{"id":3056,"date":"2025-10-03T08:07:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T06:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/?p=3056"},"modified":"2025-11-17T08:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T07:08:11","slug":"cesar-gomez-1954-2025-a-rich-life-in-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/2025\/10\/03\/cesar-gomez-1954-2025-a-rich-life-in-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e9sar G\u00f3mez (1954\u20132025): A rich life in theory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>C\u00e9sar G\u00f3mez, whose profound contributions to gauge theory, string theory and quantum gravity were matched by his vision and generosity, passed away on 7 April 2025. After earning his PhD in Salamanca, he held positions at Harvard, the IAS and CERN before joining the CSIC in Madrid, where he became a founding member of the Instituto de F\u00edsica Te\u00f3rica, his true scientific home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His career spanned key areas of theoretical physics: from the quantum vacuum in QCD and two-dimensional conformal field theory to holography, black holes and the quantum structure of spacetime. In recent years he embarked on bold new ideas about symmetry breaking and the quantum origin of the universe, entering one of his most creative periods when his life was cut short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond his scientific achievements, C\u00e9sar was a gifted teacher, an inspiring presence at seminars and a remarkable conversationalist. He leaves behind not only a lasting scientific legacy, but also the memory of a colleague and friend who enriched every exchange with curiosity, insight and humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;meeting will be an opportunity to celebrate Cesar\u2019s life and career&nbsp;through the personal recollections of some&nbsp;of his friends and collaborators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cerncourier.com\/a\/cesar-gomez-1954-2025\/\">Read CERN\u2019s obituary<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Starts<\/strong>\u00a03 October 2025, 10:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Workshop Webpage<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/workshops.ift.uam-csic.es\/CesarGathering\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/poster\u2013CesarGathering-1-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/poster\u2013CesarGathering-1-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/poster\u2013CesarGathering-1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/poster\u2013CesarGathering-1-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/poster\u2013CesarGathering-1-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/poster\u2013CesarGathering-1.jpg 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><div style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\" class=\"taxonomy-category has-text-align-center has-link-color wp-elements-1f1b0f0e735d262df90dfd01bcdce4b8 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-nv-text-dark-bg-color has-background has-neve-link-color-background-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/category\/workshop\/\" rel=\"tag\">Workshop<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C\u00e9sar G\u00f3mez, whose profound contributions to gauge theory, string theory and quantum gravity were matched by his vision and generosity, passed away on 7 April 2025. After earning his PhD in Salamanca, he held positions at Harvard, the IAS and CERN before joining the CSIC in Madrid, where he became a founding member of the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/2025\/10\/03\/cesar-gomez-1954-2025-a-rich-life-in-theory\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">C\u00e9sar G\u00f3mez (1954\u20132025): A rich life in theory<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-workshop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3058,"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3056\/revisions\/3058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/severo\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}