Níck

theoretical physicist

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Short CV

This is my brief CV. You can learn more about my research interests here.

Doctor in Physics

September 2023 – Ongoing

Advisor: André G. S. Landulfo

Institution: Federal University of ABC

Funding: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brasil (CAPES)—Finance Code 001

Topics: General Relativity, Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime, Algebraic Quantum Field Theory, Energy Conditions, Entropy Bounds and Holography in General Spacetimes, and Infrared Structure of Field Theories

Main results:

  • showed that barotropic, spherically-symmetric stars with negative mass are unstable in general relativity (Aguiar Alves, Landulfo & Costa 2024)

Related publications:

  • Aguiar Alves, Níckolas de, André G. S. Landulfo, and Bruno Arderucio Costa. “Positive Mass in General Relativity Without Energy Conditions,” 2024. Submitted. arXiv: 2408.00154 [gr-qc]. Summarized here.

Master in Physics

February 2021 – April 2023

Advisor: André G. S. Landulfo

Institution: Federal University of ABC

Funding: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brasil (CAPES)—Finance Code 001, and São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)—Grant 21/07372-7

Topics: General Relativity, Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime, Algebraic Quantum Field Theory, and Functional Renormalization Group

Main results:

  • computed the functional renormalization group flow for an Unruh–DeWitt detector in Minkowski spacetime (Aguiar Alves 2023 and work to appear)

Related publications:

  • Aguiar Alves, Níckolas de (2023). “Nonperturbative Aspects of Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime”. MSc thesis. Santo André, Brazil: Federal University of ABC. xxiv, 152 pp. arXiv: 2305.17453 [gr-qc]. Summarized here.

Bachelor in Physics

February 2017 – December 2020

Advisor: João C. A. Barata

Institution: University of São Paulo's Institute of Physics

Funding: São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)—Grant 19/12158-4

In Brazil, it is common for undergraduate students to take on a "scientific initiation" project. In theoretical and mathematical physics, this is usually a project ranging from six months to a few years consisting of reviewing a specific topic within an area of interest. I carried out my project on hyperbolic equations of mathematical physics, aiming at being prepared to later start a master's degree on quantum field theory in curved spacetimes.