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Prof. Ashoke Sen is one of the world's leading string theorists. His work on S-duality helped show that different string theories are linked, and his study of tachyon condensation changed how physicists understand unstable states in string theory.
Key contributions
- Pioneering work on strong–weak (S-) duality in string theory
- Tachyon condensation and black-hole entropy
- Fundamental Physics (Breakthrough) Prize (2012); Fellow of the Royal Society; Padma Bhushan (2013)