Mag. Harold Steinacker, Privatdoz. PhD
Summer term 2026
Winter term 2025
260080 SE Bachelorseminar
Summer term 2025
260011 VO Theoretische Physik I - Klassische Mechanik
260032 KU Spezialisierung
260080 SE Bachelorseminar
















Steinacker, H. C., & Tran, T. (2022). A twistorial description of the IKKT-matrix model. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022(11), Article 146. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2022)146


Anagnostopoulos, K., Anninos, D., Anous, T., Bachas, C., Carmona, J. M., Chatzistavrakidis, A., Fotopoulos, A., Giataganas, D., Grana, M., Gubitosi, G., Kalinowski, J., Mavromatos, N., Nishimura, J., Rebelo, M. N., Saridakis, E., Steinacker, H., Stieberger, S., Szabo, R., Vitale, P., ... Zoupanos, G. (2022). Foreword to the Proceedings of the Corfu Summer Institute “School and Workshops on Elementary Particle Physics and Gravity” (CORFU2021). Proceedings of Science, 406, Article 362. https://doi.org/10.22323/1.406.0362


A special matrix model at the origin of spacetime and gravity

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

28 Nov 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Quantum Geometry of Data (& Spacetime)

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

14 Oct 2025

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Quantum Geometry of Data (& Spacetime)

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

18 Sept 2025

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Quantum spacetime & gravity from IKKT

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

16 Jun 2025

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Quantum geometry, matrix models and gravity

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

8 Apr 2025

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The IKKT matrix model as a possible basis for (quantum) gravity & cosmology

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

13 Sept 2024

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The IKKT matrix model as a possible basis for (quantum) gravity & cosmology

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

9 Sept 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The IKKT matrix model as a possible basis for (quantum) gravity & cosmology

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

30 Aug 2024

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Quantized twistor space, covariant quantum space-time and hs gauge theory

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

8 Jul 2024

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IKKT matrix model as a basis for 3+1-dimensional gravity and cosmology

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

5 Feb 2024

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The IKKT matrix model as a possible basis for (quantum) gravity & cosmology

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

13 Dec 2023

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The IKKT matrix model as a possible basis for (quantum) gravity & cosmology

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

15 Nov 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


3+1-dimensional quantum gravity on quantum space-time from the IKKT model

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

19 Sept 2023

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Teilnahme mit Vortrag

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

23 Jan 202327 Jan 2023

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Gravity as a quantum effect on quantum space-time

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

13 Oct 2022

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Matrix Models, Quantum Spaces, and Gravity

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

7 Oct 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


"The IIB matrix model, quantum spacetime and emergent higher-spin gravity"

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

7 Sept 2022

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Leben wir in der Matrix ?

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

12 May 2022

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”Gravity as a quantum effect on quantum space-time

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

30 Nov 2021

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Gravity as a quantum effect on quantum space-time

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

20 Sept 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


(Higher-spin) gravity as a quantum effect on quantum space-time

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

25 Aug 2021

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Higher-spin gauge theory and gravity from matrix models

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

13 Apr 2021

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


"Higher-spin-type gravity and torsion emerging on a quantized cosmological space-time in matrix models"

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

26 Feb 2020

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Higher-spin gauge theory, matrix models & the quantum structure of space-time

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

21 Feb 2020

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Humboldt Kolleg "Frontiers in Physics: From the Electroweak to the Planck Scales"

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

15 Sept 201919 Sept 2019

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Gravity and a Linearized Schwarzschild Solution in the IKKT Matrix Model

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

5 Sept 20197 Sept 2019

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On Matrix models, Quantum geometry, and (higher-spin) gravity

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

10 May 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Quantum space-time, higher spin and gravity from the IKKT Matrix model

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

25 Feb 201927 Feb 2019

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Quantum space-time, higher spin and gravity from the IKKT Matrix model

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

11 Feb 201915 Feb 2019

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Fuzzy spaces and gravity

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

15 Jan 201918 Jan 2019

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Higher spin gauge theory on fuzzy spacetimes from the IKKT Matrix model

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

3 Dec 20187 Dec 2018

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From equivariant bundles to quantized space-times and higer-spin gauge theory

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

29 Nov 2018

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Quantized cosmological spacetimes and higher spin in the IKKT model

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

4 Sept 2018

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Quantized cosmological spacetimes and higher spin in the IKKT model

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

30 Aug 2018

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Quantized cosmological spacetimes and higher spin in the IKKT model

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

24 Aug 2018

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Quantized cosmological spacetimes and higher spin the IKKT model

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

10 Jul 2018

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From Matrix models to quantized cosmological space-times (and gravity?)

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

18 Jun 201822 Jun 2018

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Matrix models and the Quantum structure of space, time and matter

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

17 Apr 2018

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From matrix models to quantized geometry, gravity and cosmology

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

15 Nov 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Fuzzy spaces and space-times from Yang-Mills matrix models

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

2 Nov 20173 Nov 2017

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Emergent gravity and higher spin on covariant quantum spaces

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

22 Sept 201728 Sept 2017

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Covariant quantum spaces and higher-spin theory in the IKKT matrix model

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

4 Sept 20176 Sept 2017

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Higher-spin theory and gravity from fuzzy 4-spheres

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

9 Jun 2017

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Covariant quantum spaces and higher spin from matrix models

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

6 Jun 201710 Jun 2017

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Covariant Quantum Spaces, the IKKT Model and Gravity

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

20 Mar 201723 Mar 2017

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Covariant Quantum Spaces, the IKKT Model and Gravity

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

23 Feb 2017

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Matrix Models, covariant quantum spaces and gravity

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

6 Dec 20169 Dec 2016

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Covariant quantum spaces and emergent gravity in the IKKT matrix model

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

12 Oct 2016

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String states, loops and effective action in NC field theory and matrix models

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

26 Sept 20161 Oct 2016

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Fuzzy spaces and applications

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

21 Aug 201628 Aug 2016

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Emergent 4D gravity on covariant quantum spaces in the IKKT model

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

4 Jul 20167 Jul 2016

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The fuzzy four-sphere and its stabilization by vacuum energy

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

6 Feb 201612 Feb 2016

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Die moderne Physik nach Einstein oder: Rätsel zwischen Relativitätstheorie und Quantentheorie

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

27 Oct 2015

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The issue of Quantum Space-Time

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

21 Sept 2015

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Chiral low-energy physics from squashed brane solutions in deformed N=4 Super-Yang-Mills

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

1 Sept 20154 Sept 2015

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Chiral low-energy physics from squashed branes in deformed N=4 SYM

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

23 Aug 201529 Aug 2015

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Squashed fuzzy extra dimensions from coadjoint orbits in N=4 SYM with large rank

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

1 Jun 20155 Jun 2015

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Self-intersecting fuzzy extra dimensions and chiral gauge theory in N=4 super-Yang-Mills

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

16 Jan 2015

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Self-intersecting fuzzy extra dimensions and chiral gauge theory in N=4 super-Yang-Mills

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

12 Jan 2015

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Spinning squashed extra dimensions, gauge theory and hierarchy in N=4 super-Yang-Mills

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

27 Nov 2014

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From matrix models to the theory of fundamental interactions

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

18 Jun 2014

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An Extended Standard model and its Higgs geometry from the matrix model

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

14 May 2014

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An extended standard model and ist Higgs geometry from the matrix model

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

18 Feb 201421 Feb 2014

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An Extended Standard model and its Higgs geometry from the matrix model

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

14 Feb 2014

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Emergent space-time and gravity in the IIB model

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

10 Jun 2013

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Compactified extra dimensions in matrix models

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

25 May 2013

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Towards brane-worlds in Yang-Mills matrix models

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

27 Feb 2013

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Matrix models, noncommutative gauge theory, and gravity

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

18 Jul 2011

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Matrix models, noncommutative gauge theory and emergent geometry

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

14 Jun 2011

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Matrix models, noncommutative gauge theory and emergent geometry

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

14 Jun 2011

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From matrix models to gauge theory and gravity

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

17 May 2011

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Von Matrix-Modellen zur Theorie der fundamentalen Wechselwirkungen

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

13 May 2011

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Yang-Mills matrix models, gauge theory, and gravity

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

25 Mar 2011

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Yang-Mills matrix models, gauge theory, and gravity

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

25 Mar 2011

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Non-commutative geometry and matrix models

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

4 Mar 2011

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Yang-Mills Matrix Models, Noncommutative Gauge Theory, and Gravity

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

2 Mar 2011

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Yang-Mills Matrix Models, Noncommutative Gauge Theory, and Gravity

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

28 Feb 2011

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Branes, N=4 gauge theory and gravity from the IIB matrix model

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

23 Feb 2011

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Branes, N=4 gauge theory and gravity from the IIB matrix model

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

22 Feb 2011

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Emergent (noncommutative) geometry and gravity from Yang-Mills matrix models

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

29 Sept 2010

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Matrix models, non-commutative geometry, and gravity

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

13 Sept 2010

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Emergent gravity from Yang-Mills matrix models

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

11 Sept 2010

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Reconciling Cosmology with Quantum Mechanics through Emergent Gravity

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

6 Jul 2009

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Dynamical noncommutative spaces, matrix models and gravity

Steinacker, H. (Speaker)

29 Sept 2008

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Dynamical quantum spaces, matrix models and gravity

Steinacker, H. (Invited speaker)

30 Jun 2008

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