Riccardo Nicoletti

CV summary

• January 2008 - November 4th 2011: Ph.D. student in Theoretical Physics (String Theory Group), Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy.
  Advisor: Mario Trigiante
  Thesis: A geometric approach to supergravity theories
  Here are the slides used for my introductory talk to the local String Theory/Supergravity group (12/02/2008)
• October 18, 2007: Master Degree (Laurea Magistrale) in Physics, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy.
  Thesis: N=1 effective supergravities for flux compactifications
  Advisors: Prof. Fabio Zwirner, Dr. Gianguido Dall'Agata
• July 2005: Bachelor Degree (Laurea di Primo Livello) in Physics, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy.
  Thesis: Le diseguaglianze di Bell (in Italian)
  Advisor: Prof. Mario Tonin
• My CV in the standard European format

Ph.D. schools

• LACES 2008
  • Where: Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics, Arcetri - Italy
  • When: November 24 - December 13, 2008
  • What:
    • Mathematical Methods for Modern Physics (Cornalba)
      References:
      • Lecture notes (Lorenzo Cornalba)
      • A. Hatcher, Algebraic Topology, (Cambridge University Press).
      • R. Bott and L.W. Tu, Differential Forms in Algebraic Topology, (GTM Springer-Verlag).
      • P. Griffiths and J. Harris, Principles of Algebraic Geometry, (J. Wiley).
      • T. Eguchi , P.Gilkey and A. Hanson, Gravitation, Gauge Theories and Differential Geometry, Phys. Rept. 66 (1980) 213.
      • M. Atiyah, R. Bott and V.K. Patodi, On the Heat Equation and the Index Theorem, Inventiones Math. 19 (1973) 279.
    • Advanced Topics in Quantum Field Theory (Grassi, Griguolo, Tanzini)
      References:
      • Lecture notes on BRST symmetry (Pietro Antonio Grassi)
      • C. Becchi, Introduction to gauge theories, [arXiv:hep-ph/9705211].
      • C. Becchi, Introduction to BRS symmetry, [arXiv:hep-th/9607181].
      • G. Barnich, F. Brandt, M. Henneaux, Local BRST cohomology in gauge theories Phys. Rept. 338 (2000) 439-569, [arXiv:hep-th/0002245].
      • J. Gomis, J. Paris and S. Samuel, Antibracket, antifields and gauge theory quantization, Phys. Rept. 259 (1995) 1, [arXiv:hep-th/9412228].
      • O. Piguet and S.P. Sorella, Algebraic renormalization: Perturbative renormalization, symmetries and anomalies, Lect. Notes Phys. M28 (1995) 1.
      • Lecture notes on anomalies (Luca Griguolo)
      • A. Bilal, Lectures on Anomalies, [arXiv:0802.0634].
      • R.A. Bertlmann, Anomalies in Quantum Field Theory (Oxford University Press).
      • Lecture notes on solitons and instantons (Alessandro Tanzini)
      • S. Coleman, Aspects of symmetry, (Cambridge University Press).
      • N.Dorey, T.Hollowood, V.V. Khoze and M.P. Mattis, The Calculus of many instantons Phys. Rept. 371 (2002) 231-459, [arXiv:hep-th/0206063].
      • N. Berline, E. Getzler and M. Vergne, Heat kernels and Dirac operators (Springer-Verlag).
      • E. Witten, Topological Quantum Field Theory Commun. Math. Phys. 117 (1988) 353.
    • Introduction to Rigid Supersymmetry (Seminara, Hassan)
      References:
      • Lecture notes on rigid N=1 supersymmetry (Domenico Seminara)
      • J. Bagger and J. Wess, Supersymmetry and Supergravity, (Princeton University Press).
      • J. Terning, Modern Supersymmetry: Dynamics and Duality, (Oxford University Press).
      • F. Hassan and L. Alvarez-Gaumé, Introduction to S-duality in N=2 gauge theories, [arXiv:hep-th/9701069].
      • J. Terning, Modern Supersymmetry: Dynamics and Duality, (Oxford University Press).
    • Perturbative Superstring Theory (Angelantonj, Grignani)
      References:
      • M.B. Green, J.H. Schwarz and E. Witten, Superstring Theory, (Cambridge University Press).
      • J. Polchinski, String Theory, (Cambridge University Press).
      • K. Becker, M. Becker and J.H. Schwarz, String Theory and M Theory, (Cambridge University Press).
      • E. Kiritsis, String Theory in a Nutshell, (Princeton University Press).
      • C. Angelantonj and A. Sagnotti, Open Strings Phys. Rept. 371 (2002) 1, [arXiv:hep-th/0204089].
• CORFÙ 2009
  • Where: Corfù - Greece
  • When: August 30 - September 20, 2009
  • What:
    • Part I: The Standard Model and Beyond - Standard Cosmology
    • Part II: Cosmology - Strings: Theory - Cosmology - Phenomenology
    • Part III: Quantum Gravity and Quantum Geometry
• LACES 2009
  • Where: Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics, Arcetri - Italy
  • When: November 23 - December 11, 2009
  • What:
    • Introduction to Supergravity Theories in Various Dimensions
    • D-brane Engineering and the Ads/CFT Correspondence
    • Geometrical Methods for String Compactifications
    • Perspectives of Physics Beyond the Standard Model

Conferences and Meetings

• Planck 2009
  • Where: Centro culturale Altinate, Padova - Italy
  • When: 25-29 May 2009
  • What:
• Seminars ERC Grant Superfields
  • Where: Aula Mancini, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa - Italy
  • When: 23 October 2009
  • What:

Ph.D. courses

• Non-perturbative Field Theory and Introduction to Supersymmetry (Billò, Frau, Pesando, 7 CFU)
  Status: Passed
  References:
  • Weinberg, S., The Quantum Theory of Fields. Volume II, Modern Applications, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1996.
  • Coleman, S., Aspects on Symmetry, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1985.
  • Rajamaran, R., Solitons and Instantons, North-Holland, Elsevier 1987.
  • Eguchi, T., Gilkey, P. B., Hanson, A. J., Gravitation, Gauge Theories and Differential Geometry, Phys. Rep. 66 (1980) 213.
  • Nakahara, M., Geometry, Topology and Physics, IOP, Bristol 1990.
  • 't Hooft, G., Monopoles, Instantons and Confinement, [ArXiv:hep-th/0010225].
  • Vandoren, S., van Nieuwenhuizen, P., Lectures on instantons, [ArXiv:0802.1862].
  • Tong, D., TASI Lectures on Solitons: Instantons, Monopoles, Vortices and Kinks, [ArXiv:hep-th/0509216].
  • Dorey, N., Hollowood, T., Khoze, V. V., Mattis, M. P., The Calculus of Many Instantons, [ArXiv:hep-th/0206063].
  • Bilal, A., Lectures on Anomalies, [ArXiv:0802.0634].
  • Lykken, J. D., Introduction to Supersymmetry, [ArXiv:hep-th/9612114].
  • Argyres, P. C., An Introduction to Global Supersymmetry, avaiable here
  • Luty, M. A., 2004 TASI Lectures on Supersymmetry Breaking, [ArXiv:hep-th/0509029].
  • Intriligator, K., Seiberg, N., Lectures on Supersymmetry Breaking, [ArXiv:hep-ph/0702069].
• Introduction to Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications (Tateo, Caselle, 5 CFU)
  Status: Passed
  References:
  • Huang, K., Statistical Mechanics, Wiley, New York 1987.
  • Cardy, J., Scaling and Renormalization in Statistical Physics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1996.
  • Ginsparg, P., Applied Conformal Field Theory, [ArXiv:hep-th/9108028].
• Physics of the Early Universe (Fornengo, Bottino, Fornengo, 5 CFU)
  Status: Passed
  References (partial):
  • Coles, P., Lucchin, F., Cosmology. The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure, Second Edition, Wiley, New York 2002.
  • E.W. Kolb, M.S. Turner, The Early Universe, Addison Wesley, Reading 1994.
• Introduction to Perturbative QCD (Boglione, 5 CFU)
  Status: Passed
  References:
  • Peskin, M. E., Schroeder, D. V., An Introduction To Quantum Field Theory, Addison-Wesley, Reading 1995.
  • Mangano, M. L., Introduction to QCD
  • Nason, P., Introduction to QCD
  • Sterman, G., Quantum Chromodynamics, [ArXiv:hep-ph/0512344].
  • Martin, A. D., Proton Structure, Partons, QCD, DGLAP and beyond, [ArXiv:0802.0161].
  • Moch, S., Hard QCD at hadron colliders, [Arxiv:0803.0457].
• Introduction to the Physics of the Quark-Gluon Plasma (Nardi, Molinari, 5 CFU)
  Status: Passed
  References:
  • Fetter, A. L., Walecka, J. D., Quantum Theory of Many-Particle Systems, New York 1971.
  • Negele, J. W., Orland, H., Quantum Many-Particle Systems, Addison-Wesley, Redwood city 1988.
  • Le Bellac, M., Quantum and Statistical Field Theory, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1991.
  • Lecture slides used on June 5th, 2008 are avaiable here.
  • Suggestion (thanks to Dario Rosco): Lectures on Many Body Physics on Wanda Alberico's homepage (in Italian)
• Lectures on Neutrino Physics (Giunti, 3 CFU)
  Status: Passed (Slides)
  References:
  • Giunti, C., Kim, C. W., Fundamentals of Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford 2007.
  • Lecture slides (2008) are avaiable here

Undergraduate Material

Here are two exercises from the course in Fisica Teorica, held by Prof. Mario Tonin for the Laurea Specialistica in Fisica (Università degli Studi di Padova), Academic year 2005/2006 (in Italian), which I re-organized in my favourite fashion:

• Particle in a periodic potential
• Fermi Golden Rule

Thanks to Pietro Vischia for hosting them in his website for many years!