Professor and Chair of Physics
Ph.D. 1994, Harvard University A.M. 1991, Harvard University S.B. 1989, MITBlack Belt (TKD), 2nd dan, Baeplex Family Martial Arts Center
Contact Information:
High Energy Theory Group
Department of Physics
William & Mary
P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795phone: 757-221-2451email: cdcaro@wm.edu
Research Interests:
Elementary Particle Theory and Cosmology. Topics of interest include:
- Dark Matter and Dark Sectors
- Quantum Gravity
- The Hierarchy Problem
- Physics of the Electroweak Symmetry Breaking Sector
- Inflationary cosmology
- Extensions of the Standard Model
The last item includes: supersymmetry, extra dimensions, grand unified theories, models of fermion masses, as well as noncommutative and other higher-derivative quantum field theories.
Current Research Students:
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 621/622, Quantum Mechanics I & II
- Physics 721/722, Quantum Field Theory I & II
- Physics 772, Particle Physics
- Physics 786, General Relativity