Matthias Gaberdiel

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Matthias Gaberdiel (born June 25, 1966, in Offenburg, Germany) [1] is a theoretical physicist and full professor at ETH Zurich. He is known for his work on higher-spin theory and conformal field theory.

Research

Gaberdiel works on string theory and conformal field theory. Recently, he has mainly worked on the duality between higher spin theories on AdS and dual conformal field theories (with Rajesh Gopakumar).

His most cited publications are:

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References

  1. Switzerl, Address ETH Zürich Dep of Physics Prof Dr Matthias Gaberdiel Institut für Theoretische Physik HIT K. 23 1 Wolfgang-Pauli-Str 27 8093 Zürich. "Gaberdiel, Matthias, Prof. Dr. | ETH Zurich". itp.phys.ethz.ch. Retrieved 2021-09-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Google Scholar Author page, Accessed August 17, 2020