Monica Jinwoo Kang

 

Research

  My research lies in the intersection of mathematical physics, high energy theory, and quantum information theory. It is mainly focused on understanding the fundamental nature of quantum gravity and quantum field theory, where I employ various techniques from mathematics and theoretical physics, such as conformal field theory, supersymmetric field theory, string theory, semiclassical gravity, algebraic geometry, operator algebras, lattice gauge theory, and quantum information theory. The core aspect of my research program is holography, which enables lower dimensional boundary field theory to describe the emergent bulk gravity theory. My research interests are gravity theories and conformal field theories, with or without supersymmetry, via algebraic, geometric, string-theoretic, and field-theoretic perspectives.

Publications

  1. Will Chan, Monica Jinwoo Kang and Poulami Nandi, Complexity to determine the IR fate: Krylov complexity and MFT analysis for the double Kondo and Nickelate models
  2. Vijay Balasubramanian, Monica Jinwoo Kang, Chitraang Murdia, and Simon F. Ross, Signals of multiparty entanglement and holography: round 2, To appear
  3. Monica Jinwoo Kang, Notices of AMS article on isomorphism of quantum field theories, To appear
  4. Monica Jinwoo Kang and Shozab Qasim, Holographic tensor network in 3d spacetime, To appear
  5. Monica Jinwoo Kang and Shozab Qasim, Modeling the spacetime lattice: discrete to continuum, To appear
  6. Jacques Distler, Monica Jinwoo Kang, and Craig Lawrie, The Higgs branch of conformal matter: type A, To appear
  7. Johan Asplund, Monica Jinwoo Kang, and Sungkyung Kang, Unknotting number and knot contact homology: capturing global aspect of TQFTs, To appear
  8. Elliott Gesteau, Monica Jinwoo Kang, and Matilde Marcolli, Geometric construction of the bulk dual of Narain CFT, To appear
  9. Vijay Balasubramanian, Monica Jinwoo Kang, Chitraang Murdia, and Simon F. Ross, Signals of multiparty entanglement and holography, JHEP 06 (2025) 068 (arXiv:2411.03422)
  10. Monica Jinwoo Kang, Craig Lawrie, Ki-hong Lee, and Jaewon Song, Generalized symmetry constraints on deformed 4d (S)CFTs, Phys.Rev.D 111 (2025) 8, 086028 (arXiv:2408.14532)
  11. Monica Jinwoo Kang, Craig Lawrie, Ki-hong Lee, and Jaewon Song, The landscape of 4d N=1 SCFTs with a=c, Phys.Rev.D 111 (2025) 8,086002 (arXiv:2412.17895)
  12. Jason Crann and Monica Jinwoo Kang, Algebraic approach to spacetime bulk reconstruction (arXiv:2412.00298)
  13. Christopher Couzens, Monica Jinwoo Kang, Craig Lawrie, Yein Lee, Holographic duals of Higgsed D_p(ABCD) (arXiv:2312.12503)
  14. Monica Jinwoo Kang and Sungkyung Kang, Central extensions of higher groups: Green-Schwarz mechanism and 2-connections (arXiv:2311.14666)
  15. Elliott Gesteau and Monica Jinwoo Kang, Nonperturbative gravity corrections to bulk reconstruction, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 56 385401 (2023) (arXiv:2112.12789)
  16. Monica Jinwoo Kang, Craig Lawrie, Ki-hong Lee, and Jaewon Song, Emergent N=4 supersymmetry from N=1 Phys.Rev.Lett. 130 (2023) 23, 231601 (arXiv:2302.06622)
  17. Jacques Distler, Grant Elliot, Monica Jinwoo Kang, and Craig Lawrie, Isomorphisms of 4d N=2 SCFTs from 6d, Phys.Rev.D 107 (2023) 10,106005 (arXiv:2212.11983)
  18. Monica Jinwoo Kang, Craig Lawrie, Ki-hong Lee, and Jaewon Song, Operator spectroscopy for 4d SCFTs with a=c, Phys.Rev.D 107 (2023) 6, 066018 (arXiv:2210.06497)
  19. Monica Jinwoo Kang and David Kolchmeyer, Holographic Relative Entropy in Infinite-dimensional Hilbert Spaces, Commun. Math. Phys. 1 (2023) 31 (arXiv:1811.05482)
  20. Monica Jinwoo Kang, Jaeha Lee, and Hirosi Ooguri, A universal formula for the density of states with continuous symmetry, Phys.Rev.D 107 (2023) 2, 026021 (2206.14814)
  21. Nathan Benjamin Agmon, Alek Bedroya, Monica Jinwoo Kang, and Cumrun Vafa, Lectures on the string landscape and the Swampland (arXiv:2212.06187)
  22. Monica Jinwoo Kang, Craig Lawrie, Ki-hong Lee, Matteo Sacchi, and Jaewon Song, Higgs, Coulomb, and Hall--Littlewood, Phys.Rev.D 106 (2022) 10, 106021 (arXiv:2207.05764)
  23. Florent Baume, Monica Jinwoo Kang, and Craig Lawrie, Two 6d origins of 4d SCFTs: class S and 6d (1,0) on a torus, Phys.Rev.D 106 (2022) 8, 086003 (arXiv:2106.11990)
  24. Jacques Distler, Monica Jinwoo Kang, and Craig Lawrie, Distinguishing 6d (1,0) SCFTs: an extension to the geometric construction, Phys.Rev.D 106 (2022) 6, 066011 (arXiv:2203.08829)
  25. Monica Jinwoo Kang, Craig Lawrie, Ki-hong Lee, and Jaewon song, Infinitely many 4d N=1 SCFTs with a=c, Phys.Rev.D 105 (2022) 12, 126006 (arXiv:2111.12092)
  26. Monica Jinwoo Kang, Craig Lawrie, and Jaewon song, Infinitely many 4d N=2 SCFTs with a=c and beyond, Phys.Rev.D 104 (2021) 10, 105005 (arXiv:2106.12579)
  27. Monica Jinwoo Kang and David Kolchmeyer, Entanglement Wedge Reconstruction of Infinite-dimensional von Neumann algebras using Tensor Networks, Phys.Rev.D 103 (2021) 12, 126018 (arXiv:1910.06328)
  28. Mboyo Esole and Monica Jinwoo Kang, Matter representations from geometry: under the spell of Dynkin (arXiv:2012.13401)
  29. Elliott Gesteau and Monica Jinwoo Kang, Holographic baby universes: an observable story (arXiv:2006.14620)
  30. Elliott Gesteau and Monica Jinwoo Kang, Thermal states are vital: State-dependent Entropies and Entanglement Wedge Reconstruction (arXiv:2005.07189)
  31. Elliott Gesteau and Monica Jinwoo Kang, The infinite-dimensional HaPPY code: entanglement wedge reconstruction and dynamics (arXiv:2005.05971)
  32. Mboyo Esole and Monica Jinwoo Kang, Flopping and Slicing: SO(4) and Spin(4)-models, Adv.Theor.Math.Phys. 23 (2019) 4, 1003-1066 (arXiv:1802.04802)
  33. Mboyo Esole, Patrick Jefferson, and Monica Jinwoo Kang, Euler Characteristics of Crepant Resolutions of Weierstrass Models, Commun. Math. Phys. 371 (2019) 99 (arXiv:1703.00905)
  34. Mboyo Esole and Monica Jinwoo Kang, The Geometry of the SU(2)xG2-model, JHEP 02 (2019) 091 (arXiv:1805.03214)
  35. Mboyo Esole and Monica Jinwoo Kang, 48 Crepant Paths to SU(2)xSU(3) (arXiv:1905.05174)
  36. Mboyo Esole and Monica Jinwoo Kang, Characteristic numbers of elliptic fibrations with non-trivial Mordell-Weil groups (arXiv:1808.07054)
  37. Mboyo Esole and Monica Jinwoo Kang, Characteristic numbers of crepant resolutions of Weierstrass models (arXiv:1807.08755)
  38. Mboyo Esole, Monica Jinwoo Kang, and Shing-Tung Yau, Mordell-Weil Torsion, Anomalies, and Phase Transitions (arXiv:1712.02337)
  39. Mboyo Esole, Ravi Jagadeesan, and Monica Jinwoo Kang, The Geometry of G2, SO(7), and SO(8)-models (arXiv:1709.04913)
  40. Mboyo Esole, Patrick Jefferson, and Monica Jinwoo Kang. The Geometry of F4-Models (arXiv:1704.08251)
  41. Mboyo Esole, Monica Jinwoo Kang, and Shing-Tung Yau, A New Model for Elliptic Fibrations with a Rank One Mordell-Weil Group: I. Singular Fibers and Semi-Stable Degenerations (arXiv:1410.0003)
  42. Kyung-Yuen Ham, Young Cheol Jeon, (Monica) Jinwoo Kang, Nam Kyun Kim, Wonjae Lee, Yang Lee, Sung Ju Ryu, and Hae-Hun Yang, IFP Rings and Near-IFP Rings, J Korean Math. Soc. 45 (2008), No.3, pp. 727740.
  43. (Monica) Jinwoo Kang, Young H. Kim, Jeong-Hoon Moon, Cheolho So, Kyung-soo Kim, Design of Ultrasonic Welding Horn for Microelectronic Components Bonding using Finite Element Analysis, Proceedings of Symposium on Ultrasonic Electronics, Vol.28, (2007), pp. 291-292 2 14-16