Dr Rodolfo RussoReader in Theoretical PhysicsEmail: r.russo@qmul.ac.ukTelephone: 020 7882 5810Room Number: G. O. Jones Building, Room 613Website: http://www.strings.ph.qmul.ac.uk/~russo/ProfileTeachingResearchPublicationsSupervisionProfileI did my undergraduate studies at the universities of Pavia and Torino, Italy and obtained my PhD from Politecnico di Torino. I was a postdoc at the university of Neuchâtel (1998-200), École Normale Supérieure, Paris (2000-2003) and CERN, Geneva (2004-2005) before joining QMUL in 2006. My research focuses on 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.TeachingI teach the modules "Functional methods in Quantum Field Theory" SPA7024. I am the programme director of the postgraduate taught programmes MSc physics and MSc Euromasters. I am coordinating the master projects modules SPA7012 and SPA7026. I also offer 3rd year, 4th year and master research projects in the areas of black hole physics, AdS/CFT and string amplitudes.ResearchResearch Interests:My current research focuses on the study of holographic correlators in the AdS/CFT context and in particular on the analysis of the heavy operators representing the microstates of supersymmetric black hole. I have also been systematically finding new exact and smooth supergravity solutions dual to these microstates in the context of the Strominger-Vafa black hole. More generally, I am interested in how black hole physics can be described within a string or QFT approach, including the study of the gravitational eikonal limit as a tool to describe black hole inspiral in the post-Minkowksian approximation, as well as a way to probe the high energy regime of consistent gravitational theories. I am exploring how amplitude based techniques can help in describing the radiation emitted by black hole binaries. I have a longstanding interest in perturbative string theory and the mathematical structure of higher loop string diagrams, both in the bosonic and the supersymmetric cases. Examples of research funding: Current Grants Science and Technology Facilities Council: Amplitudes, string theory and duality, Brandhuber, Buican, Green, Monteiro, Papageorgakis, Perry, Ramgoolam, Russo, White, £890,210 (2020-2023) I was the director of BUSSTEPP@50 which was supported by the STFC grant, £105,808 (held at QMUL, Jan-Feb 2021) Past grants INFN (Italy): grant supporting the 2-month programme "String Theory from a Worldsheet Perspective" at the Galileo Galilei institute (2019) INFN (Italy): grant supporting the conference "50 Years of the Veneziano Model:From Dual Models to Strings, M-theory and Beyond" (2018) Science and Technology Facilities Council: String theory, gauge theory and duality, Berman, Brandhuber, Buican, Papageorgakis, Ramgoolam, Russo, Shigemori, White, £710,337 (2017-2020) U.K. coordinator for the "Projet International de Coopération Scientifique” (2009-2012) with the Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies at Sorbonne Université in Paris. Marie Curie Individual Fellowship (2010-12) “Matrix Models Recursions in Topological Strings and Beyond” to host Sara Pasquetti Grant of the Foundation Boncompagni-Ludovisi to host Valeria Gili (2007-2010) PublicationsThe list of my publication is available here Di Vecchia P, Heissenberg C, Russo R (2022). Angular momentum of zero-frequency gravitons. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/jhep08(2022)172 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/80573 Di Vecchia P, Heissenberg C, Russo R et al. (2022). The eikonal operator at arbitrary velocities I: the soft-radiation limit. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2022)039 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/79599 Ganchev B, Giusto S, Houppe A et al. (2022). AdS 3 holography for non-BPS geometries. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10133-2 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/77831 Čeplak N, Giusto S, Hughes MRR et al. (2021). Holographic correlators with multi-particle states. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/jhep09(2021)204 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/74588 Di Vecchia P, Heissenberg C, Russo R et al. (2021). The eikonal approach to gravitational scattering and radiation at O (G 3). nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2021)169 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/73660 Di Vecchia P, Heissenberg C, Russo R et al. (2021). Radiation reaction from soft theorems. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136379 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/72829 Di Vecchia P, Heissenberg C, Russo R et al. (2020). Universality of ultra-relativistic gravitational scattering. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135924 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/68857 Giusto S, Hughes MRR, Russo R (2020). The Regge limit of AdS3 holographic correlators. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2020)018 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/68942 Giusto S, Russo R, Tyukov A et al. (2020). The CFT6 origin of all tree-level 4-point correlators in AdS3 x S3. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8300-4 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/66753 Di Vecchia P, Naculich SG, Russo R et al. (2020). A tale of two exponentiations in N = 8 supergravity at subleading level. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2020)173 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/64085 Collado AK, Di Vecchia P, Russo R (2019). Revisiting the second post-Minkowskian eikonal and the dynamics of binary black holes. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.066028 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/60810 Di Vecchia P, Luna A, Naculich SG et al. (2019). A tale of two exponentiations in N=8 supergravity. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2019.134927 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/60042 Giusto S, Russo R, Tyukov A et al. (2019). Holographic correlators in AdS3 without Witten diagrams. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/jhep09(2019)030 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/59720 WEN C, Giusto S, RUSSO R (2019). Holographic correlators in AdS3. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2019)096 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/56529 Čeplak N, Russo R, Shigemori M (2019). Supercharging superstrata. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2019)095 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/56804 Bombini A, Giusto S, Russo R (2019). A note on the Virasoro blocks at order 1/c. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6522-5 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/54829 KOEMANS COLLADO A, Di Vecchia P, RUSSO R et al. (2018). The subleading eikonal in supergravity theories. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2018)038 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/48065 Bena I, Giusto S, Martinec EJ et al. (2018). Asymptotically-flat supergravity solutions deep inside the black-hole regime. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2018)014 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/33904 Bombini A, Galliani A, Giusto S et al. (2018). Unitary 4-point correlators from classical geometries. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5492-3 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/32412 Galliani A, Giusto S, Russo R (2017). Holographic 4-point correlators with heavy states. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2017)040 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/28535 SHIGEMORI M, Bena I, Giusto S et al. (2016). Smooth horizonless geometries deep inside the black-hole regime. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.201601 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/17699 Galliani A, Giusto S, Moscato E et al. (2016). Correlators at large c without information loss. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2016)065 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/15924 D Appollonio G, Di Vecchia P, Russo R et al. (2016). A microscopic description of absorption in high-energy string-brane collisions. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2016)030 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/12044 Pioline B, Russo R (2015). Infrared divergences and harmonic anomalies in the two-loop superstring effective action. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP12(2015)102 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/11314 Giusto S, Moscato E, Russo R (2015). AdS3 holography for 1/4 and 1/8 BPS geometries. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2015)004 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/11313 Magnea L, Playle S, Russo R et al. (2015). Two-loop Yang-Mills diagrams from superstring amplitudes. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2015)146 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/8010 D’Appollonio G, Di Vecchia P, Russo R et al. (2015). Regge behavior saves string theory from causality violations. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2015)144 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/8123 Bena I, Giusto S, Russo R et al. (2015). Habemus superstratum! A constructive proof of the existence of superstrata. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2015)110 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/7801 D’Hoker E, Green MB, Pioline B et al. (2015). Matching the D 6ℛ4 interaction at two-loops. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2015)031 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/9676 Giusto S, Russo R (2014). Entanglement entropy and D1-D5 geometries. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.90.066004 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/8342 Giusto S, Russo R (2014). Superdescendants of the D1D5 CFT and their dual 3-charge geometries. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2014)007 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/7803 D Appollonio G, Di Vecchia P, Russo R et al. (2014). The leading eikonal operator in string-brane scattering at high energy. Breaking of supersymmetry and ultraviolet divergences in extended supergravity DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03774-5_8 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/12620 D'Appollonio G, Di Vecchia P, Russo R et al. (2013). Microscopic unitary description of tidal excitations in high-energy string-brane collisions. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2013)126 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/9675 Giusto S, Martucci L, Petrini M et al. (2013). 6D microstate geometries from 10D structures. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2013.08.018 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/9658 Magnea L, Playle S, Russo R et al. (2013). Multi-loop open string amplitudes and their field theory limit. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP09(2013)081 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/8526 Giusto S, Russo R (2013). Perturbative superstrata. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2012.12.012 QMRO: https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/9651 Giusto S, Russo R (2012). Adding new hair to the 3-charge black ring. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/29/8/085006 QMRO: qmroHref Giusto S, Russo R, Turton D (2011). New D1-D5-P geometries from string amplitudes. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2011)062 QMRO: qmroHref Black W, Russo R, Turton D (2010). The supergravity fields for a D-brane with a travelling wave from string amplitudes. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2010.09.059 QMRO: qmroHref D'Appollonio G, Di Vecchia P, Russo R et al. (2010). High-energy string-brane scattering leading eikonal and beyond. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2010)100 QMRO: qmroHref McGarrie M, Russo R (2010). General gauge mediation in five dimensions. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.82.035001 QMRO: qmroHref Giusto S, Morales JF, Russo R (2010). D1D5 microstate geometries from string amplitudes. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2010)130 QMRO: qmroHref Georgiou G, Gili VL, Russo R (2009). Operator mixing and three-point functions in N=4 SYM. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/10/009 QMRO: qmroHref Del Debbio L, Kerrane E, Russo R (2009). Mass corrections in string theory and lattice field theory. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.80.025003 QMRO: qmroHref Georgiou G, Gili VL, Russo R (2009). Operator Mixing and the AdS/CFT correspondence.. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/01/082 QMRO: qmroHref Duo D, Russo R, Sciuto S (2007). New twist field couplings from the partition function for multiply wrapped D-branes. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/12/042 QMRO: qmroHref Russo R, Sciuto S (2007). The twisted open string partition function and Yukawa couplings. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/04/030 QMRO: qmroHref Bertolini M, Billo M, Lerda A et al. (2006). Brane world effective actions for D-branes with fluxes. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.02.044 QMRO: qmroHref Magnea L, Russo R, Sciuto S (2006). Two-loop Euler-Heisenberg effective actions from charged open strings. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X06025110 QMRO: qmroHref Lee S, Russo R (2005). Holographic cubic vertex in the pp-wave. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2004.10.052 QMRO: qmroHref Petrini M, Russo R, Tanzini A (2004). The AdS/CFT correspondence in the PP-wave limit. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1002/prop.200410160 QMRO: qmroHref Russo R, Tanzini A (2004). The duality between IIB string theory on PP-wave and N=4 SYM: a status report. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/21/10/001 QMRO: qmroHref RUSSO R, Di Vecchia P, Tanzini A et al. (2004). The three-string vertex and the AdS / CFT duality in the PP-wave limit. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/21/9/001 QMRO: qmroHref Chu CS, Khoze VV, Petrini M et al. (2004). A note on string interaction on the pp-wave background. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/21/8/006 QMRO: qmroHref Russo R, Sciuto S (2003). Twisted determinants on higher genus Riemann surfaces. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2003.07.016 QMRO: qmroHref Chu CS, Petrini M, Russo R et al. (2003). String interactions and discrete symmetries of the pp-wave background. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/20/12/311 QMRO: qmroHref Chu CS, Petrini M, Russo R et al. (2003). String interactions and discrete symmetries of the pp-wave background. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1002/prop.200310083 QMRO: qmroHref Chu CS, Russo R, Sciuto S (2002). Remarks on the calculations of charged open string amplitudes: the 1-loop tadpole. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1002/1521-3978(200209)50:8/9<871::AID-PROP871>3.0.CO;2-R QMRO: qmroHref Armoni A, Russo R (2001). Noncommutative gauge theories and the cosmological constant. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.64.085016 QMRO: qmroHref Chu CS, Russo R (2001). Multiloop noncommutative open string theory. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1063/1.1419324 QMRO: qmroHref RUSSO R, Zaffaroni A, Petrini M (2001). N=2 Gauge Theories and Systems with Fractional Branes. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(01)00270-X QMRO: qmroHref Frizzo A, Magnea L, Russo R (2001). Systematics of one-loop Yang-Mills diagrams from bosonic string amplitudes. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1016/s0550-3213(01)00187-0 QMRO: qmroHref Chu CS, Russo R (2001). Multiloop noncommutative open string theory and their QFT limit. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1142/S0217732301003280 QMRO: qmroHref Chu CS, Russo R (2001). Multiloop noncommutative open string theory and their QFT limit. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1002/1521-3978(200105)49:4/6<633::aid-prop633>3.0.co;2-m QMRO: qmroHref Armoni A, Russo R (2001). Noncommutative gauge theories and the cosmological constant. nameOfConference DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.64.085016 QMRO: qmroHref SupervisionThis is not an exhaustive list and I would be happy to discuss other project possibilities. Project Title Black holes in String theory I'm currently the PhD advisor of Marcel Hughes and supervised the PhD projects of Dario Duò (graduated in 2009) William Black (graduated in 2012) Sam Playle (graduated in 2014) Emanuele Moscato (graduated in 2017) Nejc Ceplak (graduated in 2020) I co-supervised the work of Arnau Koemans Collado (graduated in 2020), Moritz McGarrie and David Turton (graduated in 2011)