The MIT Center for Theoretical Physics (CTP) is the hub of theoretical nuclear physics, particle physics, and quantum information research at MIT. It is a subdivision of MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics.
CTP activities range from string theory and cosmology at the highest energies down through unification and beyond-the-standard-model physics, through the standard model, to QCD, hadrons, quark matter, and nuclei at the low energy scale.
Members of the CTP are also currently working on quantum computation and on energy policy. The breadth and depth of research in nuclear, particle, string, and gravitational physics at the CTP makes it a unique environment for researchers in these fields.
MembersEdit
In addition to the 15 MIT faculty members working in the CTP, at any one time there are roughly a dozen postdoctoral fellows, and as many, or more, long-term visitors working at the postdoctoral or faculty level. The CTP supports 25-35 MIT graduate students, who work with the faculty and postdocs on problems across the energy spectrum.
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The MIT Center for Theoretical Physics CTP is the hub of theoretical nuclear physics particle physics and quantum information research at MIT It is a subdivision of MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics MIT Center for Theoretical PhysicsField of researchTheoretical physicsDirectorIain StewartFacultyAlan GuthFrank WilczekPeter ShorMax TegmarkJeffrey GoldstoneLocationCambridge Massachusetts United StatesOperating agencyMITNobel laureatesFrank WilczekSteven Weinberg Contents 1 Research 2 Members 3 Directors 4 Faculty 5 References 6 External linksResearch EditCTP activities range from string theory and cosmology at the highest energies down through unification and beyond the standard model physics through the standard model to QCD hadrons quark matter and nuclei at the low energy scale Members of the CTP are also currently working on quantum computation and on energy policy The breadth and depth of research in nuclear particle string and gravitational physics at the CTP makes it a unique environment for researchers in these fields Members EditIn addition to the 15 MIT faculty members working in the CTP at any one time there are roughly a dozen postdoctoral fellows and as many or more long term visitors working at the postdoctoral or faculty level The CTP supports 25 35 MIT graduate students who work with the faculty and postdocs on problems across the energy spectrum Current research areas in the center include particle physics cosmology string theory phenomenology in and beyond the standard model quantum field theory lattice QCD condensed matter physics quantum computing and energy research Notable current faculty include Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek Jeffrey Goldstone inflationary cosmologist Alan Guth cosmologist Max Tegmark and quantum information scientist Peter Shor 1 Past CTP faculty members include US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz Breakthrough Prize winner Daniel Freedman particle theorist and author Lisa Randall Abel Prize winner Isadore Singer Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg and many others Directors EditHerman Feshbach 1967 73 Francis Low 2 1973 76 Arthur Kerman 1976 83 Jeffrey Goldstone 1983 89 John Negele 1989 98 Robert Jaffe 1998 2004 Eddie Farhi 2004 16 3 Washington Taylor IV 2016 19 Iain Stewart 2019 presentFaculty EditCurrent and former faculty members in the CTP include 4 Michel Baranger student of Hans Bethe made contributions to plasma spectroscopy nuclear collective motion and quantum chaos Netta Engelhardt 2021 New Horizons in Physics Prize 5 recipient for work on black holes Edward Farhi particle physicist turned quantum information theorist Herman Feshbach founding director of the CTP Daniel Freedman Breakthrough Prize winner Sergio Fubini pioneer of string theory Roscoe Giles computer engineer and theoretical physicist first African American to earn a theoretical physics Ph D from Stanford Jeffrey Goldstone namesake of Goldstone bosons Alan Guth discoverer of inflation Daniel Harlow 2019 New Horizons in Physics Prize 6 recipient for contributions to quantum information quantum field theory and gravity Aram Harrow quantum information scientist Kerson Huang known for contributions to statistical physics and quantum field theory alongside C N Yang T D Lee and Steven Weinberg 7 Roman Jackiw of the Jackiw Teitelboim model of 2d gravity Robert Jaffe CTP director known for MIT Bag Model Xiangdong Ji recipient of Herman Feshbach Prize in nuclear physics 8 Kenneth Johnson famous for fundamental contributions to quantum field theory and quark substructure David Kaiser cosmologist and historian of science Francis Low CTP director Manhattan project alumnus and co founder of Union of Concerned Scientists Samir Mathur string theorist and architect of fuzzball program for understanding black hole microstates Ernest Moniz former U S Secretary of Energy John Negele CTP director nuclear physicist Lisa Randall particle physicist cosmologist and popular physics author first female professor in the CTP Peter Shor quantum information scientist known for Shor s algorithm Isadore Singer winner of the Abel Prize Tracy Slatyer known for Fermi bubbles second tenured female professor in the CTP Max Tegmark notable cosmologist and popular physics author Jesse Thaler Director of NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Fundamental Interactions Charles Thorn noted string theorist Gabriele Veneziano pioneer of string theory Felix Villars of Pauli Villars regularization method in quantum field theory Steven Weinberg Nobel Laureate Victor Weisskopf former MIT physics department chair Frank Wilczek Nobel Laureate known for asymptotic freedom and axions James Young notable nuclear physicist founding member of National Society of Black Physicists first tenured black professor in the MIT Physics Department Barton Zwiebach Peruvian string theorist made central contributions to string field theoryReferences Edit Center for Theoretical Physics Laboratory for Nuclear Science MIT Department of Physics web mit edu Retrieved 2019 12 30 MIT CTP at 50 PDF CTP at 50 Program PDF Breakthrough Prize Winners Of The 2021 Breakthrough Prizes In Life Sciences Fundamental Physics And Mathematics Announced breakthroughprize org Retrieved 2020 10 06 Breakthrough Prize Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize Laureates Daniel Harlow breakthroughprize org Retrieved 2019 12 31 Kerson Huang professor emeritus of physics dies at 88 MIT News Retrieved 2019 12 31 2016 Herman Feshbach Prize in Theoretical Nuclear Physics Recipient American Physical Society 2016 External links EditMIT CTP website MIT Center for Theoretical Physics faculty MIT Center for Theoretical Physics alumni Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title MIT Center for Theoretical Physics amp oldid 1157801195, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
