University of Wales Department of Physics

University of Wales, Swansea

Department of Physics

Contact information:
Department of Physics University of Wales, Swansea
Singleton Park
Swansea, SA2 8PP
tel:+44 (0)1792-602286(O)
+44 (0)1792-457225(H)

Some Links:
Particle Theory Group
Theory group seminars

Teaching:
PH 101 - Dynamics
Quantum Field Theory

Asad Naqvi

PPARC Advanced Fellow and Lecturer
PhD 2000, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
a.naqvi@swan.ac.uk

My research is mostly within string theory. I am interested in understanding how string dynamics can lead to insights into the physics of quantum field theories and quantum gravity. The combination of these two seemingly disparate aspects of string theory has led to a crucial correspondence between gauge theories and gravity. I have been working on different aspects of this correspondence. In addition, I am interested in understanding string dynamics in time-dependent/cosmological spacetimes. More recently, I have been interested in topological string theories, which serve as good toy models of string theories which are complicated enough to have interesting physics yet are simple enough to be tractable.

Selected Publications (Complete list here):

E. Imeroni and A. Naqvi, "Giants and Loops in Beta deformed theories ", hep-th/061203

T. Hollowood and A. Naqvi, "Phase transitions of orientifold gauge theories at large N in finite volume", hep-th/0609203.

T. Hollowood, S.P.Kumar and A. Naqvi, "Instabilities of the Small Black Hole: A view from N=4 SYM", JHEP 0701:001,2007, [hep-th/0607111]

J. de Boer, A. Naqvi and A. Shomer, "The Topological G₂ String", [hep-th/0506211].
V. Balasubramanian, P. Kraus, E. Keski-Vakkuri and A. Naqvi, "String Scattering from Decaying Branes," Comm. Math. Phys 257:363-394, 2005 [hep-th/0404039].
F. Larsen. A. Naqvi and S. Terashima, "Rolling Tachyons and Decaying Branes," J. High Energy Phys. 0302:039 2003 [hep-th/0212248].
V. Balasubramanian, S. F. Hassan, E. Keski-Vakkuri and A. Naqvi, "A space-time orbifold - A toy model of a cosmological singularity", Phys. Rev.D67 026003, 2003 [hep-th/0202187].
V. Balasubramanian and A. Naqvi "Giant Gravitons and a Correspondence Principle", Phys. Lett. B528: 111-120 [hep-th/0111163].
V. Balasubramanian, M. Berkooz, A. Naqvi and M. Strassler,"Giant Gravitons in Conformal Field Theory", J. High Energy Phys. 0204:034(2002) [hep-th/0107119].