Various aspects of quantum gravity
with concentration on the loop approach.
Quantum field effects in black holes.
Mathematics and mathematical physics.
Black hole interiors.
Higher dimensional space-times.
Detailed mathematical studies of the gravitational
field equations.
Cauchy and boundary value problems in nonlinear field theory.
Modifications to Einstein gravity.
Torsion gravity and teleparallelism.
Relativistic particle, fluid and plasma mechanics, and nonlinear fields coupled to relativistic gravity,
Alternatives to black holes.
Topological boundary conditions in loop quantum gravity.
Lorentzian wormholes.
Some projects, experiencing various levels of attention: a
discrete
phase-space representation of relativistic quantum field theory, Loop
quantum gravity, analytic models of gravitational collapse, ..?
Book: The General Theory of Relativity: A Mathematical Exposition by A. Das and A. DeBenedictis .
Some fun stuff not related to my research.
Andrew DeBenedictis research interests
Personal home page (sporadically maintained).