I have written a new book about the sociology of hep-th. The field is in crisis: no major breakthrough in 50 years and yet a remarkable absence of conceptually new ideas. This calls for an explanation. Here is a paradox: the research field of hep-th has on the one hand not produced any major breakthrough…Read more THE ANT MILL — how theoretical high-energy physics descended into groupthink, tribalism, and mass production of research
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Does the standard model originate from the mathematics of empty space?
We have a new paper on the arXiv, in which we link the spectral formulation of the standard model to a candidate for a fundamental theory based on the geometry of a configuration space. JESPER MØLLER GRIMSTRUP APR 07, 2025 Together with the mathematician Johannes Aastrup I have just posted a new paper on the arXiv,…Read more Does the standard model originate from the mathematics of empty space?
The sociology of theoretical high-energy physics
Together with physicist and data analyst Jarl Sidelmann I have just posted a bibliometrical study of hep-th on the arXiv. In this post I will explain what we did and what we have found. In a new bibliometrical study we show that the levels of competition for survival in theoretical high-energy physics has increased dramatically during…Read more The sociology of theoretical high-energy physics
Newsletter 8/10 2024
Hi everyone, It’s finally time for a newsletter. Johannes and myself have just posted two new papers on the archive (you can find one here, the other one will appear in a few days. I’ll attach both of them to this newsletter). In these two papers we present a very simple and somewhat surprising result…Read more Newsletter 8/10 2024
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