DESERFEST A Celebration of the Life and Works of Stanley Deser Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, 3 – 5 April 2004

This volume comprises the contributions to the proceedings of Deserfest — a festschrift in honor of Stanley Deser. Many of Stanley Deser's colleagues and longtime collaborators, including Richard Arnowitt and Charles Misner of “ADM” fame, contribute insighted article. Ranging from lower dimensional gravity theories all the way to supergravity in eleven dimensions and M-theory, the papers highlight the wide impact that Deser has had in the field. CONTENTS......Page 8 Preface......Page 6 A Celebration of the Life and Works of Stanley Deser......Page 10 2. Causality in Learning and Synaptic Modification......Page 17 3. Implications for Learning from Experience......Page 20 References......Page 23 1. Introduction......Page 24 2. Horava-Witten M-theory......Page 25 3. Quark and Lepton Masses......Page 28 4. Neutrino Masses......Page 32 5. CP Violation in B Decays and Non-Universal Soft Breaking......Page 35 6. Conclusions......Page 36 References......Page 37 2. 2+1-Dimensional Point Particles......Page 39 3. Tachyons and Black Holes......Page 40 4. Anti-deSitter Spacetime......Page 42 5. The Klein Map......Page 43 6. Initial Values for Time-symmetric Black Holes......Page 44 7. Time Development of Black Holes and Spin......Page 46 References......Page 48 1. Introduction......Page 49 2. The LC2 Formulation of N = 4......Page 50 3. The LC2 Formulation of N = 8......Page 55 4. Ten Dimensions......Page 56 6. Further Extensions......Page 62 References......Page 63 1. Introduction and Overview......Page 64 2. General Models......Page 68 3. Dynamics in the Vicinity of a Spacelike Singularity......Page 69 4. Cosmological Singularities and Kac-Moody Algebras......Page 75 5. E10 and a "Small Tension" Limit of SUGRA11......Page 77 Appendix A. Kac-Moody Algebras......Page 82 References......Page 83 1. Introduction......Page 86 2. Holonomy and supersymmetry......Page 87 3. Generalized holonomy for n = 16......Page 92 4. Some n = 8 examples......Page 95 5. Discussion......Page 98 References......Page 100 1. Introduction......Page 103 2. N = 2 and N = 1 supersymmetric cases......Page 107 3. The potential......Page 111 4. Special coordinates solvable coordinates and B.I. action......Page 112 5. Conclusions......Page 116 Appendix A. Some relevant formulae......Page 117 Appendix B. The matrix N......Page 119 References......Page 124 1. Introduction......Page 126 3. A Popular Ansatz......Page 129 4. New Examples......Page 132 References......Page 136 1. Introduction......Page 137 2. Superpotentials......Page 139 3. Duality invariance of the action......Page 142 4. Conserved charge......Page 143 5. Conclusions......Page 144 References......Page 145 1. Introduction......Page 146 2. Supergravity counter-terms......Page 147 3. Invariants in string theory and M-theory......Page 150 4. M-theory in superspace......Page 152 References......Page 155 1. Dedication and Introduction......Page 159 2. Chern-Simons Modification of Maxwell Theory......Page 161 3. Chern-Simons Modification of Einstein Theory......Page 164 4. Conclusion......Page 170 References......Page 171 1. Introduction......Page 172 2. Einstein-aether action principle......Page 173 3. Maxwell-like simplified theory......Page 176 4. Waves......Page 178 5. Newtonian limit and PPN parameters......Page 180 6. Energy......Page 182 7. Stars and black holes?......Page 184 8. Cosmology......Page 186 References......Page 187 1. Introduction......Page 189 2. Maxwell's Equations......Page 191 3. Conformal Invariance......Page 193 4. Background Spacetime......Page 194 5. Causal Structure......Page 195 6. Analysis......Page 196 7. Exact Solutions......Page 198 References......Page 199 1. Introduction......Page 202 2. 2 + 1-Dimensional ADM Decomposition......Page 204 3. Second-Order Partially Reduced ADM Formalism......Page 206 4. First-Order Fully Reduced ADM Formalism......Page 208 5. Classical and Quantum Equivalence......Page 211 References......Page 215 1. Introduction......Page 216 2. Integrability......Page 217 3. Integrability in the presence of a boundary......Page 219 4. Integrability and N = 1 supersymmetry in the presence of a boundary......Page 221 5. Integrability and N = 2 supersymmetry in the presence of a boundary......Page 222 References......Page 224 1. Introduction......Page 226 2. Supergravity spectrum on ADS3 X S3......Page 228 3. Effective theory of the lowest mass multiplets......Page 229 4. Effective theory of massive Kaluza Klein states......Page 236 References......Page 240 1. Introduction......Page 242 2. Massive Gravity in AdS Space......Page 243 3. Minkowski Space......Page 246 References......Page 249 1. Introduction......Page 251 2. Review of N = 2 Seiberg-Witten theory......Page 253 3. The SW curve from IIA string theory/M theory......Page 255 4. The Dijkgraaf-Vafa matrix model approach......Page 258 References......Page 262 1. Introduction......Page 264 2. Non-commutative U(1) Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons......Page 265 3. The one-loop two-point function......Page 267 4. Dispersion relation and the stability of the vacuum......Page 270 Appendix A. Analytic expression of the different IIs......Page 273 References......Page 274 1. Introduction......Page 275 2. The four basic observations......Page 277 3. Why loops? The kinematics of diffeomorphism invariant quantum gauge theories......Page 280 4. Dynamics of constrained topological field theories......Page 286 5. The main results of loop quantum gravity......Page 293 References......Page 303 1. Supergravity Counterterms......Page 312 2. String Corrections......Page 315 3. Special Holonomy......Page 318 4. Corrected Killing Equations......Page 320 5. Conclusion......Page 321 References......Page 322 1. Introduction......Page 324 2. Minisuperspace......Page 325 3. Geometry of the Metric Moduli Space......Page 326 4. Dynamics......Page 328 5. Quantization and Conclusions......Page 329 References......Page 330 1. Diquarks as Inspiration......Page 331 2. Diquarks as Objects......Page 337 References......Page 347 1. Introduction......Page 348 2. Quantum Field Theory During Inflation......Page 349 3. What Bothers People......Page 352 4. You Can't Always Get What You Want......Page 353 5. Conclusions......Page 358 References......Page 359 Publications of Stanley Deser......Page 362 Photographs......Page 380 Preface A celebration of the life and works of Stanley Deser Causality and learning in neural systems / L.F. Abbott Some results in M-theory inspired phenomenology / R. Arnowitt, B. Dutta and B. Hu A unified view of particles and black holes in 2+1-dimensional gravity / D. Brill A non-geometric approach to 11-dimensional supergravity / L. Brink Cosmological singularities, billiards and Lorentzian Kac-Moody algebras / T. Damour Generalized holonomy in M-theory / A. Batrachenko ... [et al.] Orientifolds, Brane coordinates and special geometry / R. D'Auria, S. Ferrara and M. Trigiante Consistent reductions of higher dimensional gravity and supergravity theories / G.W. Gibbons Electric-magnetic duality in gravity / M. Henneaux and C. Teitelboim R[symbol] terms in supergravity and M-theory / P. Howe Marriage of 4-dimensional gravity to the 3-dimensional Chern-Simons term / R. Jackiw Einstein-¿ther theory / C. Eling, T. Jacobson and D. Mattingly Hyperboloidal slices and artificial cosmology for numerical relativity / C.W. Misner Some applications of the ADM formalism / J.E. Nelson Integrability + supersymmetry + boundary: life on the edge is not so dull after all! / R.I. Nepomechie An effective field theory description for Kaluza-Klein supergravity on AdS[symbol] x S[symbol] / H. Nicolai and H. Samtleben Massive gravity in AdS and Minkowski backgrounds / M. Porrati Many roads lead to N=2 Seiberg-Witten theory / S.G. Naculich and H.J. Schnitzer Non-commutative topologically massive gauge theory / N. Caporaso ... [et al.] The main postulates and results of loop quantum gravity / L. Smolin Counterterms, holonomy and supersymmetry / K.S. Stelle Milne and Torus universes meet / A. Waldron Diquarks as inspiration and as objects / F. Wilczek De sitter breaking in field theory / R.P. Woodard Publications of Stanley Deser Photographs.