Jeffrey A. Harvey (born February 15, 1955 in
San Antonio, Texas) is an American
string theorist at the
University of Chicago.
Scientific contributions
Among Harvey's many contributions to the field of
theoretical physics, he is one of the co-discoverers of the
heterotic string
In string theory, a heterotic string is a closed string (or loop) which is a hybrid ('heterotic') of a superstring and a bosonic string. There are two kinds of heterotic string, the heterotic SO(32) and the heterotic E8 × E8, abbreviat ...
, along with
David Gross,
Emil Martinec
Emil John Martinec (born 1958) is an American string theorist, a physics professor at the Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago, and director of the Kadanoff Center for Theoretical Physics. He was part of a group at Princeton Universi ...
, and
Ryan Rohm. The four physicists were colloquially known as the "Princeton string quartet".
Harvey is a fellow of the
American Physical Society
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and of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Jeff Harvey, University of Chicago. Candidate for General Councillor.
American Physical Society
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. Accessed April 29, 2010 He is a trustee at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.
Selected publications
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See also
* CGHS model The Callan–Giddings–Harvey–Strominger model or CGHS model in short is a toy model of general relativity in 1 spatial and 1 time dimension.
Overview
General relativity is a highly nonlinear model, and as such, its 3+1D version is usually too ...
References
External links
Dr. Harvey's homepage
American string theorists
Living people
1955 births
University of Chicago faculty
Fellows of the American Physical Society
Trustees of the Institute for Advanced Study
Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
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