Juan Maldacena
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Juan Maldacena is an Argentine theoretical physicist renowned for his groundbreaking work in string theory and quantum gravity, particularly for formulating the AdS/CFT correspondence that links gravity in anti-de Sitter space to conformal field theories.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Juan Maldacena canonical | 4 |
| Juan Martín Maldacena | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1250473 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Juan Maldacena Context triple: [AdS/CFT correspondence, introducedBy, Juan Maldacena]
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A.
Edward Witten
Edward Witten is an American theoretical physicist and mathematician renowned for his pioneering work in string theory, quantum gravity, and related areas of mathematical physics.
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B.
David Gross
David Gross is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his co-discovery of asymptotic freedom in quantum chromodynamics.
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C.
Howard Georgi
Howard Georgi is an American theoretical physicist best known for his pioneering work on grand unified theories and for mentoring generations of influential particle physicists.
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D.
Jacob Bekenstein
Jacob Bekenstein was an Israeli-American theoretical physicist best known for pioneering the concept of black hole entropy and contributing fundamentally to black hole thermodynamics.
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E.
Paul Steinhardt
Paul Steinhardt is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist known for his work on inflationary cosmology, the cyclic model of the universe, and the theoretical prediction of quasicrystals.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Juan Maldacena Target entity description: Juan Maldacena is an Argentine theoretical physicist renowned for his groundbreaking work in string theory and quantum gravity, particularly for formulating the AdS/CFT correspondence that links gravity in anti-de Sitter space to conformal field theories.
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A.
Edward Witten
Edward Witten is an American theoretical physicist and mathematician renowned for his pioneering work in string theory, quantum gravity, and related areas of mathematical physics.
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B.
David Gross
David Gross is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his co-discovery of asymptotic freedom in quantum chromodynamics.
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C.
Howard Georgi
Howard Georgi is an American theoretical physicist best known for his pioneering work on grand unified theories and for mentoring generations of influential particle physicists.
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D.
Jacob Bekenstein
Jacob Bekenstein was an Israeli-American theoretical physicist best known for pioneering the concept of black hole entropy and contributing fundamentally to black hole thermodynamics.
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E.
Paul Steinhardt
Paul Steinhardt is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist known for his work on inflationary cosmology, the cyclic model of the universe, and the theoretical prediction of quasicrystals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
physicist ⓘ string theorist ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Curtis Callan ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Dirac Medal
ⓘ
linked to:
Dirac Prize
Fundamental Physics Prize ⓘ Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics ⓘ ICTP Dirac Medal ⓘ
linked to:
ICTP Dirac Medal and Prize
J. J. Sakurai Prize ⓘ Konex Award ⓘ
linked to:
Diamond Konex Award
Lorentz Medal ⓘ MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Argentina ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1968-09-10 ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisTitle | Black holes in string theory ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Instituto Balseiro
ⓘ
linked to:
Balseiro Institute
Princeton University ⓘ |
| employer | Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ |
| familyName | Maldacena ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
high-energy physics
ⓘ
quantum gravity ⓘ string theory ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Juan ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
AdS space
ⓘ
linked to:
anti-de Sitter space
black holes ⓘ conformal field theory ⓘ holographic duality ⓘ quantum field theory ⓘ |
| influenced | research in string theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Edward Witten ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to quantum gravity
ⓘ
formulating the AdS/CFT correspondence ⓘ work on holographic principle ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name |
Juan Martín Maldacena
ⓘ
linked to:
Juan Maldacena
|
| notableWork |
AdS/CFT correspondence
ⓘ
gauge/gravity duality ⓘ
linked to:
AdS/CFT correspondence
|
| placeOfBirth | Buenos Aires ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor at Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ |
| workplace |
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
ⓘ
linked to:
Institute for Advanced Study
|
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Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Juan Maldacena