Barak Kol (physicist)

Barak Kol (born August 1968) is an Israeli theoretical physicist who studies fundamental laws, high-energy physics, and general relativity. He holds the Michael Polak chair in theoretical physics at the Racah Institute of Physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Barak Kol
ברק קול
BornAugust 1968
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
CitizenshipIsraeli, American
Alma materTel Aviv University
(BSc, 1989)
Stanford University
(PhD, 1998).[1]
Scientific career
Thesis(P, Q) webs in string theory (1998)
Doctoral advisorLeonard Susskind

Biography

Kol completed his BSc in physics and mathematics at Tel Aviv University in 1989, following which he did his military service in the IDF. Afterwards, he completed his PhD at Stanford University in 1998 under the guidance of Leonard Susskind, during which he coined the term "(p,q) webs." His most widely cited paper is on the subject and has over 500 citations.[2]

Following the completion of his PhD, Kol was a postdoctoral fellow at Tel Aviv University (1998-2000) and at the Institute for Advanced Study (2000-2002). During the latter, he was hosted by Nathan Seiberg. Afterwards, he became a faculty member at the Racah Institute of Physics.[3]

Kol's previous research topics include phase transitions in black strings,[4] effective field theories in general relativity,[5] black holes in string theory,[6] and the three-body problem.[1][2][7]

He was previously Head of the Physics Studies at the Racah Institute.[3][8]

References
  1. "Barak Kol Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  2. "Barak Kol". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  3. "Racah Institute of Physics". old.phys.huji.ac.il. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  4. Kol, Barak (2006-01-01). "The phase transition between caged black holes and black strings". Physics Reports. 422 (4): 119–165. arXiv:hep-th/0411240. Bibcode:2006PhR...422..119K. doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2005.10.001. ISSN 0370-1573. S2CID 8270306.
  5. Kol, Barak; Smolkin, Michael (2008-06-24). "Non-relativistic gravitation: from Newton to Einstein and back". Classical and Quantum Gravity. 25 (14): 145011. arXiv:0712.4116. Bibcode:2008CQGra..25n5011K. doi:10.1088/0264-9381/25/14/145011. ISSN 0264-9381. S2CID 119216835.
  6. Kallosh, Renata; Kol, Barak (1996-05-15). "E(7) symmetric area of the black hole horizon". Physical Review D. 53 (10): R5344–R5348. arXiv:hep-th/9602014. Bibcode:1996PhRvD..53.5344K. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.53.R5344. PMID 10019889. S2CID 2538247.
  7. Kol, Barak (2021-04-01). "Flux-based statistical prediction of three-body outcomes". Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 133 (4): 17. arXiv:2002.11496. Bibcode:2021CeMDA.133...17K. doi:10.1007/s10569-021-10015-x. ISSN 1572-9478. S2CID 219708954.
  8. "מקור היסודות הכבדים גלי כבידה כוכבי ניוטרון".
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