Phymaths podcast # 67 || Dr. Alok Laddha
Show notes
Description
Alok Laddha is a theoretical physicist at the Chennai Mathematical Institute, who majorly works on soft theorems, S matrices, and the positive geometry program. The list of his works can be found at the link provided below.
Some links
1) His works: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1036956
2) Link to the high-energy physics resources page on my website: https://hassaansaleem.com/graduate-level-theoretical-physics-resources-in-progress/
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Time Stamps
(0:00) Coming up
(0:22) Intro of the guest
(0:44) His current projects
(01:59) Soft theorems
(12:16) Soft theorems and symmetries
(18:43) Soft theorems for scalars
(21:50) Soft theorem for higher spin?
(25:40) Positive Geometry program
(36:50) Unitarity from positive geometry
(48:08) Gentle Quivers (for positive geometry)
(50:37) Positive Geometry and Holography
(53:30) Positive Geometry and String Field Theory
(55:44) Reading Literature
(1:01:02) Choosing problems
(1:02:30) (People's question) Important problems
(1:05:13) (People's question) Advice for PhD/Postdocs
(1:07:37) (People's question) Research outside academia
(1:09:40) (People's question) PhD after a big gap
(1:11:07) (People's question) Hep-th job market
(1:13:53) (People's question) Gravitational wave memory
(1:15:53) (People's question) Leaving LQG
(1:19:22) (People's question) His hobbies