Jeffrey A. Harvey (born February 15, 1955, in
San Antonio, Texas
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) is an American
string theorist at the
University of Chicago
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.
Scientific contributions
Among Harvey's many contributions to the field of
theoretical physics
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, he is one of the co-discoverers of the
heterotic string, along with
David Gross
David Jonathan Gross (; born February 19, 1941) is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. Along with Frank Wilczek and David Politzer, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of asymptotic freedom. ...
,
Emil Martinec, 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
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. He is a trustee at the
Institute for Advanced Study
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in Princeton, New Jersey.
He received the
Dirac Medal in 2023.
Selected publications
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See also
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CGHS model
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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