Nathan Seiberg
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| Nathan Seiberg | |
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 Nathan Seiberg at Harvard University
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| Born | September 22, 1956 |
| Nationality | Israeli American |
| Fields | Theoretical physics |
| Institutions | Institute for Advanced Study |
| Alma mater | Weizmann Institute of Science, Tel-Aviv University |
| Doctoral advisor | Haim Harari |
| Known for | Seiberg–Witten invariant Seiberg duality |
| Notable awards | MacArthur Fellow |
Nathan "Nati" Seiberg (born September 22, 1956, Israel) is an Israeli American theoretical physicist who works on string theory. He was recipient of a 1996 MacArthur Fellowship[1] and the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics in 1998.[2] He is currently a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study 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 theories with supersymmetry
- articles about the strong-weak duality (S-duality) in the context of supersymmetric gauge theories
- papers written with Edward Witten 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 Witten'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 theory
- OM-theory (with Andrew Strominger and Shiraz Minwalla)
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- ^ "Array of Contemporary American Physicists: Nathan Seiberg". American Institute of Physics. http://www.aip.org/history/acap/biographies/bio.jsp?seibergn. Retrieved 2011-07-20..
- ^ "Heineman Prize: Nathan Seiberg". American Physical Society. http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/heineman.cfmhttp://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/heineman.cfm. Retrieved 2011-07-20..
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