{"id":1130,"date":"2022-10-18T17:44:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T17:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.hmc.edu\/physics\/?page_id=1130"},"modified":"2024-01-31T10:56:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T18:56:21","slug":"sahakian","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/faculty-staff\/sahakian\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatche Sahakian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professor of Physics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>String theory may be viewed as a framework for exploring new exotic ideas on the frontier of theoretical physics. At its heart, the subject aims at describing a consistent theory of quantum gravity, in addition to being a short length scale completion of the Standard Model of particle physics. The subject\u2019s most prevalent successes to date are twofold: convincing evidence that the theory resolves various long standing puzzles arising in black hole physics; and phenomenological realizations of models that appear to mimic the world we see at low energies. While the theory itself as a whole may still evolve beyond its current form, several of the new concepts that it has developed are expected to survive at the foundation of a future formulation of the laws of physics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My research focus is string theory. I am interested in understanding the small scale structure of space, in a context where both gravitational dynamics and quantum mechanics become important. This realm often involves studying black holes, unravelling exotic dynamics such as non-commutative geometry, and exploring new frameworks that extend the Standard Model of particle physics and standard inflationary cosmology. A list of my publications can be found at the preprint arxiv.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"archive-posts-wrapper page-default wp-block-mudd-latest-posts\">\n\t \n\n  \t<div class=\"archive-heading\">\n\t\t  <h2 class=\"archive-heading-description\">Recent Publications<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t  \t\t            <article class=\"archive-post-wrapper\">\n                          <div class=\"archive-post-summary\">\n                <h3 class=\"h2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/research\/publications\/strongly-coupled-matrix-theory-and-stochastic-quantization-a-new-approach-to-holographic-dualities\/\">Strongly coupled matrix theory and stochastic quantization: A new approach to holographic dualities<\/a><\/h3>\n                          <p>Nick Heller, Vatche Sahakian* Strongly coupled matrix theory and stochastic quantization: A new approach to holographic dualities Physical Review D [&hellip;]<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/article>\n                    <article class=\"archive-post-wrapper\">\n                          <div class=\"archive-post-summary\">\n                <h3 class=\"h2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/research\/publications\/emergent-geometry-through-quantum-entanglement-in-matrix-theories\/\">Emergent geometry through quantum entanglement in Matrix theories<\/a><\/h3>\n                          <p>Cameron Gray, Vatche Sahakian*, and William Warfield Emergent geometry through quantum entanglement in Matrix theories Journal of High Energy Physics [&hellip;]<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/article>\n                    <article class=\"archive-post-wrapper\">\n                          <div class=\"archive-post-summary\">\n                <h3 class=\"h2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/research\/publications\/modern-classical-mechanics\/\">Modern Classical Mechanics<\/a><\/h3>\n                          <p>Thomas McCaffree Helliwell and Vatche Sahakian* Modern Classical Mechanics (PDF) Cambridge University Press (2021) 704 Abstract In this modern and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/article>\n                \t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/sahakian.physics.hmc.edu\/\">my research<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor of Physics String theory may be viewed as a framework for exploring new exotic ideas on the frontier of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1095,"parent":860,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1130","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6205,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1130\/revisions\/6205"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}