Research Interest of Vishnu Jejjala

      Publication 1: SQCD: A Geometric Apercu (URL)
      Publication 2: Entropy of near-extremal black holes in AdS_5 (URL)
      Publication 3: Exploring the Vacuum Geometry of N=1 Gauge Theories (URL)

    URL of Research: http://maths.dur.ac.uk/~dma1vj/research.pdf

Statement of Interest:


  I am currently a post-doctoral research associate at IHES working on diverse problems in string theory. My interests are broad, but focus on exploring quantum gravity and the structure of field theories with the goal of bringing string theory into contact with the real world. In particular, I am working to formulate a theory of statistical mechanics that underlies gravitational thermodynamics. I want to apply this to the resolution of spacetime singularities, such as those associated to black holes and the Big Bang. I use related technology in string theory to explore the smallness of the vacuum energy that drives the present day inflation of the Universe. Another major thrust of my research is to explain how the Standard Model of particle physics descends from a fundamental theory. I seek to relate geometric aspects of the vacuum space of field theories to string theory and use geometric structure as a practical tool for particle phenomenology.

On the gravity side, my recent papers use the AdS/CFT correspondence to study the microscopic origin of the entropy of near-extremal (non-supersymmetric) black holes. On the particle physics side, I have recently been thinking about applying techniques of algebraic geometry to understand vacua of such theories as SQCD and the MSSM.