The Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics (SITP) is a research institute within the Physics Department at Stanford University. Led by 16 physics faculty members, the institute conducts research in high energy and condensed matter theoretical physics.
Research type | theoretical physics particle physics cosmology condensed matter physics |
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Director | Shamit Kachru |
Faculty | Renata Kallosh Andrei Linde Stephen Shenker Eva Silverstein Leonard Susskind |
Location | Palo Alto, California, United States |
Affiliations | Stanford University |
Robert Laughlin |
Research within SITP includes a strong focus on fundamental questions about the new physics underlying the Standard Models of particle physics and cosmology, and on the nature and applications of our basic frameworks (quantum field theory and string theory) for attacking these questions.
Principal areas of research include: [1]
Central questions include:
Current faculty include: [3]