IEM | Gonzalo J. Olmo

Last updated: Nov 2009

Gonzalo

Contact:

Gonzalo J. Olmo	Phone: 91 561 6800 Ext. 2115
Instituto de Estructura de la Materia - CSIC
C/Serrano 121	Fax: 91 564 5557
28006 Madrid (Spain)	email: olmo [at] iem.cfmac.csic.es

About myself: I work as an associate postdoctoral researcher at the Instituto de Estructura de la Materia in Madrid, Spain. I carry out research on theoretical aspects of gravitational physics. My interests so far have focused on three main areas: black holes, cosmology, and quantum gravity. I have studied the properties of quantum fields in curved space with emphasis on the process of black hole evaporation via Hawking radiation and the generation of primordial perturbations during inflation. I have also studied the possibility of explaining the recently observed cosmic speedup in terms of dynamical equations different from those of General Relativity. I am currently also exploring different approaches to Quantum Gravity. You are invited to browse my publications for more details on my work.

Keywords: Quantum Gravity, Black holes, Hawking Radiation, Cosmology, Inflation, Modified Theories of Gravity.

Education:

Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics

Thesis: Black holes, quantum correlations, and cosmology.
University of Valencia (Spain). July, 2005
Advisor: José Navarro-Salas

Master Thesis

Thesis: Backreaction and quantum correlations in the evaporation of charged black holes
University of Valencia (Spain). June, 2003
Advisor: José Navarro-Salas

Physics degree

University of Valencia (Spain). From 10/1996 to 06/2001

Awards:

Publications:

Title: Revising the observable consequences of slow-roll inflation.
Authors: Ivan Agullo, Jose Navarro-Salas, Gonzalo J. Olmo, Leonard Parker
Journal of reference: arXiv:0911.0961 [hep-th] .
Title: New Phenomenology for Palatini f(R) Theories: Non-singular Universes.
Authors: Gonzalo J. Olmo
Journal of reference: arXiv:0910.3734 [gr-qc] .
Title: Inflation, quantum fields, and CMB anisotropies.
Authors: Ivan Agullo, Jose Navarro-Salas, Gonzalo J. Olmo, Leonard Parker
Journal of reference: Gen.Rel.Gravit.41, 2301-2306 (2009). .
Title: Dynamical Aspects of Generalized Palatini Theories of Gravity.
Authors: Gonzalo J. Olmo, Hélios Sanchis-Alepuz, and Swapnil Tripathi.
Journal of reference: Phys.Rev.D 80, 024013 (2009)..
Title: Bouncing Cosmologies in Palatini f(R) Gravity.
Authors: Carlos Barragán, Gonzalo J. Olmo, and Hélios Sanchis-Alepuz.
Journal of reference: Phys.Rev.D 80, 024016 (2009). .
Title: Insensitivity of Hawking radiation to an invariant Planck-scale cutoff.
Authors: Ivan Agullo, Jose Navarro-Salas, Gonzalo J. Olmo, Leonard Parker.
Journal of reference: To appear in Phys.Rev.D .
Title:Revising the predictions of inflation for the cosmic microwave background anisotropies.
Authors: Ivan Agullo, Jose Navarro-Salas, Gonzalo J. Olmo, Leonard Parker
Journal of reference: Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 061301 (2009).
Title:Reexamination of Polytropic Spheres in Palatini f(R) Gravity.
Authors: Gonzalo J. Olmo
Journal of reference: Phys.Rev.D 78, 104026 (2008).
Title:Effective Action for Loop Quantum Cosmology a la Palatini.
Authors: Gonzalo J. Olmo and Parampreet Singh
Journal of reference: JCAP 01 (2009)030 .
Title:Re-examination of the Power Spectrum in de Sitter Inflation.
Authors: Ivan Agullo, Jose Navarro-Salas, Gonzalo J. Olmo, Leonard Parker
Journal of reference: Phys.Rev.Lett. 101,171301(2008) .
Comments:See a comment of this paper in Physics .
Title:Two-point functions with an invariant Planck scale and thermal effects.
Authors: Ivan Agullo, Jose Navarro-Salas, Gonzalo J. Olmo, Leonard Parker
Journal of reference: Phys.Rev.D77, 124032,2008 .
Title: Hydrogen atom in Palatini theories of gravity.
Authors: Gonzalo J. Olmo
Journal of reference: Phys.Rev.D 77,084021(2008)
Title: Acceleration radiation and the Planck scale.
Authors: I. Agullo, J. Navarro-Salas, Gonzalo J. Olmo, and Leonard Parker
Journal of reference: Phys.Rev.D77:104034,2008
Title: The role of Planck scale in black hole radiance.
Authors: I. Agullo, J. Navarro- Salas, Gonzalo J. Olmo, and Leonard Parker
Journal of reference: Int.J.Mod.Phys.D Vol 17 N3-4, 489-494 (2008)
Comments: Awarded an Honorable Mention in the Gravity Research Foundation Essay Competition 2007
Title: Short distances, black holes, and TeV gravity.
Authors: I. Agullo, J. Navarro- Salas, Gonzalo J. Olmo
Journal of reference: Preprint (to appear in the proceedings of the 11th Marcel Grossman Meeting)
Title: Limit to General Relativity in f(R) theories of gravity.
Authors: Gonzalo J. Olmo
Journal of reference: Phys.Rev.D 75, 023511 (2007)
Title: Violation of the equivalence principle in modified theories of gravity.
Authors: Gonzalo J. Olmo.
Journal of reference: Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 061101 (2007)
Comments: See this article in the news.
Title: Short-distance contribution to the spectrum of Hawking radiation.
Authors: I. Agullo, J. Navarro- Salas, Gonzalo J. Olmo, Leonard Parker.
Journal of reference: Phys.Rev.D 76,044018(2007)
Title:Black hole radiance, short distances, and TeV gravity.
Authors: I. Agulló, J. Navarro-Salas, Gonzalo J. Olmo .
Journal of reference: Phys.Rev.Lett. 97 (2006) 041302
Title:The gravity lagrangian according to solar system experiments.
Authors: Gonzalo J. Olmo.
Journal of reference: Phys.Rev.Lett. 95 (2005) 261102
Title:Semiclassical zero-temperature corrections to Schwarzschild spacetime and holography .
Authors: A. Fabbri, S. Farese, J. Navarro-Salas, Gonzalo J. Olmo, H. Sanchis- Alepuz.
Journal of reference: Phys.Rev. D73 (2006) 104023
Title: Static quantum corrections to the Schwarzschild spacetime.
Authors: A. Fabbri, S. Farese, J. Navarro- Salas, Gonzalo J. Olmo, H. Sanchis-Alepuz.
Journal of reference: J.Phys.Conf.Ser.33:457-462,2006
Title: PN constraints on f(R) cosmologies in metric and Palatini formalism.
Authors: Gonzalo J. Olmo.
Journal of reference: Phys.Rev.D72, 083505, (2005)
Title: Nonlinear Gravity Theories in the Metric and Palatini Formalisms.
Authors: Gonzalo J. Olmo and William Komp.
Journal of reference: gr-qc/0403092
Title: Particles and energy fluxes from a CFT perspective.
Authors: A. Fabbri, J. Navarro-Salas, Gonzalo J. Olmo.
Journal of reference: Phys.Rev. D70 (2004) 064022
Title: Late-time correlators in semiclassical particle-black- hole scattering.
Authors: A. Fabbri, D.J. Navarro, J. Navarro-Salas, Gonzalo J. Olmo.
Journal of reference: Phys.Rev.D68,041502 (R), (2003)
Title:A note on Mobius transformations and Bogolubov coefficients .
Authors: A. Fabbri, J. Navarro-Salas and Gonzalo J. Olmo.
Journal of reference: Proc. of the workshop Symmetries in gravity and field theory , June 9-12, 2003. V.Aldaya, J.M. Cerveró and P. García (eds.), Ediciones de la Universidad de Salamanca, 2004, pp. 343-354

Refereeing activity:

I have reviewed articles for the following international journals:

Seminars and Talks:

Title: Inflation, Renormalization, and CMB Anisotropies.
Type: Spanish Relativity Meeting - ERE2009.
Place and date: Bilbao (Spain) , Sep.7-11, 2009
Title: Avoiding the Big Bang singularity with Palatini f(R) theories.
Type: 12th Marcel Grossman Meeting
Place and date: Paris , Jul.11-18, 2009
Title: Enriched phenomenology in extended Palatini theories.
Type: 12th Marcel Grossman Meeting
Place and date: Paris , Jul.11-18, 2009
Title: Static spherically symmetric solutions in extended Palatini gravity.
Type: 12th Marcel Grossman Meeting
Place and date: Paris , Jul.11-18, 2009
Title: New phenomenology for Palatini f(R) gravity: non-singular universes
Type: The Invisible Universe International Conference.
Place and date: Paris, June 29 - July 03, 2009
Title: Covariant Effective Action for LQC a la Palatini.
Type: 4th Iberian Cosmology Meeting
Place and date: IFF - CSIC (Madrid), Apr.16-17, 2009
Title: Evaporación de agujeros negros.
Type: Curso de introducción a la investigación en estructura de la materia
Place and date: IEM - CSIC (Madrid), Apr.1-3, 2009
Title: Past, Present, and Future of Palatini f(R) Gravity.
Type: Seminar
Place and date: IFF - CSIC (Madrid), Feb.19, 2009
Title: Cosmological Inflation: from science fiction to a fully testable theory.
Type: Colloquium
Place and date: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Nov.20, 2008
Title: Continuity of R in f(R) theories of gravity.
Type: Workshop on Black Holes and Modified Gravity
Place and date: Universitat de Valencia, Tuesday 18 of December of 2007
Title: Theories of gravity: a brief history.
Type: Seminar
Place and date: Universitat de Valencia, Friday, 26 of October of 2007
Title: Theories of gravity: from 1687 to 2007.
Type: Seminar
Place and date: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Friday, 22 of June of 2007
Title: Testing Palatini theories with the Hydrogen atom.
Type: Seminar
Place and date: Laboratoire de Physique Theorique d'Orsay, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France, Wednesday, 2 of April of 2007
Title: Testing f(R) cosmologies with atoms.
Type: Seminar
Place and date: Universitat de Valencia, Spain, Friday, 27 of April of 2007
Title: Modified theories of gravity in cosmology.
Type: Contribution to the 16th Midwest Relativity Meeting.
Place and date: Washington University (St. Louis, MO), Nov. 16- 18, 2006.
Title: Cosmic evolution and local dynamics in modified gravities.
Type: Invited talk at the "Alternative Gravities and Dark Matter Workshop".
Place and date: Edinburgh (United Kingdom), April 20-22, 2006.
Title: The gravity lagrangian according to solar system experiments.
Type: Seminar.
Place and date: CSIC (Madrid, Spain), Sept. 16, 2005.
Title: Hawking radiation and quantum correlations.
Type: Seminar.
Place and date: UCM (Madrid, Spain), Sept. 15, 2005.
Title: Quantum correlations, black holes, and cosmology.
Type: Ph.D. dissertation.
Place and date: University of Valencia (Valencia, Spain), July 5, 2005.
Title: Experimental tests and alternative theories of gravity.
Type: Colloquium.
Place and date: University of Louisville (Lousville, Kentucky), Nov. 19, 2004.
Title: f(R) gravity theories and PPN constraints.
Type: Contribution to the 14th Midwest Relativity Meeting.
Place and date: Milwaukee (WI, USA), Oct. 15-16, 2004.
Title: On the viability of Palatini form of f(R) gravities.
Type: Seminar.
Place and date: UWM (Milwaukee, WI), Sept. 10, 2004.
Title: Backreaction effects in the evaporation of charged black holes.
Type: Seminar.
Place and date: UWM (Milwaukee, WI), Aug. 29, 2003.
Title: Möbius transformations and Bogolubov coefficients.
Type: Seminar.
Place and date: Università degli Studi di Bologna (Italy), May 8, 2003.