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Janna Levin
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PhD Theoretical Physics, 1993, M.I.T.
Janna Levin is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy. Her work focuses on theories of the Early Universe, Chaos, and Black Holes. Recently, she has discovered chaotic behavior in binary black hole systems -- systems that should be observable to gravitational wave detectors such as LIGO and LISA. She is also interested in the topology of the universe and the question of whether or not the universe is infinite. Other research topics include the cosmology of extra dimensions and string cosmology. Her second book – a novel, "A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines" – is published by Alfred A. Knopf (2006). She is also the author of the popular science book, "How the Universe Got Its Spots: diary of a finite time in a finite space." In 2003 she received the Kilby Young Innovator Award.
For more on Janna Levin's books and work see www.jannalevin.com.
J.D. Barrow and J. Levin, Copernican Principle in a Compact Spacetime, gr-qc/0304038.
J.D. Barrow and J. Levin, A Test of a Test for Chaos, nlin.CD/0303070.
N.J. Cornish and J. Levin, Lyapunov Timescales and Black Hole Binaries, Classical and quantum Gravity 20 (2003) 1649.
N.J. Cornish and J. Levin, Gravitational Waves from Spinning Compact Binaries, gr-qc/0207016.
N.J. Cornish and J. Levin, Comment on `Ruling out chaos in compact binary systems’,Phys. Rev. Lett.. 89 (2002) 179001.
J. Levin, Topology and the Cosmic Microwave Background, Phys. Rept.. 365 (2002) 251.
J. Levin, The Fate of Chaotic Binaries, Phys. Rev. D67 (2003) 044013.
J.D. Barrow and J. Levin, The Twin Paradox in Compact Spaces, Phys. Rev. A 63 (2001).
J. Levin, Gravity Waves, Chaos, and Spinning Compact Binaries, Phys. Rev. Lett.. 84 3515 (2000).
J. Levin, Rachel O’Reilly and E.J. Copeland, Gravity Waves from Relativistic Binaries, Phys. Rev. D 62 (2000) 024023.
J. Levin and J.D. Barrow, Fractals and Scars on the Compact Octagon, Class. Quantum Grav.. 17 L1 (2000).
J. Levin, Chaos May Make Black Holes Bright, Phys Rev. D 60 (1999) 64015.
E. Scannapieco, J. Levin, and J. Silk, Temperature Correlations in a Finite Universe, MNRAS 303 (1999) 797.
J. Levin, E. Scannapieco, G. de Gasperis, J. Silk and J.D. Barrow, How the Universe Got its Spots, Phys. Rev. D 58 (1998) 103516.
J. Levin, E. Scannapieco and J. Silk, Is the universe infinite or is it just really big?, Phys.Rev. D 58 (1998) 103516.
J. Levin, E. Scannapieco and J. Silk, The Topology of the Universe: the biggest manifold of them all, Class. Quantum Grav. 15 (1998) 2689.
J. Levin, Curing Singularities: from the Big Bang to Black Holes, Phys. Rev. D 57 (1998) 7611.
J.D. Barrow and J. Levin, Chaos in the Einstein-Yang-Mills Equations, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80 (1998) 656.
J.D. Barrow and J. Levin, Geodesics in Open Universes, Phys. Lett. A 233 (1997) 169.
J. Levin, J.D. Barrow, E.F. Bunn, and J. Silk, Flat Spots: Topological Signatures of Open Universes in COBE Sky Maps, Phys. Rev. Lett. 79 (1997) 974.
N.J. Cornish and J.J. Levin, The Mixmaster Universe: A Chaotic Farey Tale, Phys. Rev.D 55 (1997) 7489.
N.J. Cornish and J.J. Levin, The Mixmaster Universe is Chaotic, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78 (1997) 998.
N.J. Cornish and J.J. Levin, Chaos, Fractals and Inflation, Phys. Rev. D 53 (1996) 3022.
J. Levin, Inflation from Extra Dimensions, Phys. Lett. B 343 (1995) 69.
J.J. Levin, Kinetic Inflation in Stringy and Other Cosmologies, Phys. Rev. D 53 (1996) 1536.
J.J. Levin, Gravity-Driven Acceleration of the Cosmic Expansion, Phys. Rev. D 51 (1995) 462.
J.J. Levin and K. Freese, Curvature and Flatness in a Brans-Dicke Universe, Nucl. Phys. B 421 (1994) 635.
J.J. Levin and K. Freese, A Possible Solution to the Horizon Problem, Phys. Rev. D 47 (1993) 4282.
J. Levin, K. Freese, and D.N. Spergel, COBE Limits on Explosive Structure Formation, Astrophys. J. 389 (1992) 464.
F.C. Adams, K. Freese, J.J. Levin and J.C. MacDowell, Spectral Distortions of the Microwave Background, Astrophys. J. 344 (1989) 24.