Matthew Headrick
Professor of Physics
Degree
PhD, Harvard University, 2003
Research
Matthew Headrick's research interests lie in string theory and related areas of quantum field theory, general relativity, geometry, and quantum information theory. His current research is primarily focused on the intersection of quantum gravity, quantum field theory, and quantum information theory. He is specifically interested in information-theoretic aspects of holographic field theories (field theories that are dual to higher-dimensional gravitational theories), such as entanglement entropies and related quantities. He has also worked on problems in numerical geometry with applications to string theory, including methods for finding static black hole metrics, minimal-area systolic metrics, and Calabi-Yau metrics.
Sample of Recent Publications
D. Gupta, M. Headrick, and M. Sasieta, “Entangled universes”, arXiv:2505.08945 [hep-th], (2025)
B. Grado-White, G. Grimaldi, M. Headrick, and V. Hubeny, “Minimax surfaces and the holographic entropy cone”, arXiv:2502.09894 [hep-th], JHEP 104:05 (2025)B. Grado-White, G. Grimaldi, M. Headrick, and V. Hubeny, "Testing holographic entropy inequalities in 2+1 dimensions”, arXiv:2407.07165 [hep-th], JHEP 01:065 (2025)
M. Headrick and V. Hubeny, “Covariant bit threads”, arXiv: 2208.10507 [hep-th], JHEP2023:180 (2023)
T. Faulkner, T. Hartman, M. Headrick, M. Rangamani, and B. Swingle, “Snowmass white paper: Quantum information in quantum field theory and quantum gravity”, arXiv: 2203.07117 [hep-th], 2022 Snowmass Summer Study (2022)
C.A. Agon, M. Headrick, and B. Swingle, “Subsystem complexity and holography,” arXiv:1804.01561 [hep-th], JHEP 2019: 145 (2019)
M. Headrick, V. Hubeny, A. Lawrence, and M. Rangamani, “Causality & holographic entanglement entropy”, arXiv: 1408.6300 [hep-th], JHEP12:162 (2014)