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Matthew Johnson
Ph.D. UC Santa Cruz
Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy at York University
Associate Faculty, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
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Research Fields:
Theoretical High Energy Physics and Astronomy and Astrophysics
Research specialization:
Inflation, Eternal Inflation, String Cosmology, and CMB data analysis
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The goal of my research is to understand the fundamental laws of nature through their impact on cosmology. I am primarily a theorist, dabbling in cosmology, field theory, string theory, and gravitation. I am actively engaged in research on cosmic inflation, eternal inflation, topological defects, and models of dark energy. I also design data analysis algorithms to confront fundamental theory with observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation. Here is a sampling of the questions that drive my research: How big is the universe? What might lie beyond our observable universe, and how could we confirm or disprove various proposals? What role do the extra dimensions predicted by string theory play in cosmology? What is the fundamental nature of space-time singularities? Are there new ways of looking at cosmological datasets that could be useful when confronting theories with data? Can computer simulations of the very early universe shed light on it's possible initial conditions and evolution? |
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