Jan-Willem van Holten
tel.: +31 (0)20 592 5131
fax: 31 (20) 592 5155
e-mail: t32@nikhef.nl
tel.: +31 (0)71 527 5523
Research interests:
Gravity
Supersymmetry
Quantum Field Theory
Present projects:
- Supersymmetric sigma-models on Kaehler manifolds,
and applications to unified models of fundamental interactions
- Non-standard supersymmetries in spinning-particle dynamics;
- Worldline fermions and supersymmetry in field theory;
- Gravitational waves: theory and detection
- Supersymmetric hydrodynamics
List of conferences and schools
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Direct links to files and manuscripts
Gravitatie: van zwaartekracht tot kosmologie
Lecture notes of my introductory course on General Relativity (in Dutch)
Topical lecture cosmology 2019
Topics in Theoretical Physics 2016
Exercises of the Leiden course Black Holes and Gravitational Waves, part I
HOVO-cursus Elementaire deeltjes
Spectrum of high-energy cosmics
We study ultra-high-energy cosmics with HiSPARC
My colloquium talk about HiSPARC is here
College Leiden (Dutch) Deeltjes en velden
College Delft (English) Particles and fields
Overview particle physics (powerpoint)
Gravitational waves (AiO school, jan./febr. 2006)
Relativistic fluids and stars (AiO school, jan./febr. 2006)
Kaehler geometry and supersymmetry (Zakopane lectures, june 2003)
Hamline lecture on the Fundamental Interactions (oct. 2002)
part I
part II
part III
Fields and symmetries (NIKHEF topical lectures, march 2002)
Over de grenzen van de natuurkunde (oratie in Dutch, june 2000)
Newton's constant (with a selection of measurements)
Matter in the universe
A brief introduction to cosmology at the undergraduate level
The Standard Model and Beyond
Lecture notes of a course at the Dutch Winterschool of Theoretical Physics 2000
Aspects of BRST-quantization
Lectures at the Summerschool on `Geometry and Topology in Physics'
Rot a/d Rot (Germany), sept. 2001