Non-relativistic supergravity and applications

Principal investigator: Jan Rosseel
PI's Host institution: Ruđer Bošković Institute
Project duration: 15.12.2023 to 14.12.2027
 

Project Summary

Motivated by potential applications to holography and non-perturbative aspects of quantum field theory, the project will construct novel non-relativistic supergravity theories in 10, 11 and 3 dimensions. To do this, we will use recent insights into Newton-Cartan geometry, a differential geometry framework to describe non-relativistic space-times, and its connection to Riemannian geometry via state-of-the-art non-relativistic limit procedures. In 10 and 11 dimensions, we will focus on maximal non-relativistic supergravity theories that can be viewed as low energy descriptions of non-relativistic string and M-theory. We will use these to study dualities and properties of p-branes in non-relativistic string theory. We will furthermore propose and investigate a supersymmetric matrix model dual of non-relativistic M-theory. In 3 dimensions, we will construct matter coupled, off-shell, non-relativistic supergravity theories and use them to obtain non-relativistic supersymmetric field theories on curved backgrounds. In the relativistic case, the latter form a class of theories in which expectation values of particular observables can be computed exactly using supersymmetric localization. We will investigate whether similar results hold in the non-relativistic case, in particular in supersymmetric field theories on curved manifolds that are non-relativistic analogues of toy models that appeared in studies of graphene.

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Event Organization

Prof. dr. Glenn Barnich (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium) visited us from 30-01-2024 until 02-02-2024 and gave a talk on 01-02-2024, entitled "Lessons from discrete lightcone quantization for physics at null infinity".

Prof. dr. Nihat Sadik Deger (Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Türkiye) visited us from 04-02-2024 until 11-02-2024 and gave on talk on 09-02-2024 on "3D massive gravity".

Our group organized the "4th Mini-Symposium on Geometry and Physics" from 03-06-2024 until 07-06-2024 at the Institut Ruđer Bošković (IRB) in Zagreb, in collaboration with the Field Theory and Mathematical Physics group of IRB. Participant details and the program can be found on http://thphys.irb.hr/phygeo2024.

Dr. Johannes Lahnsteiner (Nordita, Stockholm, Sweden) visited us from 22-10-2024 until 25-10-2024 and gave a talk on 23-10-2024, entitled "Towards an n-DLCQ/m-DLCQ correspondence".

Daniel Grumiller (TUWien, Vienna, Austria) visited us from 20.05.25 until 23.05.25 and gave a talk on "Post-Carrollian gravity".

Our group co-organized and participated in the "5th Mini-Symposium on Geometry and Physics" from 02-06-2024 until 06-06-2024 at the Institut Ruđer Bošković (IRB) in Zagreb, in collaboration with the Field Theory and Mathematical Physics group of IRB. Participant details and the program can be found on http://thphys.irb.hr/phygeo2025.

Luca Romano (University of Murcia, Spain) visited us from 19.10.25 until 23.10.25 and gave a talk on "From relativistic gravity to the Poisson equation".

Josh O'Connor visited us from 25.10.25 until 01.11.25 and gave a talk on "An introduction to the hidden symmetries of gravity".

 

School, Workshop and Conference Attendance

Jan Rosseel attended the ESI Thematic Programme on "Carrollian Physics and Holography" at the Erwin Schrödinger Institute (Vienna, Austria) from 02-04-2024 until 13-04-2024.

Jan Rosseel attended the kick-off meeting of the COST action "Fundamental challenges in theoretical physics" that took place at the University of Padova from 13-05-2024 until 15-05-2024. On 14-05-2024, he gave an invited talk on "Non-Lorentzian supergravity".

Jan Rosseel attended the Workshop on "Quantum Gravity, Strings and the Swampland" (Corfu, Greece, from 03-09-2024 until 09-09-2024), organized in the framework of the Corfu Summer Institute and gave a talk on "Carroll gravity from the conformal approach" on 04-09-2024.

Predrag Dominis Prester attended the "831. WE-Heraeus-Seminar on New Trends in First Quantisation: Field Theory, Gravity and Quantum Computing" (Bad Honnef, Germany) from 13.04.2025 until 17.04.2025.

Jan Rosseel and Sara Zeko attended the "Workshop on Non-Lorentzian Geometries and their Applications" (Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland) from 29.04.2025 until 01.05.2025. Jan Rosseel gave a talk entitled "Carroll gravity from the conformal approach".

Sara Zeko attended the "21st Modave Summer School in Mathematical Physics" (Modave, Belgium) from 01.09.2025 until 05.09.2025.

Jan Rosseel and Sara Zeko attended the "EISA Corfu Workshop on Quantum Gravity and Strings" (Corfu, Greece) from 07.09.2025 until 14.09.2025. Sara Zeko gave a talk entitled "Towards Nonrelativistic 4D Supergravity".

Jan Rosseel attended the "Supergravity 2025" workshop (Torino, Italy) from 16.09.2025 until 18.09.2025. He gave a talk entitled "The surprising structure of non-relativistic 11D supergravity".

Sara Zeko attended the "LACES 2025 (Lezioni Avanzate di Campi e Stringhe)" winter school at the Galileo Galilei Institute (Firenze, Italy) from 24.11.2025 until 12.12.2025.

Contact

Jan Rosseel

Email: Jan.Rosseel@irb.hr
Phone: +385 1 457 1634
Ruđer Bošković Institute
Bijenička cesta 54
10000 Zagreb, Croatia