Prof Andreas Brandhuber
Professor of Theoretical Physics
Head of The Centre for Theoretical Physics
School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
Quantum Field Theory, String Theory, Scattering Amplitudes, Gravitational Waves
Interests
My current research interests are centred around modern methods for the computation of scattering amplitudes with the twofold goal of exhibiting novel symmetries and mathematical structures, and exploiting these insights to develop vastly more efficient tools to compute amplitudes needed to understand particle collisions and gravitational wave physics. The theories of interest include N=4 supersymmetric gauge theory, quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and gravity. Recently, I have employed these powerful techniques to extract results in general relativity relevant to the dynamics of binary blackhole systems and gravitational radiation.Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Fundamental Physics2024
Brandhuber A, Brown GR, Chen G, Travaglini G and Matasan PV (2024). Spinning waveforms in cubic effective field theories of gravity. Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Science and Business Media LLC vol. 2024 (12) 05-12-2024
Brandhuber A, Brown GR, Pichini P, Travaglini G and Matasan PV (2024). Spinning binary dynamics in cubic effective field theories of gravity. Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2024 (8) 22-08-2024
Brandhuber A, Brown GR, Chen G, Gowdy J and Travaglini G (2024). Resummed spinning waveforms from five-point amplitudes. Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Science and Business Media LLC vol. 2024 (2) 05-02-2024
2023
Brandhuber A, Brown GR, Chen G, De Angelis S, Gowdy J and Travaglini G (2023). One-loop gravitational bremsstrahlung and waveforms from a heavy-mass effective field theory. Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Nature vol. 2023 (6), 48-48. 12-06-2023
2022
Travaglini G, Brandhuber A, Dorey P, McLoughlin T, Abreu S, Bern Z, Bjerrum-Bohr NEJ, Blümlein J, Britto R, Carrasco JJM, Chicherin D, Chiodaroli M, Damgaard PH, Del Duca V, Dixon LJ, Dorigoni D, Duhr C, Geyer Y, Green MB, Herrmann E, et al. (2022). The SAGEX review on scattering amplitudes., Editors: Travaglini G, Dorey P, Brandhuber A and McLoughlin T. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical vol. 55 (44), 443001-443001. 19-12-2022
Brandhuber A, Brown GR, Chen G, Gowdy J, Travaglini G and Wen C (2022). Amplitudes, Hopf algebras and the colour-kinematics duality. Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2022 (12), 101-101. 19-12-2022
Brandhuber A, Plefka J and Travaglini G (2022). The SAGEX review on scattering amplitudes Chapter 1: Modern fundamentals of amplitudes. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical vol. 55 (44), 443002-443002. 04-11-2022
Brandhuber A, Chen G, Johansson H, Travaglini G and Wen C (2022). Kinematic Hopf Algebra for Bern-Carrasco-Johansson Numerators in Heavy-Mass Effective Field Theory and Yang-Mills Theory. Physical Review Letters vol. 128 (12), 121601-121601. 25-03-2022
2021
Brandhuber A, Chen G, Travaglini G and Wen C (2021). Classical gravitational scattering from a gauge-invariant double copy. Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2021 (10) 15-10-2021
Brandhuber A, Brown GR, Gowdy J, Spence B and Travaglini G (2021). Celestial superamplitudes. Physical Review D vol. 104 (4) 31-08-2021
Brandhuber A, Chen G, Travaglini G and Wen C (2021). A new gauge-invariant double copy for heavy-mass effective theory. Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2021 (7), 47-47. 09-07-2021
Accettulli Huber M, Brandhuber A, De Angelis S and Travaglini G (2021). From amplitudes to gravitational radiation with cubic interactions and tidal effects. Physical Review D vol. 103 (4), 045015-045015. 15-02-2021
2020
Accettulli Huber M, Brandhuber A, De Angelis S and Travaglini G (2020). Eikonal phase matrix, deflection angle, and time delay in effective field theories of gravity. Physical Review D vol. 102 (4), 046014-046014. 21-08-2020
Accettulli Huber M, Brandhuber A, De Angelis S and Travaglini G (2020). Note on the absence of
R2
corrections to Newton’s potential. Physical Review D, American Physical Society (APS) vol. 101 (4) 10-02-2020
Accettulli Huber M, Brandhuber A, De Angelis S and Travaglini G (2020). Complete form factors in Yang-Mills from unitarity and spinor helicity in six dimensions. Physical Review D, American Physical Society (APS) vol. 101 (2) 06-01-2020
Brandhuber A and Travaglini G (2020). On higher-derivative effects on the gravitational potential and particle bending. Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Science and Business Media LLC vol. 2020 (1) 02-01-2020
2019
Bianchi L, Brandhuber A, Panerai R and Travaglini G (2019). Form factor recursion relations at loop level. Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Verlag (Germany) 27-02-2019
Bianchi L, Brandhuber A, Panerai R and Travaglini G (2019). Dual conformal invariance for form factors. Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2019 (2) 20-02-2019
2018
Brandhuber A, Kostacińska M, Penante B and Travaglini G (2018). Tr(F^3) supersymmetric form factors and maximal transcendentality. Part I. N = 4 super Yang-Mills. Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2018 (12) 13-12-2018
Brandhuber A, Kostacińska M, Penante B and Travaglini G (2018). Tr(F^3) supersymmetric form factors and maximal transcendentality. Part II. 0 < N < 4 super Yang-Mills. Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2018 (12) 13-12-2018
2017
Brandhuber A, Kostacińska M, Penante B and Travaglini G (2017). Higgs Amplitudes from N=4 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory. Physical Review Letters vol. 119 (16) 16-10-2017
2016
Brandhuber A, Hughes E, Panerai R, Spence B and Travaglini G (2016). The connected prescription for form factors in twistor space. Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2016 (11) 23-11-2016
BRANDHUBER A, Kostacinska M, Penante B, Travaglini G and Young D (2016). The SU(2|3) dynamic two-loop form factors. Journal of High Energy Physics 23-08-2016
Brandhuber A, Hughes E, Spence B and Travaglini G (2016). One-loop soft theorems via dual superconformal symmetry. Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2016 (3) 14-03-2016
2015
Brandhuber A, Heslop P, Travaglini G and Young D (2015). Yangian Symmetry of Scattering Amplitudes and the Dilatation Operator in N = 4 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory. Physical Review Letters vol. 115 (14) 30-09-2015
Brandhuber A, Penante B, Travaglini G and Young D (2015). Integrability and unitarity. Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Berlin Heidelberg vol. 1505, 005-005. 04-05-2015
Brandhuber A, Penante B, Travaglini G and Young D (2015). Integrability and MHV diagrams in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. Phys.Rev.Lett. vol. 114, 071602-071602. 20-02-2015
2014
Brandhuber A, Penante B, Travaglini G and Wen C (2014). The last of the simple remainders. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS (8) 18-08-2014
Bianchi M, Brandhuber A, Travaglini G and Wen C (2014). Simplifying instanton corrections to N=4 SYM correlators. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS (4) 01-01-2014
2013
Brandhuber A, Guerdogan O, Korres D, Mooney R and Travaglini G (2013). Two-loop Sudakov form factor in ABJM. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS (11) 01-01-2013
2012
Brandhuber A, Travaglini G and Wen C (2012). All one-loop amplitudes in N=6 superconformal Chern-Simons theory. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS vol. 2012 (10) 01-10-2012
Brandhuber A, Travaglini G and Wen C (2012). A note on amplitudes in N=6 superconformal Chern-Simons theory. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS vol. 2012 (7) 01-07-2012
Brandhuber A, Travaglini G and Yang G (2012). Analytic two-loop form factors in N=4 SYM. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS (5) 01-01-2012
2011
Brandhuber A, Korres D, Koschade D and Travaglini G (2011). One-loop amplitudes in six-dimensional (1,1) theories from generalised unitarity. J HIGH ENERGY PHYS (2) 01-02-2011
Brandhuber A, Spence B, Travaglini G and Yang G (2011). Form factors in N=4 super Yang-Mills and periodic Wilson loops. J HIGH ENERGY PHYS vol. 2011 (1) 01-01-2011
Brandhuber A, Spence B and Travaglini G (2011). Tree-level formalism. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL vol. 44 (45) 01-01-2011
Brandhuber A, Guerdogan O, Mooney R, Travaglini G and Yang G (2011). Harmony of super form factors. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS (10) 01-01-2011
2010
Brandhuber A, Spence B, Travaglini G and Yang G (2010). A note on dual MHV diagrams in N=4 SYM. J HIGH ENERGY PHYS (12) 01-12-2010
Brandhuber A, Heslop P, Katsaroumpas P, Nguyen D, Spence B, Spradlin M and Travaglini G (2010). A surprise in the amplitude/Wilson loop duality. J HIGH ENERGY PHYS (7) 01-07-2010
Brandhuber A, Heslop P, Khoze VV and Travaglini G (2010). Simplicity of polygon Wilson loops in N=4 SYM. J HIGH ENERGY PHYS (1) 01-01-2010
2009
Brandhuber A, Heslop P and Travaglini G (2009). Proof of the dual conformal anomaly of one-loop amplitudes in N=4 SYM. J HIGH ENERGY PHYS (10) 01-10-2009
Brandhuber A, Heslop P and Travaglini G (2009). One-loop amplitudes in N=4 super Yang-Mills and anomalous dual conformal symmetry. J HIGH ENERGY PHYS vol. 2009 (8) 01-08-2009
Anastasiou C, Brandhuber A, Heslop P, Khoze VV, Spence B and Travaglini G (2009). Two-loop polygon Wilson loops in N=4 SYM. J HIGH ENERGY PHYS (5) 01-05-2009
Brandhuber A, Heslop P, Nasti A, Spence B and Travaglini G (2009). Four-point amplitudes in N=8 supergravity and Wilson loops. NUCL PHYS B vol. 807 (1-2), 290-314. 21-01-2009
2008
Brandhuber A, Heslop P and Travaglini G (2008). Note on dual superconformal symmetry of the N=4 super Yang-Mills S matrix. PHYS REV D vol. 78 (12) 01-12-2008
Brandhuber A and Vincon M (2008). MHV one-loop amplitudes in Yang-Mills from generalised unitarity. J HIGH ENERGY PHYS vol. 2008 (11) 01-11-2008
Brandhuber A, Heslop P and Travaglini G (2008). MHV amplitudes in N=4 super-Yang-Mills and Wilson Loops. NUCL PHYS B vol. 794 (1-2), 231-243. 01-05-2008
2007
Brandhuber A, Spence B, Travaglini G and Zoubos K (2007). One-loop MHV rules and pure yang-mills. J HIGH ENERGY PHYS (7) 01-07-2007
Brandhuber A, Spence B and Travaglini G (2007). Twistor inspired methods in gauge theory and gravity. CONTEMP PHYS vol. 48 (3), 131-142. 01-05-2007
BRANDHUBER A and TRAVAGLINI G (2007). QUANTUM MHV DIAGRAMS. Continuous Advances in QCD 2006. 01-03-2007
Brandhuber A, McNamara S, Spence B and Travaglini G (2007). Recursion relations for one-loop gravity amplitudes. J HIGH ENERGY PHYS (3) 01-03-2007
Brandhuber A, Spence B and Travaglini G (2007). Amplitudes in pure Yang-Mills and MHV diagrams. J HIGH ENERGY PHYS (2) 01-02-2007
2006
Brandhuber A, Spence B and Travaglini G (2006). From trees to loops and back. J HIGH ENERGY PHYS (1) 01-01-2006
2005
Brandhuber A, McNamara S, Spence B and Travaglini G (2005). Loop amplitudes in pure Yang-Mills from generalised unitarity. J HIGH ENERGY PHYS (10) 01-10-2005
Bedford J, Brandhuber A, Spence B and Travaglini G (2005). A recursion relation for gravity amplitudes. NUCL PHYS B vol. 721, 98-110. 15-08-2005
Bedford J, Brandhuber A, Spence B and Travaglini G (2005). Non-supersymmetric loop amplitudes and MHV vertices. NUCL PHYS B vol. 712 (1-2), 59-85. 18-04-2005
Brandhuber A, Spence B and Travaglini G (2005). One-loop gauge theory amplitudes in N=4 super Yang-Mills from MHV vertices. NUCL PHYS B vol. 706 (1-2), 150-180. 31-01-2005
Bedford J, Brandhuber A, Spence B and Travaglini G (2005). A twistor approach to one-loop amplitudes in N=1 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. NUCL PHYS B vol. 706 (1-2), 100-126. 31-01-2005
Spence WJ, TRAVAGLINI G and Brandhuber A (2005). One-loop gauge theory amplitudes in N=4 super Yang-Mills from MHV vertices. Nuc. Phys. B vol. 706 01-01-2005
Spence WJ, TRAVAGLINI G, Brandhuber A and Bedford J (2005). A recursion relation for gravity amplitudes. Nuclear Physics B vol. B721, 98-110. 01-01-2005
Spence WJ, TRAVAGLINI G, Brandhuber A and Bedford J (2005). Non-supersymmetric loop amplitudes and MHV vertices. Nuc. Phys. B vol. B712 01-01-2005
Spence WJ, BRANDHUBER A, Travaglini G and Bedford J (2005). A Twistor Approach to One-Loop Amplitudes in N=1 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory. Nuclear Physics vol. B706 01-01-2005
2003
BRANDHUBER A, Ita H, Romelsberger C, Oz Y and Nieder H (2003). Chiral Rings, Superpotentials and the Vacuum Structure of N=1 Supersymmetric Gauge Theories. Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics vol. 7 (2), 269-305. 01-03-2003
2002
Brandhuber A and Sfetsos K (2002). PP-waves from rotating and continuously distributed D3-branes. J HIGH ENERGY PHYS (12) 01-12-2002
Berglund P and Brandhuber A (2002). Matter from G(2) manifolds. NUCL PHYS B vol. 641 (1-2), 351-375. 07-10-2002
Brandhuber A (2002). G(2) holonomy spaces from invariant three-forms. NUCL PHYS B vol. 629 (1-3), 393-416. 13-05-2002
2001
Brandhuber A, Gomis J, Gubser SS and Gukov S (2001). Gauge theory at large N and new G(2) holonomy metrics. NUCL PHYS B vol. 611 (1-3), 179-204. 17-09-2001
2000
Brandhuber A and Sfetsos K (2000). Current correlators in the Coulomb branch of N=4 SYM. J HIGH ENERGY PHYS vol. 2000 (12) 01-12-2000
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Fundamental PhysicsAmplitudes, Strings and Duality (CG 2022)Andreas Brandhuber, David Berman, Matthew Buican, Rodolfo Russo, David Vegh, Sanjaye Ramgoolam, Gabriele Travaglini, Christopher White, Bill Spence, Congkao Wen, Constantinos Papageorgakis, Ricardo Monteiro and Malcolm Perry
£1,477,966 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC) (01-10-2023 - 30-09-2026)
Bootstrapping and Uniqueness of the S-Matrix - MSCA EF-ST 2020Andreas Brandhuber
£179,947 EU Commission - Horizon 2020 (01-09-2022 - 31-08-2024)
Amplitudes, Strings and DualityAndreas Brandhuber, Bill Spence, Rodolfo Russo, Sanjaye Ramgoolam, Matthew Buican, Michael Green, Steven Thomas, Steven Thomas, Gabriele Travaglini, Congkao Wen, Constantinos Papageorgakis, David Berman, Christopher White, David Vegh, Ricardo Monteiro and Malcolm Perry
£890,210 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC) (01-10-2020 - 31-03-2024)
String Theory, Gauge Theory & DualityAndreas Brandhuber
£708,306 Science & Technology Research Council (STFC) (01-10-2017 - 31-03-2021)