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'''Philip Candelas''', [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (born 24 October 1951, London, UK<ref name="CV">[http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/system/files/user-cvs/candelas.pdf Philip Candelas's CV].</ref>) is a [[British people|British]] [[physicist]] and [[mathematician]] and a fellow of [[Royal Society]].<ref name="maths.ox"/>
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}}'''Philip Candelas''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRS}}<ref name=frs/> (born 24 October 1951, London, UK)<ref name=whoswho/><ref name="CV">{{cite web|url=http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/system/files/user-cvs/candelas.pdf|title= Philip Candelas's CV|website=www.maths.ox.ac.uk}}</ref> is a [[British people|British]] [[physicist]] and [[mathematician]].<ref name="maths.ox"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://inspirehep.net/author/profile/P.Candelas.1|title=Scientific publications of Philip Candelas|publisher=[[INSPIRE-HEP]]|website=inspirehep.net}}</ref> After 20 years at the University of Texas at Austin, he served as [[Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics]] at the [[University of Oxford]] until 2020 and is a [[Fellow]] of [[Wadham College, Oxford]].<ref name=whoswho/><ref name=scopus>{{Scopus id}}</ref>


==Academic career==
==Education==
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Candelas was educated at [[Christ's College, Cambridge]] and [[Wadham College, Oxford]], where he was a student of [[Dennis Sciama]], from 1972, receiving his [[bachelor's degree]] in 1973.<ref name=whoswho/> From 1975 he was a research fellow at [[Balliol College, Oxford]], and in 1976-77 was at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] with [[John Archibald Wheeler]]. In 1977 he received his [[PhD|DPhil]] from Oxford for research on [[quantum gravity]] supervised by [[Dennis Sciama]], Derek J. Raine and M. R. Brown.<ref name=candelas>{{cite thesis|first=Philip|last=Candelas|url=http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/OXVU1:LSCOP_OX:oxfaleph012115106|website=bodleian.ox.ac.uk|publisher=University of Oxford|year=1977|title=Quantum Gravitation|degree=DPhil|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.450645}}}}</ref>


==Career and research==
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Candelas studied at [[Christ's College, Cambridge]] from 1970 and at [[Wadham College, Oxford]], where he was a student of [[Dennis Sciama]], from 1972, receiving his [[bachelor's degree]] in 1973. From 1975 he was a research fellow at [[Balliol College, Oxford]], and in 1976-77 was at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] with [[John Archibald Wheeler]]. In 1977 he received his [[PhD]] from Oxford with his dissertation ''Quantum Gravity''. He then continued at the University of Texas, where he became an assistant professor in 1977, associate professor in 1983, and full professor in 1989.
After his DPhil, Candelas continued at the University of Texas, where he became an assistant professor in 1977, associate professor in 1983, and full professor in 1989.


He was at the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] from 1993 to 1994, a visiting scientist at [[CERN]] from 1991 to 1993 and a visiting professor at [[Princeton University]] in 1995. He has been the [[Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics]] at Oxford since 1999 and is also the Head of the Mathematical Physics Group at Oxford.<ref name="CV"/>
He was at the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] from 1993 to 1994, a visiting scientist at [[CERN]] from 1991 to 1993 and a visiting professor at [[Princeton University]] in 1995. He was the [[Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics]] at Oxford from 1999 to 2020 and also the Head of the Mathematical Physics Group at Oxford.<ref name="CV"/>


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Candelas is most known for his 1985 work with [[Edward Witten]], [[Andrew Strominger]], and [[Gary Horowitz]] in which they introduced [[Compactification (physics)|compactification]] to string theory using [[Calabi–Yau manifold]]s.<ref>{{Citation |author1=P. Candelas |author2=Gary T. Horowitz |author3=Andrew Strominger |author4=Edward Witten | title = Vacuum configurations for superstrings | journal = Nuclear Physics B | volume = 258 | date = 1985| pages = 46–74| doi= 10.1016/0550-3213(85)90602-9|bibcode=1985NuPhB.258...46C }}</ref>
==Contributions==


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Candelas is also notable for his contributions in the field of [[quantum field theory]] (QFT) especially the renormalisation of QFT near [[black hole]]s. He also contributed to the understanding of the behaviour of quantum fields near boundaries, with applications to the [[Casimir effect]] and quark confinement.<ref name="maths.ox">{{cite web|url=http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/philip.candelas |title=Professor Philip Candelas|publisher=Mathematical Institute – University of Oxford|access-date=2013-02-15}}</ref><ref name=frs/>
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Candelas is most known for his 1985 work with [[Edward Witten]], [[Andrew Strominger]], and [[Gary Horowitz]] in which they introduced [[Compactification (physics)|compactification]] to string theory using [[Calabi–Yau manifold]]s.<ref>{{Citation |author1=P. Candelas |author2=Gary T. Horowitz |author3=Andrew Strominger |author4=Edward Witten | title = Vacuum configurations for superstrings | journal = Nuclear Physics B | volume = 258 | date = 1985| number = | pages = 46–74| doi= 10.1016/0550-3213(85)90602-9}}</ref> He also works on the geometry of Calabi-Yau manifolds and relationships with [[number theory]]{{Citation needed|reason=unveriviable and unsufficient citation about the source|date=May 2017}} and has made fundamental contributions to [[Mirror symmetry (string theory)|mirror symmetry]].


===Awards and honours===
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Candelas is also notable for his contributions in the field of [[quantum field theory]] (QFT) especially the renormalisation of QFT near [[black hole]]s. He also contributed to the understanding of the behaviour of quantum fields near boundaries, with applications to the [[Casimir effect]] and quark confinement.<ref name="maths.ox">{{cite web|url=http://royalsociety.org/people/philip-candelas/ |title=Professor Philip Candelas FRS |publisher=Royal Society |date= |accessdate=2013-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/philip.candelas |title=Professor Philip Candela|publisher=Mathematical Institute – University of Oxford|date= |accessdate=2013-02-15}}</ref>
Candelas was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] (FRS) in 2010.<ref name=frs>{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/philip-candelas-11185/|website=royalsociety.org|publisher=[[Royal Society]]|location=London|author=Anon|year=2010|title=Professor Philip Candelas FRS}} One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: {{blockquote|All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under [[Creative Commons license|Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License]]." --{{cite web |url=https://royalsociety.org/about-us/terms-conditions-policies/ |title=Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies |access-date=2016-03-09 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111170346/https://royalsociety.org/about-us/terms-conditions-policies/ |archive-date=2016-11-11 }}}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==


Candelas has both British and United States citizenship. He is married to mathematics professor Xenia de la Ossa and has two daughters.<ref name="CV"/>
Candelas has both British and United States citizenship. He is married to mathematics professor [[Xenia de la Ossa]] and has two daughters.<ref name=whoswho/><ref name="CV"/>



==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/philip.candelas Candelas's profile] on Oxford's [[Mathematical Institute]]'s website
*[https://inspirehep.net/author/profile/P.Candelas.1 Scientific publications of Philip Candelas on [[INSPIRE-HEP]]]


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Philip Candelas
FRS
Born (1951-10-24) 24 October 1951 (age 73)[4]
London, England
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (BA)
University of Oxford (DPhil)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
University of Texas at Austin
ThesisQuantum Gravitation (1977)
Doctoral advisorDennis Sciama[1]
Doctoral studentsDavid Deutsch[2][3]
Websitewww.maths.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/philip.candelas

Philip Candelas, FRS[5] (born 24 October 1951, London, UK)[4][6] is a British physicist and mathematician.[7][8] After 20 years at the University of Texas at Austin, he served as Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford until 2020 and is a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford.[4][9]

Education

Candelas was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge and Wadham College, Oxford, where he was a student of Dennis Sciama, from 1972, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1973.[4] From 1975 he was a research fellow at Balliol College, Oxford, and in 1976-77 was at the University of Texas at Austin with John Archibald Wheeler. In 1977 he received his DPhil from Oxford for research on quantum gravity supervised by Dennis Sciama, Derek J. Raine and M. R. Brown.[10]

Career and research

After his DPhil, Candelas continued at the University of Texas, where he became an assistant professor in 1977, associate professor in 1983, and full professor in 1989.

He was at the Institute for Advanced Study from 1993 to 1994, a visiting scientist at CERN from 1991 to 1993 and a visiting professor at Princeton University in 1995. He was the Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at Oxford from 1999 to 2020 and also the Head of the Mathematical Physics Group at Oxford.[6]

Candelas is most known for his 1985 work with Edward Witten, Andrew Strominger, and Gary Horowitz in which they introduced compactification to string theory using Calabi–Yau manifolds.[11]

Candelas is also notable for his contributions in the field of quantum field theory (QFT) especially the renormalisation of QFT near black holes. He also contributed to the understanding of the behaviour of quantum fields near boundaries, with applications to the Casimir effect and quark confinement.[7][5]

Awards and honours

Candelas was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2010.[5]

Personal life

Candelas has both British and United States citizenship. He is married to mathematics professor Xenia de la Ossa and has two daughters.[4][6]

References

  1. ^ Philip Candelas at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ Deutsch, David Elieser (1978). Boundary effects in quantum field theory. bodleian.ox.ac.uk (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.453518.
  3. ^ Deutsch, David; Candelas, Philip (1979). "Boundary effects in quantum field theory". Physical Review D. 20 (12): 3063–3080. Bibcode:1979PhRvD..20.3063D. doi:10.1103/physrevd.20.3063.
  4. ^ a b c d e "CANDELAS, Prof. Philip". Who's Who. Vol. 2017 (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ a b c Anon (2010). "Professor Philip Candelas FRS". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:

    All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License." --"Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies". Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ a b c "Philip Candelas's CV" (PDF). www.maths.ox.ac.uk.
  7. ^ a b "Professor Philip Candelas". Mathematical Institute – University of Oxford. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Scientific publications of Philip Candelas". inspirehep.net. INSPIRE-HEP.
  9. ^ Philip Candelas publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  10. ^ Candelas, Philip (1977). Quantum Gravitation. bodleian.ox.ac.uk (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.450645.
  11. ^ P. Candelas; Gary T. Horowitz; Andrew Strominger; Edward Witten (1985), "Vacuum configurations for superstrings", Nuclear Physics B, 258: 46–74, Bibcode:1985NuPhB.258...46C, doi:10.1016/0550-3213(85)90602-9

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