Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics

The Center includes three original theory groups: Particle Physics, Gravitation, and Quarks, Hadrons and Nuclei. 

Our Faculty

The Center presently consists of 12 full-time faculty members in the Department of Physics, working on the wide range of theoretical problems related to the fundamental aspects of physics. Other members include Professor Emeriti, postdocs, graduate students, and visitors.

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Rabindra Mohapatra interviewed by New Scientist Magazine

Rabindra Mohapatra at the University of Maryland says the idea of mirror stars and a dark universe is “plausible”. However, if mirror stars ever existed, they would have had shorter lifetimes than regular stars, so they might not have persisted up to now. “The density...
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Raman Sundrum interviewed by Quanta Magazine on Gravitational Wave Cosmology

Raman Sundrum interviewed by Quanta Magazine on Gravitational Wave Cosmology https://www.quantamagazine.org/hopes-of-big-bang-discoveries-ride-on-a-future-spacecraft-20240417/
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MCFP Research on the Matter/Dark Matter mystery covered in Live Science

MCFP Research on the Matter/Dark Matter mystery covered in Live Science, a website dedicated to popular science https://www.livescience.com/space/cosmology/there-may-be-a-dark-mirror-universe-within-ours-where-atoms-failed-to-form-new-study-suggests...
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Minicourse on Gravitational Algebras and Generalized Entropy

Mon-Wed-Fri October 9 – 18, 1pm-2:15pm New developments on generalized entropy and von Neumann algebras in semiclassical quantum gravity. For more information:...
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Saurabh Kadam wins Charles T Husar Award

Graduate student Saurabh Kadam wins Charles T Husar Award. More information about the award can be found here
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