K. Narayan
Associate Professor, Physics, Chennai Mathematical Institute
Hi ...
I'm Narayan, a faculty member in Physics at the
Chennai Mathematical Institute, India.
(Narayan is my first name, and the K. is Krishnan, my father's name) Research interests: broadly, various aspects of string theory and its implications for physical phenomena in particular pertaining to the early universe, many body physics, spacetime geometry, quantum field theory and black holes.
Specifically, my research work has involved (i) holographic approaches to non-relativistic or many body systems and associated string/brane constructions, (ii) cosmology (aspects of brane inflation) and insights into cosmological singularities using holographic methods (dual gauge theories) as well as near singularity string spectra, (iii) spacetime geometry without supersymmetry, possible instabilities therein (manifested by e.g. tachyons in the string spectrum) and the resolution of possible singularities (which also dovetails with their algebraic geometry description), (iv) gauge theories arising on D-branes and their associated geometry, (v) the dynamics of dyonic states and their internal structure in gauge and string theories, (vi) black holes in general relativity, and so on.
Here are some talks (pdf files) I've given over the last few years.
Publications : my papers, available at Spires, inSPIRE arXiv .
Teaching: Classical Mechanics II (Spring '08); General Relativity (Fall '08). Quantum Mechanics I (Spring '09); Quantum Mechanics II (Fall '09); Quantum Mechanics III (Spring '10). Electricity & Magnetism III (Fall '10); Classical Mechanics II (Spring '11); Quantum Mechanics (graduate) (Fall '11); Electricity & Magnetism III (Spring '12); Statistical Mechanics III (Fall '12);
Email: "my first name" at cmi dot ac dot in
Mailing address : Chennai Mathematical Institute, Plot H1, SIPCOT IT Park, Padur PO, Siruseri 603103, India.
Positions held:
Present: Associate Professor, Chennai Mathematical Institute, and Ramanujan Fellow, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Aug 2004-07), Department of Theoretical Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Aug 2002-04), Center for Geometry and Theoretical Physics, Duke University, USA.
Ph.D. (2002): Newman Lab. of Elementary Particle Physics, Cornell University, USA.
B.Tech. (1997): Engg. Phys., IIT Bombay, India.
Professional activities:
Co-organizer, Indian Strings Meeting (ISM08) international string theory conference, Dec 6-13, 2008, Pondicherry.
String theory seminar organizer, CGTP, Duke, Aug '02-'04.
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