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Robert Brandenberger

ResearcherHead OfficeMcGill University

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Robert Brandenberger

Researcher

Head Office

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 11 research grants (11 NSERC), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Dark Energy Early Universe Superstring Cosmology cosmology cosmic strings formation of structure cosmology early universe superstring cosmology cosmic

Latest papers

Cosmological Magnetic Fields from Ultralight Dark Matter.
Physical review letters · 2026 · first author
A superfluid dark matter cosmic string wake.
The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields · 2025 · senior author
Back-reaction of long-wavelength cosmological fluctuations as measured by a clock field.
The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields · 2024 · senior author

All 13 publications

Latest funding

Topics in Early Universe Cosmology
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$200,000
Canada Research Chair in Theoretical Cosmology
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$800,000
Professor, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1)
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$510,000

All 11 grants and awards

13 publications.

Cosmological Magnetic Fields from Ultralight Dark Matter.

Brandenberger R, Fröhlich J, Jiao H

Physical review letters2026First author

DOI: 10.1103/ys32-853g PMID: 41651506

A superfluid dark matter cosmic string wake.

Favero A, Brandenberger R

The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-13896-6 PMID: 39957745

Back-reaction of long-wavelength cosmological fluctuations as measured by a clock field.

Comeau V, Brandenberger R

The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-12590-3 PMID: 38495339

Spontaneous symmetry breaking in the BFSS model: analytical results using the Gaussian expansion method.

Brahma S, Brandenberger R, Laliberte S

The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields2023

DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-12082-w PMID: 37818177

A bouncing cosmology from VECROs.

Brandenberger R, Mitchell GA

The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields2023First author

DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11501-2 PMID: 37096219

Limitations of an effective field theory treatment of early Universe cosmology.

Brandenberger R

Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences2022First author

DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2021.0178 PMID: 35785981

Unitarity problems for an effective field theory description of early universe cosmology.

Brandenberger R, Kamali V

The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields2022First author

DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10783-2 PMID: 36124290

Axion monodromy inflation, trapping mechanisms and the swampland.

Jin W, Brandenberger R, Heisenberg L

The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields2021

DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-08960-w PMID: 33679233

Note on shape moduli stabilization, string gas cosmology and the swampland criteria.

Mitchell GA, Brandenberger R

The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-08843-0 PMID: 33505212

Eternal inflation, entropy bounds and the swampland.

Wang Z, Brandenberger R, Heisenberg L

The European physical journal. C, Particles and fields2020

DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8412-x PMID: 33013193