Erich Poppitz

Professor

Moscow State University (M.Sc., 1989) ; Johns Hopkins University (M.A.,1992, Ph.D.,1994 )

Robert R. McCormick Fellow , University of Chicago, 1994-97; Postdoctoral Fellow , University of California, San Diego, 1997-98; Assistant Professor , Yale University, 1999-2001; Associate Professor w/out tenure , University of Toronto, 2001-04; Associate Professor , 2004-08

phone	416-946-7546
fax	416-978-2537
e-mail	poppitz at physics utoronto ca
links	Theory Group Page High Energy Physics/Theory/String Seminar

Teaching:

Fall 2009:

Thermal Physics , PHY252F
Graduate Fluid Mechanics , PHY1530F

Winter 2010:

Advanced Classical Mechanics , PHY354S

Reading courses

Research

I am interested in physics beyond the standard model. I also study general quantum field theories and their strong-coupling dynamics, using a variety of tools, from supersymmetry, branes, and dualities, to lattice field theory and Monte-Carlo simulations.

Talks

People: past and present

& future - see postdoctoral position ad -only online applications will be accepted!

Recent publications

Comments on large-N volume independence , with Mithat Unsal, arxiv:0911.0358[hep-th]
Confinement or conformality (II): One-flavor CFTs and mixed-representation QCD , with Mithat Unsal, arxiv:0910.1245[hep-th]
Confinement or conformality: (IR)relevance of topological excitations , with Mithat Unsal, arxiv:0906.5156[hep-th]

For a complete list from SPIRES, click here .

Last updated: November 9, 2009.