Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics
The Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics (BCTP) is a research center for theoretical particle physics, cosmology, string theory and quantum gravity at the University of California at Berkeley.[1]
| Established | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Research type | Theoretical physics |
| Director | Yasunori Nomura |
| Faculty | Mina Aganagic Raphael Bousso Mary Gaillard Ori Ganor Lawrence Hall Petr Horava Hitoshi Murayama Geoffrey Penington |
| Staff | Christian Bauer Simon Knapen Zoltan Ligeti Dean Robinson Benjamin Safdi |
| Location | Berkeley, California, United States |
| Affiliations | University of California, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
About
The BCTP houses theoretical physics research at Berkeley and has close links to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).[2] It is located in Old LeConte Hall on the Berkeley campus.[3] Though the BCTP itself was founded at the turn of the 21st century, Berkeley has a rich history in the field of theoretical particle physics, with prominent former physicists including Manhattan project director Robert Oppenheimer; Nobel Laureates Steven Weinberg, Sheldon Glashow, and David Gross; Breakthrough Prize winners John Schwarz, Joseph Polchinski, and Nima Arkani-Hamed; Sakurai Prize winners Mary Gaillard, Leonard Susskind, and Lisa Randall; as well as Dirac Medal winners Bruno Zumino and Stanley Mandelstam.[4]The current senior members consist of 9 UC Berkeley faculty and 5 LBNL staff members.[5]
References
- "BCTP Research". bctp.berkeley.edu.
- "Home". LBNL Theory.
- "Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics". bctp.berkeley.edu.
- "BCTP History". bctp.berkeley.edu.
- "BCTP Members". bctp.berkeley.edu.