Andrew Strominger
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Andrew Eben Strominger (born 1955) is an American
theoretical physicist
who works on string theory
and son of Jack L. Strominger
. He is currently a professor at Harvard University
and a senior fellow at the Society of Fellows. He attended the Cambridge School of Weston for high school, and received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University
in 1977, and his Ph.D from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
in 1982 under the supervision of Roman Jackiw
. His contributions to physics include:
United States
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theoretical physicist
Theoretical physics
Theoretical physics is a branch of physics which employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena...
who works on string theory
String theory
String theory is an active research framework in particle physics that attempts to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity. It is a contender for a theory of everything , a manner of describing the known fundamental forces and matter in a mathematically complete system...
and son of Jack L. Strominger
Jack L. Strominger
Jack Leonard Strominger is Higgins Professor of Biochemistry at Harvard University, specializing in the structure and function of human histocompatibility proteins and their role in disease. He won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1995.Strominger was born in New York City...
. He is currently a professor at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and a senior fellow at the Society of Fellows. He attended the Cambridge School of Weston for high school, and received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1977, and his Ph.D from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
in 1982 under the supervision of Roman Jackiw
Roman Jackiw
Roman W. Jackiw is a theoretical physicist and Dirac Medallist. Born in Poland, Jackiw received his PhD from Cornell University in 1966 under Hans Bethe and Kenneth Wilson...
. His contributions to physics include:
- a paper with Cumrun VafaCumrun VafaCumrun Vafa is an Iranian-American leading string theorist from Harvard University where he started as a Harvard Junior Fellow. He is a recipient of the 2008 Dirac Medal.-Birth and education:...
that explains the microscopic origin of the black holeBlack holeA black hole is a region of spacetime from which nothing, not even light, can escape. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass will deform spacetime to form a black hole. Around a black hole there is a mathematically defined surface called an event horizon that...
entropy, originally calculated thermodynamically by Stephen HawkingStephen HawkingStephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA is an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, whose scientific books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity...
and Jacob BekensteinJacob BekensteinJacob David Bekenstein is an Israeli theoretical physicist who has contributed to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics and to other aspects of the connections between information and gravitation.-Biography:...
, from string theory - a paper with Philip Candelas, Gary Horowitz, and Edward WittenEdward WittenEdward Witten is an American theoretical physicist with a focus on mathematical physics who is currently a professor of Mathematical Physics at the Institute for Advanced Study....
in the 1980s about the relevance of Calabi-Yau manifolds for obtaining the Standard ModelStandard ModelThe Standard Model of particle physics is a theory concerning the electromagnetic, weak, and strong nuclear interactions, which mediate the dynamics of the known subatomic particles. Developed throughout the mid to late 20th century, the current formulation was finalized in the mid 1970s upon...
from string theoryString theoryString theory is an active research framework in particle physics that attempts to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity. It is a contender for a theory of everything , a manner of describing the known fundamental forces and matter in a mathematically complete system... - other articles discussing the dS/CFT correspondenceDS/CFT correspondenceIn string theory, the dS/CFT correspondence is a de Sitter space analogue of the AdS/CFT correspondence, proposed originally by Andrew Strominger.- External links :* at the String Theory Wiki...
(a variation of AdS/CFT correspondence); S-braneS-braneIn string theory, an S-brane is a hypothetical and controversial counterpart of a D-brane, which, unlike a D-brane, is localized in time. Depending on the context the "S" stands for "Strominger", "Sen", or "Space-like". The S-brane was originally proposed by Andrew Strominger in his speculative...
s (a variation of D-branes) - OM-theory (with Shiraz MinwallaShiraz MinwallaShiraz Minwalla is an Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist. He is currently a faculty member in the Department of Theoretical Physics at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai...
and Nathan SeibergNathan SeibergNathan "Nati" Seiberg is an Israeli American theoretical physicist who works on string theory. He was recipient of a 1996 MacArthur Fellowship and the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics in 1998. He is currently a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, USA...
) - noncommutative solitons (with Shiraz MinwallaShiraz MinwallaShiraz Minwalla is an Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist. He is currently a faculty member in the Department of Theoretical Physics at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai...
and Rajesh GopakumarRajesh GopakumarRajesh Gopakumar is a theoretical physicist at Harish-Chandra Research Institute , Allahabad, India. He hails from the state of Kerala and was the 1987 topper in IIT-JEE.-Career:...
) - massless black holes in the form of wrapped D3-branes that regulate the physics of a conifoldConifoldIn mathematics and string theory, a conifold is a generalization of a manifold. Unlike manifolds, conifolds can contain conical singularities i.e. points whose neighbourhoods look like cones over a certain base...
and allow topologyTopologyTopology is a major area of mathematics concerned with properties that are preserved under continuous deformations of objects, such as deformations that involve stretching, but no tearing or gluing...
change - interpretation of mirror symmetryMirror symmetryIn physics and mathematics, mirror symmetry is a relation that can exist between two Calabi-Yau manifolds. It happens, usually for two such six-dimensional manifolds, that the shapes may look very different geometrically, but nevertheless they are equivalent if they are employed as hidden...
as a special case of T-dualityT-dualityT-duality is a symmetry of quantum field theories with differing classical descriptions, of which the relationship between small and large distances in various string theories is a special case. Discussion of the subject originated in a paper by T. S. Buscher and was further developed by Martin...
(with Eric Zaslow and Shing-Tung YauShing-Tung YauShing-Tung Yau is a Chinese American mathematician working in differential geometry. He was born in Shantou, Guangdong Province, China into a family of scholars from Jiaoling, Guangdong Province....
) - purely cubic action for string field theoryString field theoryString field theory is a formalism in string theory in which the dynamics of relativistic strings is reformulated in the language of quantum field theory...
- superstrings with torsionTorsionThe word torsion may refer to the following:*In geometry:** Torsion of a curve** Torsion tensor in differential geometry** The closely related concepts of Reidemeister torsion and analytic torsion ** Whitehead torsion*In algebra:** Torsion ** Tor functor* In medicine:** Ovarian...