David Kubiznak

Research Interests

My research mainly focuses on studying the properties of higher-dimensional rotating black holes. Namely, I am interested in probing the behavior of particles and fields in their vicinity. I have shown that black holes of spherical horizon topology possess a hidden symmetry of the so called Killing-Yano tensor which in its turn implies complete integrability of geodesic motion and separability of scalar and Dirac equations. The result on complete integrability was recently extended to the classical spinning particle case.

I am also interested in black hole thermodynamics and theories of nonlinear electrodynamics, such as the Born-Infeld theory. In particular, I have studied P-V criticality of various AdS black hole spacetimes and together with my collaborators conjectured the reverse isoperimetric inequality for the black hole thermodynamic volume.

Positions Held

• 2011 - now Perimeter Institute, PSI Fellow
• 2010 - 2011 University of Cambridge, Clare College Research Associate
• 2008 - 2011 DAMTP, University of Cambridge, Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Fellow

Awards

• Governor General's Gold Medal, University of Alberta
• Milan Odehnal's Award, first prize, Czech Physical Society
• Golden Bell Jar Graduate Scholarship, University of Alberta
• Socrates/Erasmus Exchange Study Visit Award, University of Oulu
• Award for Study Performance, Charles University.

Recent Publications

• M. Cariglia, V.P. Frolov, P. Krtous, DK, Electron in higher-dimensional weakly charged rotating black hole spacetimes, Phys.Rev D (2013) accepted for publication, arxiv: 1211.4631
• M. Cariglia, V.P. Frolov, P. Krtous, DK, Geometry of Lax pairs: particle motion and Killing-Yano tensors, Phys.Rev. D87 (2013) 024002, arxiv: 1210.3079
• S. Gunasekaran, DK, and R.B. Mann, Extended phase space thermodynamics for charged and rotating black holes and Born-Infeld vacuum polarization, JHEP 1211 (2012) 110, arxiv: 1208.6251
• DK, R.B. Mann, P-V criticality of charged AdS black holes, JHEP 1207 (2012) 033, arxiv: 1205.0559
• T.Houri, DK, C.M. Warnick, Y.Yasui, Local metrics admitting a principal Killing-Yano tensor with torsion, Class.Quant.Grav. 29 (2012) 165001, arxiv: 1203.0393
• DK, M. Cariglia, On Integrability of spinning particle motion in higher-dimensional black hole spacetimes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 051104 (2012), arxiv: 1110.0495
• M. Cariglia, P. Krtous, DK, Hidden Symmetries and Integrability in Higher Dimensional Rotating Black Hole Spacetimes, Fortsch.Phys. 60 (2012) 947-951, arxiv: 1112.5446
• G.W. Gibbons, T. Houri, DK, C.M. Warnick, Some Spacetimes with Higher Rank Killing-Stackel Tensors, Phys.Lett. B700, 2011, 68, arxiv: 1103.5366
• M. Cvetic, G.W. Gibbons, DK, C.N. Pope, Black Hole Enthalpy and an Entropy Inequality for the Thermodynamic Volume, Phys.Rev.D84, 2011, 024037, arxiv: 1012.2888
• DK, H. Kunduri, and Y. Yasui, Generalized Killing-Yano equations in D=5 gauged supergravity, Phys. Lett. B678, 2009, 240, arxiv: 0905.0722
• V.P. Frolov, DK, Higher-Dimensional Black Holes: Hidden Symmetries and Separation of Variables, Class.Quant.Grav., 25, 2008, 154005, arxiv: 0802.0322
• D.N. Page, DK, M. Vasudevan, P. Krtous, Complete Integrability of Geodesic Motion in General Kerr-NUT-AdS Spacetimes, Phys.Rev.Lett., 98, 2007, 061102, hep-th/0611083.
• V.P. Frolov, DK, Hidden Symmetries of Higher Dimensional Rotating Black Holes , Phys.Rev.Lett., 98, 2007, 011101, gr-qc/0605058.
• B.P. Dolan, D. Kastor, DK, R.B. Mann, J. Traschen, Thermodynamic Volumes and Isoperimetric Inequalities for de Sitter Black Holes, arxiv: 1301.5926

Seminars

• On integrability of spinning particle motion in higher-dimensional rotating black hole spacetimes, Relativity and Gravitation 100 Years after Einstein in Prague: Prague, Czech Republic
• Some spacetimes with higher rank Killing-Stackel tensors, Gravity seminar, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Some spacetimes with higher rank Killing-Stackel tensors, Relativity seminar, Prague, Czech Republic
• Thermodynamic volume of black holes and reverse isoperimetric inequality, Black Holes: New Horizons, Banff, Canada
• PIRSA:12080031, Integral Transforms & Green's Functions - Lecture 4, 2012-08-30, 12/13 PSI - Front End
• PIRSA:12080030, Integral Transforms & Green's Functions - Lecture 3, 2012-08-29, 12/13 PSI - Front End
• PIRSA:12080029, Integral Transforms & Green's Functions - Lecture 2, 2012-08-28, 12/13 PSI - Front End
• PIRSA:12080028, Integral Transforms & Green's Functions - Lecture 1, 2012-08-27, 12/13 PSI - Front End
• PIRSA:12050024, Killing-Yano Symmetry: New Results and Applications, 2012-05-06, GAP 2012: Geometry and Physics
• PIRSA:11090051, Integral Transforms and Green's Functions - Lecture 4, 2011-09-09, 11/12 PSI - Orientation Weeks
• PIRSA:11090050, Integral Transforms and Green's Functions - Lecture 3, 2011-09-08, 11/12 PSI - Orientation Weeks
• PIRSA:11090049, Integral Transforms and Green's Functions - Lecture 2, 2011-09-07, 11/12 PSI - Orientation Weeks
• PIRSA:11090048, Integral Transforms and Green's Functions - Lecture 1, 2011-09-06, 11/12 PSI - Orientation Weeks
• PIRSA:11020139, Hidden symmetries and higher-dimensional rotating black holes, 2011-02-23, String Seminars