Read article 'General relativity at 100'
General relativity at 100
Testing Einstein’s masterpiece with ever increasing precision.
Read article 'General relativity at 100'
Read article 'Gravity’s quantum side'
Gravity’s quantum side
There is little doubt that, in spite of their overwhelming success in describing phenomena over a vast range of distances, general relativity (GR) and the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics are i...
Read article 'The many lives of supergravity'
The many lives of supergravity
The early 1970s was a pivotal period in the history of particle physics. Following the discovery of asymptotic freedom and the Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism a few years earlier, it was the time wh...
Read article 'Testing times for space–time symmetry'
Testing times for space–time symmetry
Numerous experiments, many of them at CERN, are testing for violations of Lorentz and CPT symmetry in the search for new physics.
Read article 'Chern–Simons (Super) Gravity – 100 Years of General Relativity (vol. 2)'
Chern–Simons (Super) Gravity – 100 Years of General Relativity (vol. 2)
Written on the basis of a set of lecture notes, this book provides a concise introduction to Chern–Simons (super) gravity theories accessible to graduate students and researchers in physics and math...
Read article 'Inflation and String Theory'
Inflation and String Theory
This complete and accessible text, written by two of the leading researchers in the field, provides a modern treatment of inflationary cosmology and its connection to string theory and elementary part...
Read article 'Yoichiro Nambu: breaking the symmetry'
Yoichiro Nambu: breaking the symmetry
Yoichiro Nambu passed away on 5 July 2015 in Osaka. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2008 “for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic phys...
Read article 'First measurement of ionization potential casts light on ‘last’ actinide'
First measurement of ionization potential casts light on ‘last’ actinide
The quest for new heavy chemical elements is the subject of intense research, as the synthesis and identification of these new elements fill up empty boxes in the familiar Periodic Table.
Read article 'Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur'
Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur
Johann Rafelski reviews in 2015 Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur.
Read article 'ICTP: theorists in the developing world'
ICTP: theorists in the developing world
As ICTP reaches its first half-century, the current director talks about the contribution that theorists make to society.
