Dr Costis Papageorgakis
Head of Physics and Astronomy | Reader in Theoretical Physics | Academic Lead for Employability and Graduate Opportunities
Email: c.papageorgakis@qmul.ac.uk
Telephone: 020 7882 5806
Room Number: G. O. Jones Building, Room 608
Profile
I am a Reader in Theoretical Physics at the Centre for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy. My work has focussed on various aspects of supersymmetric/superconformal field theories and their relation to String/M-theory.
I hold an undergraduate diploma from the University of Patras (Greece), an MSc from Durham University and a PhD from Queen Mary University of London. I have previously held postdoctoral positions at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (India), King's College London and Rutgers University (USA).
Teaching
I currently teach the undergraduate course "Quantum Mechanics and Symmetry" over the second semester of the 2024-2025 academic year.
I am a Fellow of Advance HE.
Research
Research Interests:
Publications
(A complete and up to date list of publications with an accurate citation count can also be found at this link)
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Papageorgakis C, Niarchos V (2024). Learning S-matrix phases with neural operators.
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Niarchos V, Papageorgakis C, Richmond P et al. (2023). Bootstrability in line-defect CFTs with improved truncation methods.
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Kántor G, Niarchos V, Papageorgakis C et al. (2023). 6D (2,0) bootstrap with the soft-actor-critic algorithm.
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Andriolo E, Niarchos V, Papageorgakis C et al. (2023). Covariantly Constant Anomalies on Conformal Manifolds.
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Andriolo E, Lambert N, Orchard T et al. . A path integral for the chiral-form partition function.
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Kántor G, Niarchos V, Papageorgakis C (2022). Conformal bootstrap with reinforcement learning.
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Kántor G, Niarchos V, Papageorgakis C (2022). Solving Conformal Field Theories with Artificial Intelligence.
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Agarwal P, Andriolo E, Kántor G et al. (2021). Macdonald indices for four-dimensional N=3 theories.
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Niarchos V, Papageorgakis C, Pini A et al. (2021). (Mis-)matching type-B anomalies on the Higgs branch.
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Melnikov IV, Papageorgakis C, Royston AB (2020). Accelerating solitons.
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Melnikov IV, Papageorgakis C, Royston AB (2020). Forced Soliton Equation and Semiclassical Soliton Form Factors.
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Andriolo E, Lambert N, Papageorgakis C (2020). Geometrical aspects of an Abelian (2,0) action.
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Niarchos V, Papageorgakis C, Pomoni E (2020). Type-B anomaly matching and the 6D (2,0) theory.
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Kántor G, Papageorgakis C, Richmond P (2020). AdS
7 black-hole entropy and 5D N = 2 Yang-Mills.
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Hayling J, Niarchos V, Papageorgakis C (2019). Deconstructing defects.
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Hayling J, Panerai R, Papageorgakis C (2018). Deconstructing little strings with N = 1 gauge theories on ellipsoids.
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Hayling J, Papageorgakis C, Pomoni E et al. (2017). Exact deconstruction of the 6D (2,0) theory.
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Buican M, Hayling J, Papageorgakis C (2016). Aspects of superconformal multiplets in D > 4.
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Papageorgakis C, Pini A, Rodríguez-Gómez D (2016). Nekrasov-Shatashvili limit of the 5D superconformal index.
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Lambert N, Papageorgakis C, Schmidt-Sommerfeld M (2015). Instanton operators in five-dimensional gauge theories.
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Buican M, Giacomelli S, Nishinaka T et al. (2015). Argyres-Douglas theories and S-duality.
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Buican M, Nishinaka T, Papageorgakis C (2014). Constraints on chiral operators in N=2 SCFTs.
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Papageorgakis C, Royston AB (2014). Instanton-soliton loops in 5D super-Yang-Mills.
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Papageorgakis C, Royston AB (2014). Revisiting soliton contributions to perturbative amplitudes.
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Papageorgakis C, Royston AB (2014). Scalar soliton quantization with generic moduli.
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Lambert N, Papageorgakis C, Schmidt-Sommerfeld M (2013). Deconstructing (2,0) proposals.
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Bagger J, Lambert N, Mukhi S et al. (2013). Multiple membranes in M-theory.
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Lambert N, Nastase H, Papageorgakis C (2012). 5D Yang-Mills instantons from Aharony-Bergman-Jafferis-Maldacena monopoles.
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Nastase H, Papageorgakis C (2011). Dimensional reduction of the ABJM model.
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Chu X, Nastase H, Nilsson BEW et al. (2011). Higgsing M2 to D2 with gravity: N = 6 chiral supergravity from topologically gauged ABJM theory.
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Lambert N, Papageorgakis C, Schmidt-Sommerfeld M (2011). M5-Branes, D4-Branes and quantum 5D super-Yang-Mills.
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Papageorgakis C, Sämann C (2011). The 3-Lie algebra (2,0) tensor multiplet and equations of motion on loop space.
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Lambert N, Papageorgakis C (2010). Relating U(N) × U(N) to SU(N) × SU(N) Chern-Simons membrane theories.
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Nastase H (2010). Bifundamental Fuzzy 2-Sphere and Fuzzy Killing Spinors.
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Lambert N, Papageorgakis C (2010). Nonabelian (2,0) tensor multiplets and 3-algebras.
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Nastase H, Papageorgakis C (2009). Fuzzy killing spinors and supersymmetric d4 action on the fuzzy 2-sphere from the ABJM model.
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Nastase H, Papageorgakis C, Ramgoolam S (2009). The fuzzy S 2 structure of M2-M5 systems in ABJM membrane theories.
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Ezhuthachan B, Mukhi S, Papageorgakis C (2009). The power of the Higgs mechanism: Higher-derivative BLG theories.
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Ezhuthachan B, Mukhi S, Papageorgakis C (2008). D2 to D2.
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Bedford J, Papageorgakis C, Zoubos K (2008). Adding flavour to twistor strings.
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Distler J, Mukhi S, Papageorgakis C et al. (2008). M2-branes on M-folds.
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Bedford J, Papageorgakis C, Zoubos K (2008). Adding flavour to twistor strings.
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Mukhi S, Papageorgakis C (2008). M2 to D2.
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Bedford J, Papageorgakis C, Zoubos K (2007). Twistor strings with flavour.
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Bedford J, Papageorgakis C, Rodríguez-Gómez D et al. (2007). Big bang and big crunch in matrix string theory.
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Papageorgakis C, Ramgoolam S (2006). On time-dependent collapsing branes and fuzzy odd-dimensional spheres.
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PAPAGEORGAKIS C (2006). On matrix D-brane dynamics and fuzzy spheres.
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McNamara S, Papageorgakis C, Ramgoolam S et al. (2006). Finite N effects on the collapse of fuzzy spheres.
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Papageorgakis C, Ramgoolam S, Toumbas N (2006). Noncommutative geometry, quantum effects and DBI-scaling in the collapse of D0-D2 bound states.
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Papageorgakis C, Ramgoolam S (2005). Large-small dualities between periodic collapsing/expanding branes and brane funnels.
Supervision
PhD students:
- James Chryssanthacopoulos (jointly with Dr David Vegh-PhD expected 2028)
- Alexander Stapleton (jointly with Prof. David Berman-PhD expected 2026)
- Mitchell Woolley (PhD expected 2026)
- L. Sidney Baines (jointly with Dr Ulla Blumenschein-PhD expected 2025)
- Enrico Andriolo (PhD 2023)
- Gergely Kántor (PhD 2022)
- Joseph Hayling (PhD 2019)
I am also interested in taking on new students for the following project:
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Conformal Field Theories and Artificial Intelligence |
Conformal Field Theories are mathematical descriptions of natural phenomena that look the same at all length scales. They find fundamental applications over a large spectrum of topics ranging from condensed-matter physics, particle physics, string theory and quantum gravity. They are, however, incredibly hard to solve with the exception of a handful of examples.
This project aims to exploit the tremendous recent progress in Artificial Intelligence to solve arbitrary conformal field theories. This will be achieved by utilising machine-learning techniques similar to those used by Google’s DeepMind Technologies when building the AlphaGo programme, which spectacularly beat professional Go champions.
Requirements:
A very good grasp of graduate Quantum Field Theory and supersymmetry, as well as some basic conformal field theory and string theory. Coding experience is desirable.