Miguel Ángel Virasoro (physicist)

Miguel Ángel Virasoro (Spanish: [miˈɣel ˈaŋxel viɾaˈsoɾo]; born 1940 in Argentina) is an Argentine physicist who has done most of his work in Italy.

The Shapiro–Virasoro model,^[1] the Virasoro algebra,^[2] the Virasoro constraint, and the Virasoro minimal model are named after him.

Work

Together with Giorgio Parisi and Marc Mézard Virasoro discovered the Ultrametric organization of low temperature spin glass states in infinite dimensions.

He was a director of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) from 1995 to 2002.

He taught physical-mathematical models for economy at Università di Roma "La Sapienza". He now teaches electromagnetism at "La Sapienza".

Publications

M. A. Virasoro, Subsidiary conditions and ghosts in dual-resonance models. Phys. Rev., D1 (1970) pp. 2933–2936. This is the paper where the Virasoro algebra was first introduced into string theory.
M. Mezard, G. Parisi and M.A. Virasoro, Spin Glass Theory and Beyond (Singapore 1988)

Notes

↑ Virasoro, M. (1969). "Alternative constructions of crossing-symmetric amplitudes with Regge behavior." Physical Review, 177(5), 2309–2311.
↑ M. A. Virasoro (1970). "Subsidiary conditions and ghosts in dual-resonance models". Physical Review D. 1 (10): 2933. Bibcode:1970PhRvD...1.2933V. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.1.2933.

References

ICTP directors
The Case for String Theory - Sixty Symbols (mentioned in this video at 10:45)

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[1] Virasoro, M. (1969). "Alternative constructions of crossing-symmetric amplitudes with Regge behavior." Physical Review, 177(5), 2309–2311.

[2] M. A. Virasoro (1970). "Subsidiary conditions and ghosts in dual-resonance models". Physical Review D. 1 (10): 2933. Bibcode:1970PhRvD...1.2933V. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.1.2933.