Prof. dr. G. (Gerard) 't Hooft

Buys Ballotgebouw
Princetonplein 5
Kamer 7.17
3584 CC Utrecht

Prof. dr. G. (Gerard) 't Hooft

Emeritus Professor
Theoretical Physics (ITF)
+31 30 253 5928
g.thooft@uu.nl

Publications

2023

Scholarly publications

Hooft, G. T. (2023). How an exact discrete symmetry can preserve black hole information or Turning a black hole inside out.

2022

Scholarly publications

’t Hooft, G. (2022). Explicit Construction of Local Hidden Variables for Any Quantum Theory Up to Any Desired Accuracy. In V. Allori (Ed.), Synthese Library (pp. 175-191). (Synthese Library; Vol. 460). Springer Science and Business Media B.V.. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99642-0_13
’t Hooft, G. (2022). Quantum mechanics, statistics, standard model and gravity. General Relativity and Gravitation, 54(6), 1-11. Article 56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-022-02939-y
Hooft, G. T. (2022). Projecting local and global symmetries to the Planck scale. (pp. 1-13). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2202.05367
Hooft, G. T. (2022). Quantum clones inside black holes. (pp. 1-16). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2206.04608
Hooft, G. T. (2022). How studying black hole theory may help us to quantise gravity. (pp. 1-13). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2211.10723
Gaddam, N., Groenenboom, N., & 't Hooft, G. (2022). Quantum gravity on the black hole horizon. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022(1), 1-12. Article 23. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2022)023

2021

Scholarly publications

't Hooft, G. (2021). An unorthodox view on quantum mechanics. (pp. 1-9). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2104.03179
't Hooft, G. (2021). The big questions in elementary particle physics. Acta Physica Polonica B, 52.
Hooft, G. T. (2021). The Black Hole Firewall Transformation and Realism in Quantum Mechanics. (pp. 1-20). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2106.11152
Hooft, G. T. (2021). Ontology in quantum mechanics. (pp. 1-22). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2107.14191
't Hooft, G. (2021). Fast Vacuum Fluctuations and the Emergence of Quantum Mechanics. Foundations of Physics, 51(3), 1-24. Article 63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-021-00464-7

2020

Scholarly publications

Hooft, G. . (2020). Past and future of gauge theory. In S. De Bianchi (Ed.), Fundamental Theories of Physics (pp. 301-313). (Fundamental Theories of Physics; Vol. 199). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51197-5_13
't Hooft, G. (2020). Deterministic Quantum Mechanics: The Mathematical Equations. Frontiers in Physics, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2020.00253

2019

Scholarly publications

Hooft, G. T. (2019). The Ontology Conservation Law as an Alternative to the Many World Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. (pp. 1-9). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1904.12364

2018

Scholarly publications

Hooft, G. (2018). Time, the Arrow of Time, and Quantum Mechanics. Frontiers in Physics, 6, Article 81. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2018.00081
’t Hooft, G. (2018). Virtual Black Holes and Space–Time Structure. Foundations of Physics, 48(10), 1134-1149. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-017-0133-0

2016

Scholarly publications

Hooft, G. T. (2016). Reflections on the renormalization procedure for gauge theories. Nuclear Physics B, 912, 4-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2016.04.009
't Hooft, G. (2016). Black hole unitarity and antipodal entanglement. Foundations of Physics, 46(9), 1185-1198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-016-0014-y

2015

Scholarly publications

't Hooft, G. (2015). Models on the boundary between classical and quantum mechanics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 373(2047), Article 20140236. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2014.0236

2014

Scholarly publications

't Hooft, G. (2014). Beyond relativistic quantum string theory. Modern Physics Letters A, 29(26), Article 1430030. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732314300304

Other output

't Hooft, G. (2014, May 7). The Cellular Automaton Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. A View on the Quantum Nature of our Universe, Compulsory or Impossible?

2013

Scholarly publications

Hooft, G. . (2013). Duality between a deterministic cellular automaton and a bosonic quantum field theory in 1+1 dimensions. Foundations of Physics, 43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-013-9702-z
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/426396/1205.4107v2.pdf?sequence=1
de Haro, S., Dieks, D. G. B. J., t Hooft, G., & Verlinde, E. (2013). Forty Years of String Theory: Reflecting on the Foundations. Foundations of Physics, 43(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-012-9691-3

2011

Scholarly publications

t Hooft, G. (2011). How a wave function can collapse without violating Schrödinger's equation, and how to understand Born's rule. Tijdschrift: tijdelijk onbekend.
t Hooft, G. (2011). A class of elementary practicle modules without any adjustable real parameters. Tijdschrift: tijdelijk onbekend.
t Hooft, G. (2011). The Negative β function: from the Standard Model to Quantum Gravity (Erice Lecture Notes, June 2011). Tijdschrift: tijdelijk onbekend.
t Hooft, G. (2011). On the Foundation of Superstring Theory. Tijdschrift: tijdelijk onbekend.

2010

Scholarly publications

t Hooft, G. (2010). Gravity and the quantum: the world may not be what it seems. In J. G. Hartnett, & P. C. Abbott (Eds.), Frontiers of fundamental and computational physics : 10th international symposium, Perth, Western Australia, 24-26 November 2009 (pp. 4-15). American Institute of Physics. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77955838019&partnerID=40&md5=d4cd9146d68c3ef4652d065b2353e7c2
t Hooft, G. (2010). Probing the small distance structure of canonical. Spinoza Institute, Utrecht University.
t Hooft, G. (2010). Conformal constraint in canonical quantum gravity. Spinoza Institute, Utrecht University.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/200237/1011.0061v1.pdf?sequence=1
t Hooft, G. (2010). Black holes and quantum mechanics. Nuclear physics. B, proceedings supplement, 203-204, 155-174. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1221693

2009

Scholarly publications

t Hooft, G. (2009). The fundamental nature of space and time. In D. Oriti (Ed.), Approaches to quantum gravity : toward a new understanding of space, time and matter (pp. 13-25). Cambridge University Press.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/179141/hooft_fundamental_2009.pdf?sequence=1

2008

Scholarly publications

't Hooft, G. (2008). Playing with planets. World Scienctific.
't Hooft, G. (2008). A locally finite model for gravity. Foundations of Physics, 38, 733-757.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/32745/0804.0328v1.pdf?sequence=1
't Hooft, G., Isidori, G., Maiani, L., Polosa, A. D., & Riquer, V. (2008). A theory of scalar mesons. Physics Letters B, 662, 424-430.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/32747/0801.2288v2.pdf?sequence=1
't Hooft, G. (2008). Naar een herstel van het deterministische wereldbeeld. Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte, 100(4), 313-319.

2005

Scholarly publications

't Hooft, G. (2005). The holographic mapping of the standard model onto the black hole horizon, Part I Abelian vector field, scalar field and BEH mechanism. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 22, 4179-4188.
't Hooft, G. (2005). Confinement at Large Nc. In J. L. Goity, & et al (Eds.), Large Nc QCD (pp. 1-13). World Scienctific.
't Hooft, G. (2005). Renormalization. In 50 Years of Yang-Mills Theory (pp. 121-136)
't Hooft, G. (2005). Renormalization without infinities. International Journal of Modern Physics A, 20, 1336-1345.
't Hooft, G. (2005). 50 years of Yang-Mills theory. World Scienctific.
't Hooft, G. (2005). A theory of everything? Nature, 433, 257-259.

2003

Scholarly publications

't Hooft, G. (2003). The Hidden Information in the Standard Model. In Proceedings Symmetry & Modern Physics (pp. 207-218).
't Hooft, G. (2003). On peculiarities and Pit Falls in path integrals. Physica Status Solidi B, 237(1), 13-22.

Professional publications

't Hooft, G. (2003). Analytisch speculeren mag zelfs van Popper. Natuur & techniek, 71(1), 59-65.

2001

Scholarly publications

't Hooft, G. (2001). Obstacles on the way towards the quantisation of space, time and matter and possible resolutions. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, 32(2), 157-180.
't Hooft, G. (2001). Can there be physics without experiments? Challenge and pitfalls. International Journal of Modern Physics A, 16(17), 2895-2908.

2000

Scholarly publications

't Hooft, G. (2000). A confrontation with infinity-Nobel Lecture in Physics 1999. Reviews of Modern Physics.

1999

Scholarly publications

't Hooft, G. (1999). From electrical engineering via magnetical and coloral engineering to gravitational engineering. In J-M. Frère (Ed.), Closing Lecture, in Fundamental Interactions: from symmetries to black holes (Conference held on the occasion of the "Eméitat" of Francçois Englert, 24-27 March 1999 (pp. 287-295). Univ. Libre de Bruxelles.
't Hooft, G. (1999). Transplanckian particles and the quantization of time. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 16, 395-405.
't Hooft, G. (1999). When was asymptotic freedom discovered , or: the rehabilitation of quantum field theory. Nuclear physics. B, proceedings supplement, 74, 413-425.
't Hooft, G. (1999). Counting planar diagrams with various restrictions. Nuclear physics. Series B, 538, 389-410.
't Hooft, G. (1999). Quantum gravity as a dissipative derministic system. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 16, 3263-3279.

1998

Scholarly publications

't Hooft, G. (1998). Quantum information on the black hole horizon. In W. E. Hehl (Ed.), Black Holes: Theory and Observation, Proc. W.E. Heraeus Seminar (pp. 451-477)
't Hooft, G. (1998). The self-screening Hawking atmosphere, a different approach to quantum black hole microstates. Nuclear physics. Series B, 68, 174-184.
't Hooft, G. (1998). Duality and oblique confinement. In P. van Baal (Ed.), Confinement, duality, and nonperturbative aspects of QCD (pp. 379-386). Plenum Press.
't Hooft, G. (1998). Information and information loss in quantum gravity. In S. C. Lim, R. Abd-Shukor, & K. W. Kwek (Eds.), Proc. of the International Conference on Frontiers in Quantum Physics, 9-11 July, 1997 (pp. 1-14). Springer.

1997

Scholarly publications

't Hooft, G. (1997). The quantum black hole. In Y. M. Cho (Ed.), "Topics in Theoretical Physics", Proc. of the Second Pacific Winter School for Theoretical Physics, 19-24 January, 1995 (pp. 1-26). World Scienctific.
't Hooft, G. (1997). Complexity in quantum gravity. Complexity, 3, 36-37.
't Hooft, G. (1997). Renormalization of gauge theories. In L. Hoddeson, L. Brown, M. Riordan, & M. Dresden (Eds.), The rise of the standard model (pp. 179-198). Cambridge University Press.
't Hooft, G. (1997). Quantization of space and time in 3 and in 4 space-time dimensions. In G. 't Hooft (Ed.), Quantum fields and quantum space time (pp. 151-163)

1996

Scholarly publications

't Hooft, G. (1996). The scattering matrix approach for the quantum black hole: an overview. journal of modern physics, A11, 4623-4688.
't Hooft, G. (1996). Quantum information and information loss in general relativity. In K. Fujikawa, & Y. A. Ono (Eds.), Quantum coherence and decoherence (pp. 273-280). Elsevier Science.
't Hooft, G. (1996). Quantization of point particles in (2+1)-dimensional gravity and spacetime discreteness. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 13, 1023-1039.