Prof Rodolfo Russo
Professor in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
School of Mathematical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
String Theory, Black holes, Quantum Field Theory
Interests
String Theory, Quantum Field Theory and the relation between the two. In particular I am currently working on various aspects of the AdS/CFT duality in presence of heavy states and on the eikonal limit of gravitational scattering. Both problems provide interesting insights on black hole dynamics, which has been at centre of my interests in the past few years.Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Geometry, Analysis and Gravitation2024
The gravitational eikonal: From particle, string and brane collisions to black-hole encountersDi Vecchia P, Heissenberg C, Russo R and Veneziano G
Physics Reports, Elsevier vol. 1083, 1-169.
12-09-2024
Post-Newtonian multipoles from the next-to-leading post-Minkowskian gravitational waveformGeorgoudis A, Heissenberg C and Russo R
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 109 (10), 106020-106020.
20-05-2024
An eikonal-inspired approach to the gravitational scattering waveformGeorgoudis A, Heissenberg C and Russo R
Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Nature vol. 2024 (3), 89-89.
14-03-2024
2023
MicrostrataGanchev B, Giusto S, Houppe A, Russo R and Warner NP
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2023 (10)
26-10-2023
The black hole behind the cutGiusto S, Iossa C and Russo R
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2023 (10)
06-10-2023
Classical gravitational observables from the Eikonal operatorDi Vecchia P, Heissenberg C, Russo R and Veneziano G
Physics Letters B, Elsevier vol. 843
03-07-2023
2022
Angular momentum of zero-frequency gravitonsDi Vecchia P, Heissenberg C and Russo R
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2022 (8), 172-172.
18-08-2022
The eikonal operator at arbitrary velocities I: the soft-radiation limitDi Vecchia P, Heissenberg C, Russo R and Veneziano G
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2022 (7)
01-07-2022
AdS Ganchev B, Giusto S, Houppe A and Russo R
European Physical Journal C vol. 82 (3)
01-03-2022
2021
Holographic correlators with multi-particle statesČeplak N, Giusto S, Hughes MRR and Russo R
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2021 (9), 204-204.
29-09-2021
The eikonal approach to gravitational scattering and radiation at O (G 3)Di Vecchia P, Heissenberg C, Russo R and Veneziano G
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2021 (7)
22-07-2021
Radiation reaction from soft theoremsDi Vecchia P, Heissenberg C, Russo R and Veneziano G
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics vol. 818
10-07-2021
2020
Universality of ultra-relativistic gravitational scatteringDi Vecchia P, Heissenberg C, Russo R and Veneziano G
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics vol. 811
10-12-2020
The Regge limit of AdSGiusto S, Hughes MRR and Russo R
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2020 (11)
06-11-2020
The CFT6 origin of all tree-level 4-point correlators in AdS3 x S3Giusto S, Russo R, Tyukov A and Wen C
European Physical Journal C vol. 80 (8)
01-08-2020
A tale of two exponentiations in N = 8 supergravity at subleading levelDi Vecchia P, Naculich SG, Russo R, Veneziano G and White CD
The Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Verlag (Germany) vol. 2020 (3)
30-03-2020
2019
Revisiting the second post-Minkowskian eikonal and the dynamics of binary black holesCollado AK, Di Vecchia P and Russo R
Physical Review D, American Physical Society vol. 100 (6)
23-09-2019
A tale of two exponentiations in N=8 supergravityDi Vecchia P, Luna A, Naculich SG, Russo R, Veneziano G and White CD
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, Elsevier vol. 798
11-09-2019
Holographic correlators in AdS3 without Witten diagramsGiusto S, Russo R, Tyukov A and Wen C
Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Science and Business Media Llc vol. 2019 (9)
04-09-2019
Holographic correlators in AdS3WEN C, Giusto S and RUSSO R
Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Berlin Heidelberg
18-03-2019
Supercharging superstrataČeplak N, Russo R and Shigemori M
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2019 (3)
18-03-2019
A note on the Virasoro blocks at order 1/cBombini A, Giusto S and Russo R
European Physical Journal C vol. 79 (1)
03-01-2019
2018
The subleading eikonal in supergravity theoriesKOEMANS COLLADO A, Di Vecchia P, RUSSO R and THOMAS S
Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Verlag (Germany) vol. 2018 (10), 1-33.
05-10-2018
Asymptotically-flat supergravity solutions deep inside the black-hole regimeBena I, Giusto S, Martinec EJ, Russo R, Shigemori M, Turton D and Warner NP
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2018 (2)
02-02-2018
Unitary 4-point correlators from classical geometriesBombini A, Galliani A, Giusto S, Moscato E and Russo R
European Physical Journal C vol. 78 (1)
04-01-2018
2017
Holographic 4-point correlators with heavy statesGalliani A, Giusto S and Russo R
Journal of High Energy Physics (10)
06-10-2017
2016
Smooth horizonless geometries deep inside the black-hole regimeSHIGEMORI M, Bena I, Giusto S, Martinec EJ, Russo R, Turton D and Warner NP
Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society vol. 117, 201601-201601.
08-11-2016
Correlators at large c without information lossGalliani A, Giusto S, Moscato E and Russo R
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2016 (9)
12-09-2016
A microscopic description of absorption in high-energy string-brane collisionsD Appollonio G, Di Vecchia P, Russo R and Veneziano G
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2016 (3)
07-03-2016
2015
Infrared divergences and harmonic anomalies in the two-loop superstring effective actionPioline B and Russo R
Journal of High Energy Physics (12)
16-12-2015
AdS3 holography for 1/4 and 1/8 BPS geometriesGiusto S, Moscato E and Russo R
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2015 (11), 1-39.
04-11-2015
Two-loop Yang-Mills diagrams from superstring amplitudesMagnea L, Playle S, Russo R and Sciuto S
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2015 (6)
22-06-2015
Habemus superstratum! A constructive proof of the existence of superstrataBena I, Giusto S, Russo R, Shigemori M and Warner NP
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2015 (5)
21-05-2015
Regge behavior saves string theory from causality violationsD’Appollonio G, Di Vecchia P, Russo R and Veneziano G
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2015 (5)
01-05-2015
Matching the D 6ℛ4 interaction at two-loopsD’Hoker E, Green MB, Pioline B and Russo R
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2015 (1)
01-01-2015
2014
Entanglement entropy and D1-D5 geometriesGiusto S and Russo R
Physical Review D vol. 90 (6)
04-09-2014
Superdescendants of the D1D5 CFT and their dual 3-charge geometriesGiusto S and Russo R
Journal of High Energy Physics (3)
03-03-2014
The leading eikonal operator in string-brane scattering at high energyD Appollonio G, Di Vecchia P, Russo R and Veneziano G
Breaking of supersymmetry and ultraviolet divergences in extended supergravity. vol. 153, 145-162.
01-01-2014
2013
Microscopic unitary description of tidal excitations in high-energy string-brane collisionsD'Appollonio G, Di Vecchia P, Russo R and Veneziano G
Journal of High Energy Physics (11)
14-11-2013
6D microstate geometries from 10D structuresGiusto S, Martucci L, Petrini M and Russo R
Nuclear Physics B vol. 876 (2), 509-555.
11-11-2013
Multi-loop open string amplitudes and their field theory limitMagnea L, Playle S, Russo R and Sciuto S
Journal of High Energy Physics (9)
16-09-2013
2012
Adding new hair to the 3-charge black ringGiusto S and Russo R
Classical and Quantum Gravity vol. 29 (8)
01-01-2012
2011
New D1-D5-P geometries from string amplitudesGiusto S, Russo R and Turton D
Journal of High Energy Physics (11)
01-01-2011
2010
The supergravity fields for a D-brane with a travelling wave from string amplitudesBlack W, Russo R and Turton D
Phys Lett B vol. 694 (3), 246-251.
08-11-2010
High-energy string-brane scattering leading eikonal and beyondD'Appollonio G, Di Vecchia P, Russo R and Veneziano G
J High Energy Phys vol. 2010 (11)
01-11-2010
D1D5 microstate geometries from string amplitudesGiusto S, Morales JF and Russo R
J High Energy Phys vol. 2010 (3)
01-03-2010
2009
Operator mixing and three-point functions in N=4 SYMGeorgiou G, Gili VL and Russo R
J High Energy Phys vol. 2009 (10)
01-10-2009
Mass corrections in string theory and lattice field theoryDel Debbio L, Kerrane E and Russo R
Phys Rev D vol. 80 (2)
01-07-2009
Operator Mixing and the AdS/CFT correspondence.Georgiou G, Gili VL and Russo R
J High Energy Phys (1)
01-01-2009
2007
New twist field couplings from the partition function for multiply wrapped D-branesDuo D, Russo R and Sciuto S
J High Energy Phys (12)
01-12-2007
The twisted open string partition function and Yukawa couplingsRusso R and Sciuto S
J High Energy Phys (4)
01-04-2007
2006
Brane world effective actions for D-branes with fluxesBertolini M, Billo M, Lerda A, Morales JF and Russo R
Nucl Phys B vol. 743 (1-2), 1-40.
22-05-2006
Two-loop Euler-Heisenberg effective actions from charged open stringsMagnea L, Russo R and Sciuto S
Int J Mod Phys A vol. 21 (3), 533-557.
30-01-2006
2005
Holographic cubic vertex in the pp-waveLee S and Russo R
Nucl Phys B vol. 705 (1-2), 296-318.
17-01-2005
2004
The AdS/CFT correspondence in the PP-wave limitPetrini M, Russo R and Tanzini A
FORTSCHRITTE DER PHYSIK-PROGRESS OF PHYSICS. vol. 52 (6-7), 661-666.
01-06-2004
The duality between IIB string theory on PP-wave and N=4 SYM: a status reportRusso R and Tanzini A
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY. vol. 21 (10), S1265-S1295.
21-05-2004
The three-string vertex and the AdS / CFT duality in the PP-wave limitRUSSO R, Di Vecchia P, Tanzini A, Petersen JL and Petrini M
Classical and Quantum Gravity vol. 21 (9), 2221-2240.
01-05-2004
A note on string interaction on the pp-wave backgroundChu CS, Khoze VV, Petrini M, Russo R and Tanzini A
Classical Quant Grav vol. 21 (8), 1999-2009.
21-04-2004
2003
Twisted determinants on higher genus Riemann surfacesRusso R and Sciuto S
Nucl Phys B vol. 669 (1-2), 207-232.
06-10-2003
String interactions and discrete symmetries of the pp-wave backgroundChu CS, Petrini M, Russo R and Tanzini A
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY. vol. 20 (12), S457-S464.
21-06-2003
String interactions and discrete symmetries of the pp-wave backgroundChu CS, Petrini M, Russo R and Tanzini A
FORTSCHRITTE DER PHYSIK-PROGRESS OF PHYSICS. vol. 51 (7-8), 684-689.
01-01-2003
2002
Remarks on the calculations of charged open string amplitudes: the 1-loop tadpoleChu CS, Russo R and Sciuto S
FORTSCHRITTE DER PHYSIK-PROGRESS OF PHYSICS. vol. 50 (8-9), 871-877.
01-01-2002
2001
Noncommutative gauge theories and the cosmological constantArmoni A and Russo R
Phys Rev D vol. 6408 (8)
15-10-2001
Multiloop noncommutative open string theoryChu C-S and Russo R
AIP Conference Proceedings. vol. 589 (1), 170-180.
28-09-2001
N=2 Gauge Theories and Systems with Fractional BranesRUSSO R, Zaffaroni A and Petrini M
Nuclear Physics B vol. 608 (1-2), 145-161.
01-08-2001
Systematics of one-loop Yang-Mills diagrams from bosonic string amplitudesFrizzo A, Magnea L and Russo R
Nucl Phys B vol. 604 (1-2), 92-120.
18-06-2001
Multiloop noncommutative open string theory and their QFT limitChu CS and Russo R
MODERN PHYSICS LETTERS A. vol. 16 (4-6), 211-225.
28-02-2001
Noncommutative gauge theories and the cosmological constantArmoni A and Russo R
Physical Review D vol. 64 (8)
01-01-2001
Multiloop noncommutative open string theory and their QFT limitChu CS and Russo R
Fortschr Phys vol. 49 (4-6), 633-640.
01-01-2001
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Geometry, Analysis and GravitationAmplitudes, 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
CFT and Gravity: Heavy States and Black HolesRodolfo Russo
£622,798 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
01-05-2023 - 30-04-2028
Eikonal exponentiation and gravitational waves - MSCA PF-EF 2021 Russo/HeissenbergRodolfo Russo
£190,380 EPSRC - EU Scheme
01-09-2023 - 03-11-2024
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