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Christopher Carone

Professor of Physics

Ph.D. 1994, Harvard University 
A.M. 1991, Harvard University 
S.B. 1989, MIT
Black Belt (TKD), 1st dan, 2011, Baeplex Family Martial Arts Center
 

Contact Information:

High Energy Theory Group
Department of Physics
College of William and Mary
P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
phone: 757-221-2451
email: cdcaro@wm.edu

Research Interests:

Elementary Particle Theory.  Topics of interest include:

  • Dark Matter and Dark Sectors
  • Applications of the AdS/CFT Correspondence
  • Models of Electroweak Symmetry Breaking
  • Solutions to the Hierarchy Problem
  • Extra Dimensions, Supersymmetry, Unified Theories
  • Models of Fermion Masses 

Research Students: 

  • Raymundo Ramos (Ph.D. student)
  • Jennifer Hays (Honors senior thesis student)

Lecture Courses:

  • Physics 101, General Physics
  • Physics 201, Modern Physics
  • Physics 208, Classical Mechanics of Particles and Waves I
  • Physics 313/314, Quantum Mechanics I & II
  • Physics 403, Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics
  • Physics 476, Modern Astrophysics
  • Physics 721/722, Quantum Field Theory I & II
  • Physics 772, Particle Physics
  • Physics 786, General Relativity