I am a second year PhD student working on different topics in Quantum Field Theory and Quantum Gravity. Those include the BFSS matrix model, which is a supersymmetric Gauge Theory which is holographically dual to the black brane solution of type IIA supergravity and it is conjectured to fully describe the degrees of freedom of M-theory. I'm also interested in JT gravity, which is a solvable model of quantum gravity in two dimensions. One particular approach to two dimensional Quantum Gravity I am interested in is the discretization method provided by Causal Dynamical Triangulation, which consists in a triangulation of space time which preserves causality and allows to trade the gravitational path integral for a combinatorial problem. Before coming to Oxford, I did my undergraduate and masters courses at Sapienza University in Rome.
Davide Laurenzano
Graduate Student
Research theme
Sub department
Quantum Field Theory
Random Matrix Theories
Quantum Gravity