatest achievements in classical general relativity has certainly been the proof of the ...
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Good introductory books on AdS/CFT correspondence [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Introduction to AdS/CFT Since my question in a similar topic was deleted, I'll ask away and hope ppl won't come here telling me: this was already asked! :\ I have a ...
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Turbulence parameterization from gravity - fluid dynamics correspondence

I`m looking for a nice introductary reference that explains how the turbulence coefficient or any kind of turbulence parameterization (in view of applications to atmospheric turbulence for example) ...
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Gravitating sigma models

I am looking for a review or book on sigma models in (super)gravity theories, which arise from dimensional reduction.
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Lowest gravity on Earth's surface?

I am trying to determine which on Earth's surface has the lowest gravity. Googling is not finding anything concrete. My natural inclination would be to think of Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador, being on ...
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Surface tension of N non-mixing fluids

I am a mathematician, not a physicist, so please be gentle with me if I write something wrong. Consider a bounded, regular container $\Omega$, which is filled with the fluids $F_1,...,F_N$ which do ...
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Three-Dimensional Gravity

Does anyone have any references that discuss gravity in three-dimensions? I'm trying to make my way through some papers by Witten relating $SL(2,\mathbb{C})$ Chern-Simons theory and gravity in three ...