Rajesh Gopakumar
Rajesh Gopakumar (born December 14, 1967 in Kolkata ) is an Indian theoretical physicist.
Life
Gopakumar studied physics at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur , where he received first place in the strict entrance exams in 1987. In 1992 he received his master’s degree there and in 1997 he did his doctorate with David Gross at Princeton University (The Master Field in large N Theories). He then went to Harvard University and, from 2001, to the Harish-Chandra Research Institute in Allahabad . He has been Director of the International Center for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR) in Bangalore and Professor at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) since 2015 .
From 2001 to 2004 he was at the Institute for Advanced Study .
He deals with string theory and related mathematics, string cosmology, gauge field theories in the limit of large groups (large N limit), with non-commutative solitons (with Andrew Strominger , Shiraz Minwalla ), AdS / CFT , non-relativistic conformal algebras (GCA, Galilean Conformal Algebra ) and topological quantum field theories and topological string theory. He found a new example of AdS / CFT correspondence (minimal model holography) and used it to investigate unbroken symmetries in string theory. With Cumrun Vafa he introduced new topological invariants, the Gopakumar-Vafa invariants. With Matthias Gaberdiel, he investigates string theory as the theory of particles with higher spin.
His wife Rukmini Dey is also a professor of mathematical physics and geometry at the ICTS-TIFR.
In 2006 he received the ICTP Prize, in 2009 the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize , in 2013 the GD Birla Prize and in 2013 the Physics Prize of the Third World Academy of Sciences , of which he is a fellow (2015). He is a member of the Indian National Science Academy and the Indian Academy of Sciences.
Fonts (selection)
- with Vafa: M-Theory and Topological strings, Part 1, 1998, Arxiv , Part 2, Arxiv
- with Vafa: On the Gauge Theory / Geometry Correspondence, Adv. Theor. Math. Phys., Vol. 3, 1999, pp. 1415-1443, Arxiv
- with Vafa: Topological Gravity as Large N Topological Gauge Theory, Adv. Theor. Math. Phys., Vol. 2, 1998, pp. 413-442, Arxiv
- with Minwalla, Strominger: Noncommutative solitons, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2000 (05), 020, Arxiv
- with Juan Maldacena , S. Minwalla, A. Strominger: S-duality and noncommutative gauge theory, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2000 (06), 036, Arxiv
- with Minwalla, Strominger, Nathan Seiberg : OM Theory in Diverse Dimensions, JHEP, 0008: 008, 2000, Arxiv
- with Robbert Dijkgraaf , Hirosi Ooguri , Cumrun Vafa: Baby universes and string theory, Int.J.Mod.Phys. D, Volume 73, 2006, p. 066002, Arxiv
- with Arjun Bagchi: Galilean Conformal Algebras and AdS / CFT, JHEP 07, 2009, 037, Arxiv
- with M. Gaberdiel: An AdS 3 dual for minimal model CFTs, Physical Review D, Volume 83, 2011, p. 066007, Arxiv
- with Gaberdiel: Minimal model holography, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, Volume 46, 2013, p. 214002, Arxiv
- with Gaberdiel: Higher Spins & Strings, JHEP, 11, 2014, 044, Arxiv
- with Gaberdiel: String Theory as a Higher Spin Theory, JHEP, 09, 2016, 085, Arxiv
- with Apratim Kaviraj, Kallol Sen, Aninda Sinha: Conformal Bootstrap in Mellin Space, Phys. Rev. Lett., Volume 118, 2017, p. 081601, Arxiv
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rajesh Gopakumar in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gopakumar, Rajesh |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian theoretical physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kolkata |