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Compactifying on a circle and the exchange of R and NS sectors

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Why does vibration loosen screws?

classical-mechanics vibrations

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Anomalies for not-on-site discrete gauge symmetries

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1 answer

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Why does a wobbly metal sheet make the sound of thunder?

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How can we define BF theory on a general 4-manifold?

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can gapped systems have gravitational anomalies?

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topological twisting by introducing bosonized operator

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Is there stringy Morse theory?

string-theory

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Why does unbroken supersymmetry imply the absence of tachyons?

string-theory supersymmetry tachyon branes

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The theory of strings stretching between intersecting D-branes

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1 answer

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Quantum field theoretic models of decoherence

quantum-mechanics quantum-field-theory decoherence

asked Sep 15, 2012 at 4:07

5 votes

1 answer

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what is the relationship between these two sorts of anomalies?

quantum-field-theory quantum-anomalies

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Are sound waves in fluids also Goldstone modes?

fluid-dynamics acoustics symmetry-breaking phonons

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Who found the Ising transition?

statistical-mechanics history ising-model critical-phenomena

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1 answer

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Is mean field theory self-consistency analogous to string theory consistency?

string-theory statistical-mechanics

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3 votes

1 answer

1k views

when is the stationary phase approximation exact?

quantum-field-theory

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2 votes

0 answers

1k views

condensed matter physics must reads [closed]

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1 answer

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QFTs which are pure constraint

quantum-field-theory

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1 answer

92 views

Critical Ising T transformation

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19 Questions

Compactifying on a circle and the exchange of R and NS sectors

Why does vibration loosen screws?

Anomalies for not-on-site discrete gauge symmetries

Why does a wobbly metal sheet make the sound of thunder?

How can we define BF theory on a general 4-manifold?

can gapped systems have gravitational anomalies?

topological twisting by introducing bosonized operator

Is there stringy Morse theory?

Why does unbroken supersymmetry imply the absence of tachyons?

The theory of strings stretching between intersecting D-branes

Quantum field theoretic models of decoherence

what is the relationship between these two sorts of anomalies?

Are sound waves in fluids also Goldstone modes?

Who found the Ising transition?

Is mean field theory self-consistency analogous to string theory consistency?

when is the stationary phase approximation exact?

condensed matter physics must reads [closed]

QFTs which are pure constraint

Critical Ising T transformation