Dr David Benisty

Biography

I'm a working at the interface of theory with statistical data analysis.
- Testing theoretical models with observations.
- A wide theoretical knowledge and understanding in particle physics, field theory (classical and quantum), gravity and cosmology.
- Computing skills (Python, Mathematica, Matlab), statistical/numerical methods, and data analysis.

Publications

Key publications:

Cosmology intertwined: A review of the particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology associated with the cosmological tensions and anomalies
E Abdalla, GF Abellán, A Aboubrahim, A Agnello, Ö Akarsu, Y Akrami, G Alestas, D Aloni, L Amendola, LA Anchordoqui, RI Anderson, N Arendse, M Asgari, M Ballardini, V Barger, S Basilakos, RC Batista, ES Battistelli, R Battye, M Benetti, D Benisty, A Berlin, P de Bernardis, E Berti, B Bidenko, S Birrer, JP Blakeslee, KK Boddy, CR Bom, A Bonilla, N Borghi, FR Bouchet, M Braglia, T Buchert, E Buckley-Geer, E Calabrese, RR Caldwell, D Camarena, S Capozziello, S Casertano, GCF Chen, J Chluba, A Chen, HY Chen, A Chudaykin, M Cicoli, CJ Copi, F Courbin, FY Cyr-Racine, B Czerny, M Dainotti, G D'Amico, AC Davis, J de Cruz Pérez, J de Haro, J Delabrouille, PB Denton, S Dhawan, KR Dienes, E Di Valentino, P Du, D Eckert, C Escamilla-Rivera, A Ferté, F Finelli, P Fosalba, WL Freedman, N Frusciante, E Gaztañaga, W Giarè, E Giusarma, A Gómez-Valent, W Handley, I Harrison, L Hart, DK Hazra, A Heavens, A Heinesen, H Hildebrandt, JC Hill, NB Hogg, DE Holz, DC Hooper, N Hosseininejad, D Huterer, M Ishak, MM Ivanov, AH Jaffe, IS Jang, K Jedamzik, R Jimenez, M Joseph, S Joudaki, M Kamionkowski, T Karwal, L Kazantzidis, RE Keeley, M Klasen, E Komatsu, LVE Koopmans – Journal of High Energy Astrophysics (2022) 34, 49
(DOI: 10.1016/j.jheap.2022.04.002)

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The dark side of the torsion: dark energy from propagating torsion
D Benisty, EI Guendelman, AVD Venn, D Vasak, J Struckmeier, H Stoecker – European Physical Journal C (2022) 82, 264
(DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10187-2)

The Local Group Mass in the Light of Gaia
D Benisty, E Vasiliev, NW Evans, AC Davis, OV Hartl, LE Strigari – Astrophysical Journal Letters (2022) 928, L5
(DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac5c42)

Dark energy interactions near the Galactic Center
D Benisty, AC Davis – Physical Review D (2022) 105, 024052
(DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.105.024052)

Quantum gravity phenomenology at the dawn of the multi-messenger era—A review
A Addazi, J Alvarez-Muniz, R Alves Batista, G Amelino-Camelia, V Antonelli, M Arzano, M Asorey, JL Atteia, S Bahamonde, F Bajardi, A Ballesteros, B Baret, DM Barreiros, S Basilakos, D Benisty, O Birnholtz, JJ Blanco-Pillado, D Blas, J Bolmont, D Boncioli, P Bosso, G Calcagni, S Capozziello, JM Carmona, S Cerci, M Chernyakova, S Clesse, JAB Coelho, SM Colak, JL Cortes, S Das, V D'Esposito, M Demirci, MG Di Luca, A di Matteo, D Dimitrijevic, G Djordjevic, DD Prester, A Eichhorn, J Ellis, C Escamilla-Rivera, G Fabiano, SA Franchino-Viñas, AM Frassino, D Frattulillo, S Funk, A Fuster, J Gamboa, A Gent, L Gergely, M Giammarchi, K Giesel, JF Glicenstein, J Gracia-Bondía, R Gracia-Ruiz, G Gubitosi, EI Guendelman, I Gutierrez-Sagredo, L Haegel, S Heefer, A Held, FJ Herranz, T Hinderer, JI Illana, A Ioannisian, P Jetzer, FR Joaquim, KH Kampert, AK Uysal, T Katori, N Kazarian, D Kerszberg, J Kowalski-Glikman, S Kuroyanagi, C Lämmerzahl, JL Said, S Liberati, E Lim, IP Lobo, M López-Moya, GG Luciano, M Manganaro, A Marcianò, P Martín-Moruno, M Martinez, M Martinez, H Martínez-Huerta, P Martínez-Miravé, M Masip, D Mattingly, N Mavromatos, A Mazumdar, F Méndez, F Mercati, S Micanovic, J Mielczarek, AL Miller, M Milosevic, D Minic, L Miramonti – Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics (2022) 103948
(DOI: 10.1016/j.ppnp.2022.103948)

Timing argument take on the Milky Way and Andromeda past encounter
D Benisty – Astronomy & Astrophysics (2021) 656, a129
(DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142096)

Singularity-Free and Cosmologically Viable Born-Infeld Gravity with Scalar Matter
D Benisty, GJ Olmo, D Rubiera-Garcia – Symmetry (2021) 13, 2108
(DOI: 10.3390/sym13112108)

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Quintessential inflation and cosmological seesaw mechanism: reheating and observational constraints
LA Salo, D Benisty, EI Guendelman, JD Haro – Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (2021) 2021, 007
(DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2021/07/007)

α attractors in Quintessential Inflation motivated by Supergravity
LA Salo, D Benisty, EI Guendelman, JD Haro – Physical Review D (2021) 103, 123535
(DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.103.123535)

Testing late-time cosmic acceleration with uncorrelated baryon acoustic oscillation dataset
D Benisty, D Staicova – Astronomy & Astrophysics (2021) 647, A38
(DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039502)

Publications from Elements

Journal articles

2022 (Published online)

Guendelman, E., Herrera, R. and Benisty, D., 2022 (Published online). Unifying inflation with early and late dark energy with multiple fields: Spontaneously broken scale invariant two measures theory, American Physical Society (APS) Physical Review D, v. 105 http://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.105.124035

2022 (No publication date)

Benisty, D., Mifsud, J., Said, JL. and Staicova, D., 2022 (No publication date). On the Robustness of the Constancy of the Supernova Absolute Magnitude: Non-parametric Reconstruction \& Bayesian approaches

2022 (Accepted for publication)

Benisty, D., Vasiliev, E., Evans, NW., Davis, A-C., Hartl, OV. and Strigari, LE., 2022 (Accepted for publication). The Local Group Mass in the light of Gaia Astrophys.J.Lett., v. 928 http://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac5c42

2022

Benisty, D. and Davis, AC., 2022. Dark energy interactions near the Galactic Center Physical Review D, v. 105 http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.105.024052

Abdalla, E., Abellán, GF., Aboubrahim, A., Agnello, A., Akarsu, Ö., Akrami, Y., Alestas, G., Aloni, D., Amendola, L., Anchordoqui, LA., Anderson, RI., Arendse, N., Asgari, M., Ballardini, M., Barger, V., Basilakos, S., Batista, RC., Battistelli, ES., Battye, R., Benetti, M., Benisty, D., Berlin, A., de Bernardis, P., Berti, E., Bidenko, B., Birrer, S., Blakeslee, JP., Boddy, KK., Bom, CR., Bonilla, A., Borghi, N., Bouchet, FR., Braglia, M., Buchert, T., Buckley-Geer, E., Calabrese, E., Caldwell, RR., Camarena, D., Capozziello, S., Casertano, S., Chen, GCF., Chluba, J., Chen, A., Chen, HY., Chudaykin, A., Cicoli, M., Copi, CJ., Courbin, F., Cyr-Racine, FY., Czerny, B., Dainotti, M., D'Amico, G., Davis, AC., de Cruz Pérez, J., de Haro, J., Delabrouille, J., Denton, PB., Dhawan, S., Dienes, KR., Di Valentino, E., Du, P., Eckert, D., Escamilla-Rivera, C., Ferté, A., Finelli, F., Fosalba, P., Freedman, WL., Frusciante, N., Gaztañaga, E., Giarè, W., Giusarma, E., Gómez-Valent, A., Handley, W., Harrison, I., Hart, L., Hazra, DK., Heavens, A., Heinesen, A., Hildebrandt, H., Hill, JC., Hogg, NB., Holz, DE., Hooper, DC., Hosseininejad, N., Huterer, D., Ishak, M., Ivanov, MM., Jaffe, AH., Jang, IS., Jedamzik, K., Jimenez, R., Joseph, M., Joudaki, S., Kamionkowski, M., Karwal, T., Kazantzidis, L., Keeley, RE., Klasen, M., Komatsu, E. and Koopmans, LVE., 2022. Cosmology intertwined: A review of the particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology associated with the cosmological tensions and anomalies Journal of High Energy Astrophysics, v. 34 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jheap.2022.04.002

Addazi, A., Alvarez-Muniz, J., Alves Batista, R., Amelino-Camelia, G., Antonelli, V., Arzano, M., Asorey, M., Atteia, JL., Bahamonde, S., Bajardi, F., Ballesteros, A., Baret, B., Barreiros, DM., Basilakos, S., Benisty, D., Birnholtz, O., Blanco-Pillado, JJ., Blas, D., Bolmont, J., Boncioli, D., Bosso, P., Calcagni, G., Capozziello, S., Carmona, JM., Cerci, S., Chernyakova, M., Clesse, S., Coelho, JAB., Colak, SM., Cortes, JL., Das, S., D'Esposito, V., Demirci, M., Di Luca, MG., di Matteo, A., Dimitrijevic, D., Djordjevic, G., Prester, DD., Eichhorn, A., Ellis, J., Escamilla-Rivera, C., Fabiano, G., Franchino-Viñas, SA., Frassino, AM., Frattulillo, D., Funk, S., Fuster, A., Gamboa, J., Gent, A., Gergely, L., Giammarchi, M., Giesel, K., Glicenstein, JF., Gracia-Bondía, J., Gracia-Ruiz, R., Gubitosi, G., Guendelman, EI., Gutierrez-Sagredo, I., Haegel, L., Heefer, S., Held, A., Herranz, FJ., Hinderer, T., Illana, JI., Ioannisian, A., Jetzer, P., Joaquim, FR., Kampert, KH., Uysal, AK., Katori, T., Kazarian, N., Kerszberg, D., Kowalski-Glikman, J., Kuroyanagi, S., Lämmerzahl, C., Said, JL., Liberati, S., Lim, E., Lobo, IP., López-Moya, M., Luciano, GG., Manganaro, M., Marcianò, A., Martín-Moruno, P., Martinez, M., Martinez, M., Martínez-Huerta, H., Martínez-Miravé, P., Masip, M., Mattingly, D., Mavromatos, N., Mazumdar, A., Méndez, F., Mercati, F., Micanovic, S., Mielczarek, J., Miller, AL., Milosevic, M., Minic, D. and Miramonti, L., 2022. Quantum gravity phenomenology at the dawn of the multi-messenger era—A review Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppnp.2022.103948

2021 (No publication date)

Benisty, D. and Staicova, D., 2021 (No publication date). Constraining the dark energy models using the BAO data: An approach independent of $H_0 \cdot r_d$

Benisty, D., Guendelman, EI., Venn, AVD., Vasak, D., Struckmeier, J. and Stoecker, H., 2021 (No publication date). The dark side of the torsion: Dark Energy from propagating torsion Eur. Phys. J. C, v. 82 http://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10187-2

Benisty, D., Chaichian, M. and Oksanen, M., 2021 (No publication date). Mimetic Tensor-Vector-Scalar Cosmology: Unified Dark Energy, Dark Matter and Stiff Matter

Benisty, D., 2021 (No publication date). Unified Dark Energy and Dark Matter from Dynamical Spacetime Cosmology

2021

Salo, LA., Benisty, D., Guendelman, EI. and Haro, JD., 2021. alpha-attractors in quintessential inflation motivated by supergravity PHYSICAL REVIEW D, v. 103 http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.123535

Benisty, D., 2021. Quantifying the S<inf>8</inf> tension with the Redshift Space Distortion data set Physics of the Dark Universe, v. 31 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.dark.2020.100766

Benisty, D., 2021. Timing argument take on the Milky Way and Andromeda past encounter Astronomy and Astrophysics, v. 656 http://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202142096

Salo, LA., Benisty, D., Guendelman, EI. and Haro, JD., 2021. Quintessential inflation and cosmological seesaw mechanism: reheating and observational constraints JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS, http://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2021/07/007

Benisty, D., Vasak, D., Kirsch, J. and Struckmeier, J., 2021. Low-redshift constraints on covariant canonical Gauge theory of gravity EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C, v. 81 http://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-08924-0

Bensity, D., Guendelman, EI., Kaganovich, A., Nissimov, E. and Pacheva, S., 2021. Non-canonical volume-form formulation of modified gravity theories and cosmology European Physical Journal Plus, v. 136 http://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-020-01048-6

Benisty, D., Olmo, GJ. and Rubiera-Garcia, D., 2021. Singularity-Free and Cosmologically Viable Born-Infeld Gravity with Scalar Matter SYMMETRY-BASEL, v. 13 http://doi.org/10.3390/sym13112108

Benisty, D. and Staicova, D., 2021. Testing late-time cosmic acceleration with uncorrelated baryon acoustic oscillation dataset ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, v. 647 http://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202039502

2020

Benisty, D., Guendelman, EI. and Haba, Z., 2020. Unification of dark energy and dark matter from diffusive cosmology (vol 99, 123521, 2019) PHYSICAL REVIEW D, v. 101 http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.049901

Benisty, D. and Guendelman, EI., 2020. Cosmological principle in Newtonian dynamics MODERN PHYSICS LETTERS A, v. 35 http://doi.org/10.1142/S021773232050131X

Benisty, D. and Guendelman, EI., 2020. The Local Group as a test system for Modified Newtonian Dynamics PHYSICS OF THE DARK UNIVERSE, v. 30 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.dark.2020.100708

Benisty, D. and Guendelman, EI., 2020. Lorentzian quintessential inflation INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS D, v. 29 http://doi.org/10.1142/S021827182042002X

Benisty, D. and Guendelman, EI., 2020. Quintessential inflation from Lorentzian slow roll EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C, v. 80 http://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8147-8

Benisty, D., Guendelman, EI. and Saridakis, EN., 2020. The scale factor potential approach to inflation EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C, v. 80 http://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8054-z

Benisty, D., Guendelman, EI., Nissimov, E. and Pacheva, S., 2020. Quintessential Inflation with Dynamical Higgs Generation as an Affine Gravity SYMMETRY-BASEL, v. 12 http://doi.org/10.3390/sym12050734

Benisty, D., Guendelman, EI., Nissimov, E. and Pacheva, S., 2020. Dynamically Generated Inflationary Lambda CDM SYMMETRY-BASEL, v. 12 http://doi.org/10.3390/sym12030481

Benisty, D., Guendelman, EI., Nissimov, E. and Pacheva, S., 2020. Dynamically generated inflationary two-field potential via non-Riemannian volume forms NUCLEAR PHYSICS B, v. 951 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2019.114907

Benisty, D., Guendelman, EI., Nissimov, E. and Pacheva, S., 2020. Lambda CDM as a Noether symmetry in cosmology INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS D, v. 29 http://doi.org/10.1142/S0218271820501047

2019 (No publication date)

Banerjee, S., Benisty, D. and Guendelman, EI., 2019 (No publication date). Running Dark Energy and Dark Matter from Dynamical Spacetime Bulg.J.Phys. 48 (2021) no.2, 117-137,

Benisty, D., Guendelman, E., Kaganovich, A., Nissimov, E. and Pacheva, S., 2019 (No publication date). Modified Gravity Theories Based on the Non-Canonical Volume-Form Formalism

Benisty, D., Guendelman, E., Nissimov, E. and Pacheva, S., 2019 (No publication date). Non-Riemannian Volume Elements Dynamically Generate Inflation

Benisty, D., 2019 (No publication date). Decaying coupled Fermions to curvature and the $H_0$ tension

Liebrich, P., 2019 (No publication date). Covariant Canonical Quantization

2019

Benisty, D., Guendelman, EI. and Haba, Z., 2019. Unification of dark energy and dark matter from diffusive cosmology PHYSICAL REVIEW D, v. 99 http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.99.123521

Anagnostopoulos, FK., Benisty, D., Basilakos, S. and Guendelman, EI., 2019. Dark energy and dark matter unification from dynamical space time: observational constraints and cosmological implications JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS, http://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2019/06/003

Benisty, D., Vasak, D., Guendelman, EI. and Struckmeier, J., 2019. Energy transfer from spacetime into matter and a bouncing inflation from covariant canonical gauge theory of gravity MODERN PHYSICS LETTERS A, v. 34 http://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732319501645

Benisty, D. and Guendelman, EI., 2019. Two scalar fields inflation from scale-invariant gravity with modified measure Classical and Quantum Gravity, v. 36 http://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/ab14af

Benisty, D., Guendelman, EI., Nissimov, E. and Pacheva, S., 2019. Dynamically generated inflation from non-Riemannian volume forms EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C, v. 79 http://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7310-6

Benisty, D., Guendelman, EI., Saridakis, EN., Stoecker, H., Struckmeier, J. and Vasak, D., 2019. Inflation from fermions with curvature-dependent mass PHYSICAL REVIEW D, v. 100 http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.100.043523

2018

Benisty, D., Guendelman, EI., Vasak, D., Struckmeier, J. and Stoecker, H., 2018. Quadratic curvature theories formulated as covariant canonical gauge theories of gravity PHYSICAL REVIEW D, v. 98 http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.106021

Benisty, D. and Guendelman, EI., 2018. Inflation compactification from dynamical spacetime PHYSICAL REVIEW D, v. 98 http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.043522

Benisty, D. and Guendelman, EI., 2018. Correspondence between the first and second order formalism by a metricity constraint PHYSICAL REVIEW D, v. 98 http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.044023

Benisty, D. and Guendelman, EI., 2018. A transition between bouncing hyper-inflation to ACDM from diffusive scalar fields INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS A, v. 33 http://doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X18501191

Benisty, D. and Guendelman, EI., 2018. Unified dark energy and dark matter from dynamical spacetime PHYSICAL REVIEW D, v. 98 http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.023506

Bahamonde, S., Benisty, D. and Guendelman, EI., 2018. Linear Potentials in Galaxy Halos by Asymmetric Wormholes UNIVERSE, v. 4 http://doi.org/10.3390/universe4110112

2017

Benisty, D. and Guendelman, EI., 2017. Unified DE-DM with diffusive interactions scenario from scalar fields INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS D, v. 26 http://doi.org/10.1142/S0218271817430210

Benisty, D. and Guendelman, EI., 2017. Interacting diffusive unified dark energy and dark matter from scalar fields EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C, v. 77 http://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4939-x

2016

Benisty, D. and Guendelman, EI., 2016. Radiation-like scalar field and gauge fields in cosmology for a theory with dynamical time MODERN PHYSICS LETTERS A, v. 31 http://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732316501881

Book chapters

2018 (No publication date)

Benisty, D., Guendelman, EI. and Struckmeier, J., 2018 (No publication date). Gauge theory of Gravity based on the correspondence between the $1^{st}$ and the $2^{nd}$ order formalisms http://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7775-8_21

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