[[!redirects Chris Hull]] Christopher Hull is professor for theoretical physics at Imperial College London. * [institute page](http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/c.hull) * [Wikipedia entry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hull_%28physicist%29) * [InSpire page](https://inspirehep.net/authors/1005292) * [GoogleScholar page](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mbT5wsUAAAAJ) ## Selected writings On [[D=4 supergravity]]: * [[Chris Hull]], Phys. Rev. D30 (1984) 760; * [[Chris Hull]], Phys. Lett. 142B (1984) * [[Chris Hull]], Phys. Lett. 148B (1984) 297; * [[Chris Hull]], Physica 15D (1985) 230; Nucl. Phys. B253 (1985) 650. * [[Chris Hull]], Class. Quant. Grav. 2 (1985) 343. * [[Chris Hull]], _New Gauged $N=8$, $D=4$ Supergravities_, _Class.Quant.Grav.20:5407-5424,2003_ ([arXiv:hep-th/0204156](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0204156)) On [[sigma-models]]: * [[Christopher Hull]], *Lectures on Non-Linear Sigma-Models and Strings*, in *Super field theories*, NATO Science Series **160**, Springer (1987) 77-168 [[doi:10.1007/978-1-4613-0913-0_4](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0913-0_4)] On [[S-duality]] in [[type IIB supergravity]] and [[9D supergravity]]: * [[Eric Bergshoeff]], [[Chris M. Hull]], [[Tomás Ortín]]: *Duality in the Type--II Superstring Effective Action*, Nucl. Phys. B **451** (1995) 547--578 \[<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(95)00367-2">doi:10.1016/0550-3213(95)00367-2</a>, [arXiv:hep-th/9504081](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9504081)\] On [[T-duality]] along [[timelike]] directions: * [[Chris Hull]]: *Timelike T-Duality, de Sitter Space, Large $N$ Gauge Theories and Topological Field Theory*, JHEP 07 (1998) 021 [[arXiv:hep-th/9806146](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9806146), [doi:10.1088/1126-6708/1998/07/021](https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/1998/07/021)] * [[Chris Hull]]: *Duality and the Signature of Space-Time*, JHEP 11 (1998) 017 [[arXiv:hep-th/9807127](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9807127), [doi:10.1088/1126-6708/1998/11/017](https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/1998/11/017)] On [[BPS states]]: * {#GauntlettHull99} [[Jerome Gauntlett]], [[Chris Hull]], _BPS States with Extra Supersymmetry_, JHEP 0001 (2000) 004 ([arXiv:hep-th/9909098](http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9909098)) On [[gauge enhancement]]: * {#HullTownsend95} [[Chris Hull]], [[Paul Townsend]], _Enhanced Gauge Symmetries in Superstring Theories_, Nucl.Phys. B451 (1995) 525-546 ([arXiv:hep-th/9505073](http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9505073)) * [[Chris Hull]], _Duality, Enhanced Symmetry and Massless Black Holes_, in Proceedings of Strings'95: Future Perspectives in String Theory (World Scientific, 1996, I. Bars et al. eds.), p. 230 ([pdf](http://physics.usc.edu/Strings95/Proceedings/pdf/hull.pdf)) * [[Mirjam Cvetic]], [[Chris Hull]], _Wrapped Branes and Supersymmetry_, Nucl.Phys.B519:141-158,1998 ([arXiv:hep-th/9709033](http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9709033)) On [[T-duality]] for the [[supersymmetric sigma-model]]: * M. Abou-Zeid, [[Chris Hull]], [[Ulf Lindström]], [[Martin Roček]], _T-Duality in $(2,1)$ Superspace_ ([arXiv:1901.00662](https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.00662)) On [[branes]] at [[cone (Riemannian geometry)|conical singularities]]: * [[Bobby Acharya]], [[Jose Figueroa-O'Farrill]], [[Chris Hull]], B. Spence, _Branes at conical singularities and holography_, Adv. Theor.Math. Phys.2:1249-1286, 1999 ([arXiv:hep-th/9808014](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9808014)) On [[duality in string theory]] ([[U-duality]]): * [[Chris Hull]], [[Paul Townsend]], Section 6 of _Unity of Superstring Dualities_, Nucl.Phys.B438:109-137, 1995 ([arXiv:hep-th/9410167](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9410167)) Showing that the maximally supersymmetric [[pp-wave]] solution of [[D=11 supergravity]] is a [[Penrose limit]] of both the [[black brane|black]] [[M2-brane]] solution $AdS_4 \times S^7$ as well as the [[black brane|black]] [[M5-brane]] solution $AdS_7 \times S^4$: * [[Matthias Blau]], [[José Figueroa-O’Farrill]], [[Christopher Hull]], [[George Papadopoulos]], *Penrose limits and maximal supersymmetry*, Class. Quant. Grav. **19** (2002) L87-L95 [[arXiv:hep-th/0201081](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0201081), [doi:10.1088/0264-9381/19/10/101](https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/19/10/101)] Introducing the [[generalized Scherk-Schwarz mechanism]]: * [[Atish Dabholkar]], [[Chris Hull]], _Duality Twists, Orbifolds, and Fluxes_, JHEP 0309:054, 2003 ([arXiv:hep-th/0210209](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0210209)) On [[D=5 supergravity]]: * {#GGHPR02} [[Jerome Gauntlett]], [[Jan Gutowski]], [[Christopher Hull]], Stathis Pakis, [[Harvey Reall]], _All supersymmetric solutions of minimal supergravity in five dimensions_, Class. Quant. Grav. 20 (2003) 4587-4634 [[arXiv:hep-th/0209114](http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0209114), [doi:10.1088/0264-9381/20/21/005](https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/20/21/005)] On [[non-geometric string vacua]]: * [[Chris Hull]], _A Geometry for Non-Geometric String Backgrounds_ ([arXiv:hep-th/0406102](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0406102)) On [[automorphism of a vertex operator algebra|automorphisms of]] [[vertex operator algebras]] regarded as [[symmetries]] of non-geometric [[perturbative string theory vacua]] (e.g. [[Gepner models]]): * {#HullIsraelSarti17} [[Chris Hull]], Dan Israel, Alessandra Sarti, _Non-geometric Calabi-Yau Backgrounds and K3 automorphisms_, JHEP11(2017)084 ([arXiv:1710.00853](https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.00853)) On [[exceptional generalized geometry]]: * {#Hull} [[Chris Hull]], _Generalised Geometry for M-Theory_, JHEP 0707:079, 2007 ([arXiv:hep-th/0701203](http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0701203)) On [[T-folds]]: * {#Hull04} [[Chris Hull]], _A Geometry for Non-Geometric String Backgrounds_, JHEP0510:065,2005 ([arXiv:hep-th/0406102](http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0406102)) * {#Hull06} [[Chris Hull]], _Doubled geometry and T-folds_ JHEP0707:080,2007 ([arXiv:hep-th/0605149](http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0605149)) * [[Chris Hull]], _Global Aspects of T-Duality, Gauged Sigma Models and T-Folds_ ([arXiv:hep-th/0604178](http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0604178)) On [[double field theory]]: * {#Hull06} [[Chris Hull]], _Doubled geometry and T-folds_ JHEP0707:080,2007 ([arXiv:hep-th/0605149](http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0605149)) * [[Chris Hull]], [[Barton Zwiebach]], _Double Field Theory_, JHEP 0909:099,2009 ([arXiv:0904.4664](http://arxiv.org/abs/0904.4664)) On the [[dual graviton]]: * {#Hull01} [[Chris Hull]], _Duality in Gravity and Higher Spin Gauge Fields_, JHEP 0109:027,2001 ([arXiv:hep-th/0107149](http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0107149)) On the lift of [[D8-branes]] to [[M-theory]] [[M-branes]] by [[generalized Scherk-Schwarz reduction]], relating to [[D7-branes]] in [[F-theory]]: * {#Hull98} [[Chris Hull]], _Massive String Theories From M-Theory and F-Theory_, JHEP 9811:027, 1998 ([arXiv:hep-th/9811021](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9811021)) On the [[D9-brane]]: * {#Hull97} [[Chris Hull]], _Gravitational Duality, Branes and Charges_ ([arXiv:hep-th/9705162](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9705162)) On the [[M-wave]]: * {#Hull84} [[Chris Hull]], _Exact pp wave solutions of eleven-dimensional supergravity_, Phys. Lett. B 139 (1984) 39 ([spire](http://inspirehep.net/record/14499?ln=en)) On [[type II string theory]] and [[M-theory]] on [[spacetime]] with different [[signature of a metric|signatures]]: * [[Chris Hull]]. *Duality and the signature of space-time*, Journal of High Energy Physics **1998** 11 (1999) 017 [[arXiv:hep-th/9807127](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9807127), [doi:10.1088/1126-6708/1998/11/017](https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/1998/11/017)] On [[D=6 supergravity]] with [[number of supersymmetries|$\mathcal{N} = (4,0)$]]: * [[Chris Hull]], *Strongly Coupled Gravity and Duality*, Nucl.Phys. B **583** (2000) 237-259 [[arXiv:hep-th/0004195](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0004195), <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00323-0">doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00323-0</a>] * [[Chris Hull]], *Symmetries and Compactifications of $(4,0)$ Conformal Gravity*, JHEP 0012: 007 (2000) [[arXiv:hep-th/0011215](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0011215), [doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2000/12/007](https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2000/12/007)] * [[Chris Hull]], *Gravity, Duality and Conformal Symmetry* [[arXi:2209.11716](https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.11716)] On [[Lagrangian densities]] for [[self-dual higher gauge theory|self-dual form fields]]: * {#Hull23} [[Chris Hull]], *Covariant Action for Self-Dual $p$-Form Gauge Fields in General Spacetimes* [[arXiv:2307.04748](https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.04748)] On the [[dual graviton]]: * [[Chris Hull]], [[Ulf Lindström]], Maxwell L. Velásquez Cotini Hutt: *Gauge-invariant charges of the dual graviton* [[arXiv:2412.10503](https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.10503)] ## Related entries * [[string theory]] * [[T-fold]] * [[M5-brane]] * [[5d supergravity]] category: people [[!redirects Chris M. Hull]] [[!redirects Christopher M. Hull]]