Jeffrey A. Harvey

Jeffrey A. Harvey (born February 15, 1955 in San Antonio, Texas) is a Professor of Physics and string theorist at University of Chicago. Among his many contributions to the field of theoretical physics, he is one of the co-discoverers of the heterotic string. Harvey is a fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.^[1] He is a trustee at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

Selected publications

• Evanescent black holes, Curtis G. Callan, Jr., Steven B. Giddings, Jeffrey A. Harvey, Andrew Strominger. Published in Phys. Rev. D 45:1005–1009, 1992.
• Strings on Orbifolds. 2. Lance J. Dixon, Jeffrey A. Harvey Published in Nucl. Phys. B 274:285–314, 1986.
• Strings on Orbifolds. Lance J. Dixon, Jeffrey A. Harvey, C. Vafa, Edward Witten, Published in Nucl. Phys. B 261:678–686, 1985.
• Heterotic String Theory. 2. The Interacting Heterotic String. David J. Gross, Jeffrey A. Harvey, Emil J. Martinec, Ryan Rohm Published in Nucl. Phys. B 267:75, 1986.
• Heterotic String Theory. 1. The Free Heterotic String. David J. Gross, Jeffrey A. Harvey, Emil J. Martinec, Ryan Rohm, Published in Nucl. Phys. B 256:253, 1985.
• The Heterotic String. David J. Gross, Jeffrey A. Harvey, Emil J. Martinec, Ryan Rohm, Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 54:502–505, 1985.

References

External links

• Dr. Harvey's homepage