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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High-energy $η^{(\prime)}π$ photoproduction and the nature of exotic waves
Gloria Montaña, Vincent Mathieu, Vanamali Shastry, Łukasz Bibrzycki, César Fernández-Ramírez et. al.
October 16, 2025, arXiv:2510.14549Abstract: (click to show) -
Transport properties of stochastic fluids
Chandrodoy Chattopadhyay, Josh Ott, Thomas Schaefer and Vladimir V. Skokov
October 14, 2025, arXiv:2510.12557Abstract: (click to show) -
Observation of ballistic plasma and memory in high-energy gauge theory dynamics
Daniel K. Mark, Federica M. Surace, Thomas Schuster, Adam L. Shaw, Wenjie Gong et. al.
October 13, 2025, arXiv:2510.11679Abstract: (click to show) -
How much can we learn from quantum random circuit sampling?
Tudor Manole, Daniel K. Mark, Wenjie Gong, Bingtian Ye, Yury Polyanskiy et. al.
October 10, 2025, arXiv:2510.09919Abstract: (click to show)