Prof. Philip Candelas FRS
BA, DPhil
Status
Emeritus
Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics Head of the Mathematical Physics Group
Research groups
Address
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
Highlighted books
Recent publications
Joseph McGovern DPhil Thesis Data
McGovern, J Candelas, P (01 Jan 2023) The Universal Geometry of Heterotic Vacua
Candelas, P Ossa, X McOrist, J Sisca, R Highly symmetric quintic quotients
Candelas, P Mishra, C Fortschritte der Physik / Progress of Physics volume 66 issue 4 (20 Apr 2018) A metric for heterotic moduli
Candelas, P de la Ossa, X McOrist, J Communications in Mathematical Physics volume 356 issue 2 567-612 (08 Sep 2017) Hodge numbers for CICYs with symmetries of order divisible by 4
Candelas, P Constantin, A Mishra, C Fortschritte der Physik / Progress of Physics volume 64 issue 6-7 463-509 (06 Jun 2016) Highlighted publications
Max Kreuzer's Contributions to the Study of Calabi-Yau Manifolds
Candelas, P Strings, Gauge Fields, and the Geometry Behind — The Legacy of Maximilian Kreuzer (19 Aug 2012) http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.3886v1 An Abundance of K3 Fibrations from Polyhedra with Interchangeable Parts
Candelas, P Constantin, A Skarke, H Communications in Mathematical Physics (19 Jul 2012) http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.4792v1 Lines on the Dwork Pencil of Quintic Threefolds
Candelas, P Ossa, X Geemen, B Straten, D (21 Jun 2012) http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.4961v1 The MSSM Spectrum from (0,2)-Deformations of the Heterotic Standard
Embedding
Braun, V Candelas, P Davies, R Donagi, R JHEP volume 1205 127 (05 Dec 2011) http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.1097v1 Embedding
Completing the Web of $Z_3$ - Quotients of Complete Intersection
Calabi-Yau Manifolds
Candelas, P Constantin, A Fortsch.Phys. volume 60 345-369 (09 Oct 2010) http://arxiv.org/abs/1010.1878v1 Calabi-Yau Manifolds
Research interests
String Theory and the geometry and arithmetic of Calabi-Yau manifolds.