Gerald B. Cleaver

Gerald B. Cleaver is a professor in the department of physics at Baylor University[1] and is the Head of the Early Universe Cosmology and Strings (EUCOS) division of Baylor's Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics & Engineering Research (CASPER). His research specialty is string theory, quantum gravity and early universe cosmology.[2]

Gerald Bryan Cleaver
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCaltech
Valparaiso University
Known forString theory and string phenomenology
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsBaylor University
Texas A&M University
Doctoral advisorJohn Schwarz
Websitehttps://www.baylor.edu/physics/index.php?id=68540

Career

Gerald Cleaver did his Ph.D. at Caltech where John H. Schwarz was his thesis adviser.[2] He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Texas A&M University, University of Pennsylvania and the Ohio State University before becoming an assistant professor in Baylor University in 2001. He has been a full professor in Baylor University since 2013.[2]

Research

With Dimitri Nanopoulos Cleaver constructed the first string-derived model containing only the particles of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) in the observable sector.[3]

At Baylor University Cleaver has constructed the first string derived Near-MSSM[4] possessing the potential to resolve the factor-of-20 difference between the MSSM unification scale of 2.5×1025 eV (25 YeV or 4.0 MJ) and the weakly coupled heterotic string scale of 5×1026 eV (500 YeV or 80 MJ) via a robust method referred to as "optical unification".

References
  1. Gerald Bryan Cleaver Archived 2007-04-29 at the Wayback Machine at Baylor University
  2. "Dr. Gerald B. Cleaver". Department of Physics | Baylor University. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  3. Cleaver, G.B.; Faraggi, A.E.; Nanopoulos, D.V. (May 1999). "String derived MSSM and M-theory unification". Physics Letters B. 455 (1–4): 135–146. doi:10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00413-X.
  4. Cleaver, G.; Desai, V.; Hanson, H.; Perkins, J.; Robbins, D.; Shields, S. (2003-01-30). "Possibility of optical unification in heterotic strings". Physical Review D. 67 (2). doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.67.026009. ISSN 0556-2821.
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