Laboratory of Theoretical Physics
Gravitation and cosmology, black holes, particles and fields, quantum computing, mathematical physics
In particular:
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extensions of Einstein's general relativity, geometric foundations of gravity, theoretical cosmology: inflation, dark energy, dark matter, gravitational waves;
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phenomenology of electroweak and strong interactions in the Standard Model and beyond, taking into account mass and polarisation effects; group theoretical foundations and chaotic chains;
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quantum computing.
- Center of excellence "Foundations of the universe" (2024-2030) TK202 T. Koivisto, M. J. Guzman, M. Hohmann, D. Iosifidis, L. Järv, P. Kuusk, M. Saal.
- Starting grant "Theoretical Frameworks for Numerical Modified Gravity" (2024-2028) PSG910 M. J. Guzmán.
- Postdoc grant "The physics of metric-affine gravity" (2022-2024) PUTJD14 D. Iosifidis.
- Nordic-Estonian Quantum Computing e-Infrastructure project NordIQuEst (2022-2024) V. Palge.
- European Quantum Computer Project OpenSuperQ+ (2023-2026) V. Palge.
- R&D project "CERN Science Consortium of Estonia" (2023-2025) RVTT3 S. Groote.
- COST network "Fundamental challenges in theoretical physics" (THEORY-CHALLENGES), M. Hohmann, L. Järv, V. Karanasou, T. Koivisto.
- COST network "Cartan geometry, Lie, Integrable Systems, quantum group Theories for Applications" (CaLISTA), S. Groote, M. Hohmann.
- COST network "Addressing observational tensions in cosmology with systematics and fundamental physics" (CosmoVerse) M. Hohmann, M. J. Guzmán, A. Jiménez Cano, L. Järv, T. Koivisto, F. J. Maldonado Torralba, L. Pati.
- Collaboration network CERN Baltic Group (CBG) S. Groote, L. Järv.
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Laur Järv Head of the Laboratory Associate Professor in Theoretical Physics E-mail: laur.jarv@ut.ee Phone: +372 53416324 Office: B308 CV, projects: ETIS Publications: inSPIRE, Google Scholar, Publons Teaching: TÜ ÕIS Supervision: UT DSpace |
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Tomi Sebastian Koivisto Associate Professor in Theoretical Physics E-mail: tomi.koivisto@ut.ee Phone: +372 737 4749 Office: B315 CV, projects: ETIS Publications: inSPIRE, Google Scholar, Scopus Teaching: TÜ ÕIS |
| Stefan Groote Associate Professor in Theoretical Physics E-mail: stefan.groote@ut.ee Phone: +372 737 5573 Office: B319 CV, projects: ETIS Publications: inSPIRE, Google Scholar, Publons Teaching: TÜ ÕIS Supervision: UT DSpace Links: Personal homepage |
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María José Guzmán Research Fellow in Theoretical Physics E-mail: mjguzman@ut.ee Office: B303 CV, projects: ETIS Publications: inSPIRE, Google Scholar Teaching: TÜ ÕIS Viited: Personal homepage |
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Manuel Hohmann |
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Piret Kuusk Associate Professor E-mail: piret.kuusk@ut.ee Phone: +372 737 4621 Office: B318 CV, projects: ETIS Publications: inSPIRE Teaching: TÜ ÕIS Supervision: UT DSpace |
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Margus Saal Associate Professor in Theoretical Physics E-mail: margus.saal@ut.ee Phone: +372 5094875 Office: B307 CV, projects: ETIS Publications: inSPIRE Teaching: TÜ ÕIS Supervision: UT DSpace |
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Matti Selg |
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Damianos Iosifidis |
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Veiko Palge |
| Debora Aguiar Gomes PhD student in Physics Office: B312 Publications: inSPIRE |
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Ilaria Andrei |
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| Arpan Chatterjee Junior research fellow in Physics (PhD student) Office: B321 Publications: inSPIRE |
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| Ernest Michael Priidik Gallagher PhD student in Physics Office: B321 Publications: inSPIRE |
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| Vasiliki Karanasou Junior research fellow in Physics (PhD student) Office: B312 Publications: inSPIRE |
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| Maria Naeem Junior research fellow in Physics (PhD student) Office: B312 CV, projects: ETIS Publications: inSPIRE |
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| Konstantinos Pallikaris PhD student in Physics Office: B302 Publications: inSPIRE |
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| Laxmipriya Pati PhD student in Physics Office: B312 Publications: inSPIRE |
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| Sofía Vidal Junior research fellow in Physics (PhD student) Office: B312 Publications: inSPIRE |
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| Luxi Zheng PhD student in Physics Office: B321 Publications: inSPIRE |
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| Marko Raidlo MSc student in Physics Office: B302 |
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| Paul Martin Kull MSc student in Physics Office: B302 Publications: inSPIRE |
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| Joosep Lember MSc student in Physics Office: B302 Publications: inSPIRE |
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| Kärt Soieva MSc student in Physics Office: B302 Publications: inSPIRE |
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| Hanna Liis Tamm MSc student in Physics Office: B302 Publications: inSPIRE |
- L. Järv, P. Kuusk, M. Saal, O. Vilson, "Invariant quantities in the scalar-tensor theories of gravitation", Phys. Rev. D 91 (2015) 024041 [at inSPIRE].
- L. Järv, K. Kannike, L. Marzola, A. Racioppi, M. Raidal, M. Rünkla, M. Saal, H. Veermäe, "Frame-Independent Classification of Single-Field Inflationary Models", Phys. Rev. Lett. 118 (2017) 151302 [at inSPIRE].
- M. Hohmann, L. Järv, U. Ualikhanova, "Covariant formulation of scalar-torsion gravity", Phys. Rev. D 97 (2018) 104011 [at inSPIRE].
- L. Järv, M. Rünkla, M. Saal, O. Vilson, "Nonmetricity formulation of general relativity and its scalar-tensor extension", Phys. Rev. D 97 (2018) 124025 [at inSPIRE].
- M. Hohmann, L. Järv, M. Krššák, C. Pfeifer, "Modified teleparallel theories of gravity in symmetric spacetimes", Phys. Rev. D 100 (2019) 8, 084002, [at inSPIRE].
- V. Palge, J. Dunningham, S. Groote, H. Liivat, "Relativistic entanglement of two particles driven by continuous product momenta" Phys. Rev. A 98 (2018) 052322 [at inSPIRE].
- M. Frasca, A. Ghoshal, S. Groote, "Confinement in QCD and generic Yang-Mills theories with matter representations", Phys. Lett. B 846 (2023) 138209 [at inSPIRE].
- J. Beltrán Jiménez, L. Heisenberg, T. Koivisto, S. Pekar, "Cosmology in f(Q) geometry", Phys. Rev. D 101 (2020) 103507 [at inSPIRE]
- D. Aguiar Gomes, J. Beltrán Jiménez, A. Jiménez Cano, T. Koivisto, "On the pathological character of modifications of Coincident General Relativity: Cosmological strong coupling and ghosts in f(Q) theories", Phys. Rev. Lett. (2024) [at inSPIRE].
Almost all of our recent papers are listed at the inSPIRE database.
- Ulbossyn Ualikhanova 2021
- Daniel Kristoffer Blixt 2021
- Sergey Koshkarev 2020
- Ott Vilson 2019
- Lauri Kaldamäe 2017
- Hardi Veermäe 2017
- Tanel Mullari 2010
- Hannes Liivat 2010
- Margus Saal 2004
- Tõnu Laas 2002
- Jüri Örd 1998
- Metric-Affine Frameworks for Gravity 2024
- Geometric Foundations of Gravity 2023
- Metric-Affine Frameworks for Gravity 2022
- Geometric Foundations of Gravity 2021
- Teleparallel gravity Workshop-Seminar 2021
- Teleparallel Gravity workshop 2020
- Geometric Foundations of Gravity 2019
- Teleparallel Gravity workshop 2018
- Geometric Foundations of Gravity 2017
- 3rd Tallinn Symposium on Neutrino Physics (Lohusalu 1995)
- 2nd Tallinn Symposium on Neutrino Physics (Lohusalu 1993)
- International Tallinn Symposium on Neutrino Physics (1990)
Facebook @geomgravtartu.
- The mailing list fyysika.fundamentaal distributes announcements on the seminars in theoretical and mathematical physics, high energy physics, cosmology and astrophysics, as well as solid state theory in Tartu and Tõravere. Everybody who is interested can join.
- Seminars that are broadcast online are also announced at the INSPIRE-HEP and researchseminars.org portals.
- Recordings of the recent seminars can be seen at the university BigBlueButton server.
- Lea Johanna Zybur (Hannover) 2024, Erasmus scholarship
- Jibitesh Dutta (NEHU Shillong) 2023, Erasmus Mundus staff exchange
- Orest Hrycyna (Warsaw) 2023, Polish grant
- Adrián Casado-Turrión (Madrid) 2022, Spanish scholarship
- Laxmipriya Pati (BITS-Pilani Hyderabad) 2022, DoRa+ scholarship
- Gerardo García-Moreno (Granada), Spanish scholarship
- Alice Boldrin (Warsaw) 2022, DoRa+ scholarship
- Johann Chevrier (Paris) 2022, French internship
- Débora Aguiar Gomes (Ceará) 2022, DoRa+ scholarship
- Sree Kanth Hari Kumar (Warsaw) 2022, DoRa+ scholarship
- Erik Jensko (University College London) 2021, DoRa+ scholarship
- María José Guzmán (La Serena) 2021, Chile postdoc grant
- Mercè Guerrero (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) 2021, DoRa+ scholarship
- Aleksander Kozak (Wrocław) 2021 DoRa+ scholarship, 2019 Polish grant
- Adam Zadrożny (Warsaw) 2021 Center of Excellence invitation
- Pavel Fadeev (Mainz) 2020
- Teodor Borislavov Vasilev (Madrid) 2020
- Nicoleta Voicu (Brasov) 2020, 2018 CANTATA short term scientific mission
- Vladimir Mostepanenko (St. Petersburg) 2020
- Galina Klimchitskaya (St Petersburg) 2020
- Alejandro Jiménez Cano (Granada) 2019
- Alexey Golovnev (Cairo) 2019
- Tom Złośnik (Praha) 2019
- Kai Flathmann (Oldenburg) 2019 DoRa+ scholarship
- Sergey Vernov (Moskva) 2019
- Elena Emtsova (Moskva) 2019 DoRa+ scholarship
- Orville Damaschke (Oldenburg) 2018
- Kevin Croker (Hawaiʻi) 2015-2016 Fulbright U.S. Student Program
- Alexey Toporensky (Moscow) 2015
- Alejandro Jiménez-Cano (2024)
- Francisco José Maldonado Torralba (2024 → UT computer science)
- Jorge G. Valcárcel (2023 → Tokyo, postdoc)
- Aneta Magdalena Wojnar (2022 → Madrid Complutense, postdoc)
- João Luís de Figueiredo Rosa (2022 → Gdansk, postdoc)
- Daniel Kristoffer Blixt (2022 → Napoli, postdoc)
- Adrià Delhom I Latorre (2022 → Louisiana, postdoc)
- Sebastián Bahamonde (2021 → Tokyo, postdoc)
- Christian Pfeifer (2020 → Bremen, postdoc)
- Martin Krššák (2019 → Yangzhou, postdoc)
- Hannes Liivat
- Martti Raidal
- Peeter Tenjes
- Rein Saar
- Ene Ergma
- Elmar Vesman
- Ilmar Ots
- Risto Tammelo
- Jaak Lõhmus
- Laur Palgi
- Paavo Helde
- Hannes Uibo
- Kaupo Palo
- Madis Kõiv
- Vladimir Rosenhaus
- Rein Männik
- Peeter Müürsepp
(aastast 1990)
The forerunner of the Laboratory was the theoretical physics research group in the Institute of Physics, Mathematics, and Mechanics of the ESSR Academy of Sciences, founded in 1947. In the 1960s the expanding group formed a sector of the Institute of Physics and Astronomy. The Laboratory of Theoretical Physics of the Institute of Physics was created in 1986. The Institute of Physics was under the Estonian Academy of Sciences until 1997, and then joined the University of Tartu.
In 2015 the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics merged with a part of the Laboratory of Field Theory, formerly the Chair of Theoretical Physics in the Department of Physics of the University of Tartu, thus uniting the research and teaching units of theoretical physics.
