astronomy

Matthew Headrick

Matthew Headrick is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Matthew Headrick rather than just read about it. In short: Matthew Peter Headrick (born ca. 1973) is an American physicist who is a Professor of Physics at Brandeis University. He received his PhD from Harvard University in 2002 under Shiraz Minwalla and his A.B from Princeton University in 1994.

Key takeaways

Matthew Headrick belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Matthew Headrick to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Matthew Headrick from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Matthew Peter Headrick (born ca. 1973) is an American physicist who is a Professor of Physics at Brandeis University. He received his PhD from Harvard University in 2002 under Shiraz Minwalla and his A.B from Princeton University in 1994. Headrick is known for his contributions to the quantum information perspective on holography. Headrick is notable as the 1990 winner of the Intel (then Westinghouse) Science Talent Search while a high school student at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, an event that generated intense media coverage. He appeared on talk shows including Today. In response to the award, then-Illinois Gov. Thompson declared a "Matthew Headrick Day" and the US House of Representatives also made a proclamation.

Selected publications Constable, Neil R; Freedman, Daniel Z; Headrick, Matthew; Minwalla, Shiraz; Motl, Lubos; Postnikov, Alexander; Skiba, Witold (2002). "PP-wave string interactions from perturbative Yang–Mills theory". Journal of High Energy Physics. 2002 (7): 017. arXiv:hep-th/0205089. Bibcode:2002JHEP...07..017C. doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2002/07/017. S2CID 3206249. Constable, Neil R; Freedman, Daniel Z; Headrick, Matthew; Minwalla, Shiraz (2002). "Operator Mixing and the BMN Correspondence". Journal of High Energy Physics. 2002 (10): 068. arXiv:hep-th/0209002. Bibcode:2002JHEP...10..068C. doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2002/10/068. S2CID 118892195. Gopakumar, Rajesh; Headrick, Matthew; Spradlin, Marcus (2003). "On Noncommutative Multi-Solitons". Communications in Mathematical Physics. 233 (2): 355–381. arXiv:hep-th/0103256. Bibcode:2003CMaPh.233..355G. doi:10.1007/s00220-002-0734-z. S2CID 119547261. Headrick, Matthew; Takayanagi, Tadashi (2007). "Holographic proof of the strong subadditivity of entanglement entropy". Physical Review D. 76 (10) 106013. arXiv:0704.3719. Bibcode:2007PhRvD..76j6013H. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.106013. S2CID 7716686. Headrick, Matthew (2010). "Entanglement Rényi entropies in holographic theories". Physical Review D. 82 (12) 126010. arXiv:1006.0047. Bibcode:2010PhRvD..82l6010H. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.82.126010. S2CID 118447819. Headrick, Matthew; Hubeny, Veronika E.; Lawrence, Albion; Rangamani, Mukund (2014). "Causality & holographic entanglement entropy". Journal of High Energy Physics. 2014 (12): 162. arXiv:1408.6300. Bibcode:2014JHEP...12..162H. doi:10.1007/JHEP12(2014)162. S2CID 53656032.

See also List of University of Chicago Laboratory Schools people

References

Further reading "Matthew Peter Headrick external bio" (PDF). "Matthew Headrick publications on ResearchGate".

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Matthew Headrick

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Matthew Headrick claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Matthew Headrick before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Matthew Headrick ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Matthew Headrick

In research: Matthew Headrick appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Matthew Headrick in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Matthew Headrick is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1970s births, 21st-century American physicists, American physicist stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Matthew Headrick outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Matthew Headrick in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Matthew Headrick means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Matthew Headrick matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Matthew Headrick?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Matthew Headrick.