Laurence G. Yaffe

Laurence Yaffe is a Professor of Physics at the University of Washington, and a member of the Particles, Fields, and String Theory group. Research interests include high temperature quantum field theory, applications of gauge/string duality, large N limits, and other aspects of quantum field theory.

• Course information:
  • Phys 226: Particles and Symmetries
  • Phys 505: Classical Mechanics
  • Phys 506: Numerical Methods
  • Phys 513-515: Electromagnetism
  • Phys 564: General Relativity
  • Phys 570-572: Quantum Field Theory
  • Phys 578: Thermal Field Theory
  
  
• Slides from some recent (and not so recent) talks:
  • Towards a numerical solution of large-N QCD
  • Relativistic hydro for quark-gluon plasma
  • Superfluid vortices: from dense QCD to helium-4
  • Einstein's equations: good for more than just gravity
  • Large N volume independence in confining and conformal theories
  • 30 years of hot quark soup
  
  
• Recent physics papers
  
  
• Particle/Field/String Theory group
• UW Physics

US mail: Laurence G. Yaffe
         Department of Physics
         University of Washington
	 Box 351560
         Seattle, WA 98195-1560
Office:  B404 Physics-Astronomy Building
Email:   yaffe@phys.washington.edu
Phone:   206/543-3902