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	'''Tom Banks''' is a ] and ] at ] and ]. He is best known for his discovery of ]. He is also one of the co-authors of ], a notable attempt to formulate ] in a nonperturbative manner.
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			'''Thomas Israel Banks'''<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Physics Tree - Thomas Israel Banks \|url=https://academictree.org/physics/peopleinfo.php?pid=594949 \|access-date=2022-11-20 \|website=academictree.org}}</ref> (born April 19,<ref>'']'', 21st ed., 2009, p. 318.</ref> 1949 in ]<ref>, p. 55.</ref>) is a theoretical physicist and professor at ] and ].

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			Banks' work centers around ] and its applications to high energy particle physics and cosmology. He received his Ph.D. in ] from the ] in 1973. In 1973–86 he was appointed at the ].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=CV \|url=http://scipp.ucsc.edu/personnel/profiles/banks/Banks_2012.pdf \|access-date=2022-11-20}}</ref> He was several times a visiting scholar at the ] in Princeton (1976–78, 1983–84, 2010).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ias.edu/scholars/thomas-banks\|title=Thomas Banks\|website=Institute for Advanced Study\|language=en\|access-date=2018-12-25}}</ref>

			Along with ], ], and ], he is one of the four originators of ], or BFSS Matrix Theory, an attempt to formulate ] in a ] manner. Banks proposed a conjecture known as Asymptotic Darkness - it posits that the physics above the ] is dominated by black hole production. He has often criticized the widely held assumption in the string theory community that background spacetimes with different asymptotics can represent different vacua states of the same theory of quantum gravity. Rather, Banks argues that different asymptotics correspond to different models of quantum gravity.<ref>Banks, Tom , 2010, p. 9.</ref> Many of his arguments for this and other ideas are contained in his paper "A Critique of Pure String Theory: Heterodox Opinions of Diverse Dimensions." published in 2003.<ref>Banks, Tom , 2003.</ref>
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American physicist

Tom Banks
Born	(1949-04-19) April 19, 1949 (age 75) New York City
Alma mater	MIT
Known for	M(atrix) Theory Banks–Zaks fixed point
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Rutgers University of California, Santa Cruz
Doctoral advisor	Carl M. Bender
Doctoral students	Lubos Motl

Thomas Israel Banks (born April 19, 1949 in New York City) is a theoretical physicist and professor at Rutgers University and University of California, Santa Cruz.

Work

Banks' work centers around string theory and its applications to high energy particle physics and cosmology. He received his Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973. In 1973–86 he was appointed at the Tel Aviv University. He was several times a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (1976–78, 1983–84, 2010).

Along with Willy Fischler, Stephen Shenker, and Leonard Susskind, he is one of the four originators of M(atrix) theory, or BFSS Matrix Theory, an attempt to formulate M theory in a nonperturbative manner. Banks proposed a conjecture known as Asymptotic Darkness - it posits that the physics above the Planck scale is dominated by black hole production. He has often criticized the widely held assumption in the string theory community that background spacetimes with different asymptotics can represent different vacua states of the same theory of quantum gravity. Rather, Banks argues that different asymptotics correspond to different models of quantum gravity. Many of his arguments for this and other ideas are contained in his paper "A Critique of Pure String Theory: Heterodox Opinions of Diverse Dimensions." published in 2003.

Notes

"Physics Tree - Thomas Israel Banks". academictree.org. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
American Men and Women of Science, 21st ed., 2009, p. 318.
The Institute for Advanced Study. Annual Report 1983/84, p. 55.
"CV" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-11-20.
"Thomas Banks". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
Banks, Tom "TASI Lectures on Holographic Space-Time, SUSY and Gravitational Effective Field Theory", 2010, p. 9.
Banks, Tom "A Critique of Pure String Theory: Heterodox Opinions of Diverse Dimensions.", 2003.

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