Prof Gabriele Travaglini

Gabriele Travaglini

Professor of Theoretical Physics

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
www.qmul.ac.uk/spcs/staff/academics/profiles/gtravaglini.html
Centre for Fundamental Physics
ORCID Google Scholar

Research

Quantum field theory, scattering amplitudes in gauge theory and gravity, gravitational waves, string theory

Interests

My work focuses on modern methods to compute relativistic scattering amplitudes in gauge theory and gravity. Particular problems I am interested in are the study of hidden symmetries of the S-matrix of quantum field theories and the computation of the scattering amplitudes, particularly in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory and in (super)gravity theories. More recently I have been working on applying scattering amplitude techniques to problems in classical gravitational physics, specifically to study the emission of gravitational waves in the merger of two black holes or neutron stars. A short summary of this research written for the general public can be found here (see page 9).

From 2018 to 2022 I was the Scientific Coordinator of SAGEX ("Scattering Amplitudes: from Geometry to Experiment"), a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network funded by the European Commission. SAGEX was a unique consortium that brought together eight academic beneficiary institutions, eight academic partners as well as high-profile industry partners, in order to train 15 Early Stage Researchers in the rapidly evolving field of scattering amplitudes.

Publications

solid heart iconPublications of specific relevance to the Centre for Fundamental Physics

2024

Relevant PublicationSpinning waveforms in cubic effective field theories of gravity
Brandhuber A, Brown GR, Chen G, Travaglini G and Matasan PV
Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Science and Business Media Llc vol. 2024 (12) 
05-12-2024
bullet iconSpinning binary dynamics in cubic effective field theories of gravity
Brandhuber A, Brown GR, Pichini P, Travaglini G and Matasan PV
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2024 (8) 
22-08-2024
Relevant PublicationResummed spinning waveforms from five-point amplitudes
Brandhuber A, Brown GR, Chen G, Gowdy J and Travaglini G
Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Science and Business Media Llc vol. 2024 (2) 
05-02-2024

2023

Relevant PublicationOne-loop gravitational bremsstrahlung and waveforms from a heavy-mass effective field theory
Brandhuber A, Brown GR, Chen G, De Angelis S, Gowdy J and Travaglini G
Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Nature vol. 2023 (6), 48-48.  
12-06-2023

2022

Relevant PublicationThe SAGEX review on scattering amplitudes
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.
Journal of Physics a: Mathematical and Theoretical vol. 55 (44), 443001-443001. Editors: Travaglini G, Dorey P, Brandhuber A and McLoughlin T. 
19-12-2022
Relevant PublicationAmplitudes, Hopf algebras and the colour-kinematics duality
Brandhuber A, Brown GR, Chen G, Gowdy J, Travaglini G and Wen C
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2022 (12), 101-101.  
19-12-2022
Relevant PublicationThe SAGEX review on scattering amplitudes Chapter 1: Modern fundamentals of amplitudes
Brandhuber A, Plefka J and Travaglini G
Journal of Physics a: Mathematical and Theoretical vol. 55 (44), 443002-443002.  
04-11-2022
Relevant PublicationKinematic Hopf Algebra for Bern-Carrasco-Johansson Numerators in Heavy-Mass Effective Field Theory and Yang-Mills Theory
Brandhuber A, Chen G, Johansson H, Travaglini G and Wen C
Physical Review Letters vol. 128 (12), 121601-121601.  
25-03-2022

2021

Relevant PublicationClassical gravitational scattering from a gauge-invariant double copy
Brandhuber A, Chen G, Travaglini G and Wen C
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2021 (10) 
15-10-2021
Relevant PublicationCelestial superamplitudes
Brandhuber A, Brown GR, Gowdy J, Spence B and Travaglini G
Physical Review D vol. 104 (4) 
31-08-2021
Relevant PublicationA new gauge-invariant double copy for heavy-mass effective theory
Brandhuber A, Chen G, Travaglini G and Wen C
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2021 (7), 47-47.  
09-07-2021
Relevant PublicationFrom amplitudes to gravitational radiation with cubic interactions and tidal effects
Accettulli Huber M, Brandhuber A, De Angelis S and Travaglini G
Physical Review D vol. 103 (4), 045015-045015.  
15-02-2021

2020

Relevant PublicationEikonal phase matrix, deflection angle, and time delay in effective field theories of gravity
Accettulli Huber M, Brandhuber A, De Angelis S and Travaglini G
Physical Review D vol. 102 (4), 046014-046014.  
21-08-2020
Relevant PublicationNote on the absence of R2 corrections to Newton’s potential
Accettulli Huber M, Brandhuber A, De Angelis S and Travaglini G
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 101 (4) 
10-02-2020
Relevant PublicationComplete form factors in Yang-Mills from unitarity and spinor helicity in six dimensions
Accettulli Huber M, Brandhuber A, De Angelis S and Travaglini G
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 101 (2) 
06-01-2020
Relevant PublicationOn higher-derivative effects on the gravitational potential and particle bending
Brandhuber A and Travaglini G
Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Science and Business Media Llc vol. 2020 (1) 
02-01-2020

2019

Relevant PublicationForm factor recursion relations at loop level
Bianchi L, Brandhuber A, Panerai R and Travaglini G
Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Verlag (Germany) 
27-02-2019
Relevant PublicationDual conformal invariance for form factors
Bianchi L, Brandhuber A, Panerai R and Travaglini G
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2019 (2) 
20-02-2019

2018

Relevant PublicationTr(F^3) supersymmetric form factors and maximal transcendentality. Part I. N = 4 super Yang-Mills
Brandhuber A, Kostacińska M, Penante B and Travaglini G
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2018 (12) 
13-12-2018
Relevant PublicationTr(F^3) supersymmetric form factors and maximal transcendentality. Part II. 0 < N < 4 super Yang-Mills
Brandhuber A, Kostacińska M, Penante B and Travaglini G
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2018 (12) 
13-12-2018
Relevant PublicationAll rational one-loop Einstein-Yang-Mills amplitudes at four points
Nandan D, Plefka J and Travaglini G
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2018 (9) 
01-09-2018

2017

Relevant PublicationHiggs Amplitudes from N=4 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory
Brandhuber A, Kostacińska M, Penante B and Travaglini G
Physical Review Letters vol. 119 (16) 
16-10-2017

2016

Relevant PublicationThe connected prescription for form factors in twistor space
Brandhuber A, Hughes E, Panerai R, Spence B and Travaglini G
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2016 (11) 
23-11-2016
Relevant PublicationThe SU(2|3) dynamic two-loop form factors
BRANDHUBER A, Kostacinska M, Penante B, Travaglini G and Young D
Journal of High Energy Physics 
23-08-2016
Relevant PublicationOne-loop soft theorems via dual superconformal symmetry
Brandhuber A, Hughes E, Spence B and Travaglini G
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2016 (3) 
14-03-2016

2015

Relevant PublicationYangian Symmetry of Scattering Amplitudes and the Dilatation Operator in N = 4 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory
Brandhuber A, Heslop P, Travaglini G and Young D
Physical Review Letters vol. 115 (14) 
30-09-2015
Relevant PublicationDouble-soft limits of gluons and gravitons
TRAVAGLINI G, Plefka J, McLoughlin T, Nandan D and Klose T
 
24-07-2015
Relevant PublicationIntegrability and unitarity
Brandhuber A, Penante B, Travaglini G and Young D
Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Berlin Heidelberg vol. 1505, 005-005.  
04-05-2015
Relevant PublicationIntegrability and MHV diagrams in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory
Brandhuber A, Penante B, Travaglini G and Young D
Phys.Rev.Lett. vol. 114, 071602-071602.  
20-02-2015

2014

Relevant PublicationThe last of the simple remainders
Brandhuber A, Penante B, Travaglini G and Wen C
Journal of High Energy Physics (8) 
18-08-2014
Relevant PublicationOn super form factors of half-BPS operators in N=4 super Yang-Mills
Penante B, Spence B, Travaglini G and Wen C
Journal of High Energy Physics (4) 
11-04-2014
Relevant PublicationSimplifying instanton corrections to N=4 SYM correlators
Bianchi M, Brandhuber A, Travaglini G and Wen C
Journal of High Energy Physics (4) 
01-01-2014

2013

Relevant PublicationTwo-loop Sudakov form factor in ABJM
Brandhuber A, Guerdogan O, Korres D, Mooney R and Travaglini G
Journal of High Energy Physics (11) 
01-01-2013

2012

Relevant PublicationAll one-loop amplitudes in N=6 superconformal Chern-Simons theory
Brandhuber A, Travaglini G and Wen C
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2012 (10) 
01-10-2012
Relevant PublicationA note on amplitudes in N=6 superconformal Chern-Simons theory
Brandhuber A, Travaglini G and Wen C
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2012 (7) 
01-07-2012
Relevant PublicationAnalytic two-loop form factors in N=4 SYM
Brandhuber A, Travaglini G and Yang G
Journal of High Energy Physics (5) 
01-01-2012

2011

Relevant PublicationOne-loop amplitudes in six-dimensional (1,1) theories from generalised unitarity
Brandhuber A, Korres D, Koschade D and Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (2) 
01-02-2011
Relevant PublicationForm factors in N=4 super Yang-Mills and periodic Wilson loops
Brandhuber A, Spence B, Travaglini G and Yang G
J High Energy Phys vol. 2011 (1) 
01-01-2011
Relevant PublicationTree-level formalism
Brandhuber A, Spence B and Travaglini G
Journal of Physics a-Mathematical and Theoretical vol. 44 (45) 
01-01-2011
Relevant PublicationHarmony of super form factors
Brandhuber A, Guerdogan O, Mooney R, Travaglini G and Yang G
Journal of High Energy Physics (10) 
01-01-2011

2010

Relevant PublicationA note on dual MHV diagrams in N=4 SYM
Brandhuber A, Spence B, Travaglini G and Yang G
J High Energy Phys (12) 
01-12-2010
Relevant PublicationA surprise in the amplitude/Wilson loop duality
Brandhuber A, Heslop P, Katsaroumpas P, Nguyen D, Spence B, Spradlin M and Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (7) 
01-07-2010
Relevant PublicationSimplicity of polygon Wilson loops in N=4 SYM
Brandhuber A, Heslop P, Khoze VV and Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (1) 
01-01-2010

2009

Relevant PublicationProof of the dual conformal anomaly of one-loop amplitudes in N=4 SYM
Brandhuber A, Heslop P and Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (10) 
01-10-2009
Relevant PublicationOne-loop amplitudes in N=4 super Yang-Mills and anomalous dual conformal symmetry
Brandhuber A, Heslop P and Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys vol. 2009 (8) 
01-08-2009
Relevant PublicationOne-loop N=8 supergravity coefficients from N=4 super Yang-Mills
Katsaroumpas P, Spence B and Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (8) 
01-08-2009
Relevant PublicationTwo-loop polygon Wilson loops in N=4 SYM
Anastasiou C, Brandhuber A, Heslop P, Khoze VV, Spence B and Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (5) 
01-05-2009
Relevant PublicationFour-point amplitudes in N=8 supergravity and Wilson loops
Brandhuber A, Heslop P, Nasti A, Spence B and Travaglini G
Nucl Phys B vol. 807 (1-2), 290-314.  
21-01-2009

2008

Relevant PublicationNote on dual superconformal symmetry of the N=4 super Yang-Mills S matrix
Brandhuber A, Heslop P and Travaglini G
Phys Rev D vol. 78 (12) 
01-12-2008
Relevant PublicationMHV amplitudes in N=4 super-Yang-Mills and Wilson Loops
Brandhuber A, Heslop P and Travaglini G
Nucl Phys B vol. 794 (1-2), 231-243.  
01-05-2008

2007

Relevant PublicationOne-loop N=8 supergravity amplitudes from MHV diagrams
Nasti A and Travaglini G
Classical Quant Grav vol. 24 (23), 6071-6095.  
07-12-2007
Relevant PublicationOne-loop MHV rules and pure yang-mills
Brandhuber A, Spence B, Travaglini G and Zoubos K
J High Energy Phys (7) 
01-07-2007
Relevant PublicationTwistor inspired methods in gauge theory and gravity
Brandhuber A, Spence B and Travaglini G
Contemp Phys vol. 48 (3), 131-142.  
01-05-2007
Relevant PublicationQUANTUM MHV DIAGRAMS
BRANDHUBER A and TRAVAGLINI G
Continuous Advances in QCD 2006., 443-456.  
01-03-2007
Relevant PublicationRecursion relations for one-loop gravity amplitudes
Brandhuber A, McNamara S, Spence B and Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (3) 
01-03-2007
Relevant PublicationAmplitudes in pure Yang-Mills and MHV diagrams
Brandhuber A, Spence B and Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (2) 
01-02-2007

2006

Relevant PublicationFrom trees to loops and back
Brandhuber A, Spence B and Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (1) 
01-01-2006

2005

Relevant PublicationLoop amplitudes in pure Yang-Mills from generalised unitarity
Brandhuber A, McNamara S, Spence B and Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (10) 
01-10-2005
Relevant PublicationA recursion relation for gravity amplitudes
Bedford J, Brandhuber A, Spence B and Travaglini G
Nucl Phys B vol. 721, 98-110.  
15-08-2005
Relevant PublicationNon-supersymmetric loop amplitudes and MHV vertices
Bedford J, Brandhuber A, Spence B and Travaglini G
Nucl Phys B vol. 712 (1-2), 59-85.  
18-04-2005
Relevant PublicationOne-loop gauge theory amplitudes in N=4 super Yang-Mills from MHV vertices
Brandhuber A, Spence B and Travaglini G
Nucl Phys B vol. 706 (1-2), 150-180.  
31-01-2005
Relevant PublicationA twistor approach to one-loop amplitudes in N=1 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory
Bedford J, Brandhuber A, Spence B and Travaglini G
Nucl Phys B vol. 706 (1-2), 100-126.  
31-01-2005
Relevant PublicationOne-loop gauge theory amplitudes in N=4 super Yang-Mills from MHV vertices
Spence WJ, TRAVAGLINI G and Brandhuber A
Nuc. Phys. B vol. 706 
01-01-2005
Relevant PublicationA recursion relation for gravity amplitudes
Spence WJ, TRAVAGLINI G, Brandhuber A and Bedford J
Nuclear Physics B vol. B721, 98-110.  
01-01-2005
Relevant PublicationNon-supersymmetric loop amplitudes and MHV vertices
Spence WJ, TRAVAGLINI G, Brandhuber A and Bedford J
Nuc. Phys. B vol. B712 
01-01-2005
Relevant PublicationA Twistor Approach to One-Loop Amplitudes in N=1 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theory
Spence WJ, BRANDHUBER A, Travaglini G and Bedford J
Nuclear Physics vol. B706 
01-01-2005

2004

Relevant PublicationFermion BMN operators, the dilatation operator of N=4 SYM, and pp-wave string interactions
Georgiou G and Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (4) 
01-04-2004
Relevant PublicationFermion BMN operators, the dilatation operator of N = 4 SYM, and pp-wave string interactions
Georgiou G and Travaglini G
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 8 (4), 1-34.  
01-04-2004
Relevant PublicationEffective actions, Wilson lines and the IR/UV mixing in noncommutative supersymmetric gauge theories
Levell J and Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (3) 
01-03-2004

2003

Relevant PublicationNew tests of the pp-wave correspondence
Georgiou G, Khoze VV and Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (10) 
01-10-2003
Relevant PublicationBMN operators with vector impurities, Z(2) symmetry and pp-waves
Chu CS, Khoze VV and Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (6) 
01-06-2003
Relevant PublicationBMN operators with vector impurities, ℤ2 symmetry and pp-waves
Chu CS, Khoze VV and Travaglini G
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 7 (6), 1295-1318.  
01-06-2003
Relevant PublicationNoncommutativity, supersymmetry breaking and model building
Travaglini G
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON STRING PHENOMENOLOGY., 358-361. Editors: Abel SA, Faraggi AE, Ibarra A and Plumacher M. 
01-01-2003

2002

Relevant PublicationNoncommutativity and model building
Chu CS, Khoze VV and Travaglini G
Phys Lett B vol. 543 (3-4), 318-322.  
12-09-2002
Relevant PublicationPP-wave string interactions from n-point correlators of BMN operators
Chu CS, Khoze VV and Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (9) 
01-09-2002
Relevant PublicationThree-point functions in N=4 Yang-Mills theory and pp-waves
Chu CS, Khoze VV and Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (6) 
01-06-2002
Relevant PublicationThree-point functions in N = 4 Yang-Mills theory and pp-waves
Chu CS, Khoze VV and Travaglini G
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 6 (6), 199-212.  
01-06-2002
Relevant PublicationNotes on noncommutative instantons
Chu CS, Khoze VV and Travaglini G
Nucl Phys B vol. 621 (1-2), 101-130.  
21-01-2002
Relevant PublicationDynamics of noncommutative gauge theories
TRAVAGLINI G
in Proceedings of the first International Conference on String Phenomenology, Oxford, 6-12 July 2002. 
01-01-2002

2001

Relevant PublicationExact results in noncommutative at = 2 supersymmetric gauge theories
Hollowood TJ, Khoze VV and Travaglini G
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 5 (5) 
01-12-2001
Relevant PublicationOn the multi-instanton measure for super Yang-Mills theories
Bruzzo U, Fucito F, Tanzini A and Travaglini G
Nucl Phys B vol. 611 (1-3), 205-226.  
17-09-2001
Relevant PublicationDynamical breaking of supersymmetry in noncommutative gauge theories
Chu CS, Khoze VV and Travaglini G
Phys Lett B vol. 513 (1-2), 200-206.  
26-07-2001
bullet iconExact results in noncommutative ???? = 2 supersymmetric gauge theories
Hollowood TJ, Khoze VV and Travaglini G
Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Nature vol. 2001 (05) 
25-05-2001
bullet iconExact results in noncommutative N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories
Hollowood TJ, Khoze VV and Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys vol. 2001 (5) 
01-05-2001
bullet iconWilsonian effective actions and the IR/UV mixing in noncommutative gauge theories
Khoze VV and Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys vol. 2001 (1) 
01-01-2001
bullet iconDynamical breaking of supersymmetry in noncommutative gauge theories
Chu CS, TRAVAGLINI G and Khoze VV
Physics Letters B vol. 513 
01-01-2001

2000

bullet iconInstanton calculus, topological field theories and N = 2 super Yang-Mills theories
Bellisai D, Fucito F, Travaglini G and Tanzini A
Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Nature vol. 2000 (07) 
10-07-2000
bullet iconInstanton calculus, topological field theories and N=2 Super Yang-Mills theories
Bellisai D, Fucito F, Travaglini G and Tanzini A
J High Energy Phys vol. 2000 (7) 
01-07-2000
bullet iconMulti - instantons, supersymmetry and topological field theories
TRAVAGLINI G, Bellisai D, Fucito F and Tanzini A
Physics Letters B, Elsevier vol. 480 (3-4), 365-372.  
11-05-2000

1998

bullet iconInstanton calculus and SUSY gauge theories on asymptotically locally Euclidean manifolds
Bellisai D and Travaglini G
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 58 (2) 
15-06-1998

1997

bullet iconA Wilson-Majorana regularization for lattice chiral gauge theories
Travaglini G
Nuclear Physics B, Elsevier vol. 507 (3), 709-727.  
01-12-1997
bullet iconNonholomorphic terms in N=2 supersymmetric Wilsonian actions and the renormalization group equation
Bellisai D, Fucito F, Matone M and Travaglini G
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 56 (8), 5218-5232.  
15-10-1997
bullet iconInstanton calculus and nonperturbative relations in N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories
Fucito F and Travaglini G
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 55 (2), 1099-1104.  
15-01-1997

Grants

solid heart iconGrants of specific relevance to the Centre for Fundamental Physics
solid heart iconFrom scattering amplitudes to gravitational waves - Leverhulme Research Fellowship
Gabriele Travaglini
£64,874 Leverhulme Trust
01-05-2024 - 30-09-2025
solid heart iconAmplitudes, 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

solid heart iconAmplitudes, Strings and Duality
Andreas 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
solid heart iconScattering Amplitudes: from Geometry to Experiment (SAGEX)
Gabriele Travaglini
£862,514 EU Commission - Horizon 2020
01-09-2018 - 31-10-2022
solid heart iconAFFINITY
Gabriele Travaglini
£156,364 EU Commission - Horizon 2020
01-02-2018 - 31-01-2020