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Profiles
Dr Antonio Rago
Associate Professor
School of Computing, Electronics and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Role
Associate Professor (Reader) in Theoretical Physics
Qualifications
2015-Present Plymouth University, Associate Professor (Reader)
2011-2015 Plymouth University, Lecturer
2009-2011 Wuppertal University, Germany, Postdoc
2007-2009 Swansea University, UK, Postdoc
2003-2007 University of Milano, Italy, Postdoc
2003 University of Torino, Italy, Postdoc
Professional membership
Member of the UKQCD collaboration:
The purpose of the UKQCD Collaboration is to procure and jointly exploit computing facilities for lattice field theory calculations whose primary aim is to increase the predictive power of the Standard Model of elementary particle interactions through numerical simulation of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD).
Teaching interests
My Specialist Subjects are:
Particle Physics, Lattice Gauge Theories, Critical Phenomena, Statistical Mechanics.
My Courses:
Vector Calculus and its applications (MATH2502)
Engineering Mathematics (MATH256)
Electrodynamics and Relativity (MATH3509)
Research interests
My research achievements have covered different topics in the contest of lattice gauge theories:
• Beyond the Standard Model Physics
• Lattice Gauge Theories coupled to matter and string breaking
• Confinement, k-string fluctuations and large N expansion
• Perturbative aspects of QCD in the framework of Lattice regularization.
• Perturbed Conformal Field Theories in d = 2
Refereed Publications
F. Gliozzi, P. Liendo, M. Meineri and A. Rago,
“Boundary and Interface CFTs from the Conformal Bootstrap,”JHEP 1505 (2015) 036 [arXiv:1502.07217 [hep-th]].
F. Gliozzi and A. Rago, “Critical exponents of the 3d Ising and related models from Conformal Bootstrap,
“JHEP 1410 (2014) 42 [arXiv:1403.6003 [hep-th]].
E. Bennett, L. Del Debbio, K. Jordan, B. Lucini, A. Patella, C. Pica and A. Rago,
“BSMBench: a flexible and scalable supercomputer benchmark from computational particle physics,”arXiv:1401.3733 [cs.DC]. (submitted to “Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing”)
B. Lucini, A. Patella, A. Rago and E. Rinaldi,
“ Infrared conformality and bulk critical points: SU(2) with heavy adjoint quarks,”
JHEP 1311 (2013) 106 [arXiv:1309.1614 [hep-lat]].
L. Del Debbio, A. Patella and A. Rago,
“ Space-time symmetries and the Yang-Mills gradient flow,”
JHEP 1311 (2013) 212 [arXiv:1306.1173 [hep-th]].
E. Gregory, A. Irving, B. Lucini, C. McNeile, A. Rago, C. Richards and E. Rinaldi,
“ Towards the glueball spectrum from unquenched lattice QCD,”
JHEP 1210 (2012) 170 [arXiv: 1208.1858 [hep-lat]].
K. Langfeld, B. Lucini and A. Rago,
“ The density of states in gauge theories,”
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109 (2012) 111601 [arXiv: 1204.3243 [hep-lat]].
B. Lucini, A. Rago and E. Rinaldi,
“ SU(Nc) gauge theories at deconfinement,”
Phys. Lett. B 712 (2012) 279 [arXiv: 1202.6684 [hep-lat]].
F. Knechtli, M. Luz and A. Rago,
“ On the phase structure of five-dimensional SU(2) gauge theories with anisotropic couplings,”Nucl. Phys. B 856 (2012) 74 [arXiv: 1110.4210 [hep-lat]].
F. Bursa, L. Del Debbio, D. Henty, E. Kerrane, B. Lucini, A. Patella, C. Pica, T. Pickup, and A. Rago,“ Improved Lattice Spectroscopy of Minimal Walking Technicolor,”
Phys. Rev. D 84 (2011) 034506 [arXiv: 1104.4301 [hep-lat]].
B. Lucini, G. Moraitis, A. Patella and A. Rago,
“ A numerical investigation of orientifold planar equivalence for quenched mesons,”
Phys. Rev. D 82 (2010) 114510 [arXiv: 1008.5180 [hep-lat]].
B. Lucini, A. Rago and E. Rinaldi,
“ Glueball masses in the large N limit,”
JHEP 1008 (2010) 119 [arXiv: 1007.3879 [hep-lat]].
L. Del Debbio, B. Lucini, A. Patella, C. Pica and A. Rago,
“ The infrared dynamics of Minimal Walking Technicolor,”
Phys. Rev. D 82 (2010) 014510 [arXiv: 0909.3178 [hep-lat]].
L. Del Debbio, B. Lucini, A. Patella, C. Pica and A. Rago,
“ Mesonic spectroscopy of Minimal Walking Technicolor,”
Phys. Rev. D 82 (2010) 014509 [arXiv: 0909.3178 [hep-lat]].
C. Nunez, M. Piai and A. Rago,
“ Wilson Loops in string duals of Walking and Flavored Systems,”
Phys.Rev.D 81 (2010) 086001. [arXiv: 0909.0748 [hep-th]].
L. Del Debbio, B. Lucini, A. Patella, C. Pica and A. Rago,
“ Conformal vs confining scenario in SU(2) with adjoint fermions,”
Phys.Rev. D80: 074507,2009. [arXiv: 0907.3896 [hep-lat]].
D. Chakrabarti, S. Hands and A. Rago,
“ Topological Aspects of Fermions on a Honeycomb Lattice,”
JHEP 0906 (2009) 060 [arXiv: 0904.1310 [hep-lat]].
F. Gliozzi, S. Lottini, M. Panero and A. Rago,
“ Random percolation as a gauge theory,”
Nucl. Phys. B 719 (2005) 255 [arXiv: cond-mat/0502339].
F. Gliozzi and A. Rago,
“ Overlap of the Wilson loop with the broken-string state,”
Nucl. Phys. B 714 (2005) 91 [arXiv: hep-lat/0411004].
M. Caselle, P. Grinza and A. Rago,
“ Amplitude ratios for the mass spectrum of the 2d Ising model in the high-T, H not equal 0 phase,”J. Stat. Mech. 0410 (2004) P009 [arXiv: hep-lat/0408044].
M. Caselle, M. Pepe and A. Rago,
“ Static quark potential and effective string corrections in the (2+1)-d SU(2) Yang-Mills theory,”JHEP 0410 (2004) 005 [arXiv: hep-lat/0406008].
P. Grinza and A. Rago,
“ Finite temperature results on the 2d Ising model with mixed perturbation,”
J. Phys. A 37 (2004) 4701 [arXiv: cond-mat/0210046].
P. Grinza and A. Rago,
“ Study of the 2d Ising Model with mixed perturbation,”
Nucl. Phys. B 651 (2003) 387 [arXiv: hep-th/0208016].
F. Gliozzi and A. Rago,
“ Monopole clusters, center vortices, and confinement in a Z(2) gauge-Higgs system,”
Phys. Rev. D 66 (2002) 074511 [arXiv: hep-lat/0206017].
S. Caracciolo, A. Pelissetto and A. Rago,
“ Two-loop critical mass for Wilson fermions,”
Phys. Rev. D 64 (2001) 094506 [arXiv: hep-lat/0106013].
Conference Proceedings
K. Langfeld, B. Lucini, A. Rago, R. Pellegrini and L. Bongiovanni, “The density of states approach forthe simulation of finite density quantum field theories,” arXiv:1503.00450 [hep-lat].
R. Pellegrini, K. Langfeld, B. Lucini and A. Rago, “The density of states from first principles,”arXiv:1411.0655 [hep-lat].
A. Patella, L. Del Debbio and A. Rago, “Poincaré symmetries and the Yang-Mills gradient flow,” PoSLATTICE 2013 (2014) 324.
L. D. Debbio, B. Lucini, A. Patella, C. Pica and A. Rago, “Understanding Finite-Volume Effects inDeformed CFTs on the Lattice,”
L. Del Debbio, B. Lucini, C. Pica, A. Patella, A. Rago and S. Roman, “Large-volume results in SU(2)with adjoint fermions,” arXiv:1311.5597 [hep-lat].
K. Langfeld, J. Pawlowski, B. Lucini, A. Rago and R. Pellegrini, “Towards a density of states approachfor dense matter systems,” arXiv:1310.8231 [hep-lat].
E. Rinaldi, G. Lacagnina, B. Lucini, A. Patella and A. Rago, “Scaling properties of SU(2) gauge theorywith mixed fundamental-adjoint action,” PoS LATTICE 2012 (2012) 252 [arXiv: 1212.0635 [hep-lat]].L. Del Debbio, B. Lucini,
A. Patella, C. Pica and A. Rago,“Finite volume effects in SU(2) with twoadjoint fermions,” PoS LATTICE 2011 (2011) 084 [arXiv: 1111.4672 [hep-lat]].
F. Knechtli and A. Rago,“Dimensional reduction from five-dimensional gauge theories,” PoS LATTICE2011 (2011) 070 [arXiv:1111.0795 [hep-lat]].
B. Lucini, A. Rago and E. Rinaldi, “ The glueball spectrum at large N,” PoS LATTICE 2010 (2010) 284[arXiv: 1010.6101 [hep-lat]].
L. Del Debbio, B. Lucini, A. Patella, C. Pica and A. Rago, “Confining vs. conformal scenario forSU(2) with adjoint fermions. Gluonic observables,” PoS LATTICE 2010 (2010) 068 [arXiv:1011.0864[hep-lat]].
L. Del Debbio, B. Lucini, A. Patella, C. Pica and A. Rago, “Confining vs. conformal scenario for SU(2)with adjoint fermions. Mesonic spectrum,” PoS LATTICE 2010 (2010) 069.
B. Lucini, G. Moraitis, A. Patella and A. Rago, “Orientifold Planar Equivalence: The Quenched MesonSpectrum,” PoS LATTICE 2010 (2010) 063 [arXiv:1010.6053 [hep-lat]].
E. Kerrane, L. Del Debbio, B. Lucini, A. Patella, C. Pica, A. Rago,F. Bursa and T. Pickup “Improved Lattice Spectroscopy for Minimal Walking Technicolor,” PoS LATTICE 2010 (2010) 058 [arXiv:1011.0607[hep-lat]].
F. Knechtli, N. Irges and A. Rago “Dimensional reduction and confinement from five dimensions,” PoS LATTICE 2010 (2010) 059 [arXiv:1011.0345 [hep-lat]].
L. Del Debbio, B. Lucini, A. Patella, C. Pica and A. Rago, “Technicolor on the Lattice,” [arXiv:0909.3178 [hep-lat]].
M. Caselle, M. Pepe and A. Rago, “String effects in SU(2) lattice gauge theory,” Nucl. Phys. Proc.Suppl. 129 (2004) 721 [arXiv: hep-lat/0310005].
F. Gliozzi, M. Panero and A. Rago, “Confinement - deconfinement and universal string effects from random percolation,” Nucl. Phys.7 Proc. Suppl. 129 (2004) 736 [arXiv: hep-lat/0309061].
L. Genovese, F. Gliozzi, A. Rago and C. Torrero, “The phase diagram of the three-dimensional Z(2)gauge Higgs system at zero and finite temperature,”Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl. 119(2003)894[arXiv:hep-lat/0209027].
S. Caracciolo, A. Pelissetto and A. Rago, “High-accuracy two-loop computation of the critical mass for Wilson fermions,” Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 106 (2002) 835 [arXiv: hep-lat/0110068].
F. Gliozzi and A. Rago, “String breaking mechanisms induced by magnetic and electric condensates,”Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 106 (2002) 682 [arXiv: hep-lat/0110064].
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
2018
'Ergodicity of the LLR method for the Density of States'
EPJ Web of Conferences
175,
02005-02005
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'Lattice QCD on new chips: a community summary'
EPJ Web of Conferences
175,
01021-01021
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'BSMBench: A flexible and scalable HPC benchmark from beyond the standard model physics'
2016 International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS)
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'An efficient algorithm for numerical computations of continuous densities of states'
The European Physical Journal C
76,
(6)
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Renormalisation of the scalar energy-momentum tensor with the Wilson flow'
Proceedings of Science
Part F128557,
PEARL
2015
'The density of states approach for the simulation of finite density quantum field theories'
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
631,
012063-012063
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Boundary and interface CFTs from the conformal bootstrap'
Journal of High Energy Physics
2015,
(5)
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Investigating some technical improvements to glueball calculations'
Proceedings of Science
14-18-July-2015,
PEARL
2015
'Renormalisation of the energy-momentum tensor in scalar field theory using the Wilson flow'
Proceedings of Science
14-18-July-2015,
PEARL
2015
'The density of states approach at finite chemical potential: A numerical study of the Bose gas'
Proceedings of Science
14-18-July-2015,
PEARL
2014
'Critical exponents of the 3d Ising and related models from conformal bootstrap'
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
(10)
, DOI
PEARL
2014
'The density of states from first principles'
2014
'Towards a density of states approach for dense matter systems'
PoS
LATTICE2013,
198-198
2013
'Infrared conformality and bulk critical points: SU(2) with heavy adjoint quarks'
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
(11)
, DOI
PEARL
2013
'Large-volume results in SU(2) with adjoint fermions'
Proceedings of Science
29-July-2013,
PEARL
2012
'Scaling properties of SU(2) gauge theory with mixed fundamental-adjoint
action'
PoS(Lattice 2012)252
2012
'The density of states in gauge theories'
Physical Review Letters
109,
(11)
2012
'On the phase structure of five-dimensional SU(2) gauge theories with
anisotropic couplings'
Publisher Site
, DOI
2011
'Finite volume effects in SU(2) with two adjoint fermions'
arXiv
2011
'Dimensional reduction from five-dimensional gauge theories'
arXiv
2010
'Confining vs. conformal scenario for SU(2) with adjoint fermions.
Gluonic observables'
PoS Lattice
2010,
068-068
2010
'Improved Spectroscopy of Minimal Walking Technicolor'
PoS LAT
2010,
058-058
2010
'Dimensional reduction and confinement from five dimensions'
PoS Lattice
2010,
059-059
2010
'Orientifold Planar Equivalence: The Quenched Meson Spectrum'
PoS Lattice
2010,
063-063
2010
'The glueball spectrum at large N'
PoS(Lattice 2010)284
2010
'Glueball masses in the large N limit'
Journal of High Energy Physics
2010,
Publisher Site
, DOI
2010
'Infrared dynamics of Minimal Walking Technicolor'
Physical Review D
82,
(1)
Publisher Site
, DOI
2010
'Mesonic spectroscopy of Minimal Walking Technicolor'
Physical Review D
82,
(1)
Publisher Site
, DOI
2010
'Wilson Loops in string duals of Walking and Flavored Systems'
Physical Review D
81,
(8)
Publisher Site
, DOI
2009
'Conformal vs confining scenario in SU(2) with adjoint fermions'
Physical Review D
80,
(7)
Publisher Site
, DOI
2009
'Conformal vs confining scenario in SU(2) with adjoint fermions'
Phys.Rev.D80:074507,2009
80,
(7)
Publisher Site
, DOI
2009
'Conformal vs confining scenario in SU(2) with adjoint fermions'
Phys.Rev.D80:074507,2009
80,
(7)
Publisher Site
, DOI
2009
'Technicolor on the Lattice'
arXiv:0909.3178 [hep-lat] (or arXiv:0909.3178v1 [hep-lat] for this version)
2005
'Overlap of the Wilson loop with the broken-string state'
Nucl.Phys. B
714,
91-102
Publisher Site
, DOI
2004
'Static quark potential and effective string corrections in the (2+ 1)-d SU(2) Yang-Mills theory'
Journal of High Energy Physics
8,
(10)
79-103
2004
'Finite temperature results on the 2d Ising model with mixed perturbation'
Published in J. Phys. A
37,
L4701-L4708
Publisher Site
, DOI
2003
'String effects in SU(2) lattice gauge theory'
arXiv:hep-lat/0310005 (or arXiv:hep-lat/0310005v1 for this version)
Publisher Site
, DOI
2003
'Confinement-deconfinement and universal string effects from random
percolation'
arXiv
Publisher Site
, DOI
2003
'Study of the 2d Ising Model with mixed perturbation'
Nucl.Phys.B
651,
387-412
Publisher Site
, DOI
0
'A numerical investigation of orientifold planar equivalence for quenched
mesons'
Phys.Rev.D
82,
Publisher Site
, DOI
0
'Amplitude ratios for the mass spectrum of the 2d Ising model in the
high-T, H \neq 0 phase'
J.Stat.Mech.
0410,
Publisher Site
, DOI
0
'Improved Lattice Spectroscopy of Minimal Walking Technicolor'
Phys.Rev.D
84,
Publisher Site
, DOI
0
'Monopole clusters, center vortices, and confinement in aZ2gauge-Higgs system'
Physical Review D
66,
(7)
, DOI
0
'Static quark potential and effective string corrections in the (2+1)-d
SU(2) Yang-Mills theory'
JHEP
0410,
Publisher Site
, DOI
Conference Papers
2016
'BSMBench: A Flexible and Scalable HPC Benchmark from Beyond the Standard Model Physics'
834-839
PEARL
2013
'Poincaré symmetries and the yang-mills gradient flow'
2010
'Confining vs. Conformal scenario for SU(2) with 2 adjoint fermions. Mesonic spectrum'
2003
'The phase diagram of the three-dimensionalZ2 gauge Higgs system at zero and finite temperature'
Elsevier BV
894-899
, DOI
2002
'High-accuracy two-loop computation of the critical mass for Wilson
fermions'
835-837
2002
'String breaking mechanisms induced by magnetic and electric condensates'
682-684
Reports & invited lectures
A selection of the talks and invited lectures I gave in the last few years
(July 2014) Geneve CERN Conceptual advances in lattice gauge theory (LGT14) “Renormalization of the energy-momentum tensor with the Wilson flow”
(May 2014) Southampton “Critical exponents for the 3d Ising model from conformalbootstrap”
(Sept 2013) Plymouth GRAPHENE Theory Meets Experiments “Lattice and Graphene”Glasgow UKQCD Meeting “Could the Higgs be a composite particle? Investigation on the lattice of a BSM extension.”
(Sept 2012) Swansea Strong and Electroweak Matter “Non perturbative Investigationof conformality in SU(2) with two adjoint fermions.”