Man

Gonzalo Alejandro Palma Quilodran

Associate Professor

FCFM, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


COSMOLOGY; GRAVITATION; PARTICLE PHYSICS

Educación

  •  Theoretical Cosmology, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. Reino Unido, 2006
  •  Particle Physics, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2002
  •  Física, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2000

Experiencia Académica

  •   Postdoctoral Fellow Full Time

    Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)

    Hamburg, Alemania

    2006 - 2008

  •   Postdoctoral Fellow Full Time

    LEIDEN UNIVERSITY

    Faculty of Science

    Leiden, Holanda

    2008 - 2009

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas

    Santiago, Chile

    2009 - 2015

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas

    Santiago, Chile

    2015 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Member of the Astronomy, Cosmology and Particle Physics Study Group Part Time

    Fondecyt

    Santiago, Chile

    2014 - 2016

  •   Deputy Director of the Astronomy, Cosmology and Particle Physics Study Group Part Time

    Fondecyt

    Santiago, Chile

    2015 - 2016

  •   Director of the Astronomy, Cosmology and Particle Physics Study Group Part Time

    Fondecyt

    Santiago, Chile

    2016 - 2017

Formación de Capital Humano


During the last ten years I have supervised the following graduate students:

Walter Riquelme (MSc, 2018), currently pursuing a PhD in Physics at IFT, Madrid (Spain).
Alexander Hetz (MSc, 2016), left physics.
Alex Soto Villarroel (MSc, 2016), currently pursuing a PhD in Physics at PUC (Chile).
Srinivasan Raghunathan (PhD, 2016), currently a postdoctoral researcher at Berkeley University (USA).
Esteban Castillo (MSc, 2014), currently pursuing a PhD in Physics at PUC (Chile).
Sebastián Céspedes (MSc, 2013), currently a postdoctoral researcher at ICTP Trieste (Italy).
Diego Cohen (MSc, 2013), left physics.
Vicente Atal (MSc, 2011), currently a postdoctoral researcher at Universitat de Barcelona (Spain).
Laura van den Aarssen (MSc, 2009), left physics.

I am currently supervising the following five graduate students:

Rafael Bravo (PhD).
Bastian Pradenas (MSc), next year will start a PhD at John Hopkins University (USA).
Mario Aguilar (MSc), started a PhD at John Hopkins University (USA).
Bruno Scheihing (MSc), next year will start a PhD at MIT (USA).
Cristobal Zenteno (MSc).

I have supervised the following postdoctoral researchers:

Grigoris Panotopoulos (2013-2016), currently a postdoctoral researcher at IST, Lisbon (Portugal).
Sander Mooij (2013-2017), currently a postdoctoral researcher at EPFL Lausanne (Switzerland).
Pablo Gonzalez (2014-2017), currently a tenure at the University of Tarapacá (Chile).
Nelson Videla (2014-2017), currently a tenure at the PUCV (Chile).
Spyros Sypsas (2014-2018), currently a postdoctoral researcher at Chulalongkorn University (Thailand).
Simón Riquelme (2019-).


Difusión y Transferencia


Talks and seminars:

Nº Name Type Country National/International Year
1 Future observations can rule out holographic inflation and models based on the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism (Cambridge, may 2019) Congress UK International 2019
2 Reconstructing the inflationary landscape (KCL, abril 2019) Seminar UK National 2019
3 Ruling out holographic inflation (charla plenaria) Workshop Chile International 2019
4 Inflationary landscape tomography Symposio Holanda International 2018
5 Inflationary landscape tomography (Viña, enero 2018) Workshop Chile International 2018
6 Reconstructing the inflationary landscape (Adolfo Ibáñez - primera parte) Seminar Chile National 2018
7 Reconstructing the inflationary landscape (Adolfo Ibáñez - segunda parte) Seminar Chile National 2018
8 Reconstructing the inflationary landscape (Amsterdam) Seminar Holanda National 2018
9 Reconstructing the inflationary landscape (COSMO 18) Congress Corea del Sur International 2018
10 Reconstructing the inflationary landscape (Lausanne) Seminar Suiza National 2018
11 Axion excursions of the landscape (Leiden, septiembre 2017) Seminar Holanda National 2017
12 Axion excursions of the landscape (Paris, agosto 2017) Congress Francia International 2017
13 Multi-field inflation, EFT s & SUGRA (Leiden, julio 2017) Workshop Holanda International 2017
14 On the role of light fields during inflation (Ann Arbor, agosto 2016) Congress EEUU International 2016
15 On the role of light fields during inflation (Utrecht, junio 2016) Workshop Holanda International 2016
16 Sound speed of primordial fluctuations in SUGRA inflation (ICTP - Sao Paulo, noviembre 2016) Conference Brasil International 2016
17 Sound speed of primordial fluctuations in SUGRA inflation (Liverpool, septiembre 2016) Workshop UK International 2016
18 B-modes and the sound speed of primordial fluctuations (Leiden, febrero 2015) Workshop Holanda International 2015
19 Consistency relations for features in the primordial spectra (Anillo Meeting, noviembre 2015) Workshop Chile National 2015
20 Consistency relations for features in the primordial spectra (COSMO, septiembre 2015) Congress Polonia International 2015
21 Consistency relations for features in the primordial spectra (Leiden, septiembre 2015) Seminar Holanda National 2015
22 Consistently violating the non-Gaussian consistency relation (Mons, marzo 2015) Seminar Belgica National 2015
23 Consistently violating the non-Gaussian consistency relation (Munich, marzo 2015) Seminar Alemania National 2015
24 On the violation of Maldacena s consistency relation (Valdivia, enero 2015) Congress Chile International 2015
25 Correlating features in the primordial spectra (Afunalhue, enero 2014) Congress Chile National 2014
26 Cosmic inflation & UV physics: Recent developments (Guanajuato, enero 2014) Congress Mexico International 2014
27 On the violation of Maldacena s consistency relation (Moorea, septiembre 2014) Congress Polinesia Francesa International 2014
28 Origen del Universo: Teoría y Observación (Concepción, noviembre 2014) Congress Chile National 2014
29 EFT of weakly coupled inflation (Cambridge, septiembre 2013) Congress UK International 2013
30 On the integration of fields and quanta in time dependent backgrounds (Termas del Corazón, octubre 2013) Congress Chile National 2013
31 Unveiling the role of heavy physics during inflation (CERN, march 2013) Seminar Suiza National 2013
32 Are heavy fields important to understand inflation? (Leiden, julio 2012) Workshop Holanda International 2012
33 Bigravity and its curious implications for cosmology (Paris, marzo 2012) Seminar Francia National 2012
34 Cosmic Inflation for Particle Physicists (PUC, noviembre 2012) Seminar Chile National 2012
35 Heavy fields, Inflation and non-Gaussianity (Londres, mayo 2012) Conference UK National 2012
36 On the importance of heavy fields during inflation (Cambridge, mayo 2012) Seminar UK National 2012
37 On the importance of heavy fields during inflation (Londres, mayo 2012) Seminar UK National 2012
38 On the importance of heavy fields during inflation (Munich, mayo 2012) Seminar Alemania National 2012
39 On the importance of heavy fields during inflation (Portsmouth, junio 2012) Seminar UK National 2012
40 The Big-bang model with inflation (ESO, julio 2012) Conference Chile National 2012
41 The Cosmic Microwave Background and the origin of the universe (Calán, enero 2012) Coloquio Chile National 2012
42 Una mirada sesgada hacia el futuro de la cosmología (DFI, agosto 2012) Seminar Chile National 2012
43 Features of heavy physics in the CMB power spectrum (Rio de Janeiro, agosto 2011) Congress Brasil International 2011
44 Features of heavy physics in the CMB power spectrum (Valparaíso, julio 2011) Congress UK International 2011
45 The Cosmic Microwave Background and the origin of the universe (Valparaíso, junio 2011) Coloquio Chile National 2011
46 What does the CMB tell us about fundamental theories? (Yale, diciembre 2011) Conference EEUU International 2011
47 Cosmic inflation and trans-Planckian physics (Afunalhue, enero 2010) Conference Chile National 2010
48 Features of heavy physics in the CMB power spectrum (Tokio, octubre 2010) Workshop Japon International 2010
49 Features of heavy physics in the CMB power spectrum (Valparaíso, noviembre 2010) Congress Chile International 2010
50 (Modular) Multi-field inflation (UNAB, agosto 2009) Conference Chile National 2009
51 Cosmic inflation and fundamental physics (Calán, diciembre 2009) Seminar Chile National 2009
52 Flat inflationary directions in supergravity and string theory (Hamburgo, julio 2009) Congress Alemania International 2009
53 Inflación en supergravedad y teoría de cuerdas (DFI, enero 2009) Seminar Chile National 2009
54 Inflación en supergravedad y teoría de cuerdas (PUC, enero 2009) Seminar Chile National 2009
55 Modular inflation in supergravity and string theory (Berlin, junio 2009) Seminar Alemania National 2009
56 Modular inflation in supergravity and string theory (Groningen, mayo 2009) Seminar Holanda National 2009
57 Constraints on modular inflation in supergravity and string theory (Barcelona, mayo 2008) Congress España International 2008
58 de Sitter vacua and modular inflation in supergravity and string theory (Hamburgo, mayo 2008) Seminar Alemania National 2008
59 de Sitter vacua in large volume scenarios (Amsterdam, enero 2008) Seminar Holanda National 2008
60 Dark energy and upliftings in string theory (Hamburgo, julio 2007) Conference Alemania National 2007
61 Inflation in string theory (Bad Honnef, octubre 2007) Congress Alemania International 2007
62 On Newton s law in supersymmetric braneworld models (Londres, julio 2007) Congress UK International 2007
63 On Newton s law in supersymmetric braneworld models (Polonia, junio 2007) Congress Polonia International 2007
64 Confining the Electroweak Model to a Brane (Leiden, enero 2006) Seminar Holanda National 2006
65 Confining the Electroweak Model to a Brane (Montreal, febrero 2006) Seminar Canada National 2006
66 Confining the Electroweak Model to a Brane (Waterloo, febrero 2006) Seminar Canada National 2006
67 Gauge-Higgs Unification on the Brane (Ginebra, mayo 2006) Seminar Suiza National 2006
68 Gauge-Higgs unification on the brane (Viena, diciembre 2006) Congress Austria International 2006
69 Observational Constraints on Braneworld Geometry (Ambleside, agosto 2006) Congress UK International 2006
70 Observational Constraints on Braneworld Geometry (Portsmouth, septiembre 2006) Conference UK International 2006
71 Scalar Fields, Cosmology and Strings (Hamburgo, octubre 2006) Conference Alemania International 2006
72 Confining the Electroweak Model to a Brane (Cambridge, noviembre 2005) Congress España International 2005
73 Confining the Electroweak Model to a Brane (Corfu, septiembre 2005) Workshop Grecia International 2005
74 Gauge-Higgs Unification on the Brane (Cambridge, noviembre 2005) Seminar UK National 2005
75 Matter Localisation in Braneworld Models (Cambridge, octubre 2005) Seminar UK National 2005
76 Low Energy BPS-Branes, Effective Theory and Cosmology (Edinburgo, septiembre 2004) Workshop Escocia International 2004
77 Low Energy Branes, Effective Theory and Cosmology (Cambridge, mayo 2004) Seminar UK National 2004
78 Constants Variation in Brane-World Models (Cambridge, noviembre 2003) Seminar 2003 National 2003
79 Gauge Coupling Variation in Brane Models (Cambridge, mayo 2003) Seminar UK National 2003
80 Loop Quantum Gravity Corrections and Cosmic Ray Decays (Valparaíso, agosto 2002) Congress Chile National 2002
81 Loop Quantum Gravity Corrections and Cosmic Ray Decays (Villarrica, enero 2002) Congress Chile National 2002

Media appearances (Last 5 years):

Nº Title Media outlet Year
1 Entrevista en LUN sobre Muerte de Hawking Diario Las Ultimas Noticias 2018
2 Entrevista en La Tercera sobre Muerte de Hawking La Tercera 2018
3 Entrevista en La Tercera sobre investigación de multiversos La Tercera 2018
4 Entrevista en Publimetro sobre investigación de multiversos Publimetro 2018
5 Entrevista en Radio Cooperativa sobre Muerte de Hawking Radio Cooperativa 2018
6 Entrevista en Radio Duna sobre Muerte de Hawking Radio Duna 2018
7 Entrevista en Radio Universidad de Chile sobre Muerte de Hawking Radio Universidad de Chile 2018
8 Entrevista en Radio Universidad de Chile sobre investigación de multiversos Radio Universidad de Chile 2018
9 Entrevista en T13 Central sobre Muerte de Hawking T13 Central 2018
10 Nota de prensa en 10 Minutos sobre investigación de multiversos 10 Minutos 2018
11 Nota de prensa en Agencia EFE sobre investigación de multiversos Agencia EFE 2018
12 Nota de prensa en Chispa sobre investigación de multiversos Chispa 2018
13 Nota de prensa en Contacto Hoy sobre investigación de multiversos Contacto Hoy 2018
14 Nota de prensa en Debate (México) sobre investigación de multiversos Debate (México) 2018
15 Nota de prensa en Diario El Día sobre investigación de multiversos Diario El Día 2018
16 Nota de prensa en El Comercio sobre investigación de multiversos El Comercio (Perú) 2018
17 Nota de prensa en El Siglo de Toreón sobre investigación de multiversos El Siglo de Toreón 2018
18 Nota de prensa en El Universal sobre investigación de multiversos El Universal (México) 2018
19 Nota de prensa en Hoy Los Angeles sobre investigación de multiversos Hoy Los Ángeles 2018
20 Nota de prensa en La Conexión Rusa sobre investigación de multiversos La Conexión Rusa 2018
21 Nota de prensa en Minuto 30 sobre investigación de multiversos Minuto 30 2018
22 Nota de prensa en Newslocker sobre investigación de multiversos Newslocker 2018
23 Nota de prensa en Notibol sobre investigación de multiversos Notibol 2018
24 Nota de prensa en Noticias últimas sobre investigación de multiversos Noticias últimas 2018
25 Nota de prensa en Noticiero Universal sobre investigación de multiversos Noticiero Universal 2018
26 Nota de prensa en Proceso Digital sobre investigación de multiversos Proceso Digital 2018
27 Nota de prensa en TVE Magazine sobre investigación de multiversos TVE Magazine 2018
28 Nota de prensa en The Clinic sobre investigación de multiversos The Clinic 2018
29 Nota de prensa en Union Radio sobre investigación de multiversos Union Radio 2018
30 Nota de prensa en Vaaju sobre investigación de multiversos Vaaju 2018
31 Nota de prensa en Venezuela News sobre investigación de multiversos El Mercurio de Valparaíso 2018
32 Nota en Cooperativa Online sobre artículo de multiverso Cooperativa Online 2018
33 Nota en Portal FCFM sobre investigación de multiversos Portal FCFM 2018
34 Nota en Portal FCFM sobre muerte de Hawking Portal FCFM 2018
35 Nota en Portal Uchile sobre investigación de multiversos Portal Uchile 2018
36 Nota en Radio Biobío online sobre artículo de multiverso Radio Biobío Online 2018
37 Entrevista en programa Vía Pública (TVN) sobre hitos científicos del 2017 Vía Pública (TVN) 2017
38 Entrevista en 24 horas sobre detección de ondas gravitacionales Canal 24 horas 2016
39 Entrevista en La Tercera sobre detección de ondas gravitacionales La Tercera 2016
40 Entrevista en Publimetro sobre detección de ondas gravitacionales Publimetro 2016
41 Entrevista en Radio Cooperativa sobre detección de ondas gravitacionales Radio Cooperativa 2016
42 Entrevista en Radio Universidad de Chile sobre detección de ondas gravitacionales Radio Universidad de Chile 2016
43 Entrevista en Teletrece (Canal 13) sobre detección de ondas gravitacionales Teletrece (Canal 13) 2016
44 Video Youtube: Ondas Gravitacionales YouTube 2016
45 Entrevista en Podcast Astronomía y algo más (julio 2015) Podcast Astronomía y algo más 2015
46 Entrevista en Un País Generoso de Radio Zero sobre descubrimiento de ondas gravitacionales primordiales Radio Zero 2014


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Best teacher 2018 - Universidad de Chile

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Chile, 2018

    Elected best teacher of the year 2018.

  •   Associate Member of the International Center for Theoretical Physics ICTP-SAIFR

    International Center for Theoretical Physics ICTP-SAIFR, Sao-Paulo

    Brasil, 2014

    Associate Member from 2014 until today

  •   Junior Associate Member - Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy

    INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS (ICTP-TRIESTE)

    Chile, 2012

    Junior Associate Member - Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy

  •   Physics of the Dark Universe - Most Valued Reviewer for 2017

    Elsevier Physics

    Holanda, 2017

    Physics of the Dark Universe - Most Valued Reviewer for 2017


 

Article (53)

A tip for landscape riders: multi-field inflation can fulfill the swampland distance conjecture
Non-Gaussian CMB and LSS statistics beyond polyspectra
Constraints on Holographic Multifield Inflation and Models Based on the Hamilton-Jacobi Formalism
The string swampland constraints require multi-field inflation
A generalized non-Gaussian consistency relation for single field inflation
Constraints on inflation with LSS surveys: features in the primordial power spectrum
Covariant evolution of perturbations during reheating in two-field inflation
Landscape tomography through primordial non-Gaussianity
Reconstructing the Inflationary Landscape with Cosmological Data
Results from the Atacama B-mode Search (ABS) experiment
Vanishing of local non-Gaussianity in canonical single field inflation
Axion excursions of the landscape during inflation
Cumulative effects in inflation with ultra-light entropy modes
Cusps in the center of galaxies: a real conflict with observations or a numerical artefact of cosmological simulations?
Scale invariance of the primordial tensor power spectrum
Shapes and features of the primordial dispectrum
Characterizing Atacama B-mode Search Detectors with a Half-Wave Plate
Consistency relations for sharp inflationary non-Gaussian features
Sound Speed of Primordial Fluctuations in Supergravity Inflation
B modes and the sound speed of primordial fluctuations
Consistency relations for sharp features in the primordial spectra
Consistently violating the non-Gaussian consistency relation
Untangling features in the primordial spectra
On degenerate models of cosmic inflation
On the integration of fields and quanta in time dependent backgrounds
On the integration of fields and quanta in time dependent backgrounds
Correlating features in the primordial spectra
Cosmic inflation in a landscape of heavy-fields
Effective field theory of weakly coupled inflationary model
Bigravitational inflation
Effective theories of single field inflation when heavy fields matter
Heavy fields, reduced speeds of sound, and decoupling during inflation
On the importance of heavy fields during inflation
Features of heavy physics in the CMB power spectrum
Mass hierarchies and nondecoupling in multi-scalar-field dynamics
The everpresent eta-problem: knowledge of all hidden sectors required
The everpresent eta-problem: knowledge of all hidden sectors required
Constructing de Sitter vacua in no-scale string models without uplifting
Inflation with a stringy minimal length, reworked
UV/IR mode mixing and the CMB
Constraints on modular inflation in supergravity and string theory
De Sitter vacua in no-scale supergravities and Calabi-Yau string models
On Newton's law in supersymmetric braneworld models
Short distance modifications to Newton's law in SUSY braneworld scenarios
Confining the electroweak model to a brane
Gauge-Higgs unification on the brane
Observational constraints on braneworld geometry
Observational constraints on braneworld geometry (vol 73, pg 044010, 2006)
Low energy branes, effective theory, and cosmology
Moduli-space approximation for BPS brane worlds
Gauge coupling variation in brane models
Loop quantum gravity and ultrahigh energy cosmic rays
Loop quantum gravity corrections and cosmic ray decays

ConferencePaper (4)

Design and characterization of the Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) 93 GHz focal plane
The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor receiver design
Variable-delay polarization modulators for the CLASS telescopes
The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor

Errata (1)

Consistency relations for sharp features in the primordial spectra (vol 10, 062, 2015)

Proyecto (13)

Theoretical consequences of future cosmological tests on primordial fluctuations
THE ROLE OF NONLINEARITY AND ASYMPTOTIC SYMMETRIES IN STRUCTURE FORMATION AND EARLY UNIVERSE DYNAMICS
COSMIC INFLATION AND ITS CURRENT OBSERVATIONAL STATUS
INFLACIÓN CÓSMICA EN GRAVEDAD DELTA
INFLATING A QUANTUM UNIVERSE
Cosmic inflation=> Unveiling early universe physics through cosmological observations
COST Action MP1210=> The String Theory Universe
Testing nature’s fundamental theories through new cosmological and astrophysical observations
Cosmic Inflation in Supergravity and String Theory
Cosmic Inflation in Supergravity and String Theory
Cosmic Inflation: Unveiling Early Universe Physics Through Cosmological Observations
Testing Fundamental Theories with Cosmological and Astrophysical Observations
Theoretical Consequences of Future Cosmological Tests on Primordial Fluctuations
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Gonzalo Palma

Associate Professor

Physics

FCFM, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

4
Sander Mooij

Investigador Postdoctorado, 44 horas semanales

Física

Universidad de Chile

Santiago de Chile, Chile

3
Alex Soto

PhD

Instituto de Física

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

3
Rodrigo Reeves

Profesor Asociado

Astronomía

Universidad de Concepcion

Concepcion, Chile

2
Ricardo Bustos

Profesor Asociado

Ingeniería Eléctrica

Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción

Concepción, Chile

2
JORGE ALFARO

Full Professor

Physics

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Ricardo Munoz

Associate Professor

Astronomy

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Andres Escala

Associated Professor. (ternured

Astronomía

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Benjamin Koch

Associate Professor

Physics

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Nelson Videla

Profesor Asociado

Instituto de Física

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso

Valparaiso, Chile

1
Domenico Sapone

Associate professor

Physics

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile