Alexander Vikman
PhD: |
Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, 2007 |
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2016 |
Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University Visiting Fellow |
2015- |
Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Senior Researcher |
2014-15 |
ASC, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Senior Research Assistant |
2012-13 |
Stanford University, Long-term Visitor |
2010-13 |
Theory Group, CERN, Geneva; Fellow |
2007-10 |
CCPP, New York University; James Arthur Fellow |
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Email: |
ivxzna@smh.pm |
Phone: |
+420 26605 2175 |
Address: |
Office 232 Na Slovance 1999/2 182 21 Praha 8, Czech Republic |
I have been working on inflation, early universe cosmology, dark energy, dark matter and different classical and quantum aspects of non-canonical field theories. Currently I am interested in the following questions: What was the origin of the expansion in the universe: a quantum gravity or strongly coupled regime, a bounce or something else? Are there alternatives to inflation? What is the microscopic origin of Black Hole thermodynamics? What is inside a black hole? What are possible UV-completions for a QFT? What is Dark Energy and what is the structure of quantum vacuum in the presence of gravity? I hope I will see answers to some of these questions in the near future. I will be very happy, if some of these deep issues are clarified in my research.
Selected Publications
- E. Babichev, V. Mukhanov and A. Vikman, k-Essence, superluminal propagation, causality and emergent geometry
JHEP (2008) [arXiv:0708.0561 [hep-th]]
For a complete list of publications see INSPIRE-HEP.