Nathan Seiberg

Nathan Seiberg
Nathan Seiberg at Harvard University
Born	September 22, 1956 (1956-09-22) (age 55)
Nationality	Israeli American
Fields	Theoretical physics
Institutions	Institute for Advanced Study
Alma mater	Weizmann Institute of Science, Tel-Aviv University
Doctoral advisor	Haim Harari
Known for	Seiberg–Witten invariant Seiberg duality
Notable awards	MacArthur Fellow

Nathan "Nati" Seiberg (born September 22, 1956, Israel) is an Israeli American theoretical physicist who works on string theory. He was recipient of a 1996 MacArthur Fellowship^[1] and the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics in 1998^[2]. He is currently a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. His contributions to mathematical physics include:

• papers from the early 1990s about the application of holomorphy to calculations in gauge theories with supersymmetry
• articles about the strong-weak duality (S-duality) in the context of supersymmetric gauge theories
• papers written with Edward Witten about the complete solution of N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories in four dimensions
• a paper on Matrix theory and M theory in the discrete Light-Cone Quantization
• his and Edward Witten's analysis of the appearance of non-commutative geometry in theories containing open strings, and an identification of a low energy limit of open string dynamics as a noncommutative quantum field theory
• OM-theory (with Andrew Strominger and Shiraz Minwalla)

See also

• Seiberg–Witten theory

References

1. ^ "Array of Contemporary American Physicists: Nathan Seiberg". American Institute of Physics. http://www.aip.org/history/acap/biographies/bio.jsp?seibergn. Retrieved 07-20-2011. .
2. ^ "Heineman Prize: Nathan Seiberg". American Physical Society. http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/heineman.cfmhttp://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/heineman.cfm. Retrieved 07-20-2011. .

External links

• Nathan Seiberg's web page at the Institute

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