Prof Bill Spence
Emeritus Professor of 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
Interests
My research interests are in string theory and its applications in physics and mathematics. Particular past areas of interest have been the geometry of branes in M theory, topological field theories, and manifolds of exceptional holonomy. More recently I have worked on applications related to twistor theory, on celestial amplitudes and on new results involving the double copy.Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Fundamental Physics2024
Self-dual fields on self-dual backgrounds and the double copyBrown GR Gowdy J Spence B
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 109 (2)
15-01-2024
2023
Celestial twistor amplitudesBrown GR Gowdy J Spence B
Physical Review D, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 108 (6)
14-09-2023
2021
Celestial superamplitudesBrandhuber A Brown GR Travaglini G
Physical Review D vol. 104 (4)
31-08-2021
2020
Everything Is Now, Revolutionary Ideas from String TheorySpence B
27-10-2020
Weyl doublingSpence W Berman D Alawadhi R
The Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Verlag (Germany) vol. 127
21-09-2020
S-duality and the double copyAlawadhi R Berman DS Spence B Veiga DP
The Journal of High Energy Physics, Springer Verlag (Germany) vol. 2020 (3)
11-03-2020
2016
The connected prescription for form factors in twistor spaceBrandhuber A Hughes E Spence B
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2016 (11)
23-11-2016
One-loop soft theorems via dual superconformal symmetryBrandhuber A Spence B
Journal of High Energy Physics vol. 2016 (3)
14-03-2016
2014
On super form factors of half-BPS operators in N=4 super Yang-MillsPenante B Spence B Travaglini G Wen C
Journal of High Energy Physics (4)
11-04-2014
2011
Form factors in N=4 super Yang-Mills and periodic Wilson loopsBrandhuber A Spence B
J High Energy Phys vol. 2011 (1)
01-01-2011
Tree-level formalismBrandhuber A Spence B
Journal of Physics a-Mathematical and Theoretical vol. 44 (45)
01-01-2011
2010
A note on dual MHV diagrams in N=4 SYMBrandhuber A Spence B
J High Energy Phys (12)
01-12-2010
A surprise in the amplitude/Wilson loop dualityBrandhuber A Heslop P Katsaroumpas P Nguyen D Spradlin M
J High Energy Phys (7)
01-07-2010
2009
One-loop N=8 supergravity coefficients from N=4 super Yang-MillsKatsaroumpas P Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (8)
01-08-2009
Two-loop polygon Wilson loops in N=4 SYMAnastasiou C Brandhuber A Heslop P Khoze VV Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (5)
01-05-2009
Four-point amplitudes in N=8 supergravity and Wilson loopsBrandhuber A Heslop P Nasti A
Nucl Phys B vol. 807 (1-2), 290-314.
21-01-2009
2007
One-loop MHV rules and pure yang-millsBrandhuber A Spence B Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (7)
01-07-2007
Twistor inspired methods in gauge theory and gravityBrandhuber A Travaglini G
Contemp Phys vol. 48 (3), 131-142.
01-05-2007
Recursion relations for one-loop gravity amplitudesBrandhuber A McNamara S Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (3)
01-03-2007
Amplitudes in pure Yang-Mills and MHV diagramsBrandhuber A Spence B
J High Energy Phys (2)
01-02-2007
2006
Finite N effects on the collapse of fuzzy spheresMcNamara S Papageorgakis C Ramgoolam S Spence WJ
J High Energy Phys (5)
01-05-2006
From trees to loops and backBrandhuber A Spence B Travaglini G
J High Energy Phys (1)
01-01-2006
2005
Loop amplitudes in pure Yang-Mills from generalised unitarityBrandhuber A Spence B
J High Energy Phys (10)
01-10-2005
A recursion relation for gravity amplitudesBedford J Brandhuber A Spence B
Nucl Phys B vol. 721, 98-110.
15-08-2005
Non-supersymmetric loop amplitudes and MHV verticesBedford J Brandhuber A Spence B
Nucl Phys B vol. 712 (1-2), 59-85.
18-04-2005
One-loop gauge theory amplitudes in N=4 super Yang-Mills from MHV verticesBrandhuber A Spence B Travaglini G
Nucl Phys B vol. 706 (1-2), 150-180.
31-01-2005
A twistor approach to one-loop amplitudes in N=1 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theoryBedford J Brandhuber A Spence B
Nucl Phys B vol. 706 (1-2), 100-126.
31-01-2005
One-loop gauge theory amplitudes in N=4 super Yang-Mills from MHV verticesSpence WJ TRAVAGLINI G
Nuc. Phys. B vol. 706
01-01-2005
A recursion relation for gravity amplitudesSpence WJ TRAVAGLINI G
Nuclear Physics B vol. B721, 98-110.
01-01-2005
Non-supersymmetric loop amplitudes and MHV verticesSpence WJ TRAVAGLINI G Brandhuber A
Nuc. Phys. B vol. B712
01-01-2005
A Twistor Approach to One-Loop Amplitudes in N=1 Supersymmetric Yang-Mills TheorySpence WJ BRANDHUBER A Travaglini G
Nuclear Physics vol. B706
01-01-2005
2004
Resolving brane collapse with 1/N corrections in non-Abelian DBIRamgoolam S Spence B Thomas S
Nucl Phys B vol. 703 (1-2), 236-276.
20-12-2004
2003
Four-dimensional topological Einstein-Maxwell gravityde Medeiros P Spence B
Classical Quant Grav vol. 20 (11), 2075-2086.
07-06-2003
2002
Conformal topological Yang-Mills theory and de Sitter holographyde Medeiros P Hull C Spence B Figueroa-O'Farrill J
J High Energy Phys (8)
01-08-2002
2001
Fallback optionsSOLOVIEV O Spence W Russakovskii A
VIII International Conference: Forecasting Financial Markets, London 30 May to 01 June, 2001.
30-05-2001
1991
Gauge symmetries for (p, q) supersymmetric sigma modelsHull CM Papadopoulos G Spence B
Nuclear Physics B, Elsevier vol. 363 (2-3), 593-621.
01-10-1991
COUPLING THE WESS-ZUMINO-WITTEN MODEL TO YANG-MILLS FIELDSHULL CM SPENCE B
Modern Physics Letters A, World Scientific Publishing vol. 6 (11), 969-976.
10-04-1991
The geometry of the gauged sigma-model with wess-zumino termHull CM Spence B
Nuclear Physics B, Elsevier vol. 353 (2), 379-426.
01-04-1991
The geometry of quantum gauge theories: A superspace formulation of BRST symmetryHull CM Spence B Vázquez-Bello JL
Nuclear Physics B, Elsevier vol. 348 (1), 108-124.
01-01-1991
1990
The (2, 0) supersymmetric Wess-Zumino-Witten modelHull CM Spence B
Nuclear Physics B, Elsevier vol. 345 (2-3), 493-508.
01-12-1990
N = 2 current algebra and coset modelsHull CM Spence B
Physics Letters B, Elsevier vol. 241 (3), 357-364.
01-05-1990
1989
The gauged nonlinear sigma model with Wess-Zumino termHull CM Spence B
Physics Letters B, Elsevier vol. 232 (2), 204-210.
01-11-1989
1987
Consistency and component-field structure of gauge-invariant free open superstringsSpence B Thomas S
Nuclear Physics B, Elsevier vol. 286, 409-428.
01-01-1987
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
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
Facility for Materials EngineeringMichael Reece and Bill Spence
£313,840 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
01-04-2015 - 31-03-2020
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