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CWRU Physics Faculty

Tanmay Vachaspati
Professor of Physics
Ph.D., Tufts University (1985)
Office: 216-368-0222
Secretary: 216-368-4257
Fax: 216-368-4671

Case Western Reserve University/ 10900 Euclid Ave/ Cleveland OH 44106-7079

Specializations: Cosmology, Particle Physics and Astrophysics
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RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • Topological defects in cosmology.
  • Search for topological defects using cosmological observations.
  • Topological defects in particle physics.
  • Primordial magnetic fields and their topology.
  • Inflation, eternal inflation and quantum cosmology.
  • Black holes.
  • Cosmology in the laboratory: design of experiments to test quantum field theoretic phenomena in curved spacetime (such as Hawking radiation).
  • Understanding the spectrum of fundamental particles in terms of magnetic monopoles ("dual standard model").
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