Seth Major
Chair, Professor of Physics
Physics
Hamilton University
United States of America
Biography
Seth Major's research is in quantum gravity, a field of theoretical physics devoted to finding the deep structure of space-time, and in the phenomenology of quantum geometry. Recently Major has focused on possible observable consequences of quantum gravity, particularly on how granular spatial geometry might be indirectly observed. He has worked on the quantum deformation of quantum gravity, causal sets, operators in quantum gravity and modified dispersion relations. Major was a Lise Meitner Fellow at the Institute for Theoretical Physics of the University of Vienna and taught at Swarthmore and Deep Springs colleges. He earned a doctorate in theoretical physics from Pennsylvania State University.
Research Interest
Electromagnetism; Topics in Mathematical Physics; Electromagnetic Theory.
Publications
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V. Husain and S. Major. “Gravity and BF Theory Defined in Bounded Regions†Nuc. Phys. B 500 (1997) 381-401 arXiv: gr-qc/9703043.
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F. Hinterleitner and S. Major. “Isotropic Loop Quantum Cosmology with Matter II: The Lorentzian Constraint†Phys. Rev. D 68 (2003) 124023 arXiv: gr-qc/0309035.
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F. Girelli, F. Hinterleitner, S. Major. “Loop Quantum Gravity Phenomenology: Linking Loops to Observational Physics†SIGMA 8 (2012) 098 arXiv:1210.1485.
