Matters of Gravity: The Newsletter of the Division of Gravitational Physics of the American Physical Society. Number 54. December 2019

TL;DR

This newsletter compiles recent updates, research highlights, and conference reports in gravitational physics, emphasizing developments in string theory, higher dimensions, and symmetry studies from 2019.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of current topics and discussions in gravitational physics as of December 2019, including conference summaries and research trends.

Findings

Highlights recent advances in string theory and higher-dimensional gravity.

Summarizes key discussions from the Eighth Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry.

Features notable research presentations from the APS April Meeting.

Abstract

we hear that..., by David Garfinkle APS April Meeting, by David Garfinkle Gravity: Strings and higher dimensions, by Cynthia Keeler The Eighth Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry, by Jay Tasson