Freddy Cachazo
Venezuelan-born theoretical physicist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Freddy Alexander Cachazo is a Venezuelan-born theoretical physicist who holds the Gluskin Sheff Freeman Dyson Chair in Theoretical Physics at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Freddy Cachazo | |
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Nationality | Venezuelan, Canadian |
Alma mater | Harvard University (Ph.D., 2002) International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Diploma, 1997) Simón Bolívar University (B.S., 1996) |
Known for | BCFW recursion CSW rules Soft graviton theorem |
Awards | New Horizons Prize (2014) Herzberg Medal (2012) Rutherford Memorial Medal (2011) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Theoretical Physics |
Institutions | Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Institute for Advanced Study |
Thesis | Dualities in Field Theory from Geometric Transitions in String Theory (2002) |
Doctoral advisor | Cumrun Vafa |
Website | pitp |
He is known for the contributions to quantum field theory through the study of scattering amplitudes, in particular in quantum chromodynamics, N = 4 supersymmetric Yang–Mills theory and quantum gravity. His contributions include BCFW recursion relations, the CSW vertex expansion and the amplituhedron. In 2014, Cachazo was awarded the New Horizons Prize[1] for uncovering numerous structures underlying scattering amplitudes in gauge theories and gravity.[2]