nLab Kellogg Stelle

Kellogg S. Stelle (1948-2025) was a professor of theoretical physics at Imperial College London, focusing on string theory.

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In 1977 for his thesis he created the theory of quadratic gravity? which he acknowledged as having seemingly insurmountable problems but is experiencing a recent surge in popularity.

• Kellogg Stelle, Renormalization of Higher Derivative Quantum Gravity, Phys. Rev. D, 16 (1977) 953, [doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.16.953]

• Quanta Magazine, 2025, Old ‘Ghost’ Theory of Quantum Gravity Makes a Comeback

Selected writings

On supergravity formulated on super spacetime supermanifolds (“superspace”):

• S. James Gates Jr., Kellogg S. Stelle, Peter C. West, Algebraic origins of superspace constraints in supergravity, Nuclear Physics B 169 3–4 (1980) 347-364 [doi:10.1016/0550-3213(80)90037-1]

On area-preserving diffeomorphisms and $\mathfrak{su}(n)$:

• Christopher N. Pope, Kellogg S. Stelle: $SU(\infty)$, $SU_+(\infty)$ and area-preserving algebras, Physics Letters B 226 3–4 (1989) 257-263 [doi:10.1016/0370-2693(89)91191-X]

On area-preserving diffeomorphisms and $w_\infty$-algebra:

• Eric Bergshoeff, Miles P. Blencowe, Kellogg S. Stelle: Area-preserving diffeomorphisms and higher-spin algebras, Commun. Math. Phys. 128 (1990) 213–230 [doi:10.1007/BF02108779]

On black M2-brane-solutions to D=11 supergravity:

• Mike Duff, Kellogg Stelle, Multi-membrane solutions of $D = 11$ supergravity, Phys. Lett. B 253, 113 (1991) (spire:299386, doi:10.1016/0370-2693(91)91371-2)

On KK-compactification of D=11 supergravity with M9-branes (Hořava-Witten theory) on a Calabi-Yau 3-fold to D=5 supergravity (cf. M-theory on Calabi-Yau 3-folds):

• Andre Lukas, Burt A. Ovrut, Kellogg S. Stelle, Daniel Waldram: Heterotic M-theory in Five Dimensions, Nucl. Phys. B 552 (1999) 246-290 [doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00196-0, arXiv:hep-th/9806051]

On the Hopf-Wess-Zumino term of the M5-brane:

• Jussi Kalkkinen, Kellogg Stelle, Section 3.2 of: Large Gauge Transformations in M-theory, J. Geom. Phys. 48 (2003) 100-132 (arXiv:hep-th/0212081)

On higher curvature corrections to D=11 supergravity and M-theory on G₂-manifolds:

• H. Lu, Christopher Pope, Kellogg Stelle, Paul Townsend, Supersymmetric Deformations of $G_2$ Manifolds from Higher-Order Corrections to String and M-Theory, JHEP 0410:019, 2004 (arXiv:hep-th/0312002)

• H. Lu, Christopher Pope, Kellogg Stelle, Paul Townsend, String and M-theory Deformations of Manifolds with Special Holonomy, JHEP 0507:075, 2005 (arXiv:hep-th/0410176)

On M-theory on Calabi-Yau 5-folds and supersymmetric quantum mechanics:

• Alexander Haupt, Andre Lukas, Kellogg Stelle, M-theory on Calabi-Yau Five-Folds, JHEP 0905:069 (2009) [arXiv:0810.2685]

On the work of Mike Duff:

• Leron Borsten, Alessio Marrani, Christopher N. Pope, Kellogg Stelle, Introduction to the special issue dedicated to Michael J. Duff FRS on the occasion of his 70th birthday, Proceedings of the Royal Society A,

  478 (2022) 2259 [doi:10.1098/rspa.2022.0166]

On consistent KK-compactification of D=11 supergravity on Calabi-Yau 3-folds to D=5 supergravity (cf. M-theory on Calabi-Yau manifolds):

• Jieming Lin, Torben Skrzypek, Kellogg S. Stelle: Compactification on Calabi-Yau threefolds: Consistent truncation to pure supergravity, J. High Energ. Phys. 2025 200 (2025) [arXiv:2412.00186, doi:10.1007/JHEP03(2025)200]

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