A semana nos arXivs…

• The Measurement Process in Local Quantum Theory and the EPR Paradox. (arXiv:0908.0480v1 [quant-ph])
• On the Problem of Renormalizability in Non-Commutative Gauge Field Models – A Critical Review. (arXiv:0908.0467v1 [hep-th])
• Lectures on String Theory. (arXiv:0908.0333v1 [hep-th])
• Asymptotically free N=2 theories and irregular conformal blocks. (arXiv:0908.0307v1 [hep-th])
• The falling raindrop, revisited. (arXiv:0908.0090v1 [physics.class-ph])
• Dragon-Kings, Black Swans and the Prediction of Crises. (arXiv:0907.4290v1 [physics.data-an])
• Neighborly networks
• Positional Effects on Citation and Readership in arXiv. (arXiv:0907.4740v1 [cs.DL])
• A bound on the effective gravitational coupling from semiclassical black holes. (arXiv:0907.5516v1 [hep-th])
• TASI Lectures on Inflation. (arXiv:0907.5424v1 [hep-th])
• A Duality For The S Matrix. (arXiv:0907.5418v1 [hep-th])
• Measurement of the W boson mass. (arXiv:0908.0766 [hep-ex])
• The controversial subject of econophysics
• BRST and Dirac Cohomology
• Ben-Zvi’s Lectures on Topological Field Theory I, Ben-Zvi’s Lectures on Topological Field Theory II

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