Natalia Saulina

Research Interests

My research focuses on string theory and modern particle physics as well as on applications of concepts
developed in physics to other fields. In particular, I am interested in high energy particle theory, strongly
coupled quantum field theories, black holes, and systems with boundaries and topological defects.

Positions Held

• Senior Postdoctoral researcher, California Institute of Technology, 1/09/2006-31/08/2009
• Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard University, 1/09/2003-31/08/2006

Recent Publications

• N. Saulina, ``A note on Wilson-'t Hooft operators", arXiv: 1110.3354
• A. Kapustin, N. Saulina, ``Surface operators in 3d topological field theory and 2d rational conformal field theory'', Proceedings of Symposia in pure Mathematics, AMS, 2011
• J. Marsano, N. Saulina, S. Schafer-Nameki, ``On G-flux, M5 instantons, and U(1)s in F-theory'' submitted to JHEP
• M. Dolan, J. Marsano, N. Saulina, S. Schafer-Nameki, ``F-theory GUTs with U(1) symetries: generalities and Survey'', Phys. Rev. D 066008 2011
• A. Kapustin, N. Saulina `` Tolpological boundary conditions in abelian Chern-Simons theory'', Nucl Phys. B845, 2011
• N. Saulina, J. Marsano, S. Schafer-Nameki, Compact F-theory GUTs with U(1)_PQ, JHEP 1004:095,2010
• J. Marsano, N. Saulina, S. Schafer-Nameki,"Monodromies, Fluxes, and Compact Three-Generation Ftheory GUTs", Journal of High Energy Physics 0908: 046, 2009.
• J. Marsano, N. Saulina, S. Schafer-Nameki, "F-theory Compactifications for Supersymmetric GUTs", Journal of High Energy Physics 0908: 030, 2009.
• A. Kapustin, N. Saulina, "The Algebra of Wilson-'t Hooft operators," Nuclear Physics B814: 327-365, 2009
• J. Marsano, N. Saulina, S. Schafer-Nameki,"Gauge Mediation in F-Theory GUT Models", Phys. Rev. D, Vol.80, No.4, 2009.
• A. Kapustin, N. Saulina,"Chern-Simons-Rozansky-Witten topological field theory", Nuclear Physics B823: 403-427, 2009.
• A. Kapustin, L. Rozansky, N. Saulina, "Three-dimensional topological field theory and symplectic geometry I", Nuclear Physics B816: 295-355, 2009.
• R. Moraru, N. Saulina, ``OPE of Wilson-'t Hooft operators in N=2 and N=4 SYM with gauge group G=PSU(3)'', arXiv: 1206.6896[hep-th].
• N. Saulina, ``A note on Wilson-t' Hooft operators'', arXiv: 1110.3354
• A. Kapustin, N. Saulina, Topological boundary conditions in abelian Chern-Simons theory, . arXiv: 1008.0654
• J. Marsano, N. Saulina, S. Schafer-Nameki, A Note on G-Fluxes for F-theory Model Building, arXiv: 1006.0483 [

Seminars

• 14 July 2011, Physics-Mathematics Summer Institute, Cargese, France
• 5 june 2011 Edmonton, CMS meeting
• 27 January 2011, Colloquium, Math department, U. Toronto
• 24 November 2010, Colloquium, Simons Center, Stony Brook
• November 2010, High Energy Theory Seminar, U. of Chicago
• May 2010, Department of Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University, UK
• March 2010, String Theory Conference, College Station, Texas
• March 2010, KITP workshop, Santa Barbara, California
• November 2009, High Energy Theory Seminar, Berkeley University
• 20 October 2008: High Energy Theory Seminar, Stanford University.
• 23 September 2008: High Energy Theory Seminar, Rutgers University.
• 19 September 2008: High Energy Theory Seminar, IAS, Princeton, NJ.
• November 16 2007: Instanton workshop, Munich, MPI, Germany.
• November 28 2007: Workshop on gauge theory and representation theory, IAS, Princeton, NJ.
• 23 October 2007: High Energy Theory Seminar, Austin, The University of Texas.
• 12 October 2006: String phenomenology workshop, KITP.
• 15 March 2006: High Energy Theory Seminar, University of Michigan.
• 6 March 2006: High Energy Theory Seminar, Stanford University.
• 16 February 2006: High Energy Theory Seminar, University of California, Santa Barbara.
• 21 February 2006: High Energy Theory Seminar, University of California, Berkeley.
• 9 November 2005: High Energy Theory Seminar, Ohio University.
• May 2005: FRG workshop, University of Pennsylvania.
• February 2005: High Energy Theory Seminar, Princeton University.