Biography:Luca Eliseo Pavesi

Luca Eliseo Pavesi
Born	(2002-10-30) 30 October 2002 Pavia, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Physicist, Researcher
Known for	Distortion Gravity, Journal of Advanced Gravitational Physics
Website	https://lucaeliseopavesi.pages.dev

Luca Eliseo Pavesi (born 30 October 2002, Pavia, Italy) is an Italian physicist and independent researcher. He is the founder of the Journal of Advanced Gravitational Physics (JAGP), an open-access repository dedicated to gravitational physics and quantum gravity. He is primarily known for his contributions to Distortion Gravity, a metric-affine extension of general relativity.

Early life and education

Pavesi was born in Pavia, Italy. He attended the Liceo Scientifico T. Taramelli, where he completed his secondary education. During his adolescence, he encountered significant personal challenges that shaped his character. He has described his early years as marked by a strong sense of individuality and a difficulty in conforming to established social frameworks. He experienced prolonged periods of social adversity, which contributed to the development of a resilient and introspective nature.

In 2022, he experienced a period of personal and emotional difficulty, characterized by depression, anxiety, and panic attacks, which led to a gradual withdrawal from social life. In 2023, he received a formal diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome, a condition on the autism spectrum. Following this diagnosis, Pavesi undertook a path of self-discovery and personal growth, eventually achieving a state of psychological well-being.

Research career

Following his recovery, Pavesi began to explore theoretical physics, publishing several scientific articles. His most prominent work concerns Distortion Gravity, a metric-affine theory of gravity in which the affine connection is treated as an independent field.

In 2026, Pavesi founded the Journal of Advanced Gravitational Physics (JAGP), an open-access repository that hosts articles, working papers, and research outputs in the field of gravitational physics. The repository provides permanent digital identifiers for published works, including ARK (ark:/70461), dARK (decentralized ARK), and FreeDOI (20.7690), ensuring long-term accessibility and citability of the hosted content.

Pavesi is also the author of the book Distortion Gravity: A Complete Proof of Ghost-Free Unitarity, published in 2026.

Research

Distortion Gravity

Pavesi's primary research contribution is the formulation of Distortion Gravity, a metric-affine extension of General Relativity in which the affine connection is promoted to an independent dynamical field. The theory is constructed from the irreducible decomposition of the distortion tensor $D_{\mu \nu }^{\rho }$, which represents the deviation of the affine connection from the Levi-Civita connection of the metric.

Mathematical Formulation

The distortion tensor is decomposed into three irreducible components:

$$D_{\mu \nu }^{\rho }=\frac{1}{3}(V^{\rho }{g}_{\mu \nu }+V_{\mu }{\delta }_{\nu }^{\rho }+V_{\nu }{\delta }_{\mu }^{\rho })+{ϵ}_{\mu \nu \lambda }^{\rho }{a}^{\lambda }+T_{\mu \nu }^{\rho }$$

where:

• $V_{\mu }$ is the trace of non-metricity (a massive vector field)
• $a_{\mu }$ is the axial torsion vector (a massive pseudovector field)
• $T_{\mu \nu }^{\rho }$ is the traceless, non-axial part of torsion

The ghost-free classical action is given by:

$${𝒮}=\int d^{4}x\sqrt{-g}[\frac{1}{16\pi G_N}R-\frac{1}{4}{F}_{\mu \nu }{F}^{\mu \nu }-\frac{1}{4}{G}_{\mu \nu }{G}^{\mu \nu }-\frac{1}{2}{m}_V^2{V}_{\mu }{V}^{\mu }-\frac{1}{2}{m}_a^2{a}_{\mu }{a}^{\mu }+{{ℒ}}_{\text{int}}]$$

where $F_{\mu \nu }={\partial }_{\mu }{V}_{\nu }-{\partial }_{\nu }{V}_{\mu }$ and $G_{\mu \nu }={\partial }_{\mu }{a}_{\nu }-{\partial }_{\nu }{a}_{\mu }$ are the field strength tensors for the two massive vectors, and ${{ℒ}}_{\text{int}}$ contains the self-interaction and graviton-vector interaction terms.

The theory propagates five degrees of freedom: a massless graviton (2 polarizations) and two massive vectors (3 polarizations each), for a total of 8 propagating degrees of freedom.

Renormalization Group Analysis

Using the DeWitt-Seeley heat-kernel expansion, Pavesi computed the one-loop beta functions for the Newton constant $G_N$, the Proca masses $m_V^2$ and $m_a^2$, and the Distortion invariants ${\alpha }_1,{\alpha }_2,{\alpha }_3$:

$${\beta }_{G_N}=\frac{G_N^2}{16{\pi }^2}(\frac{43}{6}+\frac{5}{2}\frac{m_V^2}{m_a^2})$$

$${\beta }_{m_V^2}=\frac{m_V^2}{16{\pi }^2}(\frac{7}{2}+\frac{3}{2}\frac{m_a^2}{m_V^2})$$

$${\beta }_{m_a^2}=\frac{m_a^2}{16{\pi }^2}(\frac{5}{2}+\frac{1}{2}\frac{m_V^2}{m_a^2})$$

The renormalization group equations admit a non-trivial ultraviolet fixed point with ${\tilde{G}}_N^{*}\simeq 0.118$, indicating that the theory is asymptotically safe. This fixed point is characterized by:

$${\tilde{G}}_N^{*}=\frac{1}{\frac{43}{6}+\frac{5}{2}\frac{m_V^2}{m_a^2}}$$

The quantum corrections to the cosmological constant yield a prediction:

$${\rho }_{\mathrm{v}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{c}}\sim 10^{-47}{\mathrm{G}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{V}}^4$$

which is achieved without fine-tuning, providing a natural resolution to the cosmological constant problem.

Wormhole Solution

Pavesi also derived an exact traversable wormhole solution within the Distortion Gravity framework. The solution arises from a spontaneous symmetry breaking of the axial torsion field $a_{\mu }$, which acquires a non-zero vacuum expectation value. The wormhole metric is given by:

$$d{s}^2=-e^{2\mathrm{\Phi }(r)}d{t}^2+\frac{d{r}^2}{1-\frac{b(r)}{r}}+r^2(d{\theta }^2+{\sin }^2\theta d{\varphi }^2)$$

where the redshift function $\mathrm{\Phi }(r)$ and the shape function $b(r)$ are determined by the distribution of the axial torsion field. The solution is traversable and satisfies the flare-out condition $b^{\prime }(r_0)<1$ at the throat.

ER = EPR Realization

The theory provides an exact realization of the ER = EPR conjecture. The quantized axial flux through the wormhole throat generates a non-zero entanglement entropy:

$$S_{\text{ent}}=\frac{A}{4G_N}+\frac{{\pi }^2}{3}{\left(\frac{m_a}{m_{Pl}}\right)}^2$$

where $A$ is the area of the wormhole throat. The entanglement entropy is directly proportional to the geometric entropy of the wormhole, establishing a quantitative link between quantum entanglement and spacetime geometry.

Unitarity and Ghost-Free Nature

The theory has been subjected to a battery of eight independent tests to verify its ghost-free and unitary nature:

1. Stochastic spectral analysis (290,000 random configurations)
2. Lyapunov stability analysis
3. Fourier mode decomposition
4. Polarization completeness
5. Wigner-Eckart covariance
6. Källén-Lehmann spectral positivity
7. Dirac-Bergmann constraint analysis
8. Numerical verification of the absence of negative-norm states

All tests confirm the absence of ghosts, establishing Distortion Gravity as a unitary, renormalizable, and predictive theory of quantum gravity.

Experimental Signatures

The theory makes several testable predictions:

• **Gravitational wave polarizations**: The presence of massive vector modes modifies the polarization content of gravitational waves, producing additional scalar and vector modes.
• **Quantum corrections to Hawking radiation**: The circular polarization of Hawking radiation receives a calculable running.
• **Induced fission**: The fission of ${12}^{}\mathrm{C}$, ${16}^{}\mathrm{O}$, and ${56}^{}\mathrm{F}\mathrm{e}$ via axial torsion remains robust under quantum corrections.
• **Sub-millimeter deviations**: The gravitational force deviates from the inverse-square law at distances below the membrane thickness.

Journal of Advanced Gravitational Physics (JAGP)

In 2026, Pavesi founded the Journal of Advanced Gravitational Physics (JAGP), an open-access repository for research in gravitational physics and quantum gravity. The repository hosts articles, working papers, and other scholarly outputs.

JAGP assigns permanent identifiers to all hosted works, including:

• ARK (ark:/70461) – a persistent identifier resolving via the N2T.net resolver
• dARK – a decentralized ARK with blockchain-based proof of existence
• FreeDOI (20.7690) – a persistent identifier with a custom prefix

The repository is maintained as a static website hosted on GitLab Pages, with a backend API for submission management, and metadata management.

The repository is interoperable with external platforms through standard APIs and protocols, ensuring long-term accessibility and discoverability of the hosted content.

External links

• ORCID : https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0532-2850
• ResearchGate Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luca-Eliseo-Pavesi
• Journal of Advanced Gravitational Physics (JAGP): https://jagp-bbefc5.gitlab.io
• JAGP Repository API: https://lucapavesi02.pythonanywhere.com
• ARK Resolver: https://jagp-bbefc5.gitlab.io/ark
• N2T.net NAAN: https://n2t.net/ark:/70461
• Personal website: https://lucaeliseopavesi.pages.dev

References

• Pavesi, L. E. (2026). "Distortion Gravity: A Complete Proof of Ghost-Free Unitarity With Full Analytical and Numerical Verification." Journal of Advanced Gravitational Physics. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22094444. ARK: ark:/70461/jagp-2026-002.
• Pavesi, L. E. (2026). "Quantum Distortion Gravity: Complete Axioms, Renormalization Group Analysis, Ultraviolet Fixed Point, and Experimental Signatures." Journal of Advanced Gravitational Physics. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.7313561. ARK: ark:/70461/jagp-2026-001.
• Pavesi, L. E. (2026). Distortion Gravity: A Complete Proof of Ghost-Free Unitarity (ISBN: 979‑8181982161).
• Pavesi, Luca Eliseo, Distortion Gravity: A Complete Geometric Unification of Modified Relativistic Kinematics, Colored Horizons, Singularity Resolution, Polarized Gravitational Waves, Cosmological Dark Sector, and Induced Nuclear Fission -with Experimental Roadmap (August 19, 2026). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7310698 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7310698.
• Pavesi, Luca Eliseo, ER = EPR from Distortion Gravity: Traversable Wormholes from Metric-Affine Geometry with Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking (June 17, 2026). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6959378 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6959378