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 ΛCDM: 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 fσ8 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.