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Superconformal Hassaan
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Ph.D. student at UAlbany NY | Formerly at ICTP | Theoretical Physics | QFT | String Theory and CFT | Educator | Hassaan_Phy on Twitter
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#maths
November 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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This is Einstein equation written explicitly in terms of the metric tensor (the last equation)
#physics #scicomm
November 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Had an insightful discussion with Manki Kim ( @renet.bsky.social ) on KKLT and other topics. The full discussion will be uploaded soon.
#physics #scicomm
July 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Dr. Daniel Whiteson is coming to the podcast. He is an experimental high-energy physicist, working on the ALTAS experiment.
He also does science outreach, which includes creating the series "Elinor Wonders Why".
What questions do you have for him? Let me know in the comments.
#physics #scicomm
December 18, 2024 at 4:11 AM
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Dr. Rajesh Gopakumar is coming to the podcast. He is a theoretical physicist at and the head of ICTS Bangalore. He has worked on topological strings, holographic duality, and CFTs, among other things.
What questions do you have for him? Let me know in the replies. Thanks.
#physics #scicomm #podcast
December 16, 2024 at 1:36 AM
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Recording of the live session at Zetagravit. The audio drops at certain places because of losing the connection.
Twitter: x.com/i/spaces/1Ow...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/j84ElX-...
December 15, 2024 at 9:16 PM
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Finally, I got a slightly bigger book shelf. Thanks @quantumfoundations.bsky.social for the birthday gift ✌️
#reading #books
December 14, 2024 at 10:04 AM
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Had a wonderful and long discussion with Dr. Zohar Komargodski regarding different topics (including RG flows, generalized symmetries, alternative theories, and hep-th job market).
The full podcast will be released soon. This episode is over 3 hours long, so brace yourselves 😅
#physics #scicomm
December 13, 2024 at 3:56 AM
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I will appear on Zetagravit for a live session to discuss topics in string theory. This session will be live on X and YouTube.
It will happen on 14th December at 10:30 am Eastern time (9 pm Indian standard time). I hope you can join this session.
#physics #scicomm
December 11, 2024 at 7:38 PM
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Just realized this common trait 😒
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December 11, 2024 at 6:51 AM
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If I ever had to swear in court, I would use one of these books to swear on.
#Physics #scicomm
December 11, 2024 at 5:17 AM
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Dr. Nabil Iqbal is coming to the podcast. He is a theoretical physicist at Durham University, working on generalized symmetries, CFTs, RG flows, and related areas.
What questions do you have for him? Let me know in the replies.
#physics #scicomm
December 5, 2024 at 10:44 AM
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Dr. Zohar Komargodski is coming to the podcast. He is a theoretical physicist at Stony Brook University (and Simon Center for Geometry and Physics), working on CFTs, RG flows, symmetry enhancement, and related topics.
What questions do you have for him? Let me know in the comments.
#physics #scicomm
November 27, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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Just another map of the string theory duality frames.
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November 17, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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Had a nice conversation with Dr. Raghu Mahajan. We talked about string theory as a whole and about the careers of younger scientists. The full episode will be uploaded soon.
#physics #scicomm #Podcast
November 17, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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I submitted a request to the Bsky team for two changes to the Bsky website.
1) Internal bookmarking
2) The ability to turn off notifications for likes (I can't find a way to do it).
I hope they make these changes soon. Are there any other changes that you think are important?
November 16, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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We had our annual conference in our department today (called PASCAL). I gave a talk on some of my work on 2D CFTs. It was fun.
#physics #scicomm #research
November 16, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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Why criticizing string theory has become a "cool thing"?
In the last few years, I, many of my friends & colleagues have noticed that many people (physicists & non-physicists) have started to criticize string theory. It is becoming the new "cool thing to do". 1/39
#physics #scicomm
November 15, 2024 at 4:12 AM
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There are some branes in string theory and M theory that I didn't talk about. These include NS5 brane (which has magnetic charge under the Kalb-Ramond field), M2 brane, and M5 brane (which are found in M theory). M2 & M5 carry electric and magnetic charges respectively. 13/13
#physics #scicomm
November 15, 2024 at 12:53 AM
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Similarly, type II B has a 0-form, 2-form, 4-form, 6-form, 8-form, and 10-form RR fields. Therefore in this theory, we must have objects with -1,1,3,5,7 and 9 dimensions which are sources of these fields. These sources are D(-1), D1, D3, D5, D7 and D9 branes.
10/13
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November 15, 2024 at 12:53 AM
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Type II A has 1,3,5,7 and 9-form RR fields. So, in this theory, we must've objects with 0,2,4,6, and 8 dimensions which are sources of these fields. These objects are the Dp branes. A Dp brane has p space dimensions. So, type II theory must have D0, D2, D4, D6, and D8 branes.
9/13
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November 15, 2024 at 12:53 AM
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Now we can have a generalized version of the vector potential which we call p-forms i.e. they are mathematical objects with p indices (a technical but unimportant point here is that these objects should be antisymmetric in all the indices).
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November 15, 2024 at 12:53 AM
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In special relativity, the scalar & the vector potentials can be combined into a vector potential but this potential is a four-vector. This potential which has one index is called a 1-form (or one-form).
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November 15, 2024 at 12:53 AM
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In electrodynamics (using Newtonian space and time) the magnetic field is represented by a vector potential A. In order to describe the electric field, we need another scalar quantity called the scalar potential.
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#physics #scicomm
November 15, 2024 at 12:53 AM
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Let's do a small thread on D-Branes and their charges. Before starting, let's review some familiar concepts so that it is easy to understand what follows. 1/13
#physics #scicomm #research
November 15, 2024 at 12:53 AM