Pedro Vieira

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Pedro Vieira
Born1982
NationalityPortuguese
Citizenship Portugal
Awards
Scientific career
Fields Mathematical physics
Quantum field theory
Institutions Perimeter Institute
ICTP-SAIFR
Thesis Integrability in AdS/CFT – Bethe ansatz and String quantization beyond infinite volume (2008)
Website Perimeter Institute – Pedro Vieira

Pedro Gil Vieira is a Portuguese theoretical physicist who has done significant work in the area of quantum field theory and quantum gravity. One of his most important contributions is the exact solution for the spectrum of a four-dimensional quantum field theory, [1] finite coupling proposal for polygonal Wilson loops [2] and three point functions in N=4 Super Yang-Mills.

Awards

Pedro Vieira has received these awards:

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References

  1. Gromov, Nikolay and Kazakov, Vladimir and Vieira, Pedro (2009). "Exact Spectrum of Anomalous Dimensions of Planar N=4 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory". Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 (13): 131601. arXiv: 0901.3753 . Bibcode:2009PhRvL.103m1601G. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.103.131601. PMID   19905502.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Basso, Benjamin and Sever, Amit and Vieira, Pedro (2009). "Spacetime and Flux Tube S-Matrices at Finite Coupling for N=4 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory". Phys. Rev. Lett. 111 (9): 091602. arXiv: 1303.1396 . Bibcode:2013PhRvL.111i1602B. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.091602. PMID   24033023. S2CID   117547766.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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