Louise Dolan

Louise Ann Dolan ( born April 5, 1950 in Wilmington ( Delaware) ) is an American theoretical physicist who deals with string theory and particle physics.

Dolan studied at Wellesley College with a bachelor 's degree in 1971, studied in 1971 as a Fulbright scholar at the University of Heidelberg and in 1976 received his doctorate in theoretical physics at Francis Low at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( Symmetry breakdown and coherent phenomena ). As a post - doctoral student, she was until 1979 a Junior Fellow at Harvard University, visiting scholar at Princeton University and at the Ecole Normale Superieure (1977). In 1979, she was Assistant and later Associate Professor at Rockefeller University. Since 1990 she has been professor of physics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

It deals with quantum field theory (including phase transitions and symmetry breaking at finite temperature) quantum gravity and string theory, but also with statistical mechanics ( spin systems, Kramers- Wannier duality ). A job of it with Roman Jackiw 1974 was important for the study of phase transitions in the early universe. She was a pioneer in the application of affine Kac -Moody algebras and other highly symmetric algebraic structures (such as the Monster group) in particle physics.

Then a job of it, Goddard and Bluhm 1987 led to a reawakening of interest in type II superstring theories (model - builders preferred to go Heterotic Strings) by showing that, contrary to common expectations, but there is a possibility after compactification symmetry groups for the to obtain particle distribution, comprising the standard model

In 1987 she received the Maria Goeppert Mayer Award. In 1988, she was Guggenheim Fellow. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

Writings

  • Kac - Moody algebra is hidden symmetry of chiral models, Phys. Rev. Lett., Volume 47, 1981, p 1371 ( early use of Kac -Moody algebras in particle physics )
  • Kac -Moody algebras and exact solvability in Hadronic physics, Physics Reports, Volume 109, 1984, pp. 1-94
  • R. Bluhm, Peter Goddard A new method for Incorporating symmetry into superstring theory, Nuclear Physics B, Volume 289, 1987, p 364
  • With Goddard, Montague Conformal field theory and twisted vertex operators, Nuclear Physics B, Volume 338, 1990, pp. 529-601
  • With Goddard, P. Montague Conformal Field Theory, Triality, and the Monster Group, Phys. Lett. B, Volume 236, 1990, p 165
  • Gauge Symmetry in Background Charge Conformal Field Theory, Nuclear Physics B, Volume 489, 1997, p 245
  • The Beacon of Kac -Moody Symmetry for Physics, Notices AMS, December 1995
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