Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics

Short description: Research center of California Institute of Technology

The Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics is a research center at the California Institute of Technology focused on high-energy physics, condensed matter physics, astrophysics, general relativity, and cosmology.[1] It was founded in 2014.[2]

Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical PhysicsEstablished| 2014

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Field of research

| Theoretical Physics
Director| Hirosi Ooguri
Faculty| Sean Carroll
Alexei Kitaev
John Preskill
John Schwarz
Barry Simon
Mark Wise
Location| Pasadena, California, United States

Operating agency

| California Institute of Technology
Nobel laureates| David Politzer
Kip Thorne

## History

The Institute was founded in 2014 with grants from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and funding from the California Institute of Technology itself. It had an initial endowment of over $70 million, a significant amount, particularly when placed in the context of Department of Energy funding for high-energy physics.[3][4] It is named after Walter Burke, a trustee of Caltech and president of the Sherman Fairchild Foundation.[5] Its inaugural director is Hirosi Ooguri, a string theorist.

## References

1. ↑ "Research - Caltech Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics". http://burkeinstitute.caltech.edu/research.
2. ↑ "Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics Established at Caltech" (in en). https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/walter-burke-institute-theoretical-physics-established-caltech-42810.
3. ↑ "Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics Established at Caltech" (in en). https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/walter-burke-institute-theoretical-physics-established-caltech-42810.
4. ↑ "Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics | Not Even Wrong" (in en-US). https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=6880.
5. ↑ "Caltech Mourns the Loss of Trustee Walter Burke" (in en). https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-mourns-loss-trustee-walter-burke-84371.

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