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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Covariant phase space and $L_\infty$ algebras
Vinícius Bernardes, Theodore Erler and Atakan Hilmi Fırat
June 25, 2025, arXiv:2506.20706Abstract: (click to show) -
First High-Throughput Evaluation of Dark Matter Detector Materials
Sinéad M. Griffin, Yonit Hochberg, Benjamin V. Lehmann, Rotem Ovadia, Kristin A. Persson et. al.
June 24, 2025, arXiv:2506.19905Abstract: (click to show) -
First direct search for light dark matter interactions in a transition-edge sensor
Christina Schwemmbauer, Guy Daniel Hadas, Yonit Hochberg, Katharina-Sophie Isleif, Friederike Januschek et. al.
June 23, 2025, arXiv:2506.18982Abstract: (click to show) -
Relativistic corrections to exclusive photoproduction of Quarkonia near-threshold
Sarah K. Blask, Sean Fleming, Thomas Mehen, Jyotirmoy Roy, Iain W. Stewart et. al.
June 23, 2025, arXiv:2506.18905Abstract: (click to show)