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A Theory of Taxonomy
Guido D'Amico, Raul Rabadan, Matthew Kleban
A taxonomy is a standardized framework to classify and organize items into categories. Hierarchical taxonomies are ubiquitous, ranging from the classification of organisms to the f…
Testing Quantum Black Holes with Gravitational Waves
Valentino F. Foit, Matthew Kleban
We argue that near-future detections of gravitational waves from merging black hole binaries can test a long-standing proposal, originally due Bekenstein and Mukhanov, that the are…
Vacua Morghulis
Ben Freivogel, Matthew Kleban
We conjecture that all vacua in string theory decay. More precisely, non-supersymmetric vacua in string theory are at most metastable and eventually decay, while supersymmetric vac…
Inhomogeneous Anisotropic Cosmology
Matthew Kleban, Leonardo Senatore
In homogeneous and isotropic Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmology, the topology of the universe determines its ultimate fate. If the Weak Energy Condition is satisfied, open and fl…