- Farhad Ardalan
Farhad Ardalan (in Persian:فرهاد اردلان, born 1939,
Tehran ,Iran ) is anIran ian High Energy physicist. He is a professor atSharif University and theInstitute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics .He is known for the proposal of the para-string theory, construction of modular invariant
partition function s forWZNW model s via theorbifold method, classification of 11-dimensionalsupergravity solutions with a quotient structure, and discovery of non-commutativity inD-branes ofstring theory .He is also known for research work in
superstring theory andYang-Mills theory .Farhad Ardalan and some other prominent Iranian
physicist s, e.g.Reza Mansouri ,Mehdi Golshani have been among the main architects of theoretical physics in Iran.Degrees
His degree history is BA, Columbia College (1963), MA, Columbia University (1966), PhD, Pennsylvania State University (1970).
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Higher education in Iran External links
* [http://www.ipm.ac.ir/IPM/people/personalinfo.jsp?PeopleCode=IP9900145 His IPM webpage]
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