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prof. dr. E.A. (Eric A) Bergshoeff

Honorary Professor, Willem de Sitter Chair in Theoretical Physics

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Telephone:

+31 50 36 34969

+31 50 36 34950 (Secretary)

+31 50 36 34947 (Fax)

E-mail:

e.a.bergshoeff rug.nl

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Research interests

My research is driven by the search for a unified theory of quantum gravity that combines gravity with quantum mechanics. The aim is to understand the workings of gravity at small distance scales when quantum mechanics cannot be ignored. Examples of such extreme conditions are the Big Bang at the start of our universe and the black holes predicted by Einstein's theory of gravity. My present work is focused on non-relativistic string theory and its underlying non-relativistic gravity and geometry to find out whether or not relativity is indispensable for the construction of a theory of quantum gravity. A popular introduction to this issue can be found at the website

beste-id.nl

I am using the same non-relativistic geometry in effective field theory to gain new insights into certain aspects of the fractional quantum Hall effect.

Publications

Carroll fermions

Bergshoeff, E. A., Campoleoni, A., Fontanella, A., Mele, L. & Rosseel, J., 2024, In: SciPost Physics. 16, 6, p. 1-22 22 p., 153.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Non-relativistic heterotic string theory

Bergshoeff, E. A. & Romano, L., Jan-2024, In: Journal of High Energy Physics. 2024, 1, 14 p., 146.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

On the symmetries of singular limits of spacetimes

Bergshoeff, E., Matulich, J. & Ortín, T., 29-Mar-2024, In: Journal of High Energy Physics. 2024, 3, 36 p., 174.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

p-brane Galilean and Carrollian geometries and gravities

Bergshoeff, E. A., Figueroa-O’Farrill, J. M., van Helden, K. S., Rosseel, J., Rotko, I. J. & ter Veldhuis, T., 14-Jun-2024, In: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. 57, 24, 74 p., 245205.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

A consistent limit of 11D Supergravity

Bergshoeff, E. A., Blair, C. D. A., Lahnsteiner, J. & Rosseel, J., 8-Nov-2023, Corfu Summer Institute 2022 "School and Workshops on Elementary Particle Physics and Gravity" (CORFU2022). Proceedings of Science, 14 p. (Proceedings of Science; vol. 436).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Generalized Newton-Cartan geometries for particles and strings

Bergshoeff, E. A., van Helden, K., Lahnsteiner, J., Romano, L. & Rosseel, J., 6-Apr-2023, In: Classical and Quantum Gravity. 40, 7, 28 p., 075010.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Non-Lorentzian IIB supergravity from a polynomial realization of SL(2, ℝ)

Bergshoeff, E. A., Grosvenor, K. T., Lahnsteiner, J., Yan, Z. & Zorba, U., Dec-2023, In: Journal of High Energy Physics. 2023, 12, 22.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Non-Lorentzian theories with and without constraints

Bergshoeff, E. A., Gomis, J. & Kleinschmidt, A., Feb-2023, In: Journal of High Energy Physics. 2023, 1, 167.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Branched SL(2,ℤ) duality

Bergshoeff, E. A., Grosvenor, K. T., Lahnsteiner, J., Yan, Z. & Zorba, U., 20-Oct-2022, In: Journal of High Energy Physics. 2022, 10, 31 p., 131.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

New horizons for fundamental physics with LISA

Arun, K. G., Belgacem, E., Benkel, R., Bernard, L., Berti, E., Bertone, G., Besancon, M., Blas, D., Bohmer, C. G., Brito, R., Calcagni, G., Cardenas-Avendano, A., Clough, K., Crisostomi, M., De Luca, V., Doneva, D., Escoffier, S., Ezquiaga, J. M., Ferreira, P. G. & Fleury, P.& 120 others, Foffa, S., Franciolini, G., Frusciante, N., Garcia-Bellido, J., Herdeiro, C., Hertog, T., Hinderer, T., Jetzer, P., Lombriser, L., Maggio, E., Maggiore, M., Mancarella, M., Maselli, A., Nampalliwar, S., Nichols, D., Okounkova, M., Pani, P., Paschalidis, V., Raccanelli, A., Randall, L., Renaux-Petel, S., Riotto, A., Ruiz, M., Saffer, A., Sakellariadou, M., Saltas, I. D., Sathyaprakash, B. S., Shao, L., Sopuerta, C. F., Sotiriou, T. P., Stergioulas, N., Tamanini, N., Vernizzi, F., Witek, H., Wu, K., Yagi, K., Yazadjiev, S., Yunes, N., Zilhao, M., Afshordi, N., Angonin, M.-C., Baibhav, V., Barausse, E., Barreiro, T., Bartolo, N., Bellomo, N., Ben-Dayan, I., Bergshoeff, E. A., Bernuzzi, S., Bertacca, D., Bhagwat, S., Bonga, B., Burko, L. M., Compere, G., Cusin, G., da Silva, A., Das, S., de Rham, C., Destounis, K., Dimastrogiovanni, E., Duque, F., Easther, R., Farmer, H., Fasiello, M., Fisenko, S., Fransen, K., Frauendiener, J., Gair, J., Gergely, L. A., Gerosa, D., Gualtieri, L., Han, W.-B., Hees, A., Helfer, T., Hennig, J., Jenkins, A. C., Kajfasz, E., Kaloper, N., Karas, V., Kavanagh, B. J., Klioner, S. A., Koushiappas, S. M., Lagos, M., Le Poncin-Lafitte, C., Lobo, F. S. N., Markakis, C., Martin-Moruno, P., Martins, C. J. A. P., Matarrese, S., Mayerson, D. R., Mimoso, J. P., Noller, J., Nunes, N. J., Oliveri, R., Orlando, G., Pappas, G., Pikovski, I., Pilo, L., Pratten, G., Prokopec, T., Qi, H., Rastgoo, S., Ricciardone, A., Rollo, R., Rubiera-Garcia, D., Sergijenko, O., Shapiro, S., Shoemaker, D., Spallicci, A., Stashko, O., Stein, L. C., Tasinato, G., Tolley, A. J., Vagenas, E. C., Vandoren, S., Vernieri, D., Vicente, R., Wiseman, T., Zhdanov, V. & Zumalacarregui, M., Dec-2022, In: Living reviews in relativity. 25, 1, 148 p., 4.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

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