Matthias Staudacher
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Matthias Staudacher is a German
theoretical physicist
who has done significant work in the area of quantum field theory
.
(1990) with a dissertation on matrix models
of two-dimensional quantum gravity
.
After postdoctoral work at Rutgers University
in New Jersey
, Paris
and CERN
in Geneva
, from 1997 he was a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
(Albert Einstein
Institute) in Potsdam
. In 2009 he received the Academy Award
of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
and became a mathematical physics
professor at Humboldt University of Berlin
in 2010. Some of his publications have been instrumental in developing an understanding of the so-called AdS/CFT correspondence
, a duality between the Yang-Mills-type quantum theory and supersymmetric string theory
first suggested in the 1990s by Juan Martín Maldacena
. Staudacher suggests that the integrable spin chain
s of condensed matter physics
may form the link between the two approaches.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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 has done significant work in the area of quantum field theory
Quantum field theory
Quantum field theory provides a theoretical framework for constructing quantum mechanical models of systems classically parametrized by an infinite number of dynamical degrees of freedom, that is, fields and many-body systems. It is the natural and quantitative language of particle physics and...
.
Education
Beginning his physics studies at the University of Heidelberg and at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Staudacher then earned a Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
(1990) with a dissertation on matrix models
Matrix mechanics
Matrix mechanics is a formulation of quantum mechanics created by Werner Heisenberg, Max Born, and Pascual Jordan in 1925.Matrix mechanics was the first conceptually autonomous and logically consistent formulation of quantum mechanics. It extended the Bohr Model by describing how the quantum jumps...
of two-dimensional quantum gravity
Quantum gravity
Quantum gravity is the field of theoretical physics which attempts to develop scientific models that unify quantum mechanics with general relativity...
.
After postdoctoral work at Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
in New Jersey
New Jersey
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, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and CERN
CERN
The European Organization for Nuclear Research , known as CERN , is an international organization whose purpose is to operate the world's largest particle physics laboratory, which is situated in the northwest suburbs of Geneva on the Franco–Swiss border...
in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, from 1997 he was a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics is a Max Planck Institute whose research is aimed at investigating Einstein’s theory of relativity and beyond: Mathematics, quantum gravity, astrophysical relativity, and gravitational wave astronomy...
(Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...
Institute) in Potsdam
Potsdam
Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre....
. In 2009 he received the Academy Award
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy Award
The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities annually bestows its Akademiepreis , a science prize worth 30,000 euros, to a "distinguished scientist whose research achievements have opened new and promising lines of research." The prize is given for outstanding scientific achievements...
of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
The Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften is the academy of sciences of the German states Berlin and Brandenburg. As the word "Wissenschaft", in German includes both the natural sciences and the humanities, the academy's title is best translated as Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of...
and became a mathematical physics
Mathematical physics
Mathematical physics refers to development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The Journal of Mathematical Physics defines this area as: "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the development of mathematical methods suitable for such applications and...
professor at Humboldt University of Berlin
Humboldt University of Berlin
The Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities...
in 2010. Some of his publications have been instrumental in developing an understanding of the so-called AdS/CFT correspondence
AdS/CFT correspondence
In physics, the AdS/CFT correspondence , sometimes called the Maldacena duality, is the conjectured equivalence between a string theory and gravity defined on one space, and a quantum field theory without gravity defined on the conformal boundary of this space, whose dimension is lower by one or more...
, a duality between the Yang-Mills-type quantum theory and supersymmetric string theory
Superstring theory
Superstring theory is an attempt to explain all of the particles and fundamental forces of nature in one theory by modelling them as vibrations of tiny supersymmetric strings...
first suggested in the 1990s by Juan Martín Maldacena
Juan Martín Maldacena
Juan Martín Maldacena is a theoretical physicist born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Among his many discoveries, the most famous one is the most reliable realization of the holographic principle - namely the AdS/CFT correspondence, the conjecture about the equivalence of string theory on Anti de...
. Staudacher suggests that the integrable spin chain
Spin wave
Spin waves are propagating disturbances in the ordering of magnetic materials. These low-lying collective excitations occur in magnetic lattices with continuous symmetry. From the equivalent quasiparticle point of view, spin waves are known as magnons, which are boson modes of the spin lattice...
s of condensed matter physics
Condensed matter physics
Condensed matter physics deals with the physical properties of condensed phases of matter. These properties appear when a number of atoms at the supramolecular and macromolecular scale interact strongly and adhere to each other or are otherwise highly concentrated in a system. The most familiar...
may form the link between the two approaches.
Selected publications
- 1997 - V. A. Kazakov and M. Staudacher, "Advances in Large N Group Theory and the Solution of Two-Dimensional R² Gravity", pp. 265–277 in Low-dimensional applications of Quantum field theory, Laurent Baulieu, Vladimir Kazakov, Marco Picco, Paul Windey (Eds.) Plenum Press, New York. ISBN 0-306-45686-9
- 2006 - Niklas Beisert, Burkhard Eden and Matthias Staudacher, "Transcendentality and Crossing", in Journal of Statistical MechanicsJournal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and ExperimentThe Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment is a peer-reviewed scientific journal. published by the International School for Advanced Studies and the Institute of Physics . The journal is targeted to scientists interested in different aspects of statistical physics....
, written 14 November 2006, published 30 January 2007. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
See also
- 2007 - M. K. Benna, S. Benvenuti, I. R. Klebanov, A. Scardicchio, "Test of the AdS/CFT Correspondence Using High-Spin Operators", in Physical Review LettersPhysical Review LettersPhysical Review Letters , established in 1958, is a peer reviewed, scientific journal that is published 52 times per year by the American Physical Society...
, Vol. 98, No. 13 (2007).