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 516
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
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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All publications
Articles in journal
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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Tensionless strings and Killing(-Yano) tensors
Part of Physics Letters B, 2022
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Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2022
New currents with Killing-Yano tensors
Part of Classical and quantum gravity, 2021
Symmetries of N = (1,0) supergravity backgrounds in six dimensions
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2021
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Superconformal geometries and local twistors
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 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
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
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
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
Semichiral Sigma Models with 4D Hyperkähler Geometry
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2013
Supersymmetric Sigma Model Geometry
Part of Symmetry, p. 474-506, 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
Generalized Kahler geometry in (2,1) superspace
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), p. 13, 2012
Three-dimensional (p, q) AdS superspaces and matter couplings
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2012
Off-shell N = (4,4) supersymmetry for new (2,2) vector multiplets
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2011
Off-shell supergravity-matter couplings in three dimensions
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), p. 120, 2011
Pseudo-Hyperkähler Geometry and Generalized Kähler Geometry
Part of Letters in Mathematical Physics, p. 211-222, 2011
Integral invariants in maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2011
Generalized Calabi-Yau metric and generalized Monge-Ampere equation
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2010
D = 10 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory at alpha′^4
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), p. 28, 2010
Properties of Hyperkahler Manifolds and Their Twistor Spaces
Part of Communications in Mathematical Physics, p. 257-278, 2010
Sigma models with off-shell N = (4,4) supersymmetry and non-commuting complex structures
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2010
New supersymmetric sigma-model duality
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2010
Sigma models and (generalized) complex geometry
Part of Fortschritte der Physik, p. 827-832, 2010
Nonabelian generalized gauge multiplets
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2009
Generalized Kahler geometry and gerbes
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2009
On conformal supergravity and projective superspace
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2009
Geometry of the N=2 supersymmetric sigma model with Euclidean worldsheet
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2009
New extended superconformal sigma models and quaternion Kahler manifolds
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), p. 119, 2009
T-duality and generalized Kahler geometry
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics, 2008
Euclidean supersymmetry, twisting and topological sigma models
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2008
New N = (2, 2) vector multiplets
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2007
A potential for Generalized Kähler Geometry
Part of IRMA Lect. Math. Theor. Phys. 16, 2007
Polar supermultiplets, Hermitian symmetric spaces and hyperkahler metrics
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2007
On the covariance of the Dirac-Born-Infeld-Myers action
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2007
Linearizing Generalized Kahler Geometry
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2007
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), p. 100, 2007
Kappa-symmetry for coincident D-branes
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 2007
Generalized Kähler manifolds and off-shell supersymmetry
Part of Communications in Mathematical Physics, p. 833-849, 2007
Generalized Kähler geometry from supersymmetric sigma models
Part of Letters in Mathematical Physics, p. 291-308, 2006
First-order supersymmetric sigma models and target space geometry
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics, 2006
First-order supersymmetric sigma models and target space geometry
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics, 2006
Ricci-flat supertwistor spaces
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics, 2006
First-order supersymmetric sigma models and target space geometry
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics, p. 144, 2006
Special holonomy sigma models with boundaries
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics, p. 159, 2006
Generalized complex manifolds and supersymmetry
Part of Communications in Mathematical Physics, p. 235-256, 2005
Superstrings with boundary fermions
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics, 2005
Generalized Kahler geometry and manifest N=(2,2) supersymmetric nonlinear sigma-models
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics, 2005
Type IIB tensionless superstrings in a pp-wave background
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics, 2004
Type IIB tensionless superstrings in a pp-wave background
Part of Journal of High Energy Physics, 2004
Generalized N = (2,2) supersymmetric non-linear sigma models
Part of Phys. Lett., p. 216-224, 2004
Tensionless strings, WZW models at critical level and massless higher spin fields
Part of Phys. Lett., p. 178-185, 2004
T-duality for the sigma model with boundaries
Part of JHEP, 2004
Type IIB tensionless superstrings in a pp-wave background
Part of JHEP, 2004
Time dependent solitons of noncommutative Chern-Simons theory coupled to scalar fields
Part of Phys. Rev., p. 105020, 2004
SL(2,Z) tensionless string backgrounds in IIB string theory
Part of Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2003
SL(2,Z) tensionless string backgrounds in IIB string theory
Part of Classical and Quantum Gravity, p. 3081-3086, 2003
SL(2,Z) tensionless string backgrounds in IIB string theory
Part of Class. Quant. Grav., p. 3081-3086, 2003
Part of JHEP, 2003
Part of Phys. Lett., p. 108-115, 2003
Superconformal boundary conditions for the WZW model
Part of JHEP, 2003
Consistent boundary conditions for open strings
Part of Nucl. Phys., p. 147-169, 2003
N = 2 boundary conditions for non-linear sigma models and Landau-Ginzburg models
Part of JHEP, 2003
Kappa-symmetric non-Abelian Born-Infeld actions in three dimensions
Part of Class. Quant. Grav., p. 6477-6488, 2002
Books
The Oskar Klein memorial lectures. Vol. 3
World scientific publishing, Singapore, 2001
Conference papers
Part of Corfu Summer Institute 2017 "Schools and Workshops on Elementary Particle Physics and Gravity" (CORFU2017), 2018
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
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
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
Part of Proceedings on 13th International Symposium on Particles, strings, and cosmology (PASCOS 2007) : London, UK, July 2-7, 2007, 2007
Hyperkähler Metrics from Projective Superspace
2007
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
Generalized complex geometry and supersymmetric non-linear sigma models.
2004