Jim Wheeler
Physics
Associate Professor
Educational Background
Teaching Interests
Physics Graduate Core Advanced courses in General Relativity, Quantum Field Theory, Gauge theory, Standard model
Research Interests
Gravitational and unified gauge theories of the conformal group
Awards
Nominated for Who’s Who in America, 2007
Introduce 2003 Rhodes Scholar, Lara Anderson, at Reception in her honor, 2003
Introduction of Valedictorian at College of Science Commencement, 2003
Runner-Up for Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year, 2003
USU
Valedictorian Escort, 2003
Lexington Who’s Who, 1999
Honorable Mention - Quanta without quantization, 1997
Honorable Mention - Why quantum mechanics is complex, 1996
Honorable Mention - Geodesics of mixed causal type, 1994
Honorable Mention - Theory independent Birkhoff theorem, 1993
Marquis’ Who’s Who, 1992
Honorable Mention -Gravitationally squeezed light , 1989
Honorable Mention - 26-Dimensional string from 4-dimensional geometry, 1988
Publications | Abstracts
- Wheeler, J.T, Williams, T., Quantum Mechanics as Biconformal Measurement. American Physical Society SPS Zone 16
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Publications | Books
Publications | Book Chapters
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Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Wheeler, J.T, (2019). General relativity as a biconformal field theory. Nuclear Physics B, 943:June 2019, 1 - 56. doi: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2019.114624
- Wheeler, J.T, (2018). General relativity as a biconformal gauge theory. Nucl.Phys. B (2019) 114624, 1 - 52. doi: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1808.07083
- Wheeler, J.T, Lovelady, B.C, (2016). Dynamical spacetime symmetry. Physical Review D, 93:085002, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.085002
- Wheeler, J.T, Hazboun, J.S, (2014). Time and dark matter from the conformal symmetries of Euclidean space. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 31:21, 1 - 34. doi: 215001
- Wheeler, J.T, (2014). Weyl gravity as general relativity. Physical Review D, 90, 025027-1 to 025027-7. doi: 025027
- Wheeler, J.T, Spencer, J.A, (2011). The existence of time. International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics, 8:2, 273-301.
- Wheeler, J.T, (2007). Gauging Newton’s Law. Canadian Journal of Physics, 85:4, 307-344.
- Anderson, L.B, Wheeler, J.T, (2007). Yang-Mills gravity in biconformal space. Quantum Gravity, 24, 475-496.
- Weiner, A., Wheeler, J.T, (2006). Biconformal MatterActions. International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 30:2, 207-224.
- Anderson, L.B, Wheeler, J.T, (2006). Quantum theory as a biconformal measurement theory. Int.J.Geom.Meth.Mod.Phys., 3:315, 35.
- Wheeler, J.T, (2005). Not so classical mechanics – unexpected constants of the motion. Canadian Journal of Physics, 83, 91-138.
- Anderson, L.B, Wheeler, J.T, (2004). Biconformal Supergravity and the AdS/CFT conjecture. Nucl.Phys. B, 285-309.
In-House Journal
- Wheeler, J.T, (2015). Time in conformal general relativity. SelectedWorks *
- Wheeler, J.T, (2015). Linearized Weyl gravity. SelectedWorks *
- Wheeler, J.T, (2015). A solution in Weyl gravity with planar symmetry. Digital Commons, Utah State University, 1 - 15. *
- Wheeler, J.T, (2015). The spacetime co-torsion in torsion-free biconformal spaces. Digital Commons, 1-35. *
- Wheeler, J.T, (2015). Variation of the Weyl action. Digital Commons *
- Wheeler, J.T, (2015). Studies in torsion free biconformal spaces. *
- Wheeler, J.T, (2015). Studies in torsion free biconformal spaces. Case 2: /gamma_{-} = 0. Digital Commons, Utah State University *
- Wheeler, J.T, (2015). Torsion free biconformal spaces: Reducing the torsion field equations. Digital Commons *
- Wheeler, J.T, (2015). Variation of the linear biconformal action. Digital Commons, 1-21. *
- Wheeler, J.T, (2014). Gauge transformations of the biconformal connection. Digital Commons *
- Wheeler, J.T, (2014). Gauge theories of general relativity. Digital Commons, 1-9. *
Professional Journal
- Dice, M.S, Abbruzzese, J.L, Wheeler, J.T, Groome, J.R, Fujimoto, E., Rubin, P.C, Temperature sensitive defects in paramyotonia congenita mutants R1448C and T1313M: Muscle and Nerve. Muscle and Nerve
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Publications | Other
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