{"id":362,"date":"2019-11-21T12:06:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T17:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/physics\/?post_type=profile&p=362"},"modified":"2023-07-11T13:10:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T17:10:12","slug":"so-young-pi","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/physics\/profile\/so-young-pi\/","title":{"rendered":"So-Young Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research Interests:<\/h3>\n

Realization of Weyl (local conformal) Symmetry<\/strong><\/p>\n

In my current research I am pursuing topics concerning realization of symmetries when they arise in unexpected ways; for example, in models of cosmic inflation. Particularly intriguing is the possibility that Weyl symmetry is present, but the expected Noether charge and current vanish identically. My goal is to understand and clarify this unexpected realization of symmetry.<\/p>\n

Selected Publications:<\/h3>\n

\u201cFake Conformal Symmetry in Conformal Cosmological Models\u201d R. Jackiw and S.-Y. Pi,\u00a0<\/span>Phys. Rev.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>D91<\/strong>, 067501 (2015)<\/p>\n

\u201cChiral Gauge Theory for Graphene\u201d R. Jackiw and S.-Y Pi,\u00a0<\/span>Phys. Rev. Lett.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>98<\/strong>, 266402 (2007)<\/p>\n

\u201cInflation Without Tears\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Phys. Rev. Lett.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>52<\/strong>; 1725 (1984)<\/p>\n

\u201cMagnetic Monopoles in Grand Unified Theories\u201d P. Langacker and S.-Y Pi,\u00a0<\/span>Phys. Rev. Lett<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>45<\/strong>, 1 (1982)<\/p>\n

\u201cFluctuations in the New Inflationary Universe\u201d A. Guth and S.-Y Pi,\u00a0<\/span>Phys. Rev. Lett.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>49<\/strong>, 1110 (1982)<\/p>\n

For a full list of publications, please see the attached CV.<\/p>\n

Honors\/Awards:<\/h3>\n
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  • Outstanding Junior Investigator Award, US Department of Energy (1986)<\/li>\n
  • Fellow of American Physical Society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":15235,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/362"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":364,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/362\/revisions\/364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}