Abhay Ashtekar : Curriculum Vitae

Abhay Ashtekar : Curriculum Vitae

Skip to: Education, Employment, Experience, Honors, Who's Who, Invited Talks, Research Grants, Books, Papers, Bottom Name: Abhay Vasant Ashtekar Born: July 5, 1949 EDUCATION: B. Sc. (Hon) Physics/Mathematics University of Bombay, 1969 Ph. D. (Physics) University of Chicago, 1974 (top) PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT: 1974-1976 Post doctoral Research Assistant Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford 1976-1978 Research Associate Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago 1978-1980 Maitre de Conferences (Associ') Universite de Clermont-Fd. 1980-1982 Assistant Professor of Physics Syracuse University 1982-1984 Associate Professor of Physics Syracuse University 1983-1985 Professeur (Chaire de Gravitation) Universite de Paris VI, (Appointed February '83, resigned October '85) 1984-1988 Professor of Physics Syracuse University 1988-1992 Distinguished Professor of Physics Syracuse University 1992-1993 Erastus Franklin Holden Professor of Physics Syracuse University 1993- Eberly Professor of Physics and Director of the Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry Penn State University (top) OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Gastwissenenschaftler (Guest Scholar), at the Max Planck Institut für Physik und Astrophysik, München, Germany, May-June 1976; July-August 1978; June 1979; August 1986; January-February 1991. Visiting Scientist, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India, December 1973; August 1979. Visiting Professor, Mathematics Department, University of Poona, India; December 1984. Organizer of and Principal Investigator for proposals to Syracuse University and the NSF for the Syracuse Discussion Conference on Classical and Quantum Gravity; April 17-20, 1985. Coordinator of a six-month workshop on Quantum gravity at the National Science Foundation Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara; January-June 1986. National Board of Higher Mathematics Visiting Professor, Universities and Research Institutes in India, December 1986-January 1987. Member, Editorial Board, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 1988-1991. Member, National Science Foundation Oversight Review Panel, 1988. Visiting Professor, Inter University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Poona, India, 1988-present. Member, National Science Foundation Panel (Physics Division) for selection of Young Presidential Investigators, Dec. 1989. Treasurer for North America, International Society for General Relativity and Gravitation (1990-present). Member, Basilis Xanthopoulos International Award Committee 1991-93, Chair 93-98. Consultant on Science and Technology for UNDP (United Nations Development Program). December 1991. Managing Editor for General Relativity and Quantum Gravity, International Journal of Modern Physics-D, Feb. '92- Member, Advisory Committee for the Creation of the Potsdam Institute of Gravitational Physics, appointed by the Max Planck Society of Germany, 1993-1996. Coordinator, Program on Mathematical Problems of Quantum General Relativity, at the Erwin Schrdinger Institute, Vienna, Summer 1996. Member, Committee of Visitors of the National Science Foundation, 1994. Scientific Director of the Workshop on Mathematical Problems of Nonperturbative Quantum Gravity held at the Erwin Schrdinger International Institute for Mathematical Science held in Vienna, Austria on July - August 1996, June 1997. Chair, the NSF "Special Emphasis Panel on Gravitational Physics," 1996-97. Member, National Research Council Committee on Gravitational Physics (to prepare the decennial report), 1997-1998. Chief Editor (for physics), Advances in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics, 1997- . Co-organizer, Program on "Classical and Quantum Physics of Strong Gravitational Fields," Institute of Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, January-June 1999. Member, Advisory Board, Xanthopoulos International Prize in Gravitation and Cosmology (2000-present). Member, Editorial Board, Physical Review D 2000-2003 Chair, Executive Committee for the Center for Gravitational Wave Physics ( A Physics Frontier Center created by the National Science Foundation). Non-UK Advisor, the 5-year British Research Assessment Exercise for all UK Research programs in Applied Mathematics (2001). Member, the first Einstein Prize Committee of the American Physical Society (2002). (top) HONORS: First Gravity prize in the annual international competition, awarded by the Gravity Research Foundation, Massachusetts, 1977. Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1981-1985. Chancellor's Citation for Academic Excellence, Syracuse University 1987. Elected to the Governing Council of the International Society for General Relativity and Gravitation, 1989-1998. Rufus Putnam Distinguished Visiting Professor, Ohio University, October 1989. Senior Visiting Fellow. British Science and Engineering Research Council, Spring 1991. Distinguished Lectures, Institute for Fundamental Theory, University of Florida, Spring 1992. Wasserstrom Award for Graduate Teaching and Advising, 1992. Distinguished Lectures, Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Maryland, February 1994. 1995 Andrejewski Lectures on Mathematical Physics, Federal Republic of Germany. Elected Honorary Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, 1996. Golden Jubilee Visiting Professor, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India, August 1997. Distinguished Lecture Series; Mexican Academy of Science, Mexico-US Foundation for Science and UAM, Mexico City, September 1997. Elected Fellow, American Physical Society, 1997. Elected Foreign Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences, India 1997. Chair, Topical Group in Gravitation, of the American Physical Society, 1998. Elected President, American Chapter of the Indian Physics Association (2000-2002). Profile featured in The New York Times Scientists at Work, edited by L. Chang, Foreword by Stephen Jay Gould (McGraw Hill, New York, 2000). Invited Lecture in the symposium "Les Quanta": un Siecle apres Planck" celebrating 100th anniversary of the publication of Planck's paper on black body radiation, at the French Academie des Sciences, Paris 2000. Wiegand Lectures, St Johns College, Santa Fe 2001. Academy Public Lecture, Indian Academy of Science, 2002. Sir C.V. Raman Chair of the Indian Academy of Science, 2004-05 (top) WHO'S WHO LISTINGS: Personalities of America (American Biographical Institute) 4th Edition; 5th Edition. American Men and Women of Science, 15th Edition, 17th Edition (The Jacques Cattell Press). International Directory of Distinguished Leadership (American Biographical Institute) 2nd Edition. The International Book of Honor (American Biographical Institute) 2nd Edition. Who's Who in the Frontiers of Science and Technology, 2nd Edition, (Marquis Who's Who, Inc.). Two Thousand Notable Americans, 3rd Edition (American Biographical Institute). Five Thousand Personalities of the World (American Biographical Institute) 2nd Edition, 3rd Edition. Personalities of the Americas (American Biographical Institute) 1st Commemorative Edition. Who's Who Among Asian Amerian (Gale Research) 1st Edition. Most Admired Men and Women of the Year 1994-1995 (American Biographical Institute). Man of the Year 1995 (American Biographical Institute) Who's Who in Science and Engineering, (Marquis) 4th Edition. (top) INVITED TALKS IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS: Some Geometrical Aspects of Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime; a plenary talk at the Journees Relativistes, an annual European Conference on General Relativity and Mathematical Physics, held at Angers, France, May 1979. Quantization of the Radiative Modes of the Gravitational Field; a plenary talk at the Second International Symposium on Quantum Gravity, held at Oxford, England, April 1980. Infrared Behavior of the Gravitational Field and the BMS Group; at the Nuffield Workshop on Quantum Gravity, held at Oxford, England, July-August 1980. Asymptotic Quantization; at the workshop on Quantum Gravity and the Early Universe, held at the University of Maryland, College Park, December 1980. From Geneal Relativity to Quantum Gravity; at the VIth International Conference on Mathematical Physics, held at West Berlin, August 1981. Quantum Gravity; a plenary talk at Steven's Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, held at New York in January 1982. Equations of Motions: State of the Art; a round table discussion organized and chaired at the International School on Gravitational Radiation, held at Les Houches, France, July 1982. Asymptotic Properties of Isolated Systems: Recent Developments; at the Plenary Session of the Xth International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, held at Padova, Italy, July 1983. Quantum Gravity; a workshop partly organized and chaired at the Padova Conference. From Canonical Quantization to H-spaces and Non-linear Gravitons; at the session on Classical and Quantum Alternate Theories of Gravity, at the Padova Conference, July 1983. On the Hamiltonian of General Relativity at the VIIth International Conference on Mathematical Physics, held at Boulder, Colorado, August 1983. A Series of Lectures on Gravitational Physics, During the Trimester on Mathermatical Physics at the Stephen Banach Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences at Warsaw, Poland, September 1983. On the Boundary Conditions on Gravitational and Gauge Fields at Spatial Infinity, a plenary talk at the International Conference on Mass and Asymptotic Behavior of Space-time, held at Corvallis, Oregon, October 1983. A Manifestly Covariant Spinorial Approach to Canonical Quantization of Gravity, a plenary talk at the 3rd International Symposium on Quantum Gravity, held at Oxford, England, March 1984. A Series of Lectures on Quantum Gravity, at the Institute of Theoretical Physics and the Institute of Philosophical Studies, Naples, Italy, during the special semester on Gravitational Physics, May 1984. A Series of Lectures on Recent Developments in Classical and Quantum Gravity, at the University of Poona, India, January 1985. Hamiltonian Formulation Without 3+1 Decomposition, at the Workshop on Mathematical General Relativity, held at Berkeley, California, February 1986. The Past Twenty Years of Quantum Gravity at the International Conference on History of General Relativity, held at Andover, Massachusetts, May 1986. Einstein Constraints in the Yang-Mills Form, a plenary tald at the International Conference on Constrained Systems, held at Florence, Italy, May 1986. New Variables for Canonical Quantum Gravity, a plenary talk at the International Conference on Approaches to Quantum Gravity, held at Santa Barbara, California, June 1986. Self-duality via Spinorial Variables, a plenary talk at the American Mathermatical Society Conference on General Relativity, held at Santa Cruz, California, June 1986. The Problem of Quantum Gravity, a plenary talk at the International Symposium on Foundations of Relativity and Quantum Theory, held at the Akademie de Naturforscher Leopoldina, East Germany, July 1986. A Series of 12 Lectures on New Variables for Classical and Quantum Gravity, at the National Board of Higher Mathematics Workshop, held at Poon, India, December 1986-January 1987. Microstructure of Space-time in Quantum Gravity, a plenary talk at the 8th Workshop on Grand Unification, held at Syracuse, New York, April 1987. New Perspectives in Canonical Quantum Gravity, a plenary talk at the International Conference on General Relativity and Cosmology, held at Goa, India, December 1987. Old Problems in the Light of New Variables, at the Conference on Conceptual Problems of Quantum Gravity, held at Andover, Massachusetts, May 1988. A Key Speaker: at the Durham Symposium on Spinors, Twistors and Complex Structures in General Relativity, organized by the London Mathematical Society, held at Durham, England, July 1988. Recent results in Non-perturbative Hamiltonian Gravity, at the IXth Congress of the International Association of Mathematical Physics, held at Swansea, Wales, July 1988. Non-perturbative Quantum Gravity: A Status Report, a plenary talk at the VIIIth Italian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, held at Cavalese, (Trento), Italy, August 1988. New Developments in Quantum Gravity, a plenary talk at the 14th "Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics", held at Dallas, Texas, December 1988. Self-duality, Quantum Gravity, Wilson Loops and All That, a plenary talk at the 12th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, held at Boulder, Colorado, July 1989. A Series of Lectures on Non-perturbative Quantum Gravity at the AII India Workshop organized by the Inter University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Poona, India, July-August 1989. A Series of Lectures at the Canadian Workshop on Non-Perturbative Canonical Gravity, held at Winnipeg, Manitoba, November 1989. Lessons from 2+1 -dimensional Gravity, a plenary talk in Superstrings '90 Conference, held at College Station, Texas, March 1990. Quantum Gravity: A Survey, at the American Physical Society Spring Meeting, held at Washington, April 1990. (Celebration of the 75th Anniverary of General Relativity). A Series of Lectures on Classical and Quantum Gravity, at the International Workshop on Gravitation, held at Banff, Canada, August 1990. A Series of Lectures at the VIIth Latin American Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, held at Mexico City, December 1990. Loops, Photons, and Gravitons, a plenary talk at the International Conference on Geometry and Physics, held at Edinburgh, Scotland, March 1991. Quantum Gravity: Why Knot(s)? a plenary talk at the Journees Relativistes, the French Annual Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, held at Carges, Corsica, May 1991. A Loop Representation for the Quantum Maxwell Field, at the Institute of Physics Workshop on Classical and Quantum Gravity, held at London, England, May 1991. Loops, Gauge Fields, and Gravity, a plenary talk at the Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, held at Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 1991. Non-perturbative Canonical Gravity, a plenary talk at the 6th Marcel Grossman Meeting on General Relativity, held at Kyoto, Japan, June 1991. Gauge and Symmetry: Symplectic vs Differential Geometry, a plenary talk at the American Mathematical Society Research Conference, held at Seattle, Washington, July 1991. Physics in the Loop Space, a plenary talk at the Second International Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology, to be held at Ahamedabad, India, December 1991. Current Status of and Open Problems in Quantum Gravity: Series of Lectures delivered at Workshops in Cochin and Pune, India, December 1991-January 1992. Space and Time: From Antiquity to Einstein and Beyond, Shell Lecture at the National Science Teachers Conference, held at Boston, Massachusetts, March 1992. Holonomies, Frozen Fluxes and Weaves, a plenary talk at the German Physical Society Conference, held at Berlin, Germany in March-April 1992. Emergence of Discrete Structures at the Planck Scale, a plenary talk at the International Workshop in Theoretical Physics: Galileo Galilei Celebrations, held at Erice, Italy, June 1992. Mathematical Problems of Non-perturbative Quantum Gravity; Series of 9 Lectures of the NATO Summer School on Gravitation and Quantization held at Les Houches, France, July 1992. Connections, Loops and Quantum General Relativity, a Plenary talk at the First Iberian Conference on Gravitation, held at Lisbon, Portugal, September 1992. The Ultraviolet Catastrophe: A Matter of Gravity?; a plenary talk at the International Workshop on Mathematical Physics towards 21st Century, held at Beer Sheva, Israel, March 1993. The Loop Transform, at the Workshop on Knots and Quantum Gravity, held at Riverside, Colifornia, May 1993. Midisuperspaces: A Direction for Future Research, a plenary talk at the International Conference on Directions in General Relativity, held at College Park, Maryland, May 1993. Overview and Future Directions, a plenary talk at the Internatioal Conference on The Canonical Formalism in Classical and Quantum General Relativity, held at Bad-Honef, Germany, September 1993. Integral Calculus on the Space of Gauge Equivalent Connections, at the Lanczos Centennial International Conference, held at Raleigh, North Carolina, December 1993. Gauge Fields, Gravity Loops and Knots, a plenary talk at the Rutherford-Appleton International Conferene, held at RAL, Didcot, England, December 1993. Scenes from Quantum Gravity, a plenary talk at the PASCOS-94 International Conference, held at Syracuse, New York, May 1994. A Manifestly Gauge Invariant Approach to Quantum Gauge Theories, a plenary talk at the International Workshop on Constrained Systems, held at the Newton Institute, Cambridge, England, June 1994. Calculus on A/G: New Geometry for Planck Scale Physics, at the International Conference on Quantum Concepts in Space and Time, a plenary talk, held at Durham, England, July 1994 (key speaker). Recent Developments in Quantum Gravity: A Sampler, plenary talk at the VIIth Marcel Grossmann International Conference, held at Stanford, July 1994. Geometry of Quantum Mechanics, at the First Canadian-Amerian-Mexican Physical Societies' Conference, held at Cancun, Mexico, September 1994. Einstein's Triumph, at the 1994 North-East Conference of the American Association of Physics Teachers, held at Philadelphia, October 1994. Probing Quantum Geometry, at the International Workshop on Planck Scale Physics, held at Puri, India, December 1994. Two Faces of Gravity; A Frontiers of Science Seminar at the National Science Teachers' Conference, held at Philadelphia, March 1995. 1995 Andrejewski Lectures on Mathematical Physics in Federal Republic of Germany; Non-perturbative Quantum Gravity: Physics Without Space-time, a set of 3 lectures at the Humboldt University, Berlin; and Mathematical Problems of Quantum Gravity, a set of 4 lectures at the University of Leipzig, April 1995. Gauge Fields, Gravity and Quantum Geometry, a plenary talk at the International Conference on Fundamental Forces and Quantum Technology, held at Philadelphia, May 1995. Mathematical Problems of Quantum Gravity, Stephen Banach colloquium in Mathematics to the Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland, May 1995. Non-perturbative Quantum Gravity: Problems, Strategies and Recent Results, a set of two lectures at the Workshop on Canonical and Quantum Gravity, held at Warsaw, Poland, Many 26-27, 1995. The Problem of Quantum Gravity and Quantum Fields, Connections and Knots, a set of two lectures at the Workshop on Modern Methods in Classical and Quantum Gravity, held at Sintra, Portugal, July 25-29, 1995. Quantum Fields, Connections and Knots, a plenary at the Clifford Centennial Conference on New Trends in Geometrical and Topological Methods, held at Funchal, Madeira, July 30-August 5, 1995. Glimpses at Quantum Geometry, a plenary talk at the 14th Tri-Annual International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, held at Florence, Italy, August6-12, 1995. New Geometry from Quantum Gravity, at the Second Workshop on Physics at the Planck Scale, held at Erice, Italy, September 8-16, 1995. Geometry of Quantum Mechanics, at the Symposium on Five Decades of Relativity, held at Syracuse University, December 2, 1995. A Set of Four Lectures at the First Mexican Workshop on Gravitational and Mathematical Physics, held at Oaxtepec, Mexico, December 11-16, 1995. Quantum Theory of Geometry, a plenary talk at the Pacific Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology, held in Seoul, S. Korea, February 1-7, 1996. Closing Remarks, a plenary talk at the Pacific Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology, held in Seoul, S. Korea, February 1-7, 1996. Quantum Field Theory of Geometry, a plenary talk at the Conference on Foundations of Quantum Field Theory, held at Boston, Febraury 29-March 3, 1996. Geometric Issues in Quantum Gravity, at the International Conference on Geometric Issues in the Foundation of Science, held at Oxford, England, June 28, 1996. Quantum Mechanics of Geometry, a plenary talk at Jornades Cientifiques, held at Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona, Spain, December 2-4, 1996. Non-perturbative Quantum Gravity and Black hole Entropy, American Physical Society Meeting, held at Washington, DC, April 18-22, 1997. Quantum Geometry and Black Hole Entropy, at the Workshop on Canonical and Quantum Gravity, held at the Banach Center for Mathematical Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, June 1-8, 1997. Large Quantum Gravity Effects, at the Workshop on Canonical and Quantum Gravity, held at the Banach Center for Mathematical Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, June 1-8, 1997. Golden Jubilee Lectures of the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India, August 2-11, 1997. Distinguished Lecture Series under the auspices of UAM, Mexican Academy of Science and Mexico-US Foundation for Science, Mexico City, September 10-20, 1997. Quantum Riemannian Geometry and its Physical Applications, at the American Mathematical Society Conference, held at Baltimore, MD, January 5-9, 1998. Quantum Geometry of Black Hole Horizons, a plenary talk at the 1998 Canadian Association of Physics Congress, held at Waterloo, Canada, June 14-17, 1998. Quantum Theory of Geometry, a plenary talk at the International Symposium on Mathematics in the Sciences, held at Leipzig, Germany, June 19-23, 1998. 3-Dimensional Quantum Gravity: A Theory of Connections, a plenary talk at the AMS Conference on Geometry and Law Dimensional Gauge Theories, held at Baton Rouge, October 22-25, 1998. A Set of Four Lectures on: Classical and Quantum Physics of Isolated Horizons, at the School on Black Holes, held at Mazatlan, Mexico, November 15-20, 1998. Recent Progress in Black Hole Physics, a plenary talk at the International Conference celebrating the 10th anniversary of IUCAA, Poona, India, January 7-11, 1999. A Set of 4 Lectures on Quantum Geometry at the Karpacz Winter School, Poland, February 2-7, 1999. Glimpses of Quantum Geometry, a plenary talk at the Minnowbrook Symposium on the Structure of Space-time, May 27-30, 1999. Mechanics of Isolated Horizons, a plenary talk at the Val Morin Workshop on Black Holes, Val Morin, Canada, June 4-7, 1999. Quantum Geometry and Black Hole Entropy, a plenary talk at the VIIIth Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics, held at Montreal, Canada, June 8-11, 1999. Isolated Horizons and Black Hole Entropy, a plenary talk at the International Conference on Strong Gravitational Physics, held at ITP, Santa Barbara, June 22-26, 1999. Isolated Horizons, Quantum Geometry and Black Hole Entropy, a plenary talk at Journees Relativistes, European Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation,September 12-17, 1999. A Relativist's View of Quantum Gravity, at the Ehlers Symposium, held at the Albert Einstein Institute, Germany, February 18-19, 2000. Space and Time: Einstein and Beyond, The 2000 Saha Memorial Lecture, at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Studies, Calcutta, February 22, 2000. Challenges and Opportunities in Quantum Gravity, an invited talk in the "Gravitational Physics for the 21st Century" Session of the APS Meeting, held in Long Beach, CA, April 29, 2000. Beyond Einstein: Gravity, Geometry and Quantum, at the Symposium on Gravitational physics at the Dawn of the New Millennium, Mexico City, June 20, 2000. Interface of General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Physics, Young Researcher's Symposium Plenary talk at the International Congress on Mathematical Physics, London, July 18, 2000. Organizer and Chair of the Sessions on General Relativity and Quantum Gravity, International Mathematical Physics Congress, London, July 17-21, 2000. Quantum Geometry of Horizons and Black Hole Entropy, at the Workshop on Supergravity and String Theory, Institut Henri Poincare, Paris, December 11, 2000. Quantum Mechanics of Geometry and Its Applications, at the Centennial Celebration of the Publication of Max Planck's paper which marked the birth of the quantum, Academie des Sciences, Paris, December 15, 2000. A Series of 10 Lectures on Recent Developments in Quantum Gravity; at the Workshop on Gravitational Physics, held at the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India, January 2-9, 2001. Quantum Mechanics of Geometry and Its Applications, plenary lecture at the International Conference on Frontiers of Theoretical Physics, held at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India, January 12, 2001. Quantization, Geometry and Black Holes, at the Quantization and Non-commutative Geometry Workshop, at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Workshop, Brekeley, CA, April 23, 2001. Space and Time: Einstein and Beyond, Wiegand Distinguished Lecture at St Johns College, Santa Fe, NM, April 27, 2001. Meeting Challenges of Quantum Gravity, plenary lecture during the E.T. Newman Fest, held at Warsaw, Poland, June 12, 2001. Semi-Classical Issues in Quantum Gravity, a plenary lecture at the Workshop on Canonical and Quantum Gravity, held at the Banach Institute, Warsaw, Poland, June 14, 2001. Quantum Geometry in Action: Black Holes and Big Bang, plenary talk at the International Conference on Graphs and Patterns, held at SUNY at Stony Brook, June 21, 2001. Quantum Geometry and Gravity: Recent Advances, plenary lecture at GR16, the Tri-Annual International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, held at Durband, Sourth Africa, July 15-21, 2001. Isolated Horizons and Their Applications, Session A2 on Complex Methods, Twistors and Connection Variables at GR16, the Tri-Annual International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, held at Durban, South Africa, July 15-21, 2001. Semi-Classical Issues in Loop Quantum Gravity, in the Session D1, on Quantum General Relativity at GR 16, the Tri-Annual International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, held at Duran, South Africa, July 15-21, 2001. Quantum Mechanics of Geometry and Its Applications, at the South African General Relativity Workshop, held at Technion, Durban, July 24, 2001. Isolated Horizons: Extracting Physics from Strong Field Geometry, at the Gravitational Wave Phenomenology Workshop, Penn State, November 6-8, 2001. Quantum Geometry and Its Applications: Midwest Geometry Conference, University of North Dakota, North Forks, April 26-28, 2002. Recent Advanes in Quantum Gravity, at the Third International Sakharov Conference, Moscow, Russia, June 23-30, 2002. Quantum Geometry and Its Applications: Black Holes and Big Bang; at the TH2002 International Confernce in Theoretical Physics, UNESCO headquarters, Paris, France, July 21-27, 2002. Ramifications of Quantum Geometry, at the International Workshop on Branes, Gravity, Condensed Matter and Nonlinear Quantum Mechanics: New Interfaces, King's College, London, England, September 11-15, 2002. Isolated and Dynamical Horizons and Their Applications, at the International Symposium on Mathematical Physics, General Relativity and Cosmology, Mexico City, September 17-20, 2002. The 2002 Academy Lecture of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India, December 4, 2002. Dynamical Horizons and Their Applications, at the International Conference of the Indian Association for General Relativity and Gravitation, held at Pune, India, December 11-14, 2002. Quantum Geometry, Black Hole Entropy and Semi-Classical Issues in Non-Perturbative Quantum Gravity, Symposium on General Relativity and Quantum Gravity, at the Raman Research Institute, November 28-December 9, 2002. The Issue of the Final State, at the International Workshop on Mathematical Relativity, Oberwolfach Mathematics Center, Germany; February 9-14, 2003. Physical Ramifications of Quantum Geometry, at the Philosophy of Science Conference in honor of John Stachel; Boston University, March 6, 2003. Beyond Einstein: Gravity, Geometry and the Quantum, at the International Conference on Natural Philosophy: Interplay between Physics, Mathematics and Biology, Paris, March 25-29, 2003. Quantum Geometry and Its Applications: Recent Advances, Joint Session of Division of Particles and Fields and Topical Group in Gravitation, APS Meeting, Philadelphia, April 5-8, 2003. Some Recent Advances in Classical and Quantum Black Hole Physics at the Fourth International Workshop on Black Holes, Honey Harbor, Canada, May 24-27, 2003. Isolated and Dynamical Horizons: Two Lectures at the British Conference on Gravitaion, Ambleside, England, September 11-13, 2003. A Set of Three Lectures on Mathematical Problems in Classical General Relativity, at the International Workshop on the Cauchy Problem in General Relativity, Centre de Recherches Mathematiques, Montreal, Canada, September 24-27, 2003. Quantum Geometry: A Blossoming of Peter's Vision, at the Peter Gabriel Bergmann Memorial Symposium, Syracuse, New York, October 10-12, 2003. Quantum Geometry and Its Applications; and, Closing Remarks, at the International Symposium Strings Meet Loops, at the Albert Einstein Institute, Golm Germany, October 28-31, 2003. Semi-Classical Issues: Physical Aspects; Viability of the Thiemann Scheme for the Hamiltonian Constraint; and Closing Remarks at the Symposium on Frontiers of Loop Quantum Gravity, held in Mexico City, January 29-February 1, 2004. Quantum Cosmology, at the Conferencias en Honor a Michael Ryan, at Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, UNAM, Mexico City, February 2, 2004. Gravity, Geometry and the Quantum: Building on Einstein's Legacy, at the German Physical Society Conference Celebrating 125th Birthday of Albert Einstein, Ulm, Germany, March 15-18, 2004. (top) RESEARCH GRANTS OBTAINED: Except when otherwise indicated, Ashtekar was the sole PI for these grants. 1980-1983 Quantum Theory and General Relativity National Science Foundation Total Amount: $109,979 1981-1983 Theoretical Investigations in Gravitational Physics Syracuse University Senate Research Committee Toatl Amount: $3,000 1981-1985 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship Total Amount: $20,000 1983-1986 Theoretical Investigations in Gravitational Physics National Science Foundation Total Amount: $162,654 1985 Discussion Conference on Classical and Quantum Gravity National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator, Proposal submitted on behalf of the Syracuse Relativity Group) Total Amount: $12,500 1985-1986 Support for a Senior Visitor to the Relativity Group Syracuse University Senate Research Committee (Principal Investigator, Proposal submitted on behalf of the Syracuse Relativity Group) 1986-1990 Classical and Quantum Gravity in Terms of New Variables National Science Foundation Total Amount: $606,775 Professors Roger Penrose and Lee Smolin joined this grang as Co-PI's in 1987 1988-1991 An Approach to Non-perturbative Quantum Gravity National Science Foundation, International Programs Total Amount: $18,892 (Professor Lee Smolin, Co-PI) 1991-1995 Theoretical Investigations in Classical and Quantum Gravity National Science Foundation Total Amount: $1,187,800 (Professors Roger Penrose and Lee Smolin, Co-PI's) 1995 Research Opportunity Award National Science Foundation Total Amount: $17,600 1995-1996 Travel Support for US Speakers at the IUCAA Workshop on Classical and Quantum Gravity National Science Foundation Indian RS 465,000 and US $300 (Professor Jorge Pullin, Co-PI) 1996-1998 Mathematical Problems of Quantum General Relativity Erwin Schrodinger Institute, Vienna, Austria Austrian Schillings 995,000 (Professor Peter Aichelburg, Co-PI) 1996-2000 Theoretical Investigations in Classical and Quantum Gravity National Science Foundation Total Amount: $1,450,966 (Professors Roger Penrose and Lee Smolin, Co-PI's) 1997 Studies in Gravitational Waves (Transfer from Professor Curt Cutler) National Science Foundation Toatl Amount: $30,000 (Professor Jorge Pullin, Co-PI) 1997-2000 US-Mexico Cooperative Research National Science Foundation Total Amount: $26,723 (Professors Pablo Laguna and Jorge Pullin, Co-PI's) 2000-2003 Theoretical Investigations in Classical and Quantum Gravity National Science Foundation Total Amount: $904,472 (Professors Jorge Pullin and Roger Penrose, Co-PI's) 2003 Graviationa: A Decennial Perspective National Science Foundation Total Amount: $5,000 (Professor Pablo Laguna, Co-PI) (top) SCIENTIFIC BOOKS: A. Magnon & A. Ashtekar, Translation from French of Elie Cartan's work, "Sur les Varietes a Connexion Affinve et la Relativite Generale" with a Commentary and Foreword by A. Trautman. Bibliopolis, Naples, 1986, 199 pages. A. Ashtekar, Asymptotic Quantization, Bibliopolis, Naples, 1987, 107 pages. A. Ashtekar, (with invited contributions) New Perspectives in Canonical Gravity. Bibliopolis, Naples, 1988, 324 pages. A. Ashtekar and J. Stachel, Editors; Conceptual Problems of Quantum Graity. Proceedings of the 1988 Osgood Hill Conference (Birkhauser, N.Y., 1991), 602 pages. A. Ashtekar, Lectures on Non-pertubative Canonical Gravity, (Notes prepared in collaboration with R.S. Tate), (World Scientific Singapore, 1991), 334 pages. A. Ashtekar, R.C. Cohen, D. Howard, J. Renn, S. Sarkar, and A. Shimony (Editors), Revisting the Foundations of Relativistic Physics, Festschrift in honor of John Stachel, Boston Studies in Philosophy of Science, Volume 234, (Kluwer Academic, 2003). (top) SCIENTIFIC PAPERS: A. Ashtekar & R. Geroch, Quantum Theory of Gravitation, Reports in Progress of Physics, 37, 1211-1256 (1974). A. Ashtekar & A. Magnon, The Sagnac Effect in General Relativity, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 16, 341-344 (1975). A. Ashtekar & A. Magnon, Quantan Fields in Curved Space-times, Proceedings of the Rogal Society (London), A346, 375-394 (1975). A. Ashtekar & A. Magnon, Une Classe des Representations des Relations de Commutations Canoniques ed Espace-temps Courbes, Comptes Rendus, Academie des Sciences (Paris) 280, 741-744 (1975). A. Ashtekar & A. Magnon, Sur Une Classe des Representations des Relations de Commutations ed Espace-temps Courbes, Comptes Rendus, Academie des Sciences (Paris) 280, 833-8836 (1975). A. Ashtekar & A. Magnon, Sublimation d'ergospheres, Comptes Rendus Academie des Sciences (Paris) 281, 875-878 (1975). A. Ashtekar & R.O. Hansen, A Unified Treatment of Spatial and Null Infinity in General Relativity: Universal Structure, Asymptotic Symmetries and conserved Quantities at Spatial Infinity, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 19, 1542-1566 (1978). A. Ashtekar & A. Magnon, A Technique for Analyzing the Structure of Isometries, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 19, 1567-1572 (1978). A. Astekar & A. Sen, Quantum Fields in Curved Space-times: Existence and Uniqueness of the Vacuum State, Enrico Fermi Institute (Chicago) report (1978). A. Ashtekar & B.C. Xanthopoulos, Isometries Compatible with Asymptotic Flatness at Null Infinity, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 19, 2216-1122 (1978). A. Ashtekar, Gravitational Interaction and Spontaneous breaking of Symmetries, 1977 Gravity Prized Essay, Published in General Relativity and Gravitation 9, 3-7 (1978). A. Ashtekar & A. Magnon, Une Remarque Concernant la Theorie Quantique des Champs en Espace-temps Courbes, Comptes Rendus, Academie des Sciences (Paris) 286, 531-534 (1978). A. Ashtekar & M. Streubel, On Angular Momentum of Stationary Gravitating Systems, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 20, 1362-1365 (1979). A. Ashtekar & A. Magnon, Energy-momentum in General Relativity, Physical Review Letters, 43, 181-184 (1979). A. Ashtekar & A. Sen, Some Geometric Aspects of Quantum Field Theory, In: the Proceedings of the 1979 Journees Relativistes (University of Angers Press, Angers, France, 1979). A. Ashtekar & A. Magnon, Conserved Quantities in General Relativity, Journal of Mathematical Physics 20, 1793-800 (1979). A. Ashtekar, Asymptotic Structure of the Gravitational Field at Spatial Infinity, In: Genreal Relativity and Gravitation: One Hundred Years After the Birth of Albert Einstein, edited by A. Held, (Plenum, New York, 1980). A. Ashtekar, Angular Momentum in General Relativity, In: Relativity and Cosmology, Edited by P.G. Berpmann & V. de Sabbatta, (Plenum, New York, 1980). A. Ashtekar, On the Relation Between Classical and Quantum Observables, Communications in Mathematical Physics, 71, 59-64 (1980). A. Ashtekar & A. Sen, On the Role of Space-time Topology in Quantum Phenomena: Emergence of Non-trivial Vacua and Superselection of Charge, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 21, 862-867 (1980). A. Ashtekar & A. Magnon, A Geometrical Approach to External Potential Problems in Quantum Field Theory, General Relativity & Gravitation, 12, 205-223 (1980). A. Ashtekar, Relativite: La Revolution Solitaire d'Einstein, Address given to the Societe Francaise de Physique in 1979 on the occasion of the 100th Birthday of Albert Einstein, Published by the Clermont Fd. Chapter of the Societe (1980). A. Ashtekar & B.G. Schmidt, Null Infinity and Killing Fields, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 21, 862-867 (1980). A. Ashtekar & A. Magnon, A curiosity Concerning the Role of Coherent States in Quantum Field Theory, Pramana 15, 107-115 (1980). A. Ashtekar, On Quantum Aspects of Gravitationa, Current Science, 49, 763-769 (1980). A. Ashtekar, Quantization of the Radiative Modes of the Gravitational Field, In: Quantum Gravity 2; Edited by C.J. Isham, R. Penrose, & D.W. Sciama (Oxford University Press, Oxford 1981). A. Ashtekar & M. Streubel, Symplectic Geometry of Radiative Modes and Conserved Quantities at Null Infinity, Proceedings of the Royal Society (London), A376, 585-607 (1981). A. Ashtekar, Asymptotic Quantization of the Gravitational Field, Physical Review Letters, 46, 573-577 (1981). A. Ashtekar & T. Dray, On the Existence of Solutions to the Einstein Equation with on-zero Bondi News, Communications in Mathematical Physics, 79, 581-599 (1981). A. Ashtekar & K.S. Narain, Infrared Problems in Quantum Field Theory and Penrose's Null Infinity, Syracuse University Report, Presented at the VIth International Conference on Mathematical Physics (1981). A. Ashtekar, Radiative Degrees of Freedom of the Gravitational Field in Exact General Relativity, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 22, 2885-2895 (1981). A. Ashtekar, From General Relativity to Quantum Gravity: A Status Report, In: Mathematical Problems in the Theoretical Physics, Edited by R. Schrader, R. Seiler, & D.A. Uhlenbrock (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1981). A. Ashtekar, Null Infinity & Killing Fields, Zentralblat fur Mathematik, 45.53047 (An Updated Summary of J. Math. Phys. 21, 862 (1980) by invitation of the Editor). A. Ashtekar & A. Magnon, A Geometrical Approach to External Potential Problems in Quantum Field Theory, Zentrablatt fur Mathematik 452.53043 (An updated summary of Gen. Rel. & Grav. 12,2205 (1980) by invitation of the Editor). A. Ashtekar, G.T. Horowitz & A. Magnon, A Generalized Tensor Calculus and its Applications to physics, General Relativity and Gravitation 14, 411-428 (1982). A. Ashtekar & A. Magono, On the Symplectic Structure of General Relativity, Communications in Mathematical Physics, 86, 55-68 (1982). A. Ashtekar & G.T. Horowitz, Energy-Momentum of Isolated Systems Cannot be Null, Physics Letters 89A, 181-185 (1982). A. Ashtekar & A. Sen, NUT 4-Momenta Are Forever, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 23, 2168-2178 (1982). A. Ashtekar & J. Winicour, Linkages and Hamiltonians at Null Infinity, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 23, 2410-2417 (1982). A. Ashtekar & G.T. Horowitz, On the Canonical Approach to Quantum Gravity, Physical Review D26, 3342-3353 (1982). A. Ashtekar, Equations of Motion: the State of the Art, In: Gravitational Radiation, Edited by N. Deruelle & S. Pirain, (North-Holland Amsterdam, 1983). A. Ashtekar, On the Hamiltonian of General Relativity, Physics A 124, 51-60 (1984). A. Ashtekar & G.T. Horowitz, Phase-space of General Relativity Revisited: A Canonical Choice of Time and Simplification of the Hamiltonian, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 25, 1473-13480 (1984). A. Ashtekar, Asymptotic Properties of Isolated Systems: Recent Developments, In: The Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Genreal Relativity and Gravitation, Edited by B. Bertotti, F. de Felice & A. Pascolini (D. Reidel, Dordrecht, 1984). A. Ashtekar, Proceedings of the Workshop on Quantum Gravity, in the volume cited in Ref. 44. A. Ashtekar & A. Magnon, From i to 3+1 Descriptions of Spatial Infinity, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 25, 2682-2690 (1984). A. Ashtekar, On the Boundary Conditions on Gravitational and Gauge Fields at Spatial Infinity, In: Mass and Asymptotic Behavior of Space-time Geometry, Edited by F. Flaherty (Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1984). A. Ashtekar & A. Magnon, Asymptotically anti-de Sitter Space-times, Classical and Quantum Gravity Letters, 1, L39-L41 (1984). A. Ashtekar, Gravitation Quantique, La Recherche, 15, 1400-1409 (1984). A. Ashtekar & K.S. Narain, Restoration of Broken Symmetry and Generaton of a Mass-gap, In: Random Walk in Relativity and Cosmology, a Festschrift for P.C. Vaidya & A.K. Raychaudhurei, (Eastern Wiley, New Delhi 1985). A. Ashtekar, Logarithmic Ambiguities in the Description of Spatial Infinity, Foundations of Physics, 15, 419-435 (1985). A. Ashtekar, Self-duality and Spinorial Techniques in the Canonical Approach to Quantum Gravity, In: Quantum Concepts in Space and Time, Edited by C.J> Isham and R. Penrose, (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1986). A. Ashtekar, On the Boundary Conditions for Gravitational and Gauge Fields at Spatial Infinity; Zentrablatt 26, 202-95 (1985) (An Updated Summary of Ref. 47, by invitation of the Editors). A. ashtekar & M. Stillerman, Geometric Quantization and Constrained Systems, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 27, 1319-1330 (1986). A. Ashtekar, A. Note on Self-duality and Helicity, Journal of Mathematical Physics 27, 824-827 (1986). A. Ashtekar, New Variables for Classical and Quantum Gravity, Physical Review Letters, 57, 2244-2247 (1986). A. Ashtekar, L. Bombelli, & R. Koul, Phase Space Formulation of General Relativity Without 3+1 Splitting, In: The physics of Phase Space, Edited by Y.S. Kim and W.W. Zachary (Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1987). A. Ashtekar, Einstein Constraints in the Yang-Mills form, In: Constraint's Theory and Relativistic Dynamics, Edited by G. Longhi & L. Lusanna, (World Scientific 1987). A. Ashtekar, A New Hamiltonian Formulation of General Relativity, Physical Review, D 36, 1587-1603 (1987). A. Ashtekar, Lectures on New Variables, Notes by R.V. Kulkarni & J. Samuel, Poona University Publication (1987). A. Ashtekar, P. Mazur & C.G. Torre, BRST Structure of General Relativity in Terms of New Variables, Physical Review D36, 1587-1603 (1987). A. Ashtekar, A 3+1 Formulation of Einstein Self-duality, In: Mathematics and General Relativity, Edited by J. Isenberg (American Mathematical Society, Providence, 1988). A. Ashtekar, T. Jacobson, & L. Smolin, A New Characterization of Half-flat Solutions to Einstein's Equation, Communications in Mathematical Physics, 11, 631-648 (1988). A. Ashtekar, Micro-structure of Space-time in Quantum Gravity, In: The Proceedings of the 8th Workshop on Grand Unification, Edited by K.C. Wali (World Scientific, Singapore, 1988). A. Ashtekar, New Perspectives in Canonical Quantum Gravity, In: Highlights in Gravitation and Cosmology, edited by B.R. Iyer, A. Kembhavi, J.V. Narlikar, & C.V. Vishveshware (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1988). A. Ashtekar, A.P. Balachandran, & S.G. Jo, The CP-Problem in Quantum Gravity, International Journal of Modern Physics, A4, 1493-1514 (1989). A. Ashtekar, J.D. Romano, & R. Tate, New Variables for Gravity: Inclusion of Matter, Physical Review D 40, 2572-2587 (1989). A. Ashtekar, Recent Development in Hamiltonian Gravity, In: The Proceedings of the IXth International Conference on Mathematical Physics, edited by B. Simon, I.M. Davies & a. Truman (Adam-Higler, Bristol 1989). A. Ashtekar, Non-Perturbative Quantum Gravity: A Status Report, In: General Relativity and Gravitational Physics, edited by M. Cerdonio, R. Cianci, M. Francaviglia, & M. Toller (World Scientific, Singapore, 1989). A. Ashtekar & J.D. Romano, Key 3+1 Equations in terms of New Variables (for numerical relativity). (SU Report 1989). A. Ashtekar, Recent Developments in Quantum Gravity, Proceedings of the Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, E.J. Fenyves (ed.) (New York Academy of Science, New York, 1989). A. Ashtekar & J.D. Romano, Chern-Simons and Palatini Action & (2+1) Gravity, Physics Letters B. 229, 56-60 (1989). A. Ashtekar, V. Husain, C. Rovelli, J. Samuel, & L. Smolin, (2+1) Quantum Gravity as a Toy model for the (3+1) theory, Classical & Quantum Gravity 6, L185-L193 (1989). A. Ashtekar & J. Pullin, Bianchi Cosmologies: A New Description, In: Developments in General Relativity, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Annals of the Israel Physical Society, Vol 9, edited by F. Cooperstock, L.P. Horowitz, & J. Rosen, P 65-76, (Israel Physical Society, Jerusalem 1990). A. Ashtekar, Self Duality, Quantum Gravity, Wilson Loops and All That, In: General Relativity and Gravitation, edited by N. Ashby, D.F. Bartlett, & W. Wyss, (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1990). A. Ashtekar, L. Bombelli, & O. Reula, Covariant Phase Space of Asymptotically flat Gravitational Fields, In: Mechanics, Analysis and Geometry: 200 Years after Lagrange. Edited by M. Francaviglia & D. Holm, (North Holland, Amsterdam 1990). A. Ashtekar, Lessons from (2+1)-dimensional Gravity, In: Strings '90. Edited by R. Arnowitt et al. (World Scientific, Singapore 1990). A. Ashtekar (Notes prepared in Collaboration with R. Tate), Non-perturbative Canonical Gravity, based on IUCAA-Poona Lectures, IUCAA Publication 1 (1990_. A. Ashtekar, The Winding Road to Quantum Gravity in Conceptual Problems of Quantum Gravity, Edited by A. Ashtekar & J. Stachel (Birkhauser, Boston 1991). A. Ashtekar, Old Problems in the Light of New Variables, In: Conceptual Problems of Quantum Gravity in OP, Cit. A. Ashtekar, Canonical Quantum Gravity, In: The Proceedings of the 1990 Banff Workshop on Gravitational Physics, Edited by R. Mann (World Scientific, Singapore 1991), and in the Proceedings of SILARG VIII Conference, Edited by M. Rosenbaum & M. Ryan, (World Scientific, Singapore 1991). A. Ashtekar, C. Rovelli, & L. Smolin, Gravitons and Loops, Physical Review D44, 1740-1755 (1991). A. Ashtekar & J. Samuel, Bianchi Cosmologies: The Role of Spatial Topology Classical and Quantum Gravity, 8, 2191-2215 (1991). A. Ashtekar & R. Penrose, Mass Positivity from Focussing and Structure of io, Twistor Newsletter, 31 (1991); In: Further Advances in Twistor Theory, Volume II, Edited by L.J. Mason, L.P. Hughston, & P.Z. Kobak (Longman and John Wiley and Sons, 1995). A. Ashtekar, C. Rovelli, & L. Smolin, Self Duality and Quantization, Journal of Geometry and Physics, 8, 7-27 (1992). A. Ashtekar & C.J. Isham, Inequivalent Observable Algebras: A New ambiguity in field quantisation, Physics Letters B, 274, 393-398 (1992). A. Ashtekar, Loops, Gauge Fields and Gravity, to appear In: The Proceedings of the VIth Marcel Grossmann Conference on General Relativity, Edited by T. Nakamura et al; and In: The Proceedings of the VIIIth Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, Edited by G. Kunstatter et al (World Scientific, Singapore 1992). A. Ashtekar & J.D. Romano, Spatial Infinity as a Boundary of Space-time, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 9, 1069-1100 (1992). A. Ashtekar & C. Rovelli, A Loop Representation for the Quantum Maxwell Field, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 9, 1121-1150 (1992). A. Ashtekar & C.J. Isham, Representations of the Holonomy Algebras of Gravity and Non-Abelian Gauge Theories, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 9, 1433-1467 (1992). A. Ashtekar, C. Rovelli, & L. Smolin, Weaving a Classical Geometry with Quantum Threads, Physical Review Letters, 69, 237-240 (1992). A. Ashtekar & C. Rovelli, Loops and Quantum General Relativity, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 9, S3-S12 (1992). A. Ashtekar, Lecture Notes by R.S. Tate, Physics in Loop Space; In: Proceedings of the Cochin Advanced School on Gravitation and Cosmology, edited by B.R. Iyer, S.V. Dhurandhar, & K. Babu Joseph (IUCAA, Puce 1993). A. Ashtekar, Recent Developments in Classical and Quantum Theories of Connections Including General Relativity, In: The Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology, edited by C. Vishveshwara (Cambridge University Press 1993). A. Ashtekar, Quantum Geometry, In: The Proceedings of the First Iberian Meeting on Gravity, Edited by M.C. Bento, O. Bertolomi, & J.M. Mourao; and String Quantum Gravity and Physics at the Planck Energy Scale, Edited by N. Sanchez (World Scientific 1993). A. Ashtekar, R.S. Tate and C. Uggla, Minisuperspaces: Symmeterics and Quantization, In: Misner Festschrift, Edited by B.L. Hu et al, (Cambridge University Press 1993). A. Ashtekar, R.S. Tate & C. Uggla, Minisuperspaces: Observables and Quantization, International Journal of Modern Physics, 2, 15-50 (1993). A. Ashtekar & J. Lewandowski, Completeness of Wilson-Loop Functionals on the Moduli Space of SL(2,C) and SU (1,1) Connections, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 10, L69-L74 (1993). A. Ashtekar & J. Lewandowski, Representation Theory of Analytic Holonomy C*-Algebras, In: Knots and Quantum Gravity, edited by J. Baez (Oxford University Press 1994). A. Ashtekar, Quantum Gravity: A Mathematical Physics Perspective, In: Mathematical Physics Towards XXIst Century, edited by R.N. Sen and A. Gersten (Ben Gurion University Press 1994). A. Ashtekar, Overview and Outlook, In: Canonical Gravity: From Classical to Quantum, edited by J. Ehlers and H. Friedrich (Springer-Verlag 1994). A. Ashtekar, D. Marolf & J. Mourao, Integration on the Space of Connections Modulo Gauge Transformations, to appear in the Proceedings of the Lanczos Centennial Conference (SIAM Publishers 1994). A. Ashtekar & M. Varadarajan, Some Striking Properties of the Gravitational Hamiltonian, Physical Review D, 50, 4944-4956 (1994). A. Ashtekar & R.S. Tate, An Extension of the Dirac Program for Quantization of Constrained Systems: Examples, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 34, 6434-6470 (1994). A. Ashtekar & J. Lee, Weak Field Limit of General Relativity: A New Hamiltonian Formulation, International Journal of Modern Physics, D3, 675-693 (1994). A. Ashtekar & R. Loll, New Loop Representations for 2+1 Gravity, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 11, 2417-2442 (1994). A. Ashtekar, J. Lewandowski, D. Marolf, J. Mourao & T. Thiemann, A Manifestly Gauge Invariant Approach to Quantum Theories of Guage Fields, In: The Proceedings of the Newton Institute Workshop on Constrained Systems, edited by J. Charap (Cambrdge University Press, Cambirdge 1994). A. Ashtekar, Mathematical Problems of Non-perturbative Quantum General Relativity, Amsterdam, in Gravitation and Quantizations, edited by B. Julia & J. Zinn-Justin, Amsterdam (Elsevier 1995). A. Ashtekar, Recent Mathematical Developments in Quantum General Relativity, In: The Proceedings of the VII Marcel Grossmann International Conference, edited by R. Ruffini & M. Keiser (World Scientific, Singapore 1995), and The Proceedings of PASCOS-94, edited by K.C. Wali (World Scientific, Singapore 1995). A. Ashtekar & J. Lewandowski, Projective Techniques and Functional Integration for Gauge Theories, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 36, 2170-2191 (1995). A. Ashtekar & T.A. Schilling, Geometry of Quantum Mechanics, In: The Proceedings of the First Canadian-American-Mexican Physical Societies' Conference, edited by A. Zepeda (American Institute of Physics, NY 1996). A. Ashtekar & J. Lewandowski, Differential Geometry on the Space of Connections Using Projective Techniques, Journal of Geometry and Physics, 17, 191-230 (1995). A. Ashtekar, Probing Quantum Geometry, In: The Proceedings of the Puri Workshop on Planck Scale Physics, edited by J. Maharana (World Scientific, Singapore 1995). A. Ashtekar, J. Lewandowski, D. Marolf, J. Mourao & T. Thiemann, Quantization of Diffeomorphism Theories of Connection with Local Degrees of Freedom, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 36, 6456-6493 (1995). A. Ashtekar, Polymer Geometry at Planck Scale and Quantum Einstein's Equations; Acta Cosmologica, XX1-2, 85-110 (1995). Reproduced In: The Proceedings of General Relativity and Gravitation, 1995, edited by M. Francaviglia (World Scientific, Singapore 1996); The Proceedings of the 1995 Erice Workshop on Planck Scale Physics, edited by N. Sanchez (Kluwer, Amsterdam 1995), gr-qc/9601054, International Journal of Modern Physics, 5, 629-648 (1996). A. Ashtekar, J. Lewandowski, D. Marolf, J. Mourao & T. Thiemann, Coherent State Transform on the Space of Connections, Journal of Functional Analysis 135, 519-551 (1996). A. Ashtekar, Generalized Wick Transform for Gravity, Physical Review D53 (Rapid Communications) R2865-69 (1996), gr-qc/9511083. A. Ashtekar, S. Chandrasekhar's Contributions to General Relativity, Current Science 70, 800-805 (1996). A. Ashtekar, Large Quantum Gravity Effects: Unforeseen Limitations of Classical Theory, Physical Review Letters 77, 4864-67 (1996), gr-qc/9610008. A. Ashtekar & M. Pierri, Probing Quantum Gravity Through Exactly Soluble Midi-Superspaces I, Jornal of Mathematical Physics, 37, 6250-70 (1996), gr-qc/9606085. A. Ashtekar, Quantum Gravity: A Personal Perspective, American Chapter of Indian Physics Association 10, no 4 (1996). A. Ashtekar & J. Lewandowski, Quantum Theory of Geometry I: Area Operators, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 14, A55-A81 (1997), gr-qc/9602046. A. Ashtekar, J. Bicak & Bernd G. Schmidt, Asymptotic Structure of Symmetry Reduced General Relativity, Physical Review D 55, 669-686 (1997) gr-qc/960842. A. Ashtekar, J. Bicak & Bernd G. Schnidt, Behavior of Einstein-Rosen Waves at Null Infinity, Physical Review D 55, 687-694 (1997), gr-qc/960841. A. Ashtekar & A. Corichi, Photon Inner-Product and the Gauss Linking Number, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 14, A43-A53 (1997), gr-qc/960817. A. Ashtekar & J. Lewandowski, Quantum Field Theory of Geometry, In: The Proceedings of the Conference on Historical Examination and Philosophical Reflections on the Foundations of Quantum Field Theory, hep-th/9603083. P. Aichelburg & A. Ashtekar, Mathematical Problems of Quantum Gravity (Abstracts of seminars presented at the summer '96 Workshop at the Erwin Schrodinger Institute Vienna), gr-qc/9701042. A. Ashtekar & A. Corichi, Gauss Linking Number and Electromagnetic Uncertainty Principle, Physical Review D 56, 2073-2079 (1997), hep-th/9701136. A. Ashtekar, Quantum Mechanics of Riemannian Geometry, In: The Proceedings of the Barcelona Workshop Fisica I Geometria and Pacific Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology, edited by D. Jou (Institut D'Estudis Catan, Barcelona 1997). A. Ashtekar, Geometric Issues in Quantum Gravity, In: Geometric Issues in the Foundation of Science; Penrose Festschrift, edited by L. Mason et al (Oxford University Press 1997). A. Ashtekar & J. Lewandowski, Quantum Theory of Geometry II, Volume Operators, Advances in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics, 1, 388-429 (1997), gr-qc/9711031. A. Ashtekar, J. Lewandowski, D. Marolf, J. Mourao & T. Thiemann, SU(N) Quantum Yang Mills Theory in Two Dimensions: A Complete Solution, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 38, 5453-5482 (1997), hep-th/9605128. A. Ashtekar, J. Baez, A. Corichi & K. Krasnov, Quantum Geometry and Black Hole Entropy, Physical Review Letters, 80, 904-907 (1998), gr-qc/9711031. A. Ashtekar, S. Chandrasekhar: A Personal Portrait, In: Chandra, Man Behind the Legend, edited by K.C. Wali (Imperial College Press, London 1998). A. Ashtekar & T.A. Schilling, Geometrical Formulation of Quantum Mechanics, In: On Einstein's Path, edited by A. Harvey (Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1998). A. Ashtekar & V. Husain, Symmetry Reduced Einstein Gravity and Generalized o and Chiral Models, International Journal of Modern Physics D D7, 549-566 (1998). A. Ashtekar, A. Corichi & J.A. Zapata, Quantum Theory of Geometry: III, Noncommutativity of Riemannian Structures, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 15, 2955-2972 (1998). A. Ashtekar, A. Corichi & M. Pierri, Geometry in Color Perception, In: Black Holes, Gravitational Radiation and the Universe (Kluwer Dodrecht 1999), 535-549, CGPG pre-print 97/12-7. A. Ashtekar & K. Krasnov, Quantum Geometry and Black Holes, In: Black Holes, Gravitational Radiation and the Universe, edited by B. Iyer & B. Bhawal (Kluwer Dodrecht 1999) 149-170, gr-qc/9804039. A. Ashtekar, C. Beetle & S. Fairhurst, Isolated Horizons: A Generalization of Black Hole Mechanics, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 16, L1-L7 (1999), gr-qc/9812065. A. Ashtekar, Quantum Mechanics of Riemannian Geometry, In: Pacific Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology, edited by S. Kim & J. Lee (1999). A. Ashtekar, Quantum Gravity, In: Encyclopedia for Astronomy and Astrophysics (Institute of Physics, Bristol 1999). A. Ashtekar, A. Corichi & K. Krasnov, Isolated Horizons: The Classical Phase Space, Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 3, 419-471 (1999), gr-qc/9905089. A. Ashtekar, Quantum Mechanics of Geometry, In: The Universe: Visions and Perspectives, edited by N. Dadhich & A. Kembhavi (Kluwer, Dordrecht 1999). A. Ashtekar, C. Beetle & S. Fairhurst, Mechanics of Isolated Horizons, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 17, 253-298 (2000), gr-qc/9907068. A. Ashtekar, Interface of General Relativity, Quantum Physics and Statistical Mechanics: Some Recent Developments, Annalen der Physik, 9, 178-198 (2000), gr-qc/9910101. A. Ashtekar & S. Das, Asymptotically Anti-de Sitter Space-times: Conserved Quantities, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 17, L17-L30 (2000), hep-th/9911230. A. Ashtekar & A. Corichi, Laws Governing Isolated Horizons: Inclusion of Dilaton Couplings, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 17, 1317-1332 (2000), gr-qc/9910068. A. Ashtekar, C. Beetle, O. Dreyer, S. Fairhurst, B. Krishnan, J. Lewandowski & J. Wisniewski, Isolated Horizons and Their Applications, Physical Review Letters, 85, 3564-3567 (2000), gr-qc/0006006. A. ashtekar, J. Baez & K. Krasnov, Quantum Geometry of Isolated Horizons and Black Hole Entropy, Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 4, 1-95 (2000), gr-qc/0005126. A. Ashtekar, S. Fairhurst & B. Krishnan, Laws Governing Isolated Horizons: Inclusion of Distortion, Physical Review D 62, 104025 (2000), gr-qc/0005083. A. Ashtekar, D. Marolf, J. Mourao & T. Thiemann, Osterwalder-Schrader Reconstruction and Diffeomorphism Invariance, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 17, 4919-4940 (2000), quant-ph/9904094. A. Ashtekar, A. Corichi & D. Sudarsky, Hairy Black Holes, Horizon Mass and Solitons, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 18, 919-940 (2001), gr-qc/0011081. A. Ashtekar, Gravity, Geometry and the Quantum, In: Physics 2001: Problems for the 21st century, edited by M. Kumar (World Scientific, Singapore 2000). A. Ashtekar, C. Beetle & J. Lewandowski, Mechanics of Rotating Isolated Horizons, Physical Review D 64 (2001) 044016, gr-qc/0103026. A. Ashtekar & J. Lewandowski, Relation Between Polymer and Fock Excitations, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 18, L117-L128 (2001), gr-qc/0107043. A. Ashtekar, Quantum Geometry and Gravity: Recent Advances In: The Proceedings of the 16th Internationsl Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, edited by N. Bishop & S.D. Mahara (Worls Scientific, Singapore 2002), gr-qc/0110238. A. Ashtekar, The Second Black Body Problem: Interface of General Relativity, Quantum Theory and Statistical Mechanics, In: Highlights of Mathematical Physics, edited by A. Fokas, J. Halliwel, T. Kibble & B. Zegarlinski (2001). A. Ashtekar, C. Beetle & J. Lewandowski, Geometry of Generic Isolated Horizons, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 19, 1195-1225 (2002), gr-qc/0111067. A. Ashtekar, O. Dreyer & J. Wisniewski, Isolated Horizons in 2+1 Gravity, Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 6, 507-555 (2002), gr-qc/0206024. A. Ashtekar & B. Krishnan, Dynamical Horizons: Energy, Angular Momentum, Fluxes and Balance Laws, Physical Reivew Letters, 89, 261101 (2002), gr-qc/0207080. A. Ashtekar, Quantum Geometry and Its Ramifications, Future of Theoretical Physics and Cosmology, Volume in honor of Stephen Hawking's 60th Birthday, edited by G. Gobbons, P. Shellard & S. Rankin (Cambridge Univerity Press, Cambridge 2002). A. Ashtekar, J. Lewandowski & H. Sahlmann, Polymer and Fock Representations for a Scalar Field, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 20, L11-21 (2003), gr-qc/0211012. A. Ashtekar, S. Fairhurst & J.L. Willis, Quantum Gravity, Shadow States, and Quantum Mechanics, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 20, 1031-1062 (2003), gr-qc/0207106. A. Ashtekar, Physical Issues of Quantum Gravity: Black Holes and Big Bang, In: The Proceedings of the Third International Sakharov Conference, Volume 2, edited by A. Semikhatov, M. Vasiliev & V. Zaikin (Scientific World, Moscow), 682-699 (2003). A. Ashtekar, Quantum Geometry and its Ramifications, In: The Futrue of Theoretical Physics and Cosmology, A volume in honor of Stephen Hawking's 60th birthday, edited by G. Gibbons, P. Shellard & S. Ranking (Cambridge University Press 2003). A. Ashtekar, A. Corichi & D. Sudarsky, Non-minimally Coupled Scalar Fields and Isolated Horions, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 20, 413-3426 (2003), gr-qc/0304044. A. Ashtekar, M. Bojowald & J. Lewandowski, Mathematical Structure of Loop Quantum Cosmology, Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 7, 233-268 (2003), gr-qc/0304074. A. Ashtekar & A. Corichi, Non-minimal Couplings, Quantum Geometry and Black Hole Entropy, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 20, 4473-4484 (2003), gr-qc/0305082. A. Ashtekar, Quantum Geometry in Action: Big Bang and Black Holes, In: Graphs and Patterns in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics, Volume in honor of Dennis Sullivan (American Mathematical Society 2004),math-phys/0202008. A. Ashtekar & B. Krishnan, Dynamical Horizons and Their Properties, Physical Review D, 68, 104030 (2003), gr-qc/0308033. A. Ashtekar, How Black Holes Grow, In: Mathematical Physics, General Relativity and Cosmology (World Scientific), in press, gr-qc/0306115. A. Ashtekar, Addressing Challenges of Quantum Gravity Through Quantum Geometry; Annales de Institut Henri Poincare, 4, 559-569 (2003). A. Ashtekar, J. Engle, T. Pawlowski & C. Van Den Broeck, Multipole Moments of Isolated Horizons, Classical and Quantum Gravity, in press, gr-qc/0401114. A. Ashtekar & J. Lewandowski, Background Independent Quantum Gravity: A Status Report, gr-qc/0404018. (top)

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