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Lectures on Superconformal Quantum Mechanics and Multi-Black Hole Moduli Spaces

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Progress in String Theory and M-Theory

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The problem of unifying quantum mechanics and gravity is one of the great unsolved problems in twentieth century physics. Progress has been slowed by our inability to carry out relevant physical experiments. Some progress has nevertheless been possible, largely throught the use of gedanken experiments.

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  1. Jefferson Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

    Ruth Britto-Pacumio, Jeremy Michelson & Andrew Strominger

  2. New High Energy Theory Center, Rutgers University, 126 Prelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA

    Jeremy Michelson

  3. Jefferson Laboratory, Harvard University, MA, 117334, USA

    Anastasia Volovich

  4. L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kos igina 2, 117334, Moscow, Russia

    Anastasia Volovich

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Britto-Pacumio, R., Michelson, J., Strominger, A., Volovich, A. (2001). Lectures on Superconformal Quantum Mechanics and Multi-Black Hole Moduli Spaces. In: Baulieu, L., Green, M., Picco, M., Windey, P. (eds) Progress in String Theory and M-Theory. NATO Science Series, vol 564. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0852-5_7

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