Ulf Lindström
Professor at Department of Mathematics; Centre for Geometry and Physics
- E-mail:
- ulf.lindstrom@physics.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ångströmlaboratoriet, Regementsvägen 10
- Postal address:
- Box 480
751 06 UPPSALA
Professor at Department of Physics and Astronomy; Theoretical Physics
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 32 98
- E-mail:
- ulf.lindstrom@physics.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ångströmlaboratoriet, Regementsvägen 10
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 524
751 20 UPPSALA
Biography
Research interests
- Duality (Paper I) (For a basic review click here)
- D-branes (Paper II)
- Supergravity (Paper I)
- Projective Superspace (Paper I)
- Complex geometry (Paper I)
Here is a short summary of my research, and here is a list of my publications.

Publications
Recent publications
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Gravitational currents and charges from conformal Killing-Yano tensors
Part of Classical and quantum gravity, 2026
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Generalised symmetries in linear gravity
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2025
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Exotic gravity theory in loop space*
Part of Journal of Physics A, 2025
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Gauge-invariant charges of the dual graviton
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2025
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Gauging generalised symmetries in linear gravity
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2025
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Gravitational currents and charges from conformal Killing-Yano tensors
Part of Classical and quantum gravity, 2026
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Generalised symmetries in linear gravity
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2025
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Exotic gravity theory in loop space*
Part of Journal of Physics A, 2025
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Gauge-invariant charges of the dual graviton
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2025
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Gauging generalised symmetries in linear gravity
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2025
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On the maximally symmetric vacua of generic Lovelock gravities*
Part of Journal of Physics A, 2025
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Gauge-invariant magnetic charges in linearised gravity
Part of Classical and quantum gravity, 2024
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Charges and topology in linearised gravity
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2024
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Geometry, conformal Killing-Yano tensors and conserved "currents"
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2023
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New techniques for gauge theories in projective superspace
Part of Physical Review D, 2023
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Gravitational duality, Palatini variation and boundary terms: a synopsis
Part of Classical and quantum gravity, 2023
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Killing-Yano charges of asymptotically maximally symmetric black holes
Part of Physics Letters B, 2023
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A comment on metric vs metric-affine gravity
Part of Physics Letters B, 2023
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Yano F structures and extended supersymmetry
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2022
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Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2022
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Tensionless strings and Killing(-Yano) tensors
Part of Physics Letters B, 2022
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Superconformal geometries and local twistors
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2021
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Symmetries of N = (1,0) supergravity backgrounds in six dimensions
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2021
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New currents with Killing-Yano tensors
Part of Classical and quantum gravity, 2021
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βγ-systems interacting with sigma-models
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2020
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Local supertwistors and conformal supergravity in six dimensions
Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society. Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2020
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The Generalised Complex Geometry of (p,q) Hermitian Geometries
Part of Communications in Mathematical Physics, p. 479-494, 2020
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Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2019
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Some remarks on (super)-conformal Killing-Yano tensors
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2018
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All (4,0): Sigma models with (4,0) off-shell supersymmetry
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2017
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Super-Laplacians and their symmetries
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2017
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All (4,1): Sigma models with (4, q) off-shell supersymmetry
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2017
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Notes on super Killing tensors
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2016
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Extended supersymmetry of semichiral sigma models in 4D
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2015
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Three-dimensional N=2 supergravity theories: From superspace to components
Part of Physical Review D, 2014
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Semichiral Sigma Models with 4D Hyperkähler Geometry
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2013
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Supersymmetric Sigma Model Geometry
Part of Symmetry, p. 474-506, 2012
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Three-dimensional (p, q) AdS superspaces and matter couplings
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2012
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Generalized Kahler geometry in (2,1) superspace
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), p. 13, 2012
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Extended supersymmetric sigma models in AdS(4) from projective superspace
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), p. 138, 2012
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Off-shell supergravity-matter couplings in three dimensions
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), p. 120, 2011
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Off-shell N = (4,4) supersymmetry for new (2,2) vector multiplets
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2011
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Pseudo-Hyperkähler Geometry and Generalized Kähler Geometry
Part of Letters in Mathematical Physics, p. 211-222, 2011
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Integral invariants in maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2011
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Generalized Calabi-Yau metric and generalized Monge-Ampere equation
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2010
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D = 10 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory at alpha′^4
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), p. 28, 2010
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Properties of Hyperkahler Manifolds and Their Twistor Spaces
Part of Communications in Mathematical Physics, p. 257-278, 2010
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New supersymmetric sigma-model duality
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2010
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Sigma models and (generalized) complex geometry
Part of Fortschritte der Physik, p. 827-832, 2010
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Sigma models with off-shell N = (4,4) supersymmetry and non-commuting complex structures
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2010
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Generalized Kahler geometry and gerbes
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2009
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Nonabelian generalized gauge multiplets
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2009
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On conformal supergravity and projective superspace
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2009
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Geometry of the N=2 supersymmetric sigma model with Euclidean worldsheet
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2009
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New extended superconformal sigma models and quaternion Kahler manifolds
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), p. 119, 2009
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T-duality and generalized Kahler geometry
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics, 2008
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Euclidean supersymmetry, twisting and topological sigma models
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2008
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New N = (2, 2) vector multiplets
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2007
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A potential for Generalized Kähler Geometry
Part of IRMA Lect. Math. Theor. Phys. 16, 2007
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Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), p. 100, 2007
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Kappa-symmetry for coincident D-branes
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2007
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Polar supermultiplets, Hermitian symmetric spaces and hyperkahler metrics
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2007
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On the covariance of the Dirac-Born-Infeld-Myers action
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2007
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Linearizing Generalized Kahler Geometry
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2007
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Generalized Kähler manifolds and off-shell supersymmetry
Part of Communications in Mathematical Physics, p. 833-849, 2007
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Generalized Kähler geometry from supersymmetric sigma models
Part of Letters in Mathematical Physics, p. 291-308, 2006
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First-order supersymmetric sigma models and target space geometry
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics, 2006
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First-order supersymmetric sigma models and target space geometry
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics, 2006
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Special holonomy sigma models with boundaries
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics, p. 159, 2006
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First-order supersymmetric sigma models and target space geometry
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics, p. 144, 2006
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Ricci-flat supertwistor spaces
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics, 2006
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Generalized complex manifolds and supersymmetry
Part of Communications in Mathematical Physics, p. 235-256, 2005
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Generalized Kahler geometry and manifest N=(2,2) supersymmetric nonlinear sigma-models
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics, 2005
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Superstrings with boundary fermions
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics, 2005
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Type IIB tensionless superstrings in a pp-wave background
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics, 2004
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Type IIB tensionless superstrings in a pp-wave background
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics, 2004
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Tensionless strings, WZW models at critical level and massless higher spin fields
Part of Phys. Lett., p. 178-185, 2004
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Time dependent solitons of noncommutative Chern-Simons theory coupled to scalar fields
Part of Phys. Rev., p. 105020, 2004
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T-duality for the sigma model with boundaries
Part of JHEP, 2004
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Generalized N = (2,2) supersymmetric non-linear sigma models
Part of Phys. Lett., p. 216-224, 2004
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Type IIB tensionless superstrings in a pp-wave background
Part of JHEP, 2004
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SL(2,Z) tensionless string backgrounds in IIB string theory
Part of Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2003
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SL(2,Z) tensionless string backgrounds in IIB string theory
Part of Classical and Quantum Gravity, p. 3081-3086, 2003
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Part of JHEP, 2003
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Superconformal boundary conditions for the WZW model
Part of JHEP, 2003
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N = 2 boundary conditions for non-linear sigma models and Landau-Ginzburg models
Part of JHEP, 2003
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Consistent boundary conditions for open strings
Part of Nucl. Phys., p. 147-169, 2003
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Part of Phys. Lett., p. 108-115, 2003
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SL(2,Z) tensionless string backgrounds in IIB string theory
Part of Class. Quant. Grav., p. 3081-3086, 2003
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Kappa-symmetric non-Abelian Born-Infeld actions in three dimensions
Part of Class. Quant. Grav., p. 6477-6488, 2002
Books
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The Oskar Klein memorial lectures. Vol. 3
World scientific publishing, Singapore, 2001
Conference papers
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Yano F structures and extended Supersymmetry in a BiLP
Part of Corfu Summer Institute 2023 "School and Workshops on Elementary Particle Physics and Gravity", CORFU 2023, 2024
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Part of Corfu Summer Institute 2017 "Schools and Workshops on Elementary Particle Physics and Gravity" (CORFU2017), 2018
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Semichirals and Four Dimensional Geometry
Part of Proceedings, 14th Hellenic School and Workshops on Elementary Particle Physics and Gravity (CORFU2014) : Corfu, Greece, September 3-21, 2014, 2015
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Extended Supersymmetry and Four Dimensional Geometry
Part of Proceedings, 14th Hellenic School and Workshops on Elementary Particle Physics and Gravity (CORFU2014) : Corfu, Greece, September 3-21, 2014, 2014
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Complex Geometry and Supersymmetry
Part of Proceedings, 11th Hellenic School and Workshops on Elementary Particle Physics and Gravity (CORFU2011) : Corfu, Greece, September 4-18, 2011, 2012
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Part of Proceedings on 13th International Symposium on Particles, strings, and cosmology (PASCOS 2007) : London, UK, July 2-7, 2007, 2007
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Hyperkähler Metrics from Projective Superspace
2007
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A brief review of supersymmetric non-linear sigma models and generalized complex geometry
Part of Contribution to The 26th Winter School GEOMETRY AND PHYSICS, Czech Republic, Srni, January 14 - 21, 2006, 2006
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Generalized complex geometry and supersymmetric non-linear sigma models.
2004