An image showing what the sky would look like if it lit up by a dark matter signal 1 / 1 Previous image Next image ︎ Contact: Janelle Jupiter Phone: 609-258-5650 Email: [email protected] The research effort of the high energy theory group covers a wide range of fields, including quantum field theory, string theory, quantum gravity models in various dimensions, the theory of turbulence, particle cosmology, phenomenology of the Standard Model and beyond, and also computer simulations of problems that arise in these areas. The activity in string theory and quantum gravity is aimed at developing a quantum theory that incorporates the physics of gravity and is valid down to the smallest length scales, where conventional quantum field theory can no longer be applied. There has been rapid progress in this area in recent years, in part due to work of Princeton faculty and students, and it continues to be a fertile source of research problems. Black hole theory provides an important testing ground for the quantum theory of gravity and in recent work significant progress has been achieved in explaining black hole entropy and Hawking radiation from a more fundamental point of view. Work on quantum black holes has led to new relations between strings and non-Abelian gauge theory. This application of string theory has already provided new insights into strongly coupled gauge theories, and it continues to be an exciting area. Members of the high energy theory group are also involved in cross-disciplinary research, applying field theoretic techniques to a variety of problems, including turbulent flow, dissipative quantum systems, the quantum Hall effect, and heavy-ion collisions, to name a few. Faculty Curtis Callan Professor Emeritus Simone Giombi Professor of Physics Associate Chair Director of Graduate Studies Igor Klebanov Professor of Physics Henry W Lin Incoming Assistant Professor Chiara Nappi Professor Emerita Alexander Polyakov Professor Emeritus Silviu Pufu Professor of Physics Paul J. Steinhardt Professor of Physics Herman L. Verlinde Professor of Physics Researchers Gabriel Francisco Cuomo Yue-Zhou Li Sebastian Mizera Graduate Students Ross Dempsey Andrei Katsevich Ilia Kochergin Anish Kiran Kulkarni Bendeguz Offertaler Nicolas Patino Jieru Shan Andrew Sontag Wucheng Zhang Research Areas Atomic Physics Biological Physics Condensed Matter Experiment Condensed Matter Theory Cosmology & Gravity Theory Cosmology Experiment & Observation High Energy Experiment High Energy Theory Mathematical Physics Particle & Nuclear Astrophysics Particle Phenomenology Selected Publications
