Rajesh Gopakumar
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| Rajesh Gopakumar | |
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| Born | 1970 India |
| Residence | India  |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Harish-Chandra Research Institute |
| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Technology Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | David Gross |
Rajesh Gopakumar (born 1970) is a physicist at Harish-Chandra Research Institute in Allahabad, India. He was All India First in the IIT JEE in 1987. He completed his undergraduate in physics from IIT Kanpur and his doctorate from Princeton University under the supervision of David Gross [1]. His primary area of research is Topological string theory, where he is known for his work with Cumrun Vafa on Gopakumar-Vafa duality and Gopakumar-Vafa invariants.
Gopakumar was awarded the 2004 B.M. Birla Science Prize in Physics [2] and the 2006 ICTP Prize. [3]:
[edit] Selected publications
- Gopakumar, Rajesh (2006). "Baby universes and string theory". Int.J.Mod.Phys. D15: 1581–1586. http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/find/hep/www?rawcmd=FIND+A+GOPAKUMAR%2Cr.. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
- Gopakumar, Rajesh (June 2006). "Baby From spacetime to worldsheet: Four point correlators". JHEP 0701:063. http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/find/hep/www?rawcmd=FIND+A+GOPAKUMAR%2Cr.. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
[edit] Achievements
Rajesh Gopakumar has been the recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award for 2009.
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