Dr. Onirban Islam

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  • Global Analysis is the investigation of differential operators on manifolds and on vector bundles. Broadly speaking, I am interested in differential operators and their generalisations (pseudodifferential operators and Fourier integral operators) naturally arising in the context of quantum field theory, general relativity, and their interplay. Often these operators are non-elliptic and their analysis requires tools from microlocal analysis, functional analysis, and Lorentzian geometry. At the moment, I am working on a Lorentzian generalisation of the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer index theorem.   
  • Semi-classical Gravity is the study of quantum field theory interacting with classical gravity, also known as quantum field theory in curved spacetime. In this context, my current focus is on constructing Hadamard states on globally hyperbolic spacetimes (with timelike boundary).   
  • Spectral Geometry explores the bridge between spectral invariants of differential operators and the underlying manifolds (vector bundles). At present, I am investigating a relativistic generalisation of the Duistermaat-Guillemin-Gutzwiller trace formula for wave-type and for Dirac-type operators on a stationary spacetime admitting compact Cauchy hypersurface with boundary. On the physics side, my interest is to employ this trace formula to explore semi-classical manifestation of horizon-induced instability.   

 

  • Statistics inversion in curved spacetimes, LQP-48: Foundations and Constructive Aspects of QFT (Leipzig, Germany: 8 June 2024)
  • Overview of boundary value problems for Dirac operators, Blockseminar: Rigidity and scalar curvature (Bad Staffelstein, Germany: 1 may 2024)
  • Geometric derivation of the chiral anomaly in curved backgrounds, Hannover-Potsdam mathematical physics seminar (Potsdam, Germany: 31 January 2024)
  • Index theory, Seminar on elliptic boundary value problems at the Humboldt Universität (Berlin, Germany: 30 June and 7 July 2023)
  • Feynman propagators on curved spacetime, ESI thematic programme Spectral Theory and Mathematical Relativity (Vienna, Austria: 29 June 2023)
  • Spectral Asymptotics of Dirac Operators on a Stationary Spacetime, Graduate student seminar at Oklahoma State University (USA: Web 3 April 2023)
  • Feynman Propagators on a Curved Spacetime, Mathematical physics seminar at Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Erlangen, Germany: 19 January 2023)
  • Feynman propagators for wave-type and for Dirac-type operators on a curved spacetime, AQFTUK (York, UK: 7 July 2022)
  • h-principle for Open Ample Partial Differential Relation, Block Seminar: Convex Integration (Chiemsee, Germany: 4 May 2022)
  • A Gutzwiller trace formula for Dirac operators on a stationary spacetime, Microlocal and Global Analysis, Interactions with Geometry (Potsdam, Germany: Web 24 February, 2022)
  • On the microlocalisation of normally hyperbolic operators, Young Functional Analysts' Workshop (Lanchaster, UK: Web 12 August 2021)
  • Existence of Feynman propagators of a normally hyperbolic operator, London Mathematical Society virtual graduate student meeting (UK: Web 16 November 2020) 
  • Relative entanglement entropy of thermal states in a static spacetime, Hamilton School on Mathematical Physics (Dublin, UK: Web 24 August 2020) 
  • On the construction of Feynman parametrices for a normally hyperbolic operator, LQP-45: Foundations and Constructive Aspects of QFT (Cardiff, UK: Web 18 June 2020) 
  • Entanglement entropy of the Dirac field in a static spacetime, LQP-40: Foundations and Constructive Aspects of QFT (Leipzig, Germany: 24 June 2017)