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Entry requirements:
  •  Master’s degree / equivalent in a related field
  •  B2 level of English
  •  Good track record of publications related to the topic of the intended research
  •  Strong research proposal 1,500 - 3,500 words

Research supervisor:
Andrei Barvinsky
PhD, DSc

Supervisor’s research interests:
Mathematical methods of quantum field theory and quantum gravity, quantum cosmology and physics of the early quantum Universe, inflation theory, dark energy problem.

Research highlights:
Synthesis of mathematical methods and applications in physics of the very early Universe and relativistic cosmology.

Supervisor’s specific requirements:
  •  Basic knowledge of quantum field theory.
  •  Foundations of general relativity.
  •  Basic methods of mathematical physics.

Main publications:
  •  A.O. Barvinsky, D. Blas, M. Herrero-Valea, S.M. Sibiryakov, and C.F. Steinwachs, Renormalization of Hořava gravity, Phys. Rev. D 93, 064022.
  •  A.O. Barvinsky, A. Yu. Kamenshchik, C. Kiefer, A.A. Starobinsky and C. Steinwachs, Asymptotic freedom in inflationary cosmology with a non-minimally coupled Higgs field, JCAP 12(2009)003.
  •  A.O. Barvinsky, A. Yu. Kamenshchik, C. Kiefer, A.A. Starobinsky and C. Steinwachs, Higgs boson, renormalization group, and naturalness in cosmology, EPJC 72 (2012) 2219.

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