Freddy Cachazo | |
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| Nationality | Venezuelan, Canadian |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (Ph.D., 2002) International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Diploma, 1997) Simón Bolívar University (B.S., 1996) |
| Known for | BCFW recursion CSW rules Soft graviton theorem |
| Awards | New Horizons Prize (2014) Herzberg Medal (2012) Rutherford Memorial Medal (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical Physics |
| Institutions | Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Institute for Advanced Study |
| Thesis | Dualities in Field Theory from Geometric Transitions in String Theory (2002) |
| Doctoral advisor | Cumrun Vafa |
| Website | pitp |
Freddy Alexander Cachazo is a Venezuelan-born theoretical physicist who holds the Gluskin Sheff Freeman Dyson Chair in Theoretical Physics at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
He is known for the contributions to quantum field theory through the study of scattering amplitudes, in particular in quantum chromodynamics, N = 4 supersymmetric Yang–Mills theory and quantum gravity. His contributions include BCFW recursion relations, the CSW vertex expansion and the amplituhedron. In 2014, Cachazo was awarded the New Horizons Prize[1] for uncovering numerous structures underlying scattering amplitudes in gauge theories and gravity.[2]