Sebastian Murk
Office: Lab 4, E25f
Email: sebastian.murk[at]oist.jp
Ph.D. Theoretical Physics (2022)
Sydney Quantum Academy
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia*
M.Sc. Physics (2017)
Lunds Universitet, Sweden
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany*
B.Sc. Physics (2016)
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany*
*Degree awarding institution
Research interests: Black holes, semiclassical gravity, modified gravity, quantum gravity, quantum information theory, quantum foundations.
List of publications: arXiv / INSPIRE HEP / Google Scholar / ResearchGate / ORCID iD
Selected publications
Reviews
R. B. Mann, S. Murk, and D. R. Terno
Black holes and their horizons in semiclassical and modified theories of gravity
Int. J. Mod. Phys. D 31, 2230015 (2022) [arXiv:2112.06515]
Articles
S. Murk, D. R. Terno, and R. Vadapalli
Gravity-induced birefringence in spherically symmetric spacetimes
Phys. Rev. D 111, 044001 (2025) [arXiv:2408.02729]
A. Hahn, S. Murk, S. Singh, and G. K. Brennen
Categorical quantum volume operator
Phys. Rev. D 110, 086013 (2024) [arXiv:2406.02111]
S. Murk and I. Soranidis
Light rings and causality for nonsingular ultracompact objects sourced by nonlinear electrodynamics
Phys. Rev. D 110, 044064 (2024) [arXiv:2406.07957] [Code: https://github.com/s-murk/2406.07957]
M. Hotta and S. Murk
Probability vector representation of the Schrödinger equation and Leggett-Garg-type experiments
Phys. Rev. A 109, 062224 (2024) [arXiv:2312.16281] [Code: https://github.com/s-murk/2312.16281;
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S. Murk and I. Soranidis
Kinematic and energy properties of dynamical regular black holes
Phys. Rev. D 108, 124007 (2023) [arXiv:2309.06002]
S. Murk and I. Soranidis
Regular black holes and the first law of black hole mechanics
Phys. Rev. D 108, 044002 (2023) [arXiv:2304.05421]
S. Murk
Nomen non est omen: Why it is too soon to identify ultra-compact objects as black holes
Int. J. Mod. Phys. D 32, 2342012 (2023) [arXiv:2210.03750]
S. Murk
Physical black holes in fourth-order gravity
Phys. Rev. D 105, 044051 (2022) [arXiv:2110.14973] [Code: github.com/s-murk/2110.14973]
Awards & Scholarships
Australian Institute of Physics Bragg Gold Medal for Excellence in Physics - New South Wales State Branch Nominee (2023)
Australian Institute of Physics Postgraduate Excellence in Physics Award (2020)
Future STEM Leaders Transformation Award (2018)
Sydney Quantum Academy Scholarship (2020-2022)
International Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (2018-2022)
European Union Erasmus+ Scholarship (2016-2017)