Nathan Seiberg
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Nathan "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. His contributions to mathematical physics include:
Israeli American
Israeli Americans are Americans of Israeli descent. According to the 2000 census, there were 106,839 people of Israeli ancestry in the United States.- Demographics :...
theoretical physicist 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...
. He was recipient of a 1996 MacArthur Fellowship and the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics is an award given each year since 1959 jointly by the American Physical Society and American Institute of Physics. It is established by the Heineman Foundation in honour of Dannie Heineman...
in 1998. He is currently a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study
Institute for Advanced Study
The Institute for Advanced Study, located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, is an independent postgraduate center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It was founded in 1930 by Abraham Flexner...
in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. His contributions to mathematical physics include:
- papers from the early 1990s about the application of holomorphy to calculations in gauge theoriesGauge theoryIn physics, gauge invariance is the property of a field theory in which different configurations of the underlying fundamental but unobservable fields result in identical observable quantities. A theory with such a property is called a gauge theory...
with supersymmetry - articles about the strong-weak duality (S-dualityS-dualityIn theoretical physics, S-duality is an equivalence of two quantum field theories or string theories. An S-duality transformation maps states and vacua with coupling constant g in one theory to states and vacua with coupling constant 1/g in the dual theory...
) in the context of supersymmetric gauge theories - papers written with 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....
about the complete solution of N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories in four dimensions - a paper on Matrix theory and M theory in the discrete Light-Cone Quantization
- his 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....
's analysis of the appearance of non-commutative geometry in theories containing open strings, and an identification of a low energy limit of open string dynamics as a noncommutative quantum field theoryNoncommutative quantum field theoryIn mathematical physics, noncommutative quantum field theory is an application of noncommutative mathematics to the spacetime of quantum field theory that is an outgrowth of noncommutative geometry and index theory in which the coordinate functions are noncommutative... - OM-theory (with Andrew StromingerAndrew StromingerAndrew Eben Strominger 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...
and 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...
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