Our research includes a strong focus on fundamental questions about the new physics underlying the Standard Models of particle physics, cosmology, and gravity; and the nature and applications of our basic frameworks (quantum field theory and string theory) for attacking these questions. Our research also includes a major emphasis on the novel phenomena in condensed matter physics that emerge in systems with many degrees of freedom.
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Black holes are inescapable traps for most of what falls into them — but there can be exceptions. The theoretical physicist Leonard Susskind speaks with Janna Levin about the black hole information paradox and how it has propelled modern physics.
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April
26
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Black holes formed in the early universe can make up all or part of dark matter. I will review some scenarios for their formation,…
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30
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Condensed matter physics has witnessed emergent quantum phenomena driven by electron correlation and topology. Such…
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