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SCIENTIFIC BOOKS:

  1. A. Magnon and A. Ashtekar, Translation from French of Elie Cartan's work, "Sur les Varietes a Connexion Affine et la Relativite Generale" with a Commentary and Foreword by A. Trautman. Bibliopolis, Naples, 1986, 199 pages.

  2. A. Ashtekar, Asymptotic Quantization. Bibliopolis, Naples, 1987, 107 pages.

  3. A. Ashtekar, (with invited contributions) New Perspectives in Canonical Gravity.Bibliopolis, Naples, 1988, 324 pages.

  4. A. Ashtekar and J. Stachel, Editors; Conceptual Problems of Quantum Gravity. Proceedings of the 1988 Osgood Hill Conference (Birkhauser, N. Y., 1991), 602 pages.

  5. A. Ashtekar, Lectures on Non-perturbative Canonical Gravity, (Notes prepared in collaboration with R.S. Tate), (World Scientific Singapore, 1991), 334 pages.

  6. A. Ashtekar, R.C. Cohen, D. Howard, J. Renn, S. Sarkar and A. Shimony (Editors), Revisiting the Foundations of Relativisitic Physics, Festschrift in honor of John Stachel, Boston Studies in Phylosophy of Science, Volume 234, (Kluwer Academic, 2003).

  7. A. Ashtekar (Editor), 100 Years of Relativity  -  Space-Time structure: Einstein and Beyond (World Scientific, Singapore, 2005).


RECENT SCIENTIFIC PAPERS: (2002 - 2011)
  1. A. Ashtekar, C. Beetle and J. Lewandowski, Geometry of Generic Isolated Horizons, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 19, 1195-1225 (2002), gr-qc/0111067.

  2. A. Ashhtekar, O. Dreyer and J. Wisniewski, Isolated horizons in 2+1 gravity, Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 6, 507-555 (2002); gr-qc/0206024.


  3. A. Ashtekar and B. Krishnan, Dynamical horizons: Energy, angular momentum, fluxes and balance laws, Physical Review Letters, 89, 261101 (2002); gr-qc/0207080.


  4. A. Ashtekar, Beyond Einstein: Gravity, geometry and the quantum, In: La Philosophie et de la nature aujourd'hui: Les apports des mathematique's, de las physique et de la Biologie, edited by J.-M. Alimi, L. Boi, J. Kouneiher and D. Lambert (Peter Lang, Paris 2003).


  5. A. Ashtekar, Quantum Geometry and Gravity: Recent Advances in: The Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, edited by N. Bishop, gr-qc/0110238.

  6. 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 and B. Zegarlinski (2002).

  7. A. Ashtekar, J. Lewandowski, and H. Sahlmann, Polymer and Fock Representations for a Scalar Field, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 20, L11-21 (2003), gr-qc/0211012.

  8. A. Ashtekar, S. Fairhurst, and J.L. Willis, Quantum Gravity, Shadow States, and Quantum Mechanics, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 20, 1031-1062 (2003), gr-qc.0207106.

  9. A. Ashtekar, Physical Issues of Quantum Gravity: Black Holes and Big Bang, In: Proceedings of the third International Sakharov Conference, Volume 2, edited by A. Semikhatov, M. Vasilliev, and V. Zaikin, (Scientific World, Mascow), pages 682-699 (2003).

  10. A. Ashtekar, Quantum Geometry and its Ramifications, In: The Future of Theoretical Physics and Cosmology, a volume in honor of Stephen Hawking's 60th birthday, edited by G. Gibbons, Paul Shellard, and Stuart Ranking (Cambridge University Press, 2003).

  11. A. Ashtekar, A. Corichi, and D. Sudarsky, Non-minimally Coupled Scalar Fields and Isolated Horizons, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 20, 413-3426 (2003), gr-qc/0304044.

  12. A. Ashtekar, M. Bojowald, and J. Lewandowski, Mathematical Structure of Loop Quantum Cosmology, Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 7, 233-268 (2003)m gr-qc/0304074.

  13. A. Ashtekar and A. Corichi, Non-minimal Couplings, Quantum Geometry and Black Hole Entropy, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 20, 4473-4484 (2003), gr-qc/0305082.

  14. 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, 2003).

  15. A. Ashtekar and B. Krishnan, Dynamical Horizons and Their Properties, Physical Review D 68, 104030(2003), gr-qc/0308033.

  16. A. Ashtekar, How Black Holes Grow, In: Mathematical Physics, General Relativity, and Cosmology (World Scientific), in press, gr-qc/0306115.

  17. A. Ashtekar, Addressing Challenges of Quantum Gravity Through Quantum Geometry; Annales de Institut Henri Poincare, 4, S55-69 (2003).

  18. A. Ashtekar, J. Engle, T. Pawlowski and C.Van Den Broeck, Multipole moments of isolated horizons, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 21, 2549-2570 (2004).

  19. A. Ashtekar and J. Lewandowski, Background independent quantum gravity: A status report, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 21, R53-R152 (2004). [Review article commissioned by the British Institute of Physics]

  20. A. Ashtekar and B. Krishnan, Isolated and dynamical Horizons and their applications, Living Reviews in Relativity, no 10, 1-77 (2004). [invited review]

  21. A. Ashtekar, J. Engle and C. Van Den Broeck, Quantum horizons and black hole entropy: Inclusion of distortion and rotation, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 22, L27-L34 (2005), gr-qc/0412003.

  22. A. Ashtekar, Einstein's Dream: A Scientific and Political Vision for Uneasy Times, in Einstein - Peace Now edited by R. Braun and D. Kreiger (based on an interview by E. Sierker) (Wiley, VCH Verlag, Weinheim 2005); [German Version: Einsteins Traeume - eine Wissenschaftliche und Politische Vision fuer Unsere Zukunft, In Albert Einstein, Frieden Heute - Visioen und Ideen, Herausgegeben von Reiner Braun & David Krieger (Melzer Verlag, Neu Isenburg, 2005).

  23. A. Ashtekar, L. Bombelli and A. Corichi, Semiclassical states for constrained systems, Physical Review D72, 025008 (2005).

  24. A. Ashtekar and M. Bojowald, Black hole evaporation: A new paradigm, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 22, 3349-3362 (2005).

  25. A. Ashtekar and G. Galloway, Some uniqueness results for dynamical horizons, Advances in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics, 9, 1-34 (2005).

  26. A. Ashtekar, Gravity and the quantum, New Journal of Physics, 7, 200-232 (2005).

  27. A. Ashtekar, The winding road to quantum gravity, Current Science, 89, 2064-2075 (2005). (Special Issue on Einstein's Legacy)

  28. A. Ashtekar, Quantum geometry and its ramification, In 100 Years of Relativity (Space-time Structure: Einstein and Beyond), World Scientific, Singapore (2005).

  29. A. Ashtekar and J. Lewandowski, Quantum geometry and its applications, Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics, 230-236 (Elsevier, 2006).

  30. A. Ashtekar, Black Hole Mechanics, Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics, 300-305, (Elsevier, 2006).

  31. A. Ashtekar and M. Bojowald, Quantum geometry and the Schwarzschild singularity, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 23, 391-411 (2006).

  32. A. Ashtekar, T. Pawlowski and P. Singh, Quantum nature of the Big Bang, Physical Review Letters, 96, 141301-141304 (2006).

  33. A. Ashtekar, T. Pawlowski and P. Singh, Quantum nature of the big-bang: An analytical and numerical investigation, Physical Review D73, 124038-124071 (2006).

  34. A. Ashtekar, Gravity, geometry and the quantum, In Proceedings of the Conference "Einstein's Century," edited by J. P. Alimi (AIP, New York, 2006).

  35. A. Ashtekar, T. Pawlowski and P. Singh, Quantum nature of the big bang: Improved dynamics, Physical Review D74, 084003-084026 (2006).

  36. A. Ashtekar, The issue of the beginning in quantum gravity, In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the history of general relativity, edited by C. Lehner et al, (Springer, Berlin, 2006).

  37. A. Ashtekar, Space and time: From antiquity to Einstein and beyond, Resonance 11, No. 9, 4-19 (2006).

  38. A. Ashtekar, Physics from geometry, Nature Physics 2, 726-727 (2006). [An invited News and Views article]

  39. A. Ashtekar, Black Hole Dynamics in General Relativity, Parmama (in press)

  40. A. Ashtekar, T. Pawlowski and C. Van Den Broeck, Mechanics of Higher Dimensional Black Holes in Asymptotically anti-de Sitter Space Times, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 24, 625-644 (2007) gr-qc/0611049

  41. A. Ashtekar, T. Pawlowski, P. Singh and K. Vandersloot, Loop Quantum Cosmology of k=1 FRW Models, Physical Review D75, 024035-1-26 (2007) gr-qc/0612104

  42. A. Ashtekar, An Introduction to Loop Quantum Gravity Through Cosmology, Nuovo Cimeto (at press) gr-qc/0702030

  43. A. Ashtekar, Loop Quantum Gravity: Four Recent Advances and A Dozen Frequently Asked Questions, Proceedings of the 11th Marcel Grossmann Conference, edited by R. Jantzen and R. Ruffini. (World Scientific, Singapore, to appear) arXiv:0705.2222

  44. A. Ashtekar and M. Bojowald, Loop Quantum Cosmology I: Resolving the Big Bang Singularity from First Principles, In Beyond the Big Bang, edited by R. Vaas (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2007)

  45. A. Ashtekar, A. Corichi and P. Singh, On the robustness of key features of loop quantum gravity, Physical Review D77, 024046 (2008), arXiv: 0710:3565

  46. A. Ashtekar, J. Engle and D. Sloan, Asymptotics and Hamiltonians in a first order formalism, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 25, 095020 (2008), arXiv:0802.2527

  47. A. Ashtekar, V. Taveras and M. Varadarajan, Information is not lost in the evaporation of 2-dimensional black holes, Physical Review Letters 100, 211302 (2008), arVix:0801.1811

  48. A. Ashtekar, E. Wilson Ewing, The covariant entropy bound and loop quantum cosmology, Physical Review D78, 064047 (2008), arXiv:0805.3511

  49. A. Ashtekar and D. Sloan, Action and Hamiltonians in higher dimensional general relativity, Classical and Quantum Gravity 25, 225025 (2008), arXiv:0808.0269

  50. A. Ashtekar, Gravity, Geometry and the Quantum, Proceedings of the Physics Diversity Summit and the 2008 Joint Annual Conference of the National Societies of black and Hispanic Physicists, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, Volume 1140, 32-41 (2009)

  51. A. Ashtekar, Quantum Space-time: Beyond the continuum of Minkowski and Einstein, In: Minkowski space-time: A hundred years later, edited by V. Petkov (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2009), arXiv:0810,0514.

  52. A. Ashtekar, A. Henderson and D. Sloan, Hamiltonian general relativity and the Belinskii, Khalatnikov, Lifshitz conjecture, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 26, 052001 (2009). rXiv: 0811.4160

  53. A. Ashtekar, Loop quantum cosmology: An overview, General Relativity and Gravitation 41, 707-741 (2009), arXiv: 0812.0177.

  54. A. Ashtekar, Classical singularities and quantum space-times, In: The Proceedings of the `Beyond Einstein Conference’ edited by D. Rowe (Birkhauser, Boston, 2009).

  55. A. Ashtekar, Singularity resolution in loop quantum cosmology: A Brief Overview, Journal of Physics, Conference Series 189, 012003 (2009); arXiv:0812.4703.

  56. A. Ashtekar, The issue of the Beginning in quantum gravity, In: The proceedings of the Workshop on Geometry, Topology, QFT and Cosmology, edited by J. Kouneiher, (Hermann, Paris, 2009).

  57. A. Ashtekar, W. Kaminski and L. Lewandowski, Quantum field theory on a cosmological, quantum space-time, Physical Review D79, 064030 (2009), arXiv:0901.0933.

  58. A. Ashtekar and E. Wilson-Ewing, Loop quantum cosmology of Bianchi I models, Physical Review D79, 083535 (2009); arXiv:0903.3397.

  59. A. Ashtekar, Some surprising implications of background independence in canonical quantum gravity, General Relativity and Gravitation, 41, 1927-1943 (2009), arXiv:0904.0184.

  60. A. Ashtekar, M. Campiglia and A. Henderson, Loop quantum cosmology and spin foam models, Physics Letters B681, 347-352 (2009); arXiv:0909.4221.

  61. A. Ashtekar, E. Wilson-Ewing, Loop quantum cosmology of Bianchi II models, Physical Review D80, 123532 (2009); arXiv:0910.1078.

  62. A. Ashtekar and D. Sloan, Loop quantum cosmology and slow roll inflation, Physics Letters B694 2, 108-112 (2010); arXiv:0912.4093.

  63. A Ashtekar, The big bang and the quantum, AIP Conf. Proceedings 1241, 109-121 (2010); arXiv: 1005.5491.

  64. A. Ashtekar, M. Campiglia and A. Henderson, Casting loop quantum cosmology in the spin foam paradigm, Classical and quantum gravity, 27, 135020 (2010); arXiv: 1001.5147.

  65. A. Ashtekar, M. Campiglia and A. Henderson, Path integrals and the WKB approximation in loop quantum cosmology, Physical Review D 82, 124043 1-12 (2010); arXiv:1011.1024.

  66. A. Ashtekar, F. Pretorius and F. Ramazanoglu, Surprises in the evaporation of two dimensional black holes, Physical Review Letters 106, 161303 1-4 (2011); arXiv:1011.6442.

  67. A. Ashtekar, A. Henderson and D. Sloan, A Hamiltonian formulation of the BKL conjecture, Physical Review D83, 084024 1-15 (2011); arXiv:1103.2475.

  68. A. Ashtekar, F. Pretorius and F. Ramazanoglu, Evaporation of two dimensional black holes, Physical Review D83, 044040 1-18 (2011); arXiv:1012.0077.

  69. A. Ashtekar, S. Chandrasekhar's contributions to general relativity, Physics News, 41, 38-47 (2011); available at http://www.gravity.psu.edu/outreach/index.shtml.

  70. A. Ashtekar and D. Sloan, Probability of inflation in loop quantum cosmology, General Relativity and Gravitation, DOI 10.1007/s10714-011-1246-y (2011).

  71. A. Ashtekar and P. Singh, Loop quantum cosmology: A status report; Classical and Quantum Gravity 28, 213001, 1-123 (2011), arXiv:1108.0893.

  72. A. Ashtekar, Space and Time: The issue of the Beginning and the End, In: Le N\'eant dans la Pens\'ee Contemporaine}, edited by Norbert-Bertrand Barbe, (Bes Editions, Paris, 2011).


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