MIT Center for Theoretical Physics – a Leinweber Institute
A research center of the Department of Physics and an affiliate of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science.
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Our Research
We are a unified research and teaching center focused on fundamental physics. Our activities range from string theory and cosmology at the highest energies down through unification and beyond-the-standard-model physics, through the standard model, to QCD, hadrons, quark matter, and nuclei at the low energy scale. Theoretical research in the Center complements and connects to experimental work by the Nuclear and Particle Experiment division in the Laboratory for Nuclear Science, theoretical work in other divisions—including condensed matter theory, astrophysics theory, and theoretical work in the physics of living systems group—and quantum information science across MIT.

Recent Publications
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Statistics of Base Polytopes in F-theory
Washington Taylor, Yi-Nan Wang and Yihang Yu
September 16, 2025, arXiv:2509.13252Abstract: (click to show) -
How Theory-Informed Priors Affect DESI Evidence for Evolving Dark Energy
Michael W. Toomey, Gabriele Montefalcone, Evan McDonough and Katherine Freese
September 16, 2025, arXiv:2509.13318Abstract: (click to show) -
Gluon splitting rates in an anisotropic plasma in the AMY formalism
Florian Lindenbauer
September 11, 2025, arXiv:2509.09897Abstract: (click to show) -
Constraining the Resolution Length of Quark-Gluon Plasma with New Jet Substructure Measurements
Arjun Srinivasan Kudinoor, Daniel Pablos and Krishna Rajagopal
September 10, 2025, arXiv:2509.08881Abstract: (click to show)