Research Interest of Norihiro Iizuka

      Publication 1: Precision Microstate Counting of Small Black Rings (URL)
      Publication 2: Non-Supersymmetric Attractors (URL)
      Publication 3: Probing black holes in non-perturbative gauge theory (URL)

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Statement of Interest:


  My research interests include understanding the quantum properties
of gravity and spacetime degrees of freedom within string theory,

 because string theory seems to be the most successful candidate for a
theory of quantum gravity.  Recently there have been very important
developments concerning the non-perturbative definition of string
theory and M-theory in terms of large $N$ (non-gravitational) quantum
field theory living on the boundary ($AdS$/CFT).  This is exciting,
since, for example, we can study black holes, which are completely
gravitational objects in terms of non-perturbative field theory.
     
 My hope is to understand black holes and ultimately even the origin
of our universe through the study of string theory.