Richard Woodard

PhD Harvard University (1984)

Research Group: Institute for Fundamental Theory

Selected Publications

“Comments on Entire Functions of the Derivative Operator,” R. P. Woodard, UF preprint UFIFT-QG-26-04, arXiv:2602.16190.

“Cancellation of one-parameter graviton gauge dependence in the effective scalar field equation in de Sitter,” D. Glavan, S. P. Miao, T. Prokopec and R. P. Woodard, University of Florida preprint UFIFT-QG-26-03, accepted for publication in the Journal of High Energy Physics, arXiv:2602.07908.

“Quantum Cosmology in Accelerating Spacetimes II,” S. P. Miao, N. C. Tsamis and R. P. Woodard, University of Florida preprint UFIFT-QG-26-02, arXiv:2601.12887.

“Sub-Leading Logarithms for Scalar Potential Models on de Sitter,” S. P. Miao, N. C. Tsamis and R. P. Woodard, University of Florida preprint UFIFT-QG-26-01, arXiv:2601.09309.

“A Nonlocal Realization of MOND that Interpolates from Cosmology to Gravitationally Bound Systems,” C. Deffayet and R. P. Woodard, University of Florida preprint UFIFT-QG-25-05, accepted for publication in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, arXiv:2512.10513.

“Quantum Cosmology in Accelerating Spacetimes,” S. P. Miao, N. C. Tsamis and R. P. Woodard, Physical Review D112 (2025) 126022, arXiv:2508.17787.

“Leading Logarithm Quantum Gravity II,” S. P. Miao, N. C. Tsamis and R. P. Woodard, Physical Review D112 (2025) 046015, arXiv:2507.04308.

“Recent Developments in Stochastic Inflation,” R. P. Woodard, University of Florida preprint UFIFT-QG-25-02, submitted for publication in a collected work entitled, “Open Issues in Gravitation and Cosmology – Original Contributions, Essays and Recollections in Honor of Alexei Starobinsky,” edited by A. Barvinsky and A. Kamenshchik (Springer Nature, Switzerland), arXiv:2501.15843.

“Resummations for Inflationary Quantum Gravity,” R. P Woodard, International Journal of Modern Physics D34 (2025) 10, 2542002, arXiv:2501.05077.