Research Summary
My research interest primarily includes theoretical high energy physics, especially string theory. One of the most interesting implications of string theory is the AdS/CFT correspondence. This correspondence is a conjecture that proposes a holographic duality between a quantum field theory living on the boundary of AdS space (which are certain negative curvature solutions of Einstein equations) with the stringy dynamics in the bulk (that includes gravity). In my research, I have focused on a particularly interesting aspect of the AdS/CFT correspondence in which the field theory at the boundary admits a hydrodynamic description. In this limit the correspondence can be exploited to learn various hydrodynamic aspects of certain conformal field theories (which resemble quantum chromodynamics in certain respect) that might help improve our understanding of the quark gluon plasma (which is expected to be formed during heavy-ion collisions). Also the correspondence, in this limit, may be cleverly exploited to learn aspects of gravity in dimensions greater than four where a richer set of solutions are expected. I have also studied super-conformal algebras in some detail, since such symmetries arise in various string theoretic contexts.
Recent Publications
A list of my publications can be found here at Spires.
Curriculum Vitae
A pdf of my CV can be obtained here.
Interesting Links
Some of the excellent non-technical material on string theory can be found here. An introduction to the application of string theory to relativistic heavy-ion collisions can be found here. Several recent progress in the study of gravity beyond four dimensions can be found in the various talks delivered at this KITP workshop.
Here are some of the useful online courses:
- LHC for String theorists, by prof. Sunil Mukhi.
- Course on String Theory, by prof. Shiraz Minwalla.
- Course on String Theory, by prof. Shiraz Minwalla.