James Hartle papers, 1961-2021

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Summary

Creators:
Hartle, James Burkett, b. 1939-08-20
Abstract:
This collection contains notes, writings, correspondence, and other related materials regarding professor James B. Hartle's physics research. The papers collected here mostly focus on Hartle's work on "the understanding of gravitational waves, relativistic stars, black holes, and the theory of the wave function of the universe."
Extent:
17.92 Linear Feet (14 cartons, 2 half-doc boxes)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], James Hartle papers, UArch FacP 81. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains files generated by professor James B. Hartle throughout his professional career as a physicist, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1965-2010. Materials include correspondence, research drafts and publications, and office files related to Hartle's academic research. Of note, the collection includes correspondence and writings with noted physicsts Stephen Hawking and Murray Gell-Mann.

Biographical / historical:

James Burkett Hartle (b. 1939-08-20) was a research professor and Professor of Physics Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His scientific work is concerned with the application of Einstein's relativistic theory of gravitation, general relativity, to realistic astrophysical situations, especially cosmology. He has contributed usefully to the understanding of gravitational waves, relativistic stars, black holes, and the theory of the wave function of the universe. He is currently interested in the earliest moments of the big bang where the subjects of quantum mechanics, quantum gravity, and cosmology overlap. Much of his recent work is concerned with the generalizations of usual quantum mechanics that are necessary for cosmology and quantum gravity. He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a founder and past director of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at Santa Barbara.

http://web.physics.ucsb.edu/~hartle/. Accessed 21 November 2022.

Acquisition information:
Donation from James Hartle in 2022
Arrangement:

The collection is organized by publication, and has been left as it was gifted.

Physical location:
Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], James Hartle papers, UArch FacP 81. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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