nLab Grigorios Giotopoulos

Member of CQTS at NYU Abu Dhabi.

• institute page at NYU Abu Dhabi

• inspire page

Selected writings

On the first-order formulation of gravity via $L_\infty$-algebras:

• Marija Dimitrijević Ćirić, Grigorios Giotopoulos, Voja Radovanović, Richard J. Szabo, $L_\infty$-Algebras of Einstein-Cartan-Palatini Gravity, J. Math. Phys., 61 112502 (2020) [arXiv:2003.06173, doi:10.1063/5.0011344]

On smooth sets as a convenient category for variational calculus in Lagrangian classical field theory:

• Grigorios Giotopoulos, Hisham Sati, Field Theory via Higher Geometry I: Smooth Sets of Fields [arXiv:2312.16301]

Expositions:

• Grigorios Giotopoulos, Classical field theory in the topos of smooth sets, talk at CQTS (Oct 2023) [pdf, video:YT]

• Grigorios Giotopoulos, Towards Non-Perturbative Lagrangian Field Theory via the Topos of Smooth Sets, talk at M-Theory and Mathematics, CQTS (Jan 2024) [video:kt]

• Grigorios Giotopoulos: Sheaf Topos Theory as a setting for Physics, talk at Workshop on Noncommutative and Generalized Geometry in String Theory, Corfu Summer Institute (2024) [pdf]

  (also on super smooth sets)

On flux quantization of the supergravity C-field via superspace-formulation of on-shell D=11 supergravity:

• Grigorios Giotopoulos, Hisham Sati, Urs Schreiber, §3 of: Flux Quantization on 11d Superspace, Journal of High Energy Physics 2024 82 (2024) [arXiv:2403.16456, doi:10.1007/JHEP07(2024)082]

On flux quantization of the (non-linearly) self-dual higher gauge field on M5-brane worldvolumes:

• Grigorios Giotopoulos, Hisham Sati, Urs Schreiber: Flux Quantization on M5-Branes, Journal of High Energy Physics 2024 140 (2024) [arXiv:2406.11304, doi:10.1007/JHEP10(2024)140]

On T-duality and M-theory on superspace:

• Grigorios Giotopoulos, Hisham Sati, Urs Schreiber: Super $L_\infty$ T-Duality and M-theory [arXiv:2411.10260]

On super-exceptional tangent spaces:

• Grigorios Giotopoulos, Hisham Sati, Urs Schreiber: The M-algebra completes the hierarchy of Super-Exceptional Tangent Spaces, Physics Letters B [arXiv:2411.03661]

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