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Professor Nikolay Gromov
Professor Nikolay Gromov

Professor Nikolay Gromov

Professor of Theoretical Physics

Research interests

  • Mathematics

Biography

Nikolay Gromov graduated from Saint-Petersburg State University in January 2005. He obtained his PhD in École normale supérieure in co-tutelle with Saint-Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute in November 2007. He held postdoctoral positions between 2007-2008 in CEA Saclay in France, and between 2008-2010 in DESY and Hamburg University, Germany. In April 2010 he joined King’s College as a Lecturer in Theoretical Physics, and was promoted to Reader in September 2014, followed by promotion to Professor in 2018.

Research interests

Professor Gromov's research interests include different approaches in non-perturbative Yang-Mills theory. The first approach is devoted to confinement/deconfinement phase transition and is based on classical configurations, generalizing the instantons.

Another approach is based on the remarkable duality between the N = 4 super-symmetric generalization of 4D Yang-Mills theory and 10D string theory in the AdS5 x S5 background. Integrability allows one to write down the equations describing exactly the spectrum of these theories and easily reproduce very complicated perturbation theory calculations.

Further information

    Research

    Theoretical Physics
    Theoretical Physics

    The group is at the forefront of research in supersymmetry, string and M- theory and related areas.

    Events

    07Decmath class

    Introduction to Mathematics PhD programmes

    Find out more about studying a Mathematics PhD at King's at this dedicated event.

    Please note: this event has passed.

      Research

      Theoretical Physics
      Theoretical Physics

      The group is at the forefront of research in supersymmetry, string and M- theory and related areas.

      Events

      07Decmath class

      Introduction to Mathematics PhD programmes

      Find out more about studying a Mathematics PhD at King's at this dedicated event.

      Please note: this event has passed.