Erich Poppitz

Professor

Department of Physics

University of Toronto

60 St George Street

Toronto ON M5S 1A7 Canada

416-946-7546

poppitz at physics utoronto ca

M.Sc., 1989, Moscow State University

M.A.,1992, Ph.D.,1994, Johns Hopkins University

Robert R. McCormick Fellow, 1994-97, University of Chicago

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1997-98, University of California, San Diego

Assistant Professor, 1999-2001, Yale University

Associate Professor w/out tenure, 2001-04, University of Toronto

Associate Professor, 2004-08, University of Toronto

Teaching

Fall 2012:

Graduate Fluid Mechanics PHY1530F

Winter 2013:

Advanced Classical Mechanics PHY354S

Relativistic Electrodynamics PHY450S

Reading courses

Research

I am interested in physics beyond the standard model. I also study general quantum field theories

and their non-perturbative dynamics, using a variety of tools, from supersymmetry, branes, and

dualities, to lattice field theory and Monte-Carlo simulations.

Talks

People: past and present

Recent publications

Continuity, deconfinement, and (super) Yang-Mills theory 

with Thomas Schaefer and Mithat Unsal, arxiv:1205.0290[hep-th]

2d affine XY-spin model/4d gauge theory duality and deconfinement

with Mohamed Anber and Mithat Unsal, arxiv:1112.6389[hep-th]

Seiberg-Witten and “Polyakov-like” magnetic bion confinements are continuously connected

with Mithat Unsal, arxiv:1105.3969[hep-th]

A complete list from inSPIRE.