FACULTY
Matthew D. Schwartz
Assistant Professor of Physics
PhD 2003, Princeton University
Matthew Schwartz's research is focused on expanding
the boundaries of our current understanding of particle
physics. This includes both developing new theoretical
techniques for precision calculations and exploring
the phenomenological consequences of new physics scenarios.
He has contributed to diverse realms of particle physics,
such as supergravity, flavor physics, quantum chromodynamics,
B-physics, grand unification, and non-perturbative
models of nuclear structure based on extra dimensions.
Some of his work on quantum gravity demonstrated that
gravitational theories may deform when quantized, which
has contributed to the revitalization of interest in
calculable, cosmologically relevant modifications of
general relativity.
His current research is devoted to theoretical problems
relevant to the experimental program of the Large Hadron
Collider. He has been pioneering the development of
an approach to high energy collider physics based on
effective field theory. Applications include one of
the world's best measurements of the strong coupling
constant, and a new paradigm for simulating the production
of high-energy jets in a collider environment. He is
also developing methods for using top quarks to isolate
and characterize beyond-the-standard model physics.
- T. Becher and M. D. Schwartz, "A precise determination of alpha(s) from LEP thrust data using effective field theory," JHEP 0807:034, 2008, http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.0342.
- C. W. Bauer and M. D. Schwartz, "Improving jet distributions with effective field theory," Phys.Rev.Lett. 97:142001, 2006, http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0604065.
- N. Arkani-Hamed, H. Georgi, and M. D. Schwartz, "Effective
field theory for massive gravitons and gravity
in theory space," Annals Phys. 305:96-118,
2003, http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0210184.
- L. Randall and M. D. Schwartz, "Unification and the Hierarchy from AdS5," Phys.Rev.Lett. 88:081801, 2002, http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0108115.