Chen-Te Ma
@physastro.iastate.edu
Iowa State University
I am strongly interested in the fundamental principles of physics and the study of complex systems using theoretical and computational tools. String Theory is a fascinating and widely studied area of theoretical physics, which attempts to unify the fundamental forces of nature, including gravity, within a single, elegant framework. The weak-strong duality and quantum information perspectives are important approaches within String Theory that have led to many exciting discoveries. Studying strongly-coupled theories is indeed a challenging area of theoretical physics, as traditional analytical techniques can become increasingly difficult to apply as the strength of the interactions between particles increases. On the other hand, numerical simulations and computational methods can offer a powerful approach to exploring these complex systems and gaining insights that may not be possible through other means.
EDUCATION
09/2014--09/2018 Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Physics, National Taiwan University
Address: No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan
Field: String Theory; Quantum Information
Thesis: Entanglement in Quantum Field Theory
Representative Publication (String Theory): One-Loop $\beta$ Function of the Double Sigma Model with Constant Background
Representative Publication (Quantum Information): Entanglement with Centers
Supervisor: Professor Kazuo Hosomichi (10/2015--03/2017)
09/2007--06/2010 Master of Science, Department of Physics, National Taiwan University
Address: No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 10617, Taiwan
Field: Quantum Field Theory and Lattice Theory
Thesis: CP$^{N-1}$ with Theta Term
Supervisor: Professor Ting-Wai Chiu
09/2003--06/2007 Bachelor of Science, Department of Physics (Physics Section), Fu Jen Catholic University
Address: No. 510, Zhongzheng Rd., Xinzhuang Dist., New Taipei City 242, Taiwan
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, Geometry and Topology, Condensed Matter Physics
FUTURE PROJECTS
String Theory
Double Field Theory is a theoretical framework that seeks to unify the traditional concepts of T-duality and general coordinate invariance in String Theory. T-duality is a symmetry of String Theory that relates different string configurations, while general coordinate invariance is a symmetry that ensures that the laws of physics remain the same regardless of how we choose to describe spacetime. In Double Field Theory, spacetime is described by a doubled geometry, which consists of both the original torus and its dual. This doubled geometry encodes the information of both position and momentum and is invariant under T-duality transformations. In Double Field Theory, spacetime is described by a doubled geometry that includes both the original torus and its dual, and this doubled geometry encodes the information of both position and momentum. By using this doubled geometry, Double Field Theory allows for a manifestly T-duality invariant framework for String Theory.
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Quantum Information
The Ryu-Takayanagi prescription is a powerful tool for studying the connection between entanglement and spacetime in the context of the Anti-de Sitter/Conformal Field Theory (AdS/CFT) correspondence. This correspondence is a conjectured duality between a gravitational theory in AdS spacetime and a conformal field theory on its boundary. The Ryu-Takayanagi prescription allows us to calculate the area of a co-dimension two surface in the AdS spacetime, which is proportional to the entanglement entropy of a subregion of the boundary CFT. This implies that the geometry of spacetime can emerge from the entanglement structure of the boundary theory. The study of quantum chaos is indeed an important area of research in the study of quantum information, particularly in understanding the behavior of many-body quantum systems. The out-of-time-ordered correlation function (OTOC) is a measure that characterizes the spread of Quantum Information in a system and is used to probe the onset of Chaos.
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Quantum Field Theory and Lattice Theory
The perturbation method is a powerful tool for studying weakly coupled systems, but it becomes less effective when the system is strongly coupled. In strongly coupled systems, the perturbative expansion breaks down, and one cannot rely on small perturbations around a known solution. The study of the Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) is a challenging problem in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) is a challenging problem in QCD due to its strong coupling nature. However, recent developments in lattice QCD, a numerical technique for simulating QCD on a discrete spacetime lattice, have allowed us to study the properties of the QGP from first principles. Lattice QCD calculations provide a non-perturbative approach to studying the strong coupling regime, and it has been successful in predicting several experimental results in heavy-ion collision experiments.
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Scholar Citations
Scholar h-index
Scholar i10-index
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
GRANT DETAILS
2020
01/2020--12/2020 Foreign Young Talents Program (Grant No. QN20200230017)
Institute of Quantum Matter, South China Normal University
Host: Professor Qian Wang
Research Topic: the Study on Strongly-Coupled Non-Integrable Systems
Funding Institution: Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology
Amount of Funding: 50,000 CNY
Responsibility: Principal Investigator
2019
05/2019--05/2021 Postdoctoral General Funding: Second Class (Grant No. 2019M652926)
School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University
Host: Professor Robert de Mello Koch
Research Topic: Quantum Chaos, Quantum Entanglement, and Nearly AdS/CFT Correspondence
Funding Institution: China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
Amount of Funding: 80,000 CNY
Responsibility: Principal Investigator
02/2019--02/2021 Post-Doctoral International Exchange Program (Grant No. YJ20180087)
School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University
Host: Professor Robert de Mello Koch
Research Topic: Quantum Chaos, Equilibrium State, Quantum Entanglement, Holographic Principle, and
Topological Quantum Field Theory and the Application to Condensed Matter Physics
Funding Institution: China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
Amount of Funding: 300,000 CNY/year
Responsibility: Principal Investigator
Industry, Institute, or Organisation Collaboration
Conference
2023
06/19--06/25
Chair (invited by Professor Vladimir K. Dobrev),
15-th International Workshop: Lie Theory and Its Applications in Physics,
Guest House of BAS,
Bulgaria (Organizers: V.K. Dobrev, N.I. Stoilova, K.K. Marinov, D.T. Nedanovski, S.J. Pacheva, T.V. Popov, D.R. Staicova, and S.T. Stoimenov)
2022
08/21--08/26
Chair (invited by Professor Keun-Young Kim),
The 15th Asia Pacific Physics Conference (APPC15),
Online Conference (Organizers: Takhee Lee, Woo-Sung Jung, Hyeonsik Cheong, Hyoung Joon Choi, Myung-Hwa Jung, Jun Sung Kim, Keun-Young Kim, Soonjae Moon, Bongjin Simon Mun, Bae Ho Park, and Intae Yu)
Symposium
2019
08/20--08/22
Organizer,
Youth Symposium on Theoretical High Energy Physics,
Shing-Tung Yau Center, Southeast University (Organizers: Qiang Wen, Chen-Te Ma, Jianfei Xu, Yi Li, and Shing-Tung Yau)
SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, or ACADEMIC BENEFITS
Course
2020
03/26--05/28 Elective Subject for Graduate Students:
Phenomenology of Relativistic Heavy Ion Collision (2 credits; Chinese Lecture; Eight Lessons on Quantum Field Theory and Lattice Theory; 15 students)
Institute of Quantum Matter, South China Normal University (Host: Professor Hongxi Xing)
Supervision
Doctorate
2018--2022 Chih-Hung Wu,
Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
2018--2018 Hongfei Shu,
Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Currently Associate Professor at Zhengzhou University)
2018--2020 Su-Kuan Chu,
Department of Physics, University of Maryland