Matthew Headrick

Associate Professor of Physics

Departments/Programs

Physics

Degrees

Harvard University, Ph.D.
Harvard University, M.A.
Princeton University, A.B.

Expertise

Theoretical high-energy and gravitational physics and related areas of theoretical physics and mathematics, including string theory, quantum field theory, quantum gravity, general relativity, geometry, quantum information theory, and statistical mechanics.

Profile

My research interests lie in various areas of theoretical and mathematical physics, including string theory, quantum field theory, quantum gravity, general relativity, geometry, quantum information theory, and statistical mechanics. My work currently focuses on the use of concepts and tools from statistical mechanics and quantum information theory, such as entanglement entropies, to better understand quantum field theories, gravitational theories, and holographic dualities connecting them. Webpage

Courses Taught

PHYS	30a	Electromagnetism
PHYS	31b	Quantum Theory II
PHYS	162a	Quantum Mechanics I
PHYS	162b	Quantum Mechanics II
PHYS	164a	First Year Tutorial I
PHYS	202a	Quantum Field Theory

Awards and Honors

Outstanding Referee of the American Physical Society (2017)

Simons Fellowship in Theoretical Physics (2017)

National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2011 - 2016)

Scholarship

Cesar Agon, Matthew Headrick, and Brian Swingle. "Subsystem complexity and holography." Journal of High Energy Physics 2019. 145 (2019).

Jonathan Harper, Matthew Headrick, and Andrew Rolph. "Bit threads in higher curvature gravity." Journal of High Energy Physics 11. 168 (2018).

Matthew Headrick and Barton Zwiebach. Minimal-area metrics on the Swiss cross and punctured torus. 2018.

Matthew Headrick. "Quantum entanglement and the geometry of spacetime." Newsletter of the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore 2018.

Shawn X. Cui, Patrick Hayden, Temple He, Matthew Headrick, Bogdan Stoica, and Michael Walter. Bit threads and holographic monogamy. 2018.

Matthew Headrick, Veronika Hubeny, Albion Lawrence, and Mukund Rangamani. "Causailty and holographic entanglement entropy." JHEP 12 (2014): 162.

Patrick Hayden, Matthew Headrick, and Alex Maloney. "Holographic mutual information is monogamous." Phys. Rev. D. 87 (2013): 046003.

Matthew Headrick. "Entanglement Renyi entropies in holographic theories." Phys. Rev. D. 82 (2010): 126010.

Matthew Headrick and Tadashi Takayanagi. "A holographic proof of the strong subadditivity of entanglement entropy." Phys. Rev. D. 76 (2007): 106013.