Supervisor: Laura Andrianopoli, Mario Trigiante
The research activity of our group is framed within supergravity and superstring theories as candidates of a unifying quantum theory of the four fundamental interactions. In particular, possible subjects for a PhD thesis are:
- Study within the holographic correspondence between four-dimensional supergravity and field theory in 2+1 dimensions, of models in three dimensions with “unconventional supersymmetry” and their applications to the description of the properties of graphene in the presence of curvature and torsion;
- Study of “hidden symmetries” in supergravity theories in diverse dimensions;
- Analysis of AdS vacua in extended supergravity theories, asymptotically anti de Sitter soliton and instanton solutions and their holographic description in the dual gauge theory.
References for Subject 1:
Unconventional supersymmetry at the boundary of AdS4 supergravity
- Andrianopoli (Turin Polytechnic & INFN, Turin), B.L. Cerchiai (Turin Polytechnic & Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome), R. D.'Auria (Turin Polytechnic), M. Trigiante (Turin Polytechnic & INFN, Turin). Jan 24, 2018. 23 pp. Published in JHEP 1804 (2018) 007
- The Quantum Theory of Chern-Simons Supergravity, Andrianopoli (Turin Polytechnic & INFN, Turin), B.L. Cerchiai (Turin Polytechnic & INFN, Turin & Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome), P.A. Grassi (Piemonte Orientale U., Alessandria & INFN, Turin), M. Trigiante (Turin Polytechnic & INFN, Turin). Mar 11, 2019. 25 pp. Published in JHEP 1906 (2019) 036
- N-Extended D=4 Supergravity, Unconventional SUSY and Graphene, Andrianopoli (Turin Polytechnic & INFN, Turin & Turin U.), B.L. Cerchiai (Turin Polytechnic & INFN, Turin & Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome), R. D'Auria (Turin Polytechnic & Turin U.), A. Gallerati, R. Noris (Turin Polytechnic & INFN, Turin), M. Trigiante (Turin Polytechnic & INFN, Turin & Turin U.), J. Zanelli (CECS, Valdivia). arXiv:1910.03508 [hep-th]
References for Subject 2:
- Hidden Gauge Structure of Supersymmetric Free Differential Algebras, Laura Andrianopoli (INFN, Turin & Turin Polytechnic), Riccardo D'Auria (Turin Polytechnic), Lucrezia Ravera (INFN, Turin & Turin Polytechnic). Jun 23, 2016. 36 pp. Published in JHEP 1608 (2016) 095
- More on the Hidden Symmetries of 11D Supergravity, Laura Andrianopoli (INFN, Turin & Turin Polytechnic), Riccardo D'Auria (Turin Polytechnic), Lucrezia Ravera (INFN, Turin & Turin Polytechnic). May 17, 2017. 8 pp., Published in Phys.Lett. B772 (2017) 578-585
References for Subject 3:
- Instantons from geodesics in AdS moduli spaces, Daniele Ruggeri, Mario Trigiante (Turin Polytechnic & INFN, Turin), Thomas Van Riet (Leuven U.). Dec 17, 2017. 28 pp. Published in JHEP 1803 (2018) 091
- Axion Wormholes in AdS Compactifications, Thomas Hertog (Leuven U.), Mario Trigiante (Turin Polytechnic), Thomas Van Riet (Leuven U.). Feb 15, 2017. 11 pp., Published in JHEP 1706 (2017) 067
- The holographic dual to supergravity instantons in AdS5×S5/Zk, S. Katmadas (Leuven U.), D. Ruggeri, M. Trigiante (Turin Polytechnic & INFN, Turin), T. Van Riet (Leuven U.). Dec 14, 2018. 18 pp., Published in JHEP 1910 (2019) 205 4) Type II supergravity origin of dyonic gaugings, Gianluca Inverso (Lisbon, IST Maths), Henning Samtleben (Lyon, Ecole Normale Superieure), Mario Trigiante (Turin Polytechnic & INFN, Turin). Dec 15, 2016. 17 pp., Published in Phys.Rev. D95 (2017) no.6, 066020