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Prof Chong-Sun Chu, PhD Physics (UC Berkeley)

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Contact Prof Chong-Sun Chu (email at chong-sun.chu@durham.ac.uk)

Research Groups

• Mathematical Physics

Research Interests

• String theory, gauge theory and gravity

Selected Publications

Journal papers: academic

• Chu, Chong-Sun (2011). Cartan-Weyl 3-algebras and the BLG Theory II: Strong-Semisimplicity and Generalized Cartan-Weyl 3-algebras. JHEP 1102: 037.
• Chu, Chong-Sun & Ho, Pei-Ming (2011). D1-brane in Constant R-R 3-form Flux and Nambu Dynamics in String Theory. Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP) 2011(2): 1-26.
• Chu, Chong-Sun (2010). Cartan-Weyl 3-algebras and the BLG Theory I: Classification of Cartan-Weyl 3-algebras. JHEP 1010: 050.
• Chu, Chong-Sun & Smith, Douglas J. (2010). Multiple Self-Dual Strings on M5-Branes. Journal of High Energy Physics 2010(01): 001.
• Chu, Chong-Sun & Ho, Chiu Man (2010). Nonequilibrium Dynamics in Noncommutative Spacetime. JHEP 1002: 098.
• Chu, Chong-Sun & Sehmbi, Gurdeep S. (2010). Open M2-branes with Flux and Modified Basu-Harvey Equation.
• Chu, Chong-Sun & Smith, Douglas J. (2010). Open multiple M2 branes. II: Multiple self-dual strings on M5-branes. Fortsch.Phys 58: 870-874.
• Chu, Chong-Sun & Smith, Douglas J. (2010). Open multiple M2-branes I: Quantum geometry of the M5-brane in a C-field. Gen. Relativ. Gravit
• Chen, Bin & Chu, Chong-Sun (2010). Real-time correlators in Kerr/CFT correspondence. Journal of High Energy Physics 2010(05): 004.
• Chu, Chong-Sun & Smith, Douglas J. (2009). Towards the Quantum Geometry of the M5-brane in a Constant C-Field from Multiple Membranes. Journal of High Energy Physics 2009(04): 097.
• Chu, Chong-Sun, Dai, Shou-Huang & Smith, Douglas J. (2008). AdS/CFT Duality for Non-Anticommutative Supersymmetric Gauge Theory. JHEP 0805: 029.
• Chu, Chong-Sun & Ho, Pei-Ming (2008). Time-dependent AdS/CFT duality. II. Holographic reconstruction of bulk metric and possible resolution of singularity. JHEP 0802: 058.
• Chu, Chong-Sun, Ho, Pei-Ming, Matsuo, Yutaka & Shiba, Shotaro (2008). Truncated Nambu-Poisson Bracket and Entropy Formula for Multiple Membranes. JHEP 0808: 076.
• Chu, Chong-Sun & Giataganas, Dimitrios (2008). UV-divergences of Wilson Loops for Gauge/Gravity Duality. JHEP 0812: 103.
• Chu, Chong-Sun & Dai, Shou-Huang (2007). Black Ring with a Positive Cosmological Constant. Phys.Rev D75: 064016.
• Chu, Chong-Sun & Giataganas, Dimitrios (2007). Near BPS Wilson Loop in beta-deformed Theories. JHEP 0710: 108.
• Chu, Chong-Sun & Ho, Pei-Ming (2007). Spacetime singularity and AdS/CFT for time dependent background. Prog.Theor.Phys.Suppl 171: 133-139.
• Abel, Steven A., Chu, Chong-Sun, Jaeckel, Joerg & Khoze, Valentin V. (2007). SUSY breaking by a metastable ground state: Why the early universe preferred the non-supersymmetric vacuum. JHEP 0701: 089.
• Chu,C.S., Georgiou, G. & Khoze, V.V. (2006). Magnons, classical strings and beta-deformations. Journal of High Energy Physics 11 (2006): 093 (14pages).
• Abel, S., Chu, C.S. & Goodsell, M. (2006). Noncommutativity from the string perspective: Modification of gravity at a mm without mm sized extra dimensions. Journal of High Energy Physics 11 (2006): 058 (28 pages).
• Chu, C. S., Furuta, K. & Inami, T. (2006). Locality, causality and noncommutative geometry. International Journal of Modern Physics A21(1): 67 (16 pages).
• Chu, C. S., Furuta, K. & Lin, F. L. (2006). Non-local matching condition and scale-invariant spectrum in bouncing cosmology. Phys.Rev.D 73: 103505 (28 pages).
• Chu, C.-S. & Khoze, V.V. (2006). String theory dual of the beta-deformed gauge theory. Journal of High Energy Physics 07 (2006): 011 (18 pages).
• Chu, C. S. & Ho, P. M. (2006). Time-dependent AdS/CFT duality and null singularity. Journal of High energy Physics 04 (2006): 013 (29 pages).
• Chu,C.S. & Lechtenfeld, O. (2005). Time-space noncommutative Abelian solitons. Phys.Lett.B 625: 145 (11 apges).
• Chu, C. S. & Lechtenfeld, O. (2005). Emergence of time from dimensional reduction in noncommutative geometry. Modern Physics Letters A 21(8): 639 (9 pages).
• Chu, C. S. & Inami, T. (2005). Konishi anomaly and central extension in N = 1/2 supersymmetry. Nuclear Physics B725: 327 (25 pages).
• Chu, C.S., Khoze, V.V., Petrini, M., Russo, R. & Tanzini, A. (2004). A note on string interaction on the pp-wave background. Classical and Quantum Gravity 21(8): 1999-2009.
• Chen, B., Chu, C. S., Furuta, K. & Lin, F. L. (2004). Colliding plane waves in string theory. Journal of High Energy Physics 02(2004): 020 (26 pages).
• Chu, C. S. & Kyritsis, K. (2004). Local commutativity and causality in interacting pp-wave string field theory. Journal of High Energy Physics 09(2004): 049 (18 pages).
• Chang, D., Chu, C. S. & Lin, F. L. (2004). Transplanckian entanglement entropy. Physics Letter B583: 192 (7 pages).
• Chu, C. S., Khoze, V. V. & Travaglini, G. (2003). BMN operators with vector impurities, Z(2) symmetry and pp- waves. Journal of High Energy Physics 06 (2003): 050 (24pages).
• Chu, C.S. & Khoze, V.V. (2003). Correspondence between the 3-point BMN correlators and the 3-string vertex on the pp-wave. Journal of High Energy Physics 04: 014.
• Chu, C. S. & Kyritsis, K. (2003). The string light cone in the pp-wave background. Physics Letter B566: 240 (8 pages).
• Chu, C. S., Ho, P. M. & Lin, F. L. (2002). Cubic string field theory in pp-wave background and background independent Moyal structure. Journal of High Energy Physics 09(2002): 003 (20 pages).
• Chu, C. S., Lukierski, J. & Zakrzewski, W. J. (2002). Hermitian analyticity, IR/UV mixing and unitarity of noncommutative field theories. Nuclear Physics B632: 219 (21 pages).
• Chu, C.S. & Ho, P.M. (2002). Noncommutative D-brane and open string in pp-wave background with B-field. Nuclear Physics B 636(1-2): 141-158.
• Chu, C. S. & Dorn, H. (2002). Noncommutative SU(N) and gauge invariant baryon operator. Physics Letter B524: 389 (6 pages).
• Chu, C. S., Khoze, V. V. & Travaglini, G. (2002). Noncommutativity and model building. Physics Letter B543: 318 (5 pages).
• Chu, C. S., Khoze, V. V. & Travaglini, G. (2002). Notes on noncommutative instantons. Nuclear Physics B621: 101 (30 pages).
• Chu, C. S., Khoze, V. V. & Travaglini, G. (2002). pp-wave string interactions from n-point correlators of BMN operators. Journal of High Energy Physics 09 (2002): 054 (14 pages).
• Chu, C. S., Khoze, V. V. & Travaglini, G. (2002). Three-point functions in N = 4 Yang-Mills theory and pp- waves. Journal of High Energy Physics 06 (2002): 011 (14pages).
• Chu, C. S., Khoze, V. V. & Travaglini, G. (2001). Dynamical breaking of supersymmetry in noncommutative gauge theories. Physics Letter B513: 200 (7 pages).
• Chu, C.S., Greene, B.R. & Shiu, G. (2001). Remarks on inflation and noncommutative geometry. Modern Physics Letters A 16(34): 2231-2240.
• Chu, C. S., Madore, J. & Steinacker, H. (2001). Scaling limits of the fuzzy sphere at one loop. Journal of High Energy Physics 08 (2001): 038 (17 pages).
• Chu, C. S. & Ho, P. M. (2000). Constrained quantization of open string in background B field and noncommutative D-brane. Nuclear Physics B568: 447 (10 pages).
• Chu, C. S. (2000). Induced Chern-Simons and WZW action in noncommutative spacetime. Nuclear Physics B580: 352 (11 pages).
• Chu, C. S. & Zamora, F. (2000). Manifest supersymmetry in non-commutative geometry. Journal of High Energy Physics 02 (2000): 022 (18 pages).
• Chu, C. S. , Ho, P. M. & Li, M. (2000). Matrix theory in a constant C field background. Nuclear Physics B574: 275 (13 pages).
• Chu, C. S., Russo, R. & Sciuto, S. (2000). Multiloop string amplitudes with B-field and noncommutative QFT. Nuclear Physics B585: 193 (26 pages).
• Bilal, A., Chu, C. S. & Russo, R. (2000). String theory and noncommutative field theories at one loop. Nuclear Physics B582: 65 (30 pages).
• Bilal, A. & Chu, C. S. (1999). A note on the chiral anomaly in the AdS/CFT correspondence and 1/N**2 correction. Nuclear Physics B562: 181 (10 pages).
• Chu, C. S., Ho, P. M. & Wu, Y. Y. (1999). D-instanton in AdS(5) and instanton in SYM(4). Nuclear Physics B541: 179 (16 pages).
• Bilal, A. & Chu, C. S. (1999). D3 brane(s) in AdS(5) x S(5) and N = 4,2,1 SYM. Nuclear Physics B547: 179 (22 pages).
• Chu, C. S. & Ho, P. M. (1999). Noncommutative open string and D-brane. Nuclear Physics B550: 151 (18 pages).
• Chu, C. S., Ho, P. M. & Kao, Y. C. (1999). Worldvolume uncertainty relations for D-branes. Physics Review D 60: 126003 (9 pages).
• Au, C. K. & Chu, C. S. (1998). Finite mass effect on two photon processes in hydrogenic systems: Effective scalar photon interaction. Physics Letter A 244: 338 (11 pages).
• Chu, C. S. , Howe, Paul S., Sezgin, E. & West, Peter C. (1998). Open superbranes. Phys. Lett. B 429: 273 (8 pages).
• Chu, C. S., Howe, Paul S. & Sezgin, E. (1998). Strings and D-branes with boundaries. Phys. Lett 428: 59 (9 pages).
• Au, C. K., Chow, C. K. & Chu, C. S. (1997). Comment on ``A new efficient method for calculating perturbative energies using functions which are not square integrable'': regularization and justification. Journal of Physics A 30: 4133 (4 pages).
• Chu, C. S. & Sezgin, E. (1997). M-fivebrane from the open supermembrane. Journal of High Energy Physics 12 (1997): 001 (13pages).
• Bonora, L. & Chu, C. S. (1997). On the string interpretation of M(atrix) theory. Phys. Lett. B 410: 142 (9 pages).
• Bonora, L., Chu, C. S. & Rinaldi, M. (1997). Perturbative anomalies of the M-5-brane. Journal of High Energy Physics 12 (1997): 007 (13 pages).
• Au, C. K., Chow, C. K. & Chu, C. S. (1997). Perturbative Scattering Phase Shifts in One-Dimension: Closed-form Results. Physics Letter A 226: 327 (5 pages).
• Chu, C. S. & Ho, P. M. (1997). Poisson algebra of differential forms. International Journal of Modern Physics 12: 5573 (15 pages).
• Chu, C. S., Ho, P. M. & Zumino, B. (1996). Geometry of the Quantum Complex Projective Space $CP_q(N)$. Zeitschrift fur Physik C 72: 163 (8 pages).
• Chu, C. S., Ho, P. M. & Zumino, B. (1996). Non-Abelian Anomalies and Effective Actions for a Homogeneous Space $G/H$. Nuclear Physics 475: 484 (21 pages).
• Chu, C. S., Ho, P. M. & Steinacker, H. (1996). Q deformed Dirac monopole with arbitrary charge. Zeitschrift fur Physik C71: 171 (8 pages).
• Chu, C. S., Ho, P. M. & Zumino, B. (1996). The Braided quantum two-sphere. Modern Physics Letters A11: 307 (10 pages).

Books: sections

• Chu, C. S., Ho, P. M. & Zumino, B. (1996). Some complex quantum manifolds and their geometry. In Quantum Fields and Quantum Space Time (Nato Science Series: B). t'Hooft, G. Jaffe, A. Mack, G. Mitter, P. K. & Stora, R. Kluwer Academic. 281 (42 pages).

Edited works: contributions

• Chu, C. S. (2006). Non-commutative geometry from strings. In Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics. Francoise, J. P., Naber, G. & Tsun, T. S. Elsevier.: Elsevier. 1: 515 (10 pages).

Edited works: conference proceedings

• Chu, C.S. (2005). Symmetry and causality in pp-wave string field theory. 37th Ahrenshoop Symposium, Fortsch. Physics.
• Chang, D., Chu, C. S. & Lin, F. L. (2004). Transplanckian dispersion relation and entanglement entropy of black hole. 36th Ahrenshoop Symposium, Fortsch. Physics.
• Chu, C. S., Petrini, M., Russo, R. & Tanzini, A. (2003). String interactions and discrete symmetries of the pp-wave background. Workshop on the Quantum Structure of Space-time and the Geometrical Nature of the Fundamental Interactions, Classical and Quantum Gravity.
• Chu, C. S., Russo, R. & Sciuto, S. (2002). Remarks on the calculations of charged open string amplitudes: The 1-loop tadpole. Workshop on the Quantum Structure of Spacetime and the Geometric Nature of Fundamental Interactions, Corfu, Greece, Fortsch. Physics.
• Chu, C. S. & Russo, R. (2001). Multiloop noncommutative open string theory and their QFT limit. 37th Karpacz Winter School of Theoretical Physics, Modern Physics Letter A.
• Chu C. S. (1999). Noncommutative open string: Neutral and charged. BLTP International Workshop on Supersymmetry and Quantum Symmetries, Dubna, Russia.
• Bilal, A. & Chu, C. S. (1999). Testing the AdS/CFT correspondence beyond large N. TMR Meeting on Quantum Aspects of Gauge Theories, Supersymmetry and Unification, Paris, France.
• Bonora, L. Chu, C. S. & Rinaldi, M. (1997). Anomalies and locality in field theories and M-theory. TMR meeting on Integrability, nonperturbative effects and symmetry in quantum field theory.
• Chu, C. S. & Zumino, B. (1995). Realization of vector fields for quantum groups as pseudodifferential operators on quantum spaces. Int. Conf. on Group Theory Methods in Physics, Toyonbak, Japan.

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