Faculty

	Jaume Gomis PhD Rutgers (1999) Superstring Theory
	Phone:	(519) 569-7600 x8561
	Email:	jgomis[at]perimeterinstitute.ca

Awards and Honors:

• Early Reseach Award, Ministry of Research and Innovation of Ontario, 2009,
• European Young Investigator Award, European Science Foundation, 2004, (declined),
• Sherman Fairchild Senior Research Fellowship Prize, California Institute of Technology, 2002,
• Highest Academic Achievement Award, University of Texas at Austin, 1995,

Recent Publications

• Nadav Drukker, Jaume Gomis, Takuya Okuda, Joerg Teschner, Gauge Theory Loop Operators and Liouville Theory, arxiv: 0909.1105, 2009-09-01
• Jaume Gomis, Takuya Okuda, S-duality, 't Hooft operators and the operator product expansion, arxiv: 0906.3011, 2009-06-01
• Jaume Gomis, Takuya Okuda, Diego Trancanelli, Quantum 't Hooft operators and S-duality in N=4 super Yang-Mills, arxiv: 0904.4486, 2009-04-01
• Jaume Gomis, Dmitri Sorokin, Linus Wulff, The complete AdS(4) x CP(3) superspace for the type IIA superstring and D-branes, JHEP 0903:015,2009, arxiv: 0811.1566, 2008-11-10
• Nadav Drukker, Jaume Gomis, Donovan Young, Vortex Loop Operators, M2-branes and Holography, JHEP 0903:004,2009, arxiv: 0810.4344, 2008-10-24
• Jaume Gomis, Shunji Matsuura, Takuya Okuda, Diego Trancanelli, Wilson loop correlators at strong coupling: from matrices to bubbling geometries, JHEP 0808:068,2008, arxiv: 0807.3330, 2008-07-21
• Jaume Gomis, Diego Rodriguez-Gomez, Mark Van Raamsdonk, Herman Verlinde, A Massive Study of M2-brane Proposals, JHEP0809:113,2008, arxiv: 0807.1074, 2008-07-07
• Jaume Gomis, Diego Rodriguez-Gomez, Mark Van Raamsdonk, Herman Verlinde, Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory From Lorentzian Three-Algebras, JHEP0808:094,2008, arxiv: 0806.0738, 2008-06-04
• Nadav Drukker, Jaume Gomis, Shunji Matsuura, Probing N=4 SYM With Surface Operators, JHEP0810:048,2008, arxiv: 0805.4199, 2008-05-28
• Jaume Gomis, Giuseppe Milanesi, Jorge G. Russo, Bagger-Lambert Theory for General Lie Algebras, JHEP 0806:075,2008, arxiv: 0805.1012, 2008-05-07
• Jaume Gomis, Amir Jafari Salim, Filippo Passerini, Matrix Theory of Type IIB Plane Wave from Membranes, JHEP0808:002,2008, arxiv: 0804.2186, 2008-04-14
• Jaume Gomis, String theory and holography: Open strings as closed strings, J.Phys.A41:304009, 2008
• Evgeny I. Buchbinder, Jaume Gomis, Filippo Passerini, Holographic Gauge Theories in Background Fields and Surface Operators, JHEP0712:101,2007, arxiv: 0710.5170, 2007-10-29
• Jaume Gomis, Takuya Okuda, D-branes as a Bubbling Calabi-Yau, JHEP0707:005,2007, arxiv: 0704.3080, 2007-04-24
• Jaume Gomis, Shunji Matsuura, Bubbling Surface Operators And S-Duality, JHEP0706:025,2007, arxiv: 0704.1657, 2007-04-13
• Jaume Gomis, Takuya Okuda, Wilson Loops, Geometric Transitions and Bubbling Calabi-Yau's, JHEP0702:083,2007, arxiv: hep-th/0612190, 2006-12-19
• Jaume Gomis, Filippo Passerini, Wilson Loops as D3-Branes, JHEP0701:097,2007, arxiv: hep-th/0612022, 2006-12-04
• Jaume Gomis, Christian Romelsberger, Bubbling Defect CFT's, JHEP0608:050,2006, arXiv:arxiv: hep-th/0604155, 2006-04-23
• Jaume Gomis, Filippo Passerini, Holographic Wilson Loops, JHEP 0608:074,2006, arxiv: hep-th/0604007, 2006-04-01
• Jaume Gomis, Anomaly cancellation in noncritical string theory, JHEP 0510:095,2005, arxiv: hep-th/0508132, 2005-08-01
• Jaume Gomis, Joaquim Gomis, Kiyoshi Kamimura, Non-Relativistic Superstrings: A New Soluble Sector of AdS_5xS^5, JHEP 0512 (2005) 024, arxiv: hep-th/0507036, 2005-07-01
• Jaume Gomis, Fernando Marchesano, David Mateos, An Open String Landscape, JHEP 0511 (2005) 021, arxiv: hep-th/0506179, 2005-06-01
• Jaume Gomis, Lectures on Tachyon Condensation: Towards Time-Dependent Backgrounds and Holography, Class.Quant.Grav.22:S107-S124, 2005

Seminars

• Electric-Magnetic Duality in Gauge Theory, Workshop on Interfaces and Wall-crossings, Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics, Munich., 2009-11-01
• Loop Operators in Various Dimensions , Workshop on AdS/CFT: New Developments and Applications, Princeton University., 2009-10-01
• S-Duality and Loop Operators, Strings 2009 Workshop, Benasque., 2009-07-01
• Electric-Magnetic Duality and Loop Operators, Quantum Theory and Symmetries Conference, Kentucky., 2009-07-01
• Electric-Magnetic Duality in Gauge Theory, Theory Canada 5, Fredericton., 2009-06-01
• 't Hooft Loops and S-duality, Great Lakes Conference, Michigan., 2009-04-01
• t Hooft Loops and S-duality, Dualities in Physics and Mathematics Conference, KITP, Santa Barbara., 2009-03-01
• Membranes and Holography, University of Texas, Austin., 2009-02-01
• S-Duality in N = 4 SYM and 't Hooft Loops, University of Texas, Austin., 2009-02-01
• S-Duality in N = 4 SYM and 't Hooft Loops, Gauge Fields, Cosmology and Mathematical String Theory Workshop, Banff., 2009-02-01
• Membranes and Holography, Miami 2008 Conference., 2008-12-01
• Lorentzian Three Algebras, 3D SCFTs and Their Gravity Duals Workshop, Montreal., 2008-09-01
• Wilson Loops at Strong Coupling and Holography, McGill University, 2008-09-01
• Nonlocal Operators in Gauge Theory and Holography, Lecturer in Particles, Fields and Strings School, Vancouver., 2008-08-01
• Maximal ly Supersymmetric BF Theories and M2-branes, Emerging Directions in String Theory Workshop, Banff., 2008-06-01
• Nonlocal Operators in Gauge Theory and Holography, CAP Congress, Quebec., 2008-06-01
• Nonlocal Gauge Theory Operators and Holography, The Great Lakes Conference, Wisconsin., 2008-05-01
• Non-local Operators in Gauge Theory and Holography, University of Barcelona., 2008-04-01
• Holographic Description of Nonlocal Operators, AdS/CFT 10th Anniversary Celebration in Miami 2007 Conference., 2007-12-01
• Nonlocal Operators in Gauge Theory and Holography, Texas A&M., 2007-10-01
• Holographic Surface Operators, Strings 2007 Workshop, Benasque., 2007-07-01
• String theory and holography: Open Strings as Closed Strings, Plenary Speaker on Quantum Theory and Symmetries Conference, Valladolid., 2007-07-01
• Bubbling Surface Operators, University of Barcelona., 2007-06-01
• Open Strings as Closed Strings, String and M theory Approaches to Particle Physics and Cosmology Workshop, Galileo Galilei Institute, Florence., 2007-04-01
• Open Strings as Closed Strings, Rencontres Theoriciennes at Institut Henri Poincare, , 2007-04-01
• Holographic Description of Nonlocal Operators in Gauge Theory, Miami 2006 Conference., 2006-12-01
• Holographic Description of Nonlocal Operators in Gauge Theory, MIT., 2006-11-01
• Holographic Description of Nonlocal Operators in Gauge Theory, University of British Columbia., 2006-10-01
• Holographic Wilson Loops, Amsterdam Summer Workshop on String Theory, Amsterdam., 2006-07-01
• Holograghic Wilson Loops, University of Barcelona., 2006-05-01
• Non-relativistic Superstrings, University of Texas, Austin., 2006-03-01
• The Open String Landscape, CIAR Cosmology and Gravity Workshop, Banff., 2006-02-01
• Non-relativistic Superstrings, Frontiers in String Theory Workshop, Banff., 2006-02-01
• Non-relativistic Superstrings, University of Chicago., 2006-02-01
• The Open String Landscape, CITA-PI Workshop, Toronto., 2005-12-01
• Non-relativistic Superstrings, Miami 2005 Conference., 2005-12-01
• Non-relativistic Superstrings, CAP Congress 2005, Vancouver., 2005-06-01
• Gauge Theory Description of Strings and Interactions, Lecturer in International Spring School on String Theory, Hangzhou., 2005-05-01
• Non-relativistic Strings in Anti-de Sitter Space, Gravity, Strings and Branes Meeting, Leuven., 2005-05-01
• Noncritical Strings as Topological Strings, Miami 2004 Conference., 2004-12-01