Solitons and BPS States in String Theory and Field Theory
BPS states in string theory and field theory have a rich structure and provide powerful probes of weak-strong coupling dualities. The fact that string theories can have an infinite tower of perturbative BPS states was first discovered in work with Atish Dabholkar and has played an important role in providing evidence for various weak-strong coupling dualities in string theory. Curt Callan, Andy Strominger and I found the CFT that describes fivebranes in string theory and did early work on the structure of the six-dimensional theories that govern the low-energy excitations on these objects. The two papers with Greg Moore on Algebras and BPS states introduced a new technique into mathematics now called the singular theta lift or the Harvey-Moore-Borcherds lift and also provided an early indication of the connection between sheaves and D-branes.
Research Papers:
Worldsheet instanton corrections to the Kaluza-Klein Monopole, with S. Jensen, pdf
D-Branes as unstable lumps in bosonic open string field theory, with P. Kraus,
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Tension is dimension, with S. Kachru, G.W.Moore and E. Silverstein,
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Spin dependence of D0-brane interactions,
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On the algebra of BPS states, with G.W. Moore,
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Algebras, BPS states, and strings, with G.W.Moore, pdf
S duality and the dyon spectrum in N=2 super Yang-Mills theory, with J.P.Gauntlett,
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Magnetic monopoles in N=4 supersymmetric low-energy superstring theory, with J. Liu,
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Worldbrane actions for string solitons, with C.G.Callan and A.Strominger,
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Worldsheet Approach to Heterotic Instantons and Solitons, with C.G.Callan and A.Strominger,
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Octonionic superstring solitons, with A. Strominger,
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Nonrenormalization of the Superstring Tension, with A. Dabholkar,
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Superstrings and Solitons, with A. Dabholkar, G.W.Gibbons and F. Ruiz Ruiz,
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Review Papers:
Supersymmetric string solitons, with C.G.Callan and A. Strominger,
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Magnetic monopoles, duality and supersymmetry,
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Contact Information
Email: j-harvey at uchicago.edu
Phone: +1 773-702-9897
Work Address: Enrico Fermi Institute, 5620 Ellis Ave., Chicago IL 60637 USA
