Principal investigator: Athanasios Chatzistavrakidis
PI's Host institution: Ruđer Bošković Institute
Project duration: 01.10.2018 to 30.09.2022
 

Project Summary

Reconciling general relativity and quantum mechanics and understanding the quantum structure of spacetime is one of the major challenges for present day theoretical physics. Two prominent frameworks addressing this conundrum are string theory and noncommutative geometry. Recent advances provide evidence that the generic spacetime geometries experienced by closed strings are noncommutative and even nonassociative.

Within this project we aim at a deeper understanding of the geometry and the gravitational sector of string theory. In particular, we are going to study strings propagating in backgrounds with non-geometric fluxes, using mathematical tools such as noncommutative and nonassociative differential geometry, Courant algebroids, generalized and higher geometry. Our main goal is to provide a solid geometric basis for T- and U-duality-invariant theories, such as double field theory and exceptional field theories, elucidate the structure of string and membrane sigma models, construct models of gravity in the presence of general fluxes and brane sources and study their physical implications. A second goal is to investigate the geometric structure of non-relativistic gravity theories, which attract a lot of interest in recent years due to applications in diverse physical settings, ranging from holography and condensed matter physics to string theory.

We expect that the results of this project will have an impact in our understanding of the gravitational interaction, and will contribute to the long-term goal of elucidating the origin and the structure of the universe.

News

The project was extended by 5 months, until end of February 2023.

Associates

Eric A. Bergshoeff

University of Groningen, Netherlands

Larisa Jonke

RBI, Croatia

Richard J. Szabo

Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom

Zoran Škoda

University of Zadar, Croatia

Consultant

Thomas Strobl

Institute Camille Jordan, Lyon, France

Postdoc

Zoltán Kökényesi

RBI, Croatia

Pantelis Panopoulos

RBI, Croatia

PhD Students

Georgios Karagiannis

RBI, Croatia

Grgur Šimunić

RBI, Croatia

List of publications


Twisted R-Poisson Sigma Models

Athanasios Chatzistavrakidis
To appear in the Proceedings of Science
arXiv:2207:03245

Yukawa interactions at Large Charge

Oleg Antipin, Jahmall Bersini, Pantelis Panopoulos
arXiv:2208.05839

Topological Dirac Sigma Models and the Classical Master Equation

Athanasios Chatzistavrakidis, Larisa Jonke, Thomas Strobl, Grgur Šimunić
arXiv:2206.14258

The BV action of 3D twisted R-Poisson sigma models

Athanasios Chatzistavrakidis, Noriaki Ikeda, Grgur Šimunić
arXiv:2206.03683

Duality, Generalized Global Symmetries and Jet Space Isometries

Athanasios Chatzistavrakidis, Georgios Karagiannis, Arash Ranjbar
Published in: Universe 8 (2021) 1, 10
arXiv:2112.00441

Axion gravitodynamics, Lense-Thirring effect, and gravitational waves

Athanasios Chatzistavrakidis, Georgios Karagiannis, George Manolakos, Peter Schupp
Published in: Phys.Rev.D 105 (2022) 10, 104029
arXiv:2111.04388

Topological field theories induced by twisted R-Poisson structure in any dimension

Athanasios Chatzistavrakidis
Published in: JHEP 09 (2021) 045
arXiv:2106.01067

Tensor Galileons as Lovelock theories

Georgios Karagiannis
arXiv:2012.15668

Duality and higher Buscher rules in p-form gauge theory and linearized gravity

Athanasios Chatzistavrakidis, Georgios Karagiannis, Arash Ranjbar
Published in: Fortsch.Phys. 69 (2021) 3, 2000135
arXiv:2012.08220

Graded Geometry, Tensor Galileons and Duality

Athanasios Chatzistavrakidis, Georgios Karagiannis, Peter Schupp
Published in: Phys.Part.Nucl.Lett. 17 (2020) 5, 718-723

On the Rényi entropy of Lifshitz and hyperscaling violating black holes

Zoltan Kokenyesi, Annamaria Sinkovics
Published in: Class.Quant.Grav. 38 (2021) 10, 105005
arXiv:2009.07313

Twisted exterior derivatives for universal enveloping algebras I

Zoran Škoda
arXiv:0806.0978v4
Accepted in Proc. Conf. Representation Theory XVI, Dubrovnik (Contemporary Math. 2000.)

Gauged sigma-models with nonclosed 3-form and twisted Jacobi structures

Athanasios Chatzistavrakidis, Grgur Šimunić
Published in: JHEP 11 (2020) 173
arXiv:2007.08951

Torsion-induced gravitational θ term and gravitoelectromagnetism

Athanasios Chatzistavrakidis, Georgios Karagiannis, Peter Schupp
Published in: Eur.Phys.J.C 80 (2020) 11, 1034
arXiv:2007.06632

Non-Relativistic Supersymmetry on Curved Three-Manifolds

Eric Bergshoeff, Athanasios Chatzistavrakidis, Johannes Lahnsteiner, Luca Romano, Jan Rosseel
Published in J. High Energ. Phys. 2020, 175 (2020)
arXiv:2005.09001

Graded Geometry and Tensor Gauge Theories

Athanasios Chatzistavrakidis, Georgios Karagiannis, Peter Schupp
Published in the PoS CORFU2019 (2020) 138
arXiv:2004.10730

L∞-Algebras of Einstein-Cartan-Palatini Gravity

Marija Dimitrijević Ćirić, Grigorios Giotopoulos, Voja Radovanović, Richard J. Szabo
Published in: J.Math.Phys. 61 (2020) 11, 112502
arXiv:2003.06173

On interpolations between Jordanian twists

Daniel Meljanac, Stjepan Meljanac, Zoran Škoda, Rina Štrajn
Published in: Int.J.Mod.Phys.A 35 (2020) 26, 2050160
arXiv:2003.01036

A note on symmetric orderings

Zoran Škoda
arXiv:2001.10463
To appear in Acta Math. Spalatiensia (AMAS), Ser. Sci. (2020)

Relation between standard and exotic duals of differential forms

Athanasios Chatzistavrakidis, Georgios Karagiannis
Published in Phys.Rev. D100 (2019) no.12, 121902 (Rapid Communications Section)
arXiv:1911.00419

A unified approach to standard and exotic dualizations through graded geometry

Athanasios Chatzistavrakidis, Georgios Karagiannis, Peter Schupp
Published in Commun. Math. Phys. (2020)
arXiv:1908.11663

One parameter family of Jordanian twists

Daniel Meljanac, Stjepan Meljanac, Zoran Škoda, Rina Štrajn
Published in SIGMA 15 (2019) 082
arXiv:1904.03993

The Algebroid Structure of Double Field Theory

Athanasios Chatzistavrakidis, Larisa Jonke, Fech Scen Khoo, Richard J. Szabo
Published in PoS CORFU2018 (2019) 132
arXiv:1903.01765

Fluxes in Exceptional Field Theory and Threebrane Sigma-Models

Athanasios Chatzistavrakidis, Larisa Jonke, Dieter Lüst, Richard J. Szabo
Published in JHEP 1905 (2019) 055
arXiv:1901.07775

Talks and Seminars

12 Feb 2021: Invited talk at the Exceptional Geometry Seminar Series (A. Chatzistavrakidis). Video

17 Sep 2020: Invited talk at the thematic programme Higher Structures and Field Theory, Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics, Vienna, Austria (A. Chatzistavrakidis). Video

12 May 2020: Invited seminar at the Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam, Germany (A. Chatzistavrakidis; given online).

19 Feb 2020: Invited talk at the Solvay Workshop on "Higher Spin Gauge Theories, Topological Field Theory and Deformation Quantization", Brussels, Belgium (L. Jonke).

20 Dec 2019: Invited talk at the Xmas Theoretical Physics Workshop , Athens, Greece (A. Chatzistavrakidis).

22 Nov 2019: Invited seminar at the Jacobs University Bremen, Germany (A. Chatzistavrakidis).

20 Nov 2019: Invited seminar at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany (A. Chatzistavrakidis).

15 Oct 2019: Invited seminar at the Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Gravity, University of Groningen, Netherlands (A. Chatzistavrakidis).

11 Oct 2019: Poster presentation at the Humboldt Kolleg: Science and Education Challenges Facing Europe in the Next Decade, Zagreb, Croatia (G. Karagiannis).

10 Oct 2019: Invited seminar at the Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, France (A. Chatzistavrakidis).

10-16 Sep 2019: Talk at the conference on Recent Developments in Strings and Gravity, Corfu, Greece (G. Karagiannis).

25-31 Aug 2019: Talk and poster at the workshop Supersymmetries and Quantum Symmetries 2019, Yerevan, Armenia (A. Chatzistavrakidis and G. Karagiannis).

22 May 2019: Rudjer Boskovic Institute Colloquium, Zagreb (R. Szabo).

20-24 May 2019: Two talks at the Mini-Symposium on Physics and Geometry, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb (R. Szabo and G. Karagiannis).

13 Apr 2019: Invited talk at Bayrischzell Workshop 2019 Quantum structure of space-time: Generalized geometry and symmetries, Bayrischzell, Germany (A. Chatzistavrakidis).

11-15 Feb 2019: Talk at the Quantum Spacetime '19 workshop, Bratislava, Slovakia (A. Chatzistavrakidis).

7-11 Jan 2019: Talk at the 8th Bangkok Workshop on High-Energy Theory, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (A. Chatzistavrakidis).

7 Nov 2018: Invited colloquium: Models of Gravity Research & Training Group, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany (A. Chatzistavrakidis).

 

Other Research Visits (without talk)

1-7 Dec 2019: Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam, Germany (A. Chatzistavrakidis & L. Jonke).

4-8 Feb 2019: CERN Winter School on Supergravity, Strings and Gauge Theory (G. Karagiannis).

21 Oct - 15 Dec 2018: Visit at LMU Munich (A. Chatzistavrakidis and L. Jonke).

 

Event Organization

13-19 Sep 2020: New Developments in Quantum Gravity and String Theory , Corfu, Greece (postponed for 2021)

10-18 Sep 2019: Workshop on Recent Developments in Strings and Gravity , Corfu, Greece.

20-25 May 2019: Mini-Symposium on Physics and Geometry, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb.

 

Dissemination and Outreach

12 Sep 2019: Live Interview for Corfu TV (A. Chatzistavrakidis, jointly with D. Giataganas from NKU Athens) watch

17 Sep 2019: Live Interview for ERT Corfu Radio (A. Chatzistavrakidis, jointly with P. Anastasopoulos from Vienna U.)

 

Contact

Athanasios Chatzistavrakidis

Email: Athanasios.Chatzistavrakidis@irb.hr
Phone: +385 1 456 1121
Ruđer Bošković Institute
Bijenička cesta 54
10000 Zagreb, Croatia