Personal profile
Research interests
- Higher (and derived) geometry in Quantum Field Theory
- BV-BFV formalism
- Higher Kac-Moody algebras
- Higher geometric quantisation
- Applied Category Theory
- Category Theory for Machine Learning
- Categorical Information Theory
- Categorical linguistics for Large Language Models
- Geometric structures underlying String Theory and M-theory
- Higher structures in String Theory and M-theory
- Geometry of T-duality and U-duality
- Double and Exceptional field theory
Overview
Lecturer at the Department of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics of the University of Hertfordshire.
PhD in Theoretical Physics at the Centre for Research in String Theory (currently known as Centre for Research in Theoretical Physics) at Queen Mary University of London, under the supervision of Prof. David Berman.
MSc in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces at Imperial College London, under the supervision of Prof. Chris Hull.
nLab page: ncatlab.org/nlab/show/Luigi+Alfonsi
inspireHep page: inspirehep.net/authors/1776881
ResearchGate page: researchgate.net/profile/Luigi-Alfonsi
I organise the seminars for the Mathematical Physics group at Herts.
Education/Academic qualification
Theoretical Physics, PhD in Physics, HEI: Queen Mary University of London
Award Date: 31 Oct 2021
Theoretical Physics, MSc in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces, HEI: Imperial College London
Award Date: 1 Nov 2016
Physics, Laurea in Physics, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Award Date: 22 Sept 2015
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Extended Field Theories as higher Kaluza-Klein theories
Alfonsi, L., 23 Aug 2021, 309 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis
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Towards an extended/higher correspondence: Generalised geometry, bundle gerbes and global Double Field Theory
Alfonsi, L., 18 Oct 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Complex Manifolds. 8, 1 Special Issue "Generalized Geometry", p. 302-328 26 p., 2000010.Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
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Double Field Theory and Geometric Quantisation
Alfonsi, L. & Berman, D. S., 9 Jun 2021, In: Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP). 52 p., 59.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Full S -matrices and witten diagrams with relative L ∞ -algebras
Alfonsi, L., Borsten, L., Kim, H., Wolf, M. & Young, C. A. S., 28 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP). 2025, 7, 33 p., 267.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Raviolo vertex algebras, cochains and conformal blocks
Alfonsi, L., Kim, H. & Young, C., 28 Feb 2025, In: International Mathematical Research Notices. 2025, 4, p. 1-42 42 p., rnaf004.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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