Staff Profile

Current Roles and Responsibilities

Chair of the Board of Examiners for Physics

Academic trajectory

BSc: University of Athens (GR)

Part III of the Mathematical Tripos, University of Cambridge

PhD: DAMTP, University of Cambridge

I've held postdoctral reseach positions in Utrecht (NL), Helsinki (FI), Munich and Heidelberg (DE)

I joined Newcastle University in 2015.

Research Interests

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Early Universe Cosmology: Quantum theory of inflationary perturbations, Stochastic Inflation.

Late Universe Cosmology: Gravitational perturbation theory for cosmological large scale structure, Scalar Condensate models of Dark Matter - Fuzzy Dark Matter.

Application of field theory methods (Feynman Diagrams and the Renormalization Group) to Langevin dynamics.

Non-equilibrium Quantum/Statistical Field Theory

Current PhD supervision

Aditya Verma (with Nick Proukakis) on Fuzzy Dark Matter

Semester 2:

MSP1804 Dynamics

MSP8811 General Relativity

• Articles

  • Indjin M, Keepfer N, Liu I-K, Proukakis NP, Rigopoulos G. Fuzzy dark matter haloes with repulsive self-interactions: Coherent soliton and halo vortex network with moderate self-coupling. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2026, 545(3), staf2046.
  • Indjin M, Liu IK, Proukakis NP, Rigopoulos G, Verma A. Dynamical Reconstruction of SPARC galactic halos within self-interacting fuzzy dark matter. Physical Review D 2026, 113(6), 063512.
  • Indjin M, Liu I-K, Proukakis N, Rigopoulos G, Verma A. Dynamical reconstruction of SPARC galactic halos within self-interacting fuzzy dark matter. Physical Review D 2026, 113(6), 063512.
  • Proukakis NP, Rigopoulos G, Soto A. Unified description of corpuscular and fuzzy bosonic dark matter. II. Dissipation and stochastic forces. Physical Review D 2025, 111, 023505.
  • Launay YL, Rigopoulos GI, Shellard EPS. Quantitative classicality in cosmological interactions during inflation. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2025, 2025(05), 071.
  • Launay YL, Rigopoulos GI, Shellard EPS. Bunch-Davies initial conditions and nonperturbative inflationary dynamics in numerical relativity. Physical Review D 2025, 112(4), 043518.
  • Indjin M, Liu I-K, Proukakis NP, Rigopoulos G. Virialized profiles and oscillations of self-interacting fuzzy dark matter solitons. Physical Review D 2024, 109, 103518.
  • Launay YL, Rigopoulos GI, Shellard EPS. Stochastic inflation in general relativity. Physical Review D 2024, 109(12), 123523.
  • Proukakis NP, Rigopoulos G, Soto A. Hybrid model of condensate and particle dark matter: Linear perturbations in the hydrodynamic limit. Physical Review D 2024, 110(2), 023504.
  • Proukakis NP, Rigopoulos G, Soto A. Unified description of corpuscular and fuzzy bosonic dark matter. Physical Review D 2023, 108(8), 083513.
  • Rigopoulos G, Wilkins A. Computing first-passage times with the functional renormalisation group. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2023, 2023(4), 046.
  • Liu IK, Proukakis NP, Rigopoulos G. Coherent and incoherent structures in fuzzy dakr matter haloes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2023, 521(3), 3625–3647.
  • Wilkins A, Rigopoulos G, Masoero E. Coarse graining in time with the functional renormalization group: Relaxation in Brownian motion. Physical Review E 2022, 106, 054109.
  • Prokopec T, Rigopoulos G. ΔN and the stochastic conveyor belt of ultra slow-roll inflation. Physical Review D 2021, 104(8), 083505.
  • Glavan D, Rigopoulos G. One-loop electromagnetic correlators of SQED in power-law inflation. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2021, 2021(02), 021.
  • Bounakis M, Moss IG, Rigopoulos G. Observational constraints on Hyperinflation. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2021, 2021(02), 006.
  • Rigopoulos G, Wilkins A. Inflation is always semi-classical: diffusion domination overproduces Primordial Black Holes. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2021, 2021(12), 027.
  • Bounakis M, Rigopoulos G. Feynman rules for stochastic inflationary correlators. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2020, 2020(5), 046.
  • Prokopec T, Rigopoulos G. Functional Renormalization Group for Stochastic Inflation. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2018, 2018(08), 13.
  • Moss IG, Rigopoulos G. Effective long wavelength scalar dynamics in de Sitter. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2017, 2017(5), 009.
  • Rigopoulos G. Thermal Interpretation of Infrared Dynamics in de Sitter. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2016, 2016(07), 035.
  • Führer F, Rigopoulos G. Renormalizing a Viscous Fluid Model for Large Scale Structure Formation. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2016, 2016, 032.
  • Rigopoulos G. The adhesion model as a field theory for cosmological clustering. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2015, 01(2015), 014.
  • Rigopoulos G, Valkenburg W. On the accuracy of N-body simulations at very large scales. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2015, 446(1), 677-682.
  • Garbrecht B, Gautier F, Rigopoulos G, Zhu Y. Feynman diagrams for stochastic inflation and quantum field theory in de Sitter space. Physical Review D 2015, 91(6), 063520.
  • Garbrecht B, Rigopoulos G, Zhu Y. Infrared correlations in de Sitter space: Field theoretic versus stochastic approach. Physical Review D 2014, 89, 063506.
  • Rampf C, Rigopoulos G, Valkenburg W. A relativistic view on large scale N-body simulations. Classical and Quantum Gravity 2014, 31(23), 234004.
  • Rampf C, Rigopoulos G. Zel'dovich approximation and General Relativity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters 2013, 430(1), L54-L58.
  • Rampf C, Rigopoulos G. Initial conditions for cold dark matter particles and General Relativity. Physical Review D 2013, 87(12), 123525.
  • Rigopoulos G. Fluctuation-dissipation and equilibrium for scalar fields in de Sitter. 2013.
  • Enqvist K, Koivisto T, Rigopoulos G. Non-metric chaotic inflation. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2012, 05(2012), 023.
  • Enqvist K, Figueroa DG, Rigopoulos G. Fluctuations along supersymmetric flat directions during Inflation. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2012, 01(2012), 053.
  • Rigopoulos G, Valkenburg W. A non-linear approximation for perturbations in LCDM. Physical Review D 2012, 86, 043523.
  • Enqvist K, Hotchkiss S, Rigopoulos G. A gradient expansion for cosmological backreaction. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2012, 03, 026.
  • Garbrecht B, Rigopoulos G. Self Regulation of Infrared Correlations for Massless Scalar Fields during Inflation. Physical Review D 2011, 84, 063516.
  • Enqvist K, Rigopoulos G. Non-linear mode coupling and the growth of perturbations in LCDM. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2011, 03(2011), 005.
  • Rigopoulos G. Gauge invariance and non-Gaussianity in Inflation. Physical Review D 2011, 84, 021301.
  • Prokopec T, Rigopoulos G. Path Integral for Inflationary Perturbations. Physical Review D 2010, 82, 023529.
  • Enqvist K, Nurmi S, Rigopoulos G, Taanila O, Takahashi T. The Subdominant Curvaton. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2009, 11(2009), 003.
  • Enqvist K, Mattsson M, Rigopoulos G. Supernovae data and perturbative deviation from homogeneity. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2009, 09(2009), 022.
  • Koksma JF, Prokopec T, Rigopoulos G. The Scalar Field Kernel in Cosmological Spaces. Classical and Quantum Gravity 2008, 25, 125009.
  • Enqvist K, Nurmi S, Rigopoulos G. Parametric Decay of the Curvaton. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2008, 10(2008), 013.
  • Enqvist K, Nurmi S, Podolsky D, Rigopoulos G. On the divergences of inflationary superhorizon perturbations. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2008, 04(2008), 025.
  • Rigopoulos G, Shellard EPS, vanTent BJW. Quantitative bispectra from multifield inflation. Physical Review D 2007, 76, 083512.
  • Prokopec T, Rigopoulos G. Decoherence from Isocurvature Perturbations in Inflation. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2007, 11(2007), 029.
  • Rigopoulos G, Shellard EPS, vanTent BJW. Non-linear perturbations in multiple-field inflation. Physical Review D 2006, 73, 083521.
  • Rigopoulos G, Shellard EPS. Stochastic fluctuations in multi-field inflation. Journal of Physics, Conference Series 2005, 8, 145-149.
  • Rigopoulos G, Shellard EPS, vanTent BJW. Simple route to non-Gaussianity in inflation. Physical Review D 2005, 72, 083507.
  • Rigopoulos G, Shellard EPS. Non-linear inflationary perturbations. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2005, 10(2005), 006.
  • Rigopoulos G, Shellard EPS, vanTent BJW. Large non-Gaussianity in multiple-field inflation. Physical Review D 2005, 73, 083522.
  • Rigopoulos G. On second-order superhorizon perturbations in multifield inflationary models. Classical and Quantum Gravity 2004, 21, 1737-1754.
  • Rigopoulos G, Shellard EPS. Separate universe approach and the evolution of nonlinear superhorizon cosmological perturbations. Physical Review D 2003, 68, 123518.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

  • Wilkins A, Masoero E, Rigopoulos G. Renormalisation Group theory to accelerate molecular dynamics simulations. In: EMI International 2020. 2020, Durham, UK.