Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics

The Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics (BCTP) is a research center for theoretical particle physics, cosmology, string theory and quantum gravity at the University of California at Berkeley.[1]

Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics
Established2000
Research typeTheoretical physics
DirectorYasunori Nomura
FacultyMina Aganagic
Raphael Bousso
Mary Gaillard
Petr Horava
Hitoshi Murayama
LocationBerkeley, California, United States
AffiliationsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

About

The BCTP houses theoretical physics research at Berkeley and has close links to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).[2] It is located in Old LeConte Hall on the Berkeley campus.[3] Though the BCTP itself was founded at the turn of the 21st century, Berkeley has a rich history in the field of theoretical particle physics, with prominent former physicists including Manhattan project director Robert Oppenheimer; Nobel Laureates Steven Weinberg, Sheldon Glashow, and David Gross; Breakthrough Prize winners John Schwarz, Joseph Polchinski, and Nima Arkani-Hamed; Sakurai Prize winners Mary Gaillard, Leonard Susskind, and Lisa Randall; as well as Dirac Medal winners Bruno Zumino and Stanley Mandelstam.[4]

References
  1. "BCTP Research". ctp.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  2. "Home". LBNL Theory. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  3. "Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics". ctp.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  4. "BCTP Members". ctp.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
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