Jeffrey A. Harvey

Jeffrey A. Harvey (born February 15, 1955 in San Antonio, Texas) an American string theorist at the University of Chicago.

Scientific contributions

Among Harvey's many contributions to the field of theoretical physics, he is one of the co-discoverers of the heterotic string.

Harvey is a fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a trustee at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

Selected publications

• "Evanescent black holes." Curtis G. Callan, Jr., Steven B. Giddings, Jeffrey A. Harvey, Andrew Strominger. Published in Phys. Rev. D 45:1005–1009, 1992.
• "Strings on Orbifolds. 2." Lance J. Dixon, Jeffrey A. Harvey. Published in Nucl. Phys. B 274:285–314, 1986.
• "Strings on Orbifolds." Lance J. Dixon, Jeffrey A. Harvey, C. Vafa, Edward Witten. Published in Nucl. Phys. B 261:678–686, 1985.
• "Heterotic String Theory. 2. The Interacting Heterotic String." David J. Gross, Jeffrey A. Harvey, Emil J. Martinec, Ryan Rohm. Published in Nucl. Phys. B 267:75, 1986.
• "Heterotic String Theory. 1. The Free Heterotic String." David J. Gross, Jeffrey A. Harvey, Emil J. Martinec, Ryan Rohm. Published in Nucl. Phys. B 256:253, 1985.
• "The Heterotic String." David J. Gross, Jeffrey A. Harvey, Emil J. Martinec, Ryan Rohm. Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 54:502–505, 1985.

See also

• CGHS model

External links

• Dr. Harvey's homepage