Prof. Leandros Perivolaropoulos

Personal Information

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Research Interests

My main research interests include theoretical and astrophysical aspects of cosmology, gravitational physics (extensions of General Relativity) and cosmological effects and field theory of solitons in the context of particle physics. One of the main goals is to learn about fundamental physics by studying scenarios for the structure and evolution of the universe. I am also interested in applying new technologies (computational techniques) in both research and teaching.

Short Curriculum Vitae

Current Positions



2010 – Present    Professor
                                Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, Greece
2010 – Present    Counseling Professor
                                Hellenic Open University, Greece

Previous Positions


2002 – 2010    Associate Professor
                           Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, Greece
2000 – 2001    Visiting Research Fellow
                           Institute of Nuclear Physics, ΕΚΕΦΕ Democritos, Greece
1996 – 1999    Visiting Associate Professor (PD407 – Adjunct)
                           Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
1994 – 1995    Research Fellow (invited by Prof. Guth)
                           Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
1991 – 1994    Postdoctoral Research Fellow
                           Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
1986 – 1991    Graduate Student Research Fellow
                           Department of Physics, Brown University, USA
1985 – 1986    Graduate Student Research Fellow
                           Division of Atomic Physics, National Research Foundation, Greece

Education


 
1998 – 1999   
Certificate of Postgraduate Training in Education
                           Open and Distance Learning, Hellenic Open University, Greece
1988 – 1991    Ph.D. in Physics, Macro- and Micro- Physics of Topological Defects (awarded by Sigma Xi Society)
                           Department of Physics, Brown University, USA
1986 – 1988    M.Sc. in Physics
                           Department of Physics, Brown University, USA
1981 – 1985    B.Sc. in Physics
                           Physics Department, University of Ioannina, Greece

Research Grants


For a full list grants please click here.

2020 – Present  Tilted Cosmology
                              Role: Partner
                              Funding Source: Hellenic Foundation of Research and Innovation (HFRI) – “1st Call for Hellenic Foundation for Research and
                              Innovation Research Projects to support Faculty members and Researchers and the procurement of high-cost research equipment”.
2020 – 2021       Scalar Fields in Curved Spaces: Soliton Solutions, Observational Results and Gravitational Waves
                              Role: Principal Investigator
                              Funding Source: European Social Fund (ESF) – Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning 2014 – 2020.
2010 – 2015       Research Funding Program: THALIS. Investigating in the society of knowledge through the European Social Fund.
                              Role: Partner
                              Funding Source: European Union (European Social Fund – ESF) and Greek national funds through the operational “Education
                              and Lifelong Learning” of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF).
2010 – 2015       Research Funding Program: ARISTEIA. Investigating in the society of knowledge through the European Social Fund.
                              Role: Partner
                              Funding Source: European Union (European Social Fund – ESF) and Greek national funds through the operational “Education
                              and Lifelong Learning” of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF).
2006 – 2010       Research Funding Program: MRTPN-CT-2006 035863- 1 (UniverseNet).
                              Role: Partner
                              Funding Source: European Research and Training Network.
2004 – 2006       Research Funding Program: PYTHAGORAS-1.
                              Role: Partner
                              Funding Source: Operational Program for Education and Initial Vocational Training of the Hellenic Ministry of Education under the
                              Community Support Framework and the European Social Fund

Selected Courses Taught

For a full list of courses taught please click here 

Current Courses


2005 – 2011 & 2015 – Present    Classical Electrodynamics I (5th Semester Core Course – 52)
                                                            Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, Greece
                                                            The full catalogue of online lectures in Classical Electrodynamincs I (in greek) can be found here.                    
2019 – Present                                Gravity and General Theory of Relativity (Advanced Undergraduate Elective Course – 106)
                                                            Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, Greece
2014 – 2015 & 2019 – Present    Cosmology (Advanced Undergraduate Elective Course – 105)
                                                            Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, Greece

Previous Courses


2006 – 2007 & 2015 – 2019         Gravity and Cosmology (Advanced Graduate Elective Course – M122)
                                                            Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, Greece.
2011 – 2016                                     Quantum Mechanics II (6th Semester Core Course – 61)
                                                            Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, Greece
                                                            The full catalogue of online lectures in Quantum Mechanics II (in greek) can be found here.       
2002 – 2005                                     Classical Mechanics II (4th Semester Core Course – 43)
                                                            Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, Greece
2002 – 2014                                     Introductory Physics and Math (FYE14)
                                                            Department of Physics, Hellenic Open University, Greece 

Selected Publications

For the full list of my publications please visit the following: ADS/Inspirehep/Google Scholar

Gravitational transitions via the explicitly broken symmetron screening mechanism
L. Perivolaropoulos and F. Skara
arXiv: 2203.10374, Supplemental Material


Cosmology Intertwined: A Review of the Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology Associated with the Cosmological Tensions and Anomalies
E. Di Valentino et al., Contribution to the 2022 Snowmass Summer Study
JHEAp 34 (2022) 49-211
DOI: 10.1016/j.jheap.2022.04.002


Challenges for CDM: An update
Leandros Perivolaropoulos, Foteini Skara
arXiv:2105.05208


A w – M phantom transition at zt<0.1 as a resolution of the Hubble tension
G. Alestas, L. Kazantzidis, L. Perivolaropoulos
Phys.Rev.D 103 (2021) 8, 083517
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.103.083517, Supplemental Material


Scalar tachyonic instabilities in gravitational backgrounds: Existence and growth rate
L. Perivolaropoulos, F. Skara
Phys.Rev.D 102 (2020) 10, 104034
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.102.104034, Supplemental Material


H0 tension, phantom dark energy, and cosmological parameter degeneracies
G. Alestas, L. Kazantzidis, L. Perivolaropoulos
Phys.Rev.D 101 (2020) 12, 123516
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.101.123516, Supplemental Material


Tension of the EG statistic and redshift space distortion data with the Planck-ΛCDM model and implications for weakening gravity
F. Skara, L. Perivolaropoulos
Phys.Rev.D 101 (2020) 6, 063521
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.101.063521, Supplemental Material


Evolution of the 8 tension with the Planck15/ΛCDM determination and implications for modified gravity theories
Lavrentios Kazantzidis, Leandros Perivolaropoulos
Phys.Rev.D 97 (2018) 10, 103503
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.97.103503, Supplemental Material


Tension and constraints on modified gravity parametrizations of Geff (z) from growth rate and Planck data
Savvas Nesseris, George Pantazis, Leandros Perivolaropoulos
Phys.Rev.D 96 (2017) 2, 023542
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.96.023542, Supplemental Material


Cosmological Horizons, Uncertainty Principle and Maximum Length Quantum Mechanics
L. Perivolaropoulos
Phys.Rev.D 95 (2017) 10, 103523
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.95.103523, Supplemental Material


Submillimeter spatial oscillations of Newton’s constant: Theoretical models and laboratory tests
Leandros Perivolaropoulos
Phys.Rev.D 95 (2017) 8, 084050
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.95.084050, Supplemental Material


Fate of bound systems through sudden future singularities
Leandros Perivolaropoulos
Phys.Rev.D 94 (2016) 12, 124018
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.124018


Comparison of thawing and freezing dark energy parametrizations
G. Pantazis, S. Nesseris, L. Perivolaropoulos
Phys.Rev.D 93 (2016) 10, 103503
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.103503, Supplemental Material


Viable f(T) models are practically indistinguishable from ΛCDM
S. Nesseris, S. Basilakos, E.N. Saridakis, L. Perivolaropoulos
Phys.Rev.D 88 (2013) 103010
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.88.103010


Observational constraints on viable f(R) parametrizations with geometrical and dynamical probes
Spyros Basilakos, Savvas Nesseris, Leandros Perivolaropoulos
Phys.Rev.D 87 (2013) 12, 123529
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.123529, Supplemental Material


Is there correlation between Fine Structure and Dark Energy Cosmic Dipoles?
Antonio Mariano, Leandros Perivolaropoulos
Phys.Rev.D 86 (2012) 083517
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.86.083517, Supplemental Material


Searching for a Cosmological Preferred Axis: Union2 Data Analysis and Comparison with Other Probes
I. Antoniou, L. Perivolaropoulos
JCAP 12 (2010) 012
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/12/012, Supplemental Material


PPN Parameter γ and solar system constraints of massive Brans-Dicke Theories
L. Perivolaropoulos
Phys.Rev.D 81 (2010) 047501
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.047501


Testing gamma-ray bursts as standard candles
Spyros Basilakos, L. Perivolaropoulos
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 391 (2008) 411-419
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13894.x, Supplemental Material


Testing ΛCDM with the Growth Function δ(α):Current Constraints 
S. Nesseris, Leandros Perivolaropoulos
Phys.Rev.D 77 (2008) 023504
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.77.023504, Supplemental Material


Crossing the Phantom Divide: Theoretical Implications and Observational Status
S. Nesseris, Leandros Perivolaropoulos
JCAP 01 (2007) 018
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2007/01/018, Supplemental Material


Tension and Systematics in the Gold06 SnIa Dataset
S. Nesseris, Leandros Perivolaropoulos
JCAP 02 (2007) 025
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2007/02/025, Supplemental Material


Constraints on linear negative potentials in quintessence and phantom models from recent supernova data
Leandros Perivolaropoulos
Phys.Rev.D 71 (2005) 063503
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.71.063503, Supplemental Material


Crossing the phantom divide barrier with scalar tensor theories
Leandros Perivolaropoulos
JCAP 10 (2005) 001
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2005/10/001, Supplemental Material


Exploring Cosmological Expansion Parametrizations with the Gold SnIa Dataset
R. Lazkoz, S. Nesseris, Leandros Perivolaropoulos
 JCAP 11 (2005) 010
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2005/11/010, Supplemental Material


Comparison of the legacy and gold SnIa dataset constraints on dark energy models
S. Nesseris, Leandros Perivolaropoulos
Phys.Rev.D 72 (2005) 123519
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.123519, Supplemental Material


The Fate of bound systems in phantom and quintessence cosmologies
S. Nesseris, L. Perivolaropoulos
 Phys.Rev.D 70 (2004) 123529
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.70.123529, Supplemental Material


Comparison of cosmological models using recent supernova data
S. Nesseris, L. Perivolaropoulos
Phys.Rev.D 70 (2004) 043531
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.70.043531, Supplemental Material

Books

Introduction to Quantum Theory
Leandros Perivolaropoulos
300 pages (in greek), Publication date: 2015
Hellenic Academic Electronic (Text)books – “Kallipos” Repository


College Physics
R. A. Freedman, T. Ruskell, P.R. Kesten and D.L. Tauck
1220 pages (in greek), Publication date: 2019
Broken Hill Publishers Ltd
Main editor of the team for the design and scientific editing of the Greek edition of the book.