Preface to Fields, Gravity, Strings and Beyond: In Memory of Stanley Deser

2025/09/12 by Marc Henneaux, Henneaux, Marc, Rafael I. Nepomechie +3
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paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2509.10618

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Abstract

This is a preface to Fields, Gravity, Strings and Beyond, a special issue collection of articles published in J. Phys. A in memory of Stanley Deser.

Citations

• On the viability of minimal Hořava gravity
• Quantum gravity observables: observation, algebras, and mathematical structure
• ADM, BMS, and some puzzling interconnections
• The gravitational index and allowable complex metrics
• Supersymmetric Higher-Spin Gauge Theories in any d and their Coupling Constants within BRST Formalism
• Boundary Curvature Scalars on Conformally Compact Manifolds
• Coupling Self-Dual p-Form Gauge Fields to Self-Dual Branes
• Resurgence of the Tilted Cusp Anomalous Dimension
• From Hadrons to Gravitons via Strings
• Exotic gravity theory in loop space
• Massless Conformal Fields in Ten Dimensions, Minimal Unitary Representation of E_7(-25) and Exceptional Supergravity
• No-Boundary State for Klein Space
• The Other ADM
• Montonen-Olive duality of gauged supergravity?
• Singletons in supersymmetric field theories and in supergravity
• A Universal Feature for the Higgs Phenomenon in Anti de Sitter Space
• Instantons and the Large N=4 Algebra
• Spinning up the spool: Massive spinning fields in 3d quantum gravity
• On the nature of ensembles from gravitational path integrals
• 2PM waveform from loop corrected soft theorems
• Black Hole Firewalls and Quantum Mechanics
• The BMS group in D= 6 spacetime dimensions
• Three Point Amplitudes in Matrix Theory
• Effective Orientifolds from Broken Supersymmetry
• Ambiguity, Invisibility, and Negativity
• p-brane Galilean and Carrollian Geometries and Gravities
• S-matrix on effective string and compactified membrane
• The Discreet Charm of the Discrete Series in DS₂
• Comments on Trace Anomaly Matching
• De-Higgsing In Eleven-Dimensional Supergravity On The Squashed S⁷
• The Duality Between Color and Kinematics and its Applications
• Dynamical Structure and Definition of Energy in General Relativity

Related

• The Dimensions of Field Theory : From Particles to Strings
• An Introduction to String Theory
• A Tribute to S. Deser: Conserved Quantities in Generic Gravity Theories
• Matters of Gravity: The Newsletter of the Division of Gravitational Physics of the American Physical Society. Number 54. December 2019
• Personnal recollections about the birth of string theory