Curriculum Vitae

Paul S Aspinwall

121C Physics Bldg
Durham, NC 27708 		(919) 660-2800 (office)
(email)
Personal

Born 1/26/1964 England. British citizen.

Education

Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics Oxford 1991
9/82-12/88, University College, Oxford

Areas of Research

String Theory

Areas of Interest

String Theory
Calabi-Yau Manifolds
D-Branes
Duality

Areas of Experience

Mathematical Physics

Quantum field theory

Algebraic geometry

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Sloan fellowship 1999

Invited address ICM 1998

Invited address at regional AMS 1999
Langford Award 2001
Langford Lecture, Duke, March 2001
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Foundadtion, September 1999
Invited Talk at ICM, ICM, July 1998

Major Grant Support

NSF DMS-0074072
NSF DMS-0301476

Sloan fellowship

Recent Grant Support

Conferences Organized

Director, School on Mathematics in String and Field Theory, June 2003  
Professional Service

DGS
Director of Graduate Studies, August, 2005 - present  
Faculty Computer Liaison
Faculty Computer Liaison, September 1, 2003 - August 1, 2004  
Papers Refereed
Referee reports for Journal of High Energy Physics, Many  
Nuclear Physics B, referee, April 2003  
Other
Additional Service, September, 2007 - October, 2007  
Selected Recent Invited Talks

Matrix Factorizations Made Easy, Snowbird, Utah, June 20, 2007  
B-Type D-Branes on Calabi-Yau Manifolds, Oxford University, May 28, 2007  
Matrix Factorizations and D-Branes, Univ. of Washington, April 19, 2007  
D-Branes and Triangulated Categories, UNC Chapel Hill, April 12, 2007  
Matrix Factorizations and D-Branes, Univ. of Chicago, January 31, 2007  
Matrix Factorizations and D-Branes, Stanford, December 18, 2006  
Superstring Theory and Compactification, UNC, Wilmington, October 13, 2006  
A Simple Superpotential, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 3, 2006  
D-Branes, Mukai and McKay, MSRI, Berkeley, CA, March 20, 2006  
D-Brane Superpotentials, University of Durham, England, July 23, 2005  
Algebraic Geometry for String Theorists, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo ON, Canada, June 20, 2005  
An Analysis of Fluxes by Duality, KITP, Santa Barbara, April 28, 2005  
D-Brane Superpotentials, Rutgers University, February 22, 2005  
D-Brane Superpotentials, University of California, Berkeley, February 1, 2005  
D-Brane Superpotentials, University of Utah, January 21, 2005  
Algebraic Geometry of D-Branes, Stanford University, November 22, 2004  
D-Brane Superpotentials, UC, San Diego, November 9, 2004  
D-Brane Superpotentials, Stanford Linear Accelerator, November 5, 2004  
D-Branes and Quivers, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champange, October 28, 2004  
D-Branes and Pi-Stability, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 4, 2004  
D-Branes and Pi-Stability, Snowbird, Utah, June 7, 2004  
D-Branes on Calabi-Yau Manifolds (4 lectures), TASI, Boulder, 19 June 2003  
Introduction to Algebraic Geometry (5 lectures), ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 2 June 2003  
Mirror Symmetry for Open Strings, PIMS, Banff, 17 March 2003  
D-Branes and Mirror Symmetry (3 lectures), University of Utah, 24 February 2003  

Publications

Papers Published

  1. P.S. Aspinwall Alexander Maloney and Aaron Simons, Black Hole Entropy, Marginal Stability and Mirror Symmetry, J. High Energy Phys., vol. 0707 (2007), pp. 034
  2. P.S. Aspinwall, The Landau-Ginzburg to Calabi-Yau Dictionary for D-Branes, J. Math. Phys., vol. 48 (2007), pp. 082304
  3. P.S. Aspinwall and S. Katz, Computation of Superpotentials for D-Branes, Commun. Math. Phys., vol. 264 (2006), pp. 227-253
  4. P.S. Aspinwall, D-Branes, Pi-Stability and Theta-Stability, in Snowbird Lectures on String Geometry, Contemporary Mathematics, vol. 401 (2006), AMS
  5. P.S. Aspinwall and L. Fidkowski, Superpotentials for Quiver Gauge Theories, J. High Energy Phys., vol. 610 (2006), pp. 047
  6. P.S. Aspinwall and R. Kallosh, Fixing all Moduli for M-Theory on K3xK3., J. High Energy Phys., vol. 510 (2005), pp. 001
  7. Paul S. Aspinwall, Paul Horja, and Robert L. Karp, Massless D-Branes on Calabi-Yau Threefolds and Monodromy, Commun. Math. Phys., vol. 259 (2005), pp. 45-69
  8. P.S. Aspinwall, D-Branes on Calabi-Yau Manifolds, in Progress in String Theory, TASI 2003 Lecture Notes (2005), World Scientific
  9. P.S. Aspinwall and I. Melnikov, D-Branes on Vanishing Del Pezzo Surfaces, J. High Energy Physics, vol. 12 (December, 2004), pp. 042
  10. P.S. Aspinwall, The Breakdown of Topology at Small Scales, J. High Energy Physics, vol. 0407 (2004), pp. 21
  11. Paul S. Aspinwall and Robert L. Karp, Solitons in Seiberg-Witten Theory and D-Branes in the Derived Category, J. High Energy Phys., vol. 04 (2003), pp. 049
  12. Paul S. Aspinwall, A Point's Point of View of Stringy Geometry, J. High Energy Phys., vol. 01 (2003), pp. 002
  13. P. S. Aspinwall and B. R. Greene and D. R. Morrison, The monomial-divisor mirror map, Duke Mathematical Journal, vol. 72 no. 3 (December, 1993), pp. 319 -- 337
  14. P. S. Aspinwall and B. R. Greene and D. R. Morrison, Multiple mirror manifolds and topology change in string theory, Physics Letters B, vol. 303 no. 3-4 (April, 1993), pp. 249 -- 259
  15. P. S. Aspinwall and D. R. Morrison, Topological field-theory and rational curves, Communications In Mathematical Physics, vol. 151 no. 2 (January, 1993), pp. 245 -- 262
  16. P. S. Aspinwall and C. A. Lutken, Quantum algebraic-geometry of superstring compactifications, Nuclear Physics B, vol. 355 no. 2 (May, 1991), pp. 482 -- 510
  17. P. S. Aspinwall and C. A. Lutken, Geometry of mirror manifolds, Nuclear Physics B, vol. 353 no. 2 (April, 1991), pp. 427 -- 461
  18. P. S. Aspinwall and C. A. Lutken and G. G. Ross, Construction and couplings of mirror manifolds, Physics Letters B, vol. 241 no. 3 (May, 1990), pp. 373 -- 380
  19. P. S. Aspinwall and B. R. Greene and K. H. Kirklin and P. J. Miron, Searching for 3-generation calabi-yau manifolds, Nuclear Physics B, vol. 294 no. 1 (November, 1987), pp. 193 -- 222
  20. Paul S. Aspinwall and Michael Douglas, D-Brane Stability and Monodromy, J. High Energy Phys. 05 (2002) 031
  21. Paul S. Aspinwall, Compactification, Geometry and Duality: N=2, Strings, Branes and Gravity, TASI99
  22. Paul S. Aspinwall and M. R. Plesser, D-Branes, Discrete Torsion and the McKay Correspondence, J. High Energy Phys. 02 (2001) 009
  23. Paul S. Aspinwall and Albion Lawrence, Derived Categories and 0-Brane Stability, J. High Energy Phys. 08 (2001) 004
  24. Paul S. Aspinwall, Some Navigation Rules for D-Brane Monodromy, J. Math. Phys. 42 (2001) 5534-5552
  25. Paul S. Aspinwall, A Note on the Equivalence of Vafa's and Douglas's Picture of Discrete Torsion, J. High Energy Phys. 12 (2000) 029
  26. Paul S. Aspinwall and M. R. Plesser, Heterotic String Corrections from the Dual Type II String, J. High Energy Phys. 04 (2000) 025
  27. Paul S. Aspinwall, S. Katz, and D. R. Morrison, Lie Groups, Calabi-Yau Threefolds and F-Theory, Adv. Theor. Math. Phys 4 (2000) 95-126
  28. Paul S. Aspinwall, M. Ronen Plesser, T-Duality Can Fail, J. High Energy Phys., vol. 8, (1999), pp. 001
  29. Paul S Aspinwall, Aspects of the Hypermultiplet Moduli Space in String Duality, J. High Energy Phys. 04(1998) 019.
  30. Paul S Aspinwall, D.R. Morrison, Non-Simply-Connected Gauge Groups and Rational Points on Elliptic Curves, J. High Energy Phys. 07 (1998) 012.
  31. Paul S Aspinwall, String Theory and Duality, Doc. Math. J. DMV Extra Volume ICM II (1998) 229-238.
  32. Paul S. Aspinwall and Ron Y. Donagi, The Heterotic String, the Tangent Bundle, and Derived Categories, Adv. Theor. Math. Phys., 2, (1998), pp. 1041-1074
  33. Paul S Aspinwall, K3 Surfaces and String Duality, in C. Esthimiou and B. Greene, editors, "Fields, Strings and Duality, TASI 1996", pages 421-540, World Scientific, 1997.
  34. Paul S Aspinwall, Point-Like Instantons and the Spin(32)/Z2 Heterotic String, Nucl. Phys. B496 (1997) 149-176.
  35. Paul S Aspinwall, M-Theory Versus F-Theory Pictures of the Heterotic String, Adv. Theo. Math. Phys. 1 (1997) 127-147, hep-th/9707014.
  36. Paul S Aspinwall, D.R. Morrison, String Theory on K3 Surfaces, in B. Greene and S.T. Yau, editors, "Mirror Symmetry II", pages 703-716, International Press, 1996, hep-th/9404151.
  37. Paul S Aspinwall, Resolution of Orbifold Singularities in String Theory, in B. Greene and S.T. Yau, editors, "Mirror Symmetry II", pages 355-426, International Press, 1996, hep-th/9403123.
  38. Paul S Aspinwall, D.R. Morrison, Stable Singularities in String Theory, Commun.Math.Phys. 178 (1996) 115-134, hep-th/9503208, appendix by M. Gross.
  39. Paul S Aspinwall, Some Relationships Between Dualities in String Theory, in "S-Duality and Mirror Symmetry", Nucl. Phys. (Proc. Suppl.) B46, pages 30-38, North Holland, 1996, hep-th/950854.
  40. Paul S Aspinwall, An N = 2 Dual Pair and a Phase Transition, Nucl. Phys. B460 (1996) 57-76, hep-th/9510142.
  41. Paul S Aspinwall, J. Louis, On the Ubiquity of K3 Fibrations in String Duality, Phys. Lett. 369B (1996) 233-242, hep-th/9510234.
  42. Paul S Aspinwall, Enhanced Gauge Symmetries and Calabi-Yau Threefolds, Phys. Lett. B371 (1996) 231-237, hep-th/9511171.
  43. Paul S Aspinwall, M. Gross, Heterotic-Heterotic String Duality and Multiple K3 Fibrations, Phys. Lett. B382 (1996) 81-88, hep-th/9602118.
  44. Paul S Aspinwall, M. Gross, The SO(32) Heterotic String on a K3 Surface, Phys. Lett. B387 (1996) 735-742, help-th/9605131.
  45. Paul S Aspinwall, D.R. Morrison, Point-Like Instantons on K3 Orbifolds, Nucl. Phys. B503 (1997) 533-564, hep-th/9705104.
  46. Paul S Aspinwall, B.R. Greene, D.R. Morrison, Spacetime Topology Change: The Physics of Calabi-Yau Moduli Space, in M.B. Halpern et al., editors, "Strings '93", pages 241-262, World Scientific, 1995, hep-th/9311186.
  47. Paul S Aspinwall, The Moduli Space of N = 2 Superconformal Field Theories, in E. Gava et al., editors, "1994 Summer School in High Engergy Physics and Cosmology" pages 352-401, World Scientific, 1995, hep-th/9412115.
  48. Paul S Aspinwall, B.R. Greene, On the Geometric Interpretation of N = 2 Super-conformal Theories, Nucl. Phys. B437 (1995) 205-230, hep-th/9409110.
  49. Paul S Aspinwall, D.R. Morrison, U-Duality and Integral Structures, Phys. Lett. 355B (1995) 141-149, help-th/950525.
  50. Paul S Aspinwall, Enhanced Gauge Symmetries and K3 Surfaces, Phys. Lett. B357 (1995) 329-334, hep-th/9507012.
  51. Paul S Aspinwall, B.R. Greene, D.R. Morrison, Calabi-Yau Moduli Space, Mirror Manifolds and Spacetime Topology Change in String Theory, Nucl.Phys. B416(1994), 414-480.
  52. Paul S Aspinwall, B.R. Greene, D.R. Morrison, Measuring Small Distances in N = 2 Sigma Models, Nucl.Phys.B420 (1994) 184-242, hep-th/93ll042.
  53. Paul S Aspinwall, D.R. Morrison, Chiral Rings Do Not Suffice: N = (2,2) Theories with Nonzero Fundamental Group, Phys. Lett. 334B (1994) 79-86.
  54. Paul S Aspinwall, Minimum Distances in Non-Trivial String Target Spaces, Nucl. Phys. B431 (1994) 78-96, hep-th/9404060.
  55. Paul S Aspinwall, B.R. Greene, D.R. Morrison, Space-Time Topology Change and Stringy Geometry, J. Math. Phys.35 (1994) 5321-5337.

Preprints

  1. P.S. Aspinwall, Topological D-Branes and Commutative Algebra (March, 2007)
  2. P.S. Aspinwall, An Analysis of Fluxes by Duality (2005)
Last modified: 2008/07/30