This group seeks to answer questions such as ‘How can quantum mechanics and gravity be combined in a single theoretical framework?,’ ‘What is the nature of space and time at the Planck scale?,’ and ‘Why is the scale of electroweak symmetry breaking so much lower than the Planck scale?’ The group’s work addresses these questions through the study of string theory, the only known consistent theory of quantum gravity. String theorists within the group have a very active weekly UNC-Duke seminar program. Wisc-Milwaukee), Mark Hannam (Cardiff University), and Niels Warburton (MIT). Recently these have included Patrick Brady (Univ.
The theory group hosts a number of distinguished visitors each year. The fundamental theory program is also one of the three pillars (along with astrophysics and nuclear physics) of the Department’s participation in the multi-university CoSMS Institute.Ĭurrent research within the group includes study of sources of gravitational radiation and radiation reaction in general relativity, applications of numerical relativity, calculations in relativistic astrophysics of massive black holes, beyond standard model of particle physics (including dark matter), quantum gravity phenomenology, and foundations of quantum mechanics.
This group also has ties to other theorists in the Department, including those in non-relativistic quantum many-body theory, nuclear theory, and astrophysics. The fundamental theory group within the Department encompasses the traditional areas of relativistic field theory that include gravitational physics, physical cosmology, particle physics and high-energy theory, and string theory.
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