sarthak at physics.iitd.ac.in
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. My research is in theoretical and mathematical physics, with current focus on holography and quantum computing.
More broadly, my interests span gauge/gravity duality (the AdS/CFT correspondence), quantum field theory, conformal field theory, quantum computation and information theory, -adic field theories, and graph theory-inspired discretizations of spacetime.
Interests
- Holography (AdS/CFT correspondence)
- Discrete models of spacetime
- -adic field theories
- Quantum computation and information theory
Education
- PhD in Theoretical Physics, Princeton University, 2017
- MA in Physics, Princeton University, 2014
- BS-MS, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Pune, 2012
news
| Aug 9, 2026 | I’m thrilled to share that Science Gallery Bengaluru is now exhibiting excerpts from my upcoming graphic novel on quantum mechanics, a joint collaboration with Kush Dhebar. The exhibition, titled QUANTUM, will be open from August 2026 until July 2027. |
| Aug 8, 2026 | Congratulations to Pulak for completing his BTech degree in Engineering Physics from IIT Delhi! Looking forward to seeing him flourish in his future pursuits! |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Presenting ongoing work in collaboration with students Arkapal and Pulak at MathSEE 2026 Applications of Mathematical Methods symposium in Karlsruhe, Germany, September 28th–30th, 2026. |
| May 7, 2026 | Congratulations to Rishav for clearing his PhD comprehensive exam! |
| Oct 17, 2025 | Published in PRD: Holography on Biregular Trees with Arkapal, Pulak, and Ritu. |
selected publications
- PHYS. REV. D Toward holography on biregular trees
Arkapal Mondal, Sarthak Parikh, Pulak Pradhan, Ritu Sengar · Physical Review D 112 (2025) 8 086011 , 2025 - JHEP Towards Feynman rules for conformal blocks
Sarah Hoback, Sarthak Parikh · Journal of High Energy Physics 01(2021)005 , 2021 - JHEP Propagator identities, holographic conformal blocks, and higher-point AdS diagrams
Christian Baadsgaard Jepsen, Sarthak Parikh · Journal of High Energy Physics 10 (2019) 268 , 2019 - JHEP p-adic Mellin Amplitudes
Christian Baadsgaard Jepsen, Sarthak Parikh · Journal of High Energy Physics 04 (2019) 101 , 2019 - Phys. Rev. D Geodesic bulk diagrams on the Bruhat–Tits tree
Steven Gubser, Sarthak Parikh · Physical Review D 96 (2017) 6, 066024 , 2017 - Commun. Math. Phys. p-adic AdS/CFT
Steven Gubser, Johannes Knaute, Sarthak Parikh, Andreas Samberg, Przemek Witaszczyk · Communications in Mathematical Physics 352 (2017) 3, 1019-1059 , 2017