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  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2010 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2001 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation Gary Horowitz precise insights have illuminated both the general properties of Einsteins classical general theory of relativity and the nature of string theory quantum gravity
  • 1985 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Gary T. Horowitz is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans various aspects of physics and astronomy, with a particular emphasis on black holes, theoretical physics, and related gravitational theories.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Physics and Astronomy

Within this broad area, Horowitz has contributed significantly to subfields such as:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • General Health Professions
  • Philosophy

The scientist's research addresses a range of important topics, among them:

  • Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Nonlinear Waves and Solitons
  • Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity

Horowitz has published numerous papers in several recurring venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Journal of High Energy Physics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review Letters
  • SciPost Physics
  • Physical Review D

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Extremal Kerr Black Holes as Amplifiers of New Physics", 2023, Physical Review Letters
  • "Almost all extremal black holes in AdS are singular", 2023, Journal of High Energy Physics
  • "Diving into a holographic superconductor", 2021, DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • "Inside an asymptotically flat hairy black hole", 2021, ePrints Soton (University of Southampton)
  • "Gravitational duals to the grand canonical ensemble abhor Cauchy horizons", 2020, Journal of High Energy Physics

The scientist has collaborated extensively with peers including:

  • Jorge E. Santos
  • Maciej Kolanowski
  • Óscar J. C. Dias
  • Henry Leung
  • Leonel Queimada

Over the course of their career, Gary T. Horowitz has received several distinctions, such as:

  • Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1985
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), 2001
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2013

The APS fellowship citation highlights Horowitz's precise insights into both the general properties of Einstein's classical general theory of relativity and the nature of string theory quantum gravity. Their work continues to contribute specifically to advancing understanding in these domains.

Best Publications

  • Vacuum Configurations for Superstrings

    P. Candelas;Gary T. Horowitz;Andrew Strominger;Edward Witten

  • Building a holographic superconductor.

    Sean A. Hartnoll;Christopher P. Herzog;Gary T. Horowitz

  • Holographic Superconductors

    Sean A. Hartnoll;Christopher P. Herzog;Gary T. Horowitz

  • Charged black holes in string theory

    David Garfinkle;Gary T. Horowitz;Andrew Strominger

  • Black strings and p-branes

    Gary T. Horowitz;Andrew Strominger

  • Quasinormal modes of AdS black holes and the approach to thermal equilibrium

    Gary T. Horowitz;Veronika E. Hubeny

  • Extreme Kerr throat geometry: A vacuum analog of AdS 2 × S 2

    James M. Bardeen;Gary T. Horowitz

  • The Gravitational Hamiltonian, action, entropy and surface terms

    Stephen William Hawking;Gary T Horowitz

  • Correspondence principle for black holes and strings

    Gary T. Horowitz;Joseph Polchinski

  • Exactly soluble diffeomorphism invariant theories

    Gary T. Horowitz

  • The AdS / CFT correspondence and a new positive energy conjecture for general relativity

    Gary T. Horowitz;Robert C. Myers;Robert C. Myers

  • Introduction to Holographic Superconductors

    Gary T. Horowitz

  • Entropy, area, and black hole pairs.

    S. W. Hawking;Gary T. Horowitz;Simon F. Ross

  • Black holes radiate mainly on the brane.

    Roberto Emparan;Gary T. Horowitz;Robert C. Myers

  • AdS Dynamics from Conformal Field Theory

    Tom Banks;Gary T. Horowitz;Emil J. Martinec;Michael R. Douglas

  • Holographic superconductors with various condensates

    Gary T. Horowitz;Matthew M. Roberts

  • Spacetime singularities in string theory.

    Gary T. Horowitz;Alan R. Steif

  • Counting states of near extremal black holes

    Gary T. Horowitz;Andrew Strominger

  • Higher-dimensional resolution of dilatonic black-hole singularities

    G W Gibbons;Gary T Horowitz;P K Townsend

  • Zero temperature limit of holographic superconductors

    Gary T. Horowitz;Matthew M. Roberts

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Strominger
Andrew Strominger Harvard University
Robert C. Myers
Robert C. Myers Perimeter Institute
Daniel Z. Freedman
Daniel Z. Freedman Stanford University
Steven S. Gubser
Steven S. Gubser Princeton University
Gary W. Gibbons
Gary W. Gibbons University of Cambridge
Joseph Polchinski
Joseph Polchinski University of California, Santa Barbara
Jerome P. Gauntlett
Jerome P. Gauntlett Imperial College London
Juan Maldacena
Juan Maldacena Institute for Advanced Study
Hirosi Ooguri
Hirosi Ooguri California Institute of Technology
Abhay Ashtekar
Abhay Ashtekar Pennsylvania State University

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