The latest collection of CQG Highlights, selected by the Editorial Board is now available and will be free to read until December 2016. Read the CQG Highlights here: http://iopscience.iop.org/0264-9381/page/highlights
Publish your next paper in CQG for the chance to be selected for next year’s Highlights.
https://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/cqg-iop
The latest collection of CQG Highlights, selected by the Editorial Board is now available and will be free to read until December 2016. Read the CQG Highlights here: http://iopscience.iop.org/0264-9381/page/highlights
Publish your next paper in CQG for the chance to be selected for next year’s Highlights.
https://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/cqg-iop
I am delighted to inform you that a new Letters section is now available for submissions in Classical and Quantum Gravity.
Announcement: http://cqgplus.com/2015/10/15/cqg-letters-open-for-submission/
I invite you to publish your next Letter with CQG. Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.
The latest CQG focus issue on “Astrophysics and general relativity of dense stellar systems” guest edited by Clifford Will and Pau Amaro-Seoane is currently free to read in CQG.
http://j.mp/1v4ct1u
I am delighted to inform you that the latest CQG focus issue on the topic of relativistic effects in cosmology edited by Kazuya Koyama is now available to read: http://j.mp/1xL4Dhy
We hope that you will enjoy this focus issue.
P.S. Don’t forget to follow CQG+ for instant notification of high quality papers reviewed for CQG
http://j.mp/1m1pyGZ
Dear Colleagues,
I am delighted to present this focus issue which brings together articles on the new generation of gravitational wave detectors.
http://iopscience.iop.org/0264-9381/page/Focus%20issue%20on%20Advanced%20interferometric%20gravitational%20wave%20detectors
The quest to detect gravitational waves directly has accelerated in the past decade with the successful operation of a first generation of large interferometric detectors. The lessons learned from the first-generation detectors fed into the design of advanced detectors which are now being constructed and commissioned and will soon begin collecting data. Higher laser power, sophisticated mirror suspensions and numerous other improvements will extend the distance reach of the detectors by an order of magnitude and finally record the tiny gravitational-wave signals traversing Earth. This focus issue examines the advanced techniques and detectors currently being assembled, tested and prepared.
Currently, the focus issue features articles from the GEO600 and KAGRA collaborations. Articles from the Advanced Virgo and Advanced LIGO collaborations will be added to the issue soon.
I hope you enjoy reading about the latest developments on these experiments.
Kind regards,
Ben Sheard
Publishing Editor
Classical and Quantum Gravity
IOP Publishing
iopscience.org/cqg
Dear Colleagues,
It is my pleasure to present this focus issue on Entanglement and Quantum Gravity, guest edited by Eugenio Bianchi and Carlo Rovelli:
http://j.mp/1pxgJ8z
Recent years have seen a flourishing of interest in the role that entanglement entropy plays in the physics of spacetime. Insights have been obtained into the role of entanglement for the entropy for black hole thermodynamics, and new ideas have been explored connecting entanglement to holography, wormholes, to the structure itself of semiclassical spacetime and others. This special issue collects a number of articles on this topic, offering a partial overview of these new developments.
The full issue is available from IOPscience for free for the next 3 months. I hope you enjoy reading the collection.
Kind regards,
Ben Sheard
Publishing Editor
Classical and Quantum Gravity
IOP Publishing
iopscience.org/cqg
Dear Colleagues,
It is my pleasure to present the Classical and Quantum Gravity (CQG) Highlights of 2013-14:
http://j.mp/vrrUyh
The Highlights articles are chosen by the Editorial Board as a selection of some of the best work published in the journal, based on criteria of interest, significance and novelty.
The articles span the whole of CQG’s subject scope and include focus issue articles and topical reviews in addition to regular papers. All of the Highlights articles are free to download until the end of 2015.
As part of the promotion of the Highlights we produce an annual Highlights brochure which contains further information about journal activity including forthcoming special issues and prize sponsorships. The brochure will be available at several gravitational physics conferences in 2015 so be sure to pick up a copy.
I hope you enjoy browsing this collection of articles and I invite you to submit your next article to CQG: http://j.mp/1f1k9Ks
Kind regards,
Ben Sheard
Publishing Editor, Classical and Quantum Gravity
P.S. Follow CQG’s companion website, CQG+, for insights into the latest high quality content in the journal: http://j.mp/1m1pyGZ
Dear Colleagues,
I’m delighted to announce the formal launch of CQG+, CQG’s companion website: CQGplus.com
This is a great place to find out about the latest papers to be rated ‘high quality’ by your peers. I recommend signing up to follow CQG+. This will allow you to receive email alerts (at your desired frequency) of the best of the latest gravitational physics research.
Publish your next great paper in CQG for the chance to benefit from promotion in CQG+
Best wishes
Adam Day
Publisher
Classical and Quantum Gravity and CQG+
Dear Colleagues,
It is my pleasure to present this focus issue on Astrophysical Black Holes, guest edited by David Merritt and Luciano Rezzolla:
http://j.mp/180WQ6e
The issue features 10 articles which cover recent developments in the observational and theoretical understanding of black holes – both stellar mass and supermassive – as well as black holes in alternate theories of gravity. The context is astrophysical; that is: how black holes form in, and interact with, their stellar and galactic environments, and the observational consequences of that interaction.
The full issue is available from IOPscience for free for the next 3 months. I hope you will enjoy reading the articles and that they will be useful references for your future research.
Kind regards,
Ben Sheard
Publishing Editor
Classical and Quantum Gravity
IOP Publishing
iopscience.org/cqg
The latest CQG focus issue is titled: ‘Pulsar Timing Arrays’ and is guest edited by M A Bizouard, F Jenet, R Price and C M Will.
Gravitational-wave detection via a pulsar timing array (PTA) is now entering the realm of practicality. This focus issue includes an overview of the field and articles describing the various detection efforts that are currently underway. Other articles in the issue discuss the potential for astrophysics and tests of general relativity using PTAs.
The full issue is available from IOPscience for free for the next 3 months.
http://j.mp/1hHdeKK
Best wishes
Adam Day
Publisher
Classical and Quantum Gravity
I am very pleased to bring you this special issue on ‘Scalars and Gravity’ guest edited by David Langlois.
http://j.mp/19mB7p0
This issue presents several active directions of research where the interplay between scalar fields and gravity is essential.
The issue features articles on a range of topics including inflationary models based on scalar fields, quintessence, chameleon fields, and generalized Galileon theories.
We hope that these articles will offer offer a stimulating perspective on several recent and active research topics that mix scalar fields with gravity.
Best wishes
Adam Day
Publisher
Classical and Quantum Gravity
cqg[AT]iop.org
I am very pleased to bring you this focus issue on ‘Massive Gravity’ guest edited by Shinji Mukohyama.
http://j.mp/1daT1tF
The aim of the issue is to highlight some of the recent developments in massive gravity and their phenomenological implications.
We hope that these articles will be of interest and beneficial to your research.
Best wishes
Adam Day
Publisher
Classical and Quantum Gravity
cqg[AT]iop.org
I am very pleased to bring you this focus issue on ‘Higher Spins and Holography’ guest edited by Per Kraus and Simon F Ross. http://j.mp/100eDpc
Higher spin gravity has gained broader appeal in recent years due to its appearance in the AdS/CFT correspondence. I hope that you will find this focus issue of particular interest and encourage you to share and circulate this with your colleagues and peers.
I hope that you will publish your next paper with CQG http://bit.ly/Wut54Y and I look forward to working with you soon.
Best wishes,
Adam Day
Publisher
Classical and Quantum Gravity
cqg@iop.org
P.S. Don’t forget to read our Highlights of 2011-2012 http://bit.ly/vrrUyh selected by the Editorial Board, which are free to read until 31 December 2013.
We are very pleased to bring you this focus issue on applications of holography to condensed matter systems.
This focus issue strengthens the connections between holography and other gravitational research.
We hope that you will find this focus issue of particular interest and encourage you to share this with your colleagues and peers. The articles in the focus issue will be free to download for 3 months from the date of publication.
We hope that you will publish your next paper with CQG and look forward to working with you soon.
Best wishes,
Adam Day
Publisher
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Dear colleagues,
We are very pleased to bring you the latest CQG focus issue: tests of the weak equivalence principle, which is currently free to read on the CQG website.
http://j.mp/MywInA
This focus issue brings together a set of invited papers which explore the many aspects of testing the weak equivalence principle (WEP). An introductory article laying out the theoretical context is followed by articles on current laboratory experiments. Four articles describe the latest results from lunar laser ranging and binary pulsar timing, while two articles discuss progress toward testing the free fall of anti-Hydrogen. The final four articles address future experiments to be carried out in space on orbiting or sub-orbital platforms.
We hope that you will find this focus issue to be of interest. We invite you to publish your next paper with CQG and look forward to working with you soon.
Best wishes,
Clifford M Will
Clive C Speake
Guest Editors
Classical and Quantum Gravity
The 2012 Institute of Physics Gravitational Physics Group Thesis Prize, sponsored by Classical and Quantum Gravity (CQG), will be made for excellence in postgraduate research and communication skills in gravitational physics. All members of the IOP Gravitational Physics Group who passed their PhD viva voce exam between 30 September 2010 and 31 December 2012 are entitled to enter the competition.
Note that the viva period for eligible candidates is longer than in previous years.
The winner will be awarded £500 and they will be invited to submit a paper to CQG based on the winning thesis which, if accepted, will be made a ’select article’ in CQG. Furthermore, the winner will be given the opportunity to present their work at one of the UK BritGrav meetings.
Anyone (student or otherwise) can nominate a candidate (including the candidate themselves). If you have someone in mind, please send an email to the IOP Gravitational Physics Group secretary (David Burton at d.burton[AT]lancaster.ac.uk) containing the candidate’s contact details and the committee will encourage them to enter the competition. The candidate must be a member of the IOP Gravitational Physics Group, and will be asked to provide their IOP membership number.
Please note that the student’s external PhD examiner must be willing to comment on the student’s research, quality of the student’s thesis and the student’s ability to cogently communicate their work (evidenced by their viva performance and/or seminars). Students are advised to consult their external examiner before entering the competition.
I am delighted to announce that the 2011 IOP Gravitational Physics Group’s thesis prize, co-sponsored by Classical and Quantum Gravity, has been awarded to Dr John Miller, currently at Australian National University (ANU), for his excellent work on non-Gaussian beams and optomechanical parametric instabilities in gravitational wave detectors and their impact on designing future gravitational wave detectors.
Dr Miller completed his thesis at Glasgow University under the supervision of Prof. Ken Strain and Prof. Norna Robertson
The thesis is available to download from Glasgow University’s website.
http://theses.gla.ac.uk/1869/
Details of the prize, including nomination instructions for the 2012 prize, can be found at the Gravitational Physics Group’s web page.
http://www.iop.org/activity/groups/subject/gp/prize/page_40694.html
Sincerely
Clifford M Will
Editor in Chief
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Dear Colleagues,
It is my pleasure to announce the publication of Classical and Quantum Gravity’s Highlights of 2010-2011. These articles were selected by the Editorial Board of Classical and Quantum Gravity (CQG) and represent some of the most interesting recent work in gravitational physics.
http://bit.ly/raNBFt
Articles featured in past CQG Highlights have been highly cited and are frequently downloaded. All selected articles will be free to download until the end of 2012.
The list includes fast-track communications, research papers, review articles and special issue contributions published between May 2010 and June 2011.
Be sure to pick up a copy of the latest CQG Highlights Brochure which will be available at gravitational physics meetings throughout 2012. The brochure contains summaries of all the highlighted articles as well as details of the journal’s ongoing activities including prize sponsorships and forthcoming special issues.
I invite you to submit your work to CQG and hope to see it promoted as a CQG Highlight in the future.
With best wishes
Ben Sheard
Publishing Editor
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to announce that the new Classical and Quantum Gravity (CQG) focus issue on string cosmology is now free to read online.
http://iopscience.iop.org/0264-9381/28/20
This issue includes 10 specially invited papers from some of the top researchers in the field.
Guest Edited by Dr Vijay Balasubramanian and Professor Paulo Moniz, the focus issue appraises recent applications of string-theoretic and string-inspired ideas to the cosmos. The articles in this issue also survey a number of potentially promising directions for the future.
With best wishes,
Adam Day
Publisher
Classical and Quantum Gravity
iopscience.org/cqg
CQG’s latest focus section on inhomogeneous cosmological models and averaging in cosmology is now available to read on the CQG website:
http://iopscience.iop.org/0264-9381/28/16
The issue was edited by CQG Board Members Lars Andersson and Alan Coley.
The special section focuses on the physical state of the present universe and the problem of going beyond perturbation theory. The following topics are covered:
– a general overview and a discussion of the relevant issues;
– inhomogeneous cosmological models (including non-Copernican models);
– the current observations and physics of the universe and
– averaging and backreaction.
I would like to thank the guest editors and all of the authors and referees of the focus section for their contributions to this excellent issue of Classical and Quantum Gravity.
Yours sincerely
Adam Day
Publisher
Classical and Quantum Gravity
We invite you to read-for-free the CQG focus section reviewing 25 years of quantum gravity research.
http://iopscience.iop.org/0264-9381/28/15
This issue features 2 invited review articles from physicists who have been associated with String Theory and Loop Quantum Gravity from their inception. They were invited to write a retrospective review: What were the initial hopes? To what extent have these hopes been realised? What were the major successes, surprises, disappointments? The emphasis is on what has come OUT of the program rather than technical developments internal to the program. We hope that the reader, whatever her persuasion, will be able to form a panoramic view of quantum gravity research today within these two programmes.
Yours sincerely
Joseph Samuel
Editorial Board Member
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Selected articles from the 19th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (GR19) are now published and free-to-read in Classical and Quantum Gravity (CQG). I invite you to browse the collection: http://iopscience.iop.org/0264-9381/28/11
The GR19 conference covered all of the broad range of subjects in the scope of CQG. Hyperspace readers are therefore certain to find high quality work in the issue relevant to their own interests.
I take this opportunity to thank all authors, referees and particularly the guest editors, Profs D Marolf and D Sudarsky for all of their hard work which contributed to making this outstanding special issue possible.
Yours sincerely
Adam Day
Publisher
Classical and Quantum Gravity
cqg[AT]iop.org
Closing date for nominations: 31 October 2011
The 2011 Gravitational Physics Group Thesis Prize, sponsored by Classical and Quantum Gravity (CQG), will be made for excellence in postgraduate research and communication skills in gravitational physics. All members of the IOP Gravitational Physics Group who passed their PhD viva voce exam between 30 September 2009 and 1 October 2010 are entitled to enter the competition. The winner will be awarded £500 and they will be invited to submit a paper to CQG based on the winning thesis which, if accepted, will be made a ’select article’ in CQG. Furthermore, the winner will be given the opportunity to present their work at one of the UK BritGrav meetings.
Anyone (student or otherwise) can nominate a candidate (including the candidate themselves). If you have someone in mind, please send an email to the IOP Gravitational Physics Group secretary (David Burton at d.burton-at-lancaster.ac.uk) containing the candidate’s contact details and the committee will encourage them to enter the competition. The candidate must be a member of the IOP Gravitational Physics Group, and will be asked to provide their IOP membership number.
Please note that the student’s external PhD examiner must be willing to comment on the student’s research, quality of the student’s thesis and the student’s ability to cogently communicate their work (evidenced by their viva performance and/or seminars). Students are advised to consult their external examiner before entering the competition.
For information on how to enter the competition please click ‘Group Prize’ on the IOP Gravitational Physics Group web page http://gp.iop.org/
Dear Colleagues,
It gives me great pleasure to notify you of the publication of the above article in Classical and Quantum Gravity.
TITLE: Newtonian Gravity and the Bargmann Algebra
AUTHORS: Roel Andringa, Eric Bergshoeff, Sudhakar Panda and Mees de Roo
This article received very positive comments and a high quality rating from its referees. The article is available to download from IOPscience.
Please find below a summary by the authors of the developments made in this article:
‘Newton–Cartan gravity is a geometric formulation of Newtonian gravity, based on the nonrelativistic limit of general relativity. In our paper we confront this traditional view of Newton–Cartan gravity with a different approach that starts from the Bargmann algebra, a centrally extended version of the Galilei algebra. This approach emphasizes the analogy with the formulation of general relativity as a gauge theory of the Poincaré algebra. The algebraic method suggests a number of generalizations, for instance to conformal algebras, and to the Newton–Hooke algebra, which would lead to classical gravity induced by nonrelativistic strings.’
Yours sincerely
Rachel Lawless
Publishing Editor
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Participants of IOP’s Nuclear and Particle Physics Divisional (NPPD) conference at Glasgow University (4-7 April) are invited to attend an opening drinks reception sponsored by Classical and Quantum Gravity (CQG).
The reception will begin at 6pm on Sunday 3 April in the Hunterian Gallery, opposite the main university building.
I look forward to seeing you there!
Adam Day
Publisher
It gives me great pleasure to announce the award of the 2010 IOP Gravitational Physics Group’s Thesis Prize to Dr Barry Wardell of the Albert Einstein Institute at Golm. As Editor-in-Chief of Classical and Quantum Gravity, which co-sponsors the prize, I am delighted to see it going to such a deserving recipient.
The award is made for the development of ground-breaking computational techniques for obtaining highly accurate expressions for Green functions on curved spacetime.
Dr Wardell completed his thesis at University College Dublin in Ireland. The thesis: “Green functions and radiation reaction from a spacetime perspective” is available for download from the ArXiv: http://arxiv.org/abs/0910.2634
The prize will be awarded at IOP’s Nuclear and Particle Physics Divisional (NPPD) conference at Glasgow University on 6 April. Dr Wardell will receive the prize shortly before his talk at 3.30pm in the Humanities Lecture Theatre.
Yours sincerely
Clifford M Will
Editor in Chief
Classical and Quantum Gravity