CURRICULUM VITAE.
Born in Riva (TN) Italy, 30 April 1937
1959 Degree in Physics at the University of Pisa and Diploma at the Scuola
Normale Superiore, Pisa.
1960 Graduate student at the Department of Applied Mathematics and
Theoretical Physics of the University of Cambridge (UK).
1960-62 Graduate student at the Department of Physics of the University
College London.
1964 Assistant professor at the Scuola Normale Superiore,Pisa.
1966 Libera Docenza in Theoretical Physics.
1969-70 Paid Visitor at the Theory Division of CERN, Geneva.
1972-74 Research Associate and Lecturer at the Department of Physics of
Princeton University .
1974 Summer Visitor at SLAC, Stanford.
1976-77 Full Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Cagliari.
1977-80 Full Professor of Theoretical Physics the University of Naples.
1980 June to November. Paid Visitor at the Theory Division of CERN. Geneva.
1980 till now. Full Professor of Theoretical Physics at the
University of Pisa.
Pietro Menotti
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS.
1. Wigner's inequalities for relativistic scattering.
Nucl.Phys. 14 233 (1959/60).
2. Wigner condition and low energy scattering.
In collab. with Y. Tomozawa.
Nucl.Phys. 23 506 (1961).
3. Evidence for pion-pion interactions from s-wave pion-nucleon
scattering.
In collab. with J. Hamilton, T.D. Spearman and W.S. Woolcock.
Nuovo Cimento 20 519 (1961).
4. Low energy pion-nucleon scattering and pion-pion interactions.
In collab. with J. Hamilton, T.D. Spearman and W.S. Woolcock.
Proc. Aix-en-Provence Int. Conf. on Elementary Particles, 351 (1961).
5. Subtraction constants in pion-pion into nucleon-antinucleon dispersion
relations.
Nuovo Cimento 23 931 (1962).
6. Pion-nucleon scattering and pion-pion interactions.
In collab. with J. Hamilton, G.C. Oades and L.L.J. Vick.
Phys.Rev. 128 1881 (1962).
7. Analysis of the S-matrix singularities by means of operator technique.
In collab. with M. Ciafaloni.
Nuovo Cimento 35 160 (1965).
8. Operator analysis of the Bethe-Salpeter equation.
In collab. with M. Ciafaloni.
Phys.Rev. 140 B 929 (1965).
9. Properties of relativistic bound states.
In collab. with M. Ciafaloni.
Nuovo Cimento 46 162 (1966).
10. Retardation effects and gauge transformations in the Bethe-Salpeter
equation.
In collab. with R. Barbieri and M. Ciafaloni.
Nuovo Cimento
11. Asymptotic behavior of form factors for some composite models.
In collab. with M. Ciafaloni.
Phys.Rev. 173 1575 (1968).
12. General properties of Regge families in the Wick-Cutkosky model.
In collab. with R. Gatto.
Phys.Lett. 27 B 381 (1968).
13. Regge families in the Wick-Cutkosky model. Extension of previous
results.
In collab. with R. Gatto.
Lett. Nuovo Cimento 1 289 (1969).
14. Gemel families in the Bethe-Salpeter equation and the problem of pion
decoupling.
In collab. with R. Gatto.
Phys.Lett. 28 B 668 (1969).
15. Gemel symmetry and superconvergence relations.
In collab. with R. Gatto.
Phys.Lett. 29 B 593 (1969).
16. Regge families in the Wick-Cutkosky model.
In collab. with R. Gatto.
Nuovo Cimento 68 118 (1970).
17. Normalization of the wave function and the nonrelativistic limit in
the Bethe-Salpeter equation.
Subnuclear phenomena. International School of Physics Ettore
Maiorana. (Erice) 1969. Theoretical Lectures.
18. Commutator near the light cone , Bjorken limits and O(4) expansion.
Study of ladder models.
In collab. with R. Gatto.
Nuovo Cimento 2A 881 (1971).
19. Pathologies of non canonical dimensions.
In collab. with R. Gatto.
Phys.Rev. D5 1493 (1972).
20. Commutator near the light cone and Bjorken limits. Study of ladder
models.
Lectures delivered at the VIII th Winter School of Theoretical
Physics of the University of Wroclaw in Karpacz.
Acta Universitatis Wratislaviensis n.164. New developments in
Relativistic Quantum Field Theory and its Applications.
Vol. II pag.66 Wroclaw 1972.
21. Commutator near the light cone II. Scaling functions and their
analytic continuation to the annihilation region.
In collab. with R. Gatto.
Nuovo Cimento 7 118 (1972).
22. Properties on non canonical scaling.
Proceedings of the International School of Physics Enrico Fermi,
VI Course, "Developments in High Energy Physics" p.323. Academic Press.
23. Continuation from deep electroproduction to deep electron positron
annihilation.
In collab. with R. Gatto and I. Vendramin.
Lett.Nuovo Cimento 4 79 (1972)
24. Analytic continuation of scaling functions.
Informal meeting on electromagnetic interactions.
Frascati 1972. Reports.
25. General threshold relation between deep inelastic electron scattering
and deep inelastic electron positron annihilation.
In collab. with R. Gatto and I. Vendramin.
Lett. Nuovo Cimento 5 654 (1972).
26. Light cone dominance of vertex functions for composite fields and
asymptotic behavior of form factors.
In collab. with M. Ciafaloni.
Lett. Nuovo Cimento 6545 (1973).
27. Threshold relation between deep inelastic electron scattering and
electron positron annihilation.
In collab. with R. Gatto and I. Vendramin.
Phys. Rev. D7 2524 (1973).
28. Light cone structure of vertex functions for composte fields.
In collab. with M. Ciafaloni
Nucl.Phys. B 54 483 (1973).
29. Deep electroproduction and deep electron positron annihilation.
In collab. with R. Gatto and I. Vendramin.
Ann. of Phys. (N.Y.) 73 1(1973).
30. Properties of scaling functions in g (f*f)2 for small coupling.
Phys.Rev. D11 2496 (1973).
31. Off shell and on shell behavior of vertex functions.
Phys.Rev. D11 2767 (1974).
32. Short distance dominance of vertex functions.
Phys.Rev. D 11 2828 (1975).
33. Leading conformal contribution to the electromagnetic form factor.
Phys.Lett. 56 B 169 (1975).
34. Infrared structure of leading conformal contribution to the
electromagnetic vertex function.
Phys.Rev. 14 3560 (1976).
35. Breaking of conformal invariance and the quark counting rule for form
factors.
Phys.Rev. D 14 3560 (1976).
36. Vertex functions and form factors for conformal spin 1/2 systems.
In collab. with M.C. Prati.
Nuovo Cimento 37 A (1977).
37. Phase transitions and renormalized structure of lattice
gauge theories with fermions.
In collab. with S. Caracciolo
Phys.Lett. 77 B 275 (1978).
38. Phases of renormalized lattice gauge theories with fermions.
In collab. with S. Caracciolo
Annals of Phys. (N.Y.) 122 74 (1979).
39. A quantitative analysis of the Migdal Kadanoff renormalization scheme
for SU(2) gauge theory.
In collab. with S. Caracciolo.
Nucl. Phys. B 180 FS2 428 (1981).
40. Perturbation around the Migdal transformation for the non linear O(N)
sigma model in two dimensions.
In collab. with G. Martinelli.
Nucl.Phys. B 180 FS2 482 (1981).
41. The action of SU(N) lattice gauge theory in terms of the heat kernel
on the group manifold.
In collab. with E. Onofri.
Nucl.Phys. B 190 (FS3) 288 (1981).
42. The Martinelli-Parisi expansion for the non linear sigma model.
In collab. with S. Belforte.
Nucl.Phys. B205 FS5 325 (1982).
43. The propagator in the A0=0 gauge.
In collab. with S. Caracciolo and G. Curci.
Phys.Lett. 113 B 311 (1982).
44. Symanzik's improved lagrangian for lattice gauge theory.
In collab. with G. Curci and G. Paffuti.
Phys.Lett. 130 B 205 (1983).
45. Monte Carlo calculations with Symanzik's improved action for QCD.
In collab. with S. Belforte,G. Curci and G. Paffuti.
Phys.Lett. 131 B 423 (1983).
46. Temporal gauges and time boundary conditions.
In collab. with G. Curci.
Z. Physik C 21 281 (1984).
47. Ultraviolet and infrared effects on lattice gauge theories.
In collab. with S. Belforte,G. Curci and G. Paffuti.
Phys.Lett. 137 B 207 (1984).
48. Universality of improved action a' la Symanzik for lattice gauge
theories.
In collab. with S. Belforte,G. Curci and G. Paffuti.
Phys.Lett. 136 B 399 (1984).
49. Temporal gauge on a periodic lattice.
In collab. with G. Curci and G. Paffuti.
Z.Phys. C 26 549 (1985).
50. Reflection positivity and graviton doubling in euclidean lattice
gravity.
In collab. with A. Pelissetto.
Ann.Phys. (N.Y.) 170 287 (1986).
51. Poincare', de Sitter and conformal gravity on the lattice.
In collab. with A. Pelissetto.
Phys.Rev. D 35 1194 (1987).
52. Gauge invariance and functional integration measure in lattice gravity.
In collab. with A. Pelissetto.
Nucl.Phys. B 288 813 (1987).
53. Poincare', de Sitter and conformal gravity on the lattice.
In collab. with A. Pelissetto.
Proceeding of the XXIII International Conference on High Energy
Physics, Berkeley. World Scientific 1987.
54. General proof of Osterwalder-Schrader positivity for the Wilson action.
In collab. with A. Pelissetto.
Comm.Math.Phys. 113 369 (1987).
55. Lattice supergravity and graviton-gravitino doubling.
In collab. with S. Caracciolo and A. Pelissetto.
Nucl.Phys. B 296 868 (1988).
56. Osterwalder-Schrader positivity for the Wilson action.
In collab. with A. Pelissetto.
Proceedings of the Seillac conference on lattice gauge theory.(1987).
Nucl.Phys. B (proc.Suppl.) 4 (1988) 644
57. The energy momentum tensor on the lattice: the scalar case.
In collab. with S. Caracciolo, G. Curci and A. Pelissetto.
Nucl.Phys. B309 (1988) 612.
58. Definition of the energy momentum tensor of the lattice. General
relativity and Gravitation p.332, 1989 World Scientific.
In collab. with S. Caracciolo, G. Curci and A. Pelissetto.
59. Energy momentum tensor on the lattice. Nucl.Phys. B 9 604 (1989)
In collab. with S. Caracciolo, G. Curci and A. Pelissetto.
Nucl.Phys. B (proc.Suppl.) 9 (1989) 604.
60. Reflection symmetry and reflection positivity ; in Symmetry in nature,
p.529. A volume in honor of Luigi A. Radicati di Brozolo.
Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa 1989.
61. Renormalization of the energy momentum tensor and the trace anomaly
in lattice qcd. Phys.Lett.B 228, 375 (1989).
In collab. with S. Caracciolo, G. Curci and A. Pelissetto.
62. Non perturbative quantum gravity
Nucl.Phys. B (proc. Suppl.) 17 (1990) 29.
63. The energy momentum tensor for lattice gauge theories.
Ann.Phys. 197 (1990) 119.
In collab. with S. Caracciolo, G. Curci and A. Pelissetto.
64. The trace anomaly and the energy momentum tensor in lattice gauge
theories.
Nucl.Phys. B (Proc.. Suppl.)16 (1990) 557.
In collab. with S. Caracciolo, G. Curci and A. Pelissetto.
65. The restoration of Poincare' invariance and the energy
momentum tensor in lattice gauge theories.
Nucl.Phys. B(Proc.Suppl.) 17 (1990) 611
In collab. with S. Caracciolo, G. Curci and A. Pelissetto.
66. The radial gauge in 2+1 dimensional gravity.
Ann.Phys. 208 (1990) 449.
In collab. with D. Seminara
67. One loop conserved energy momentum tensor for lattice QCD
Nucl.Phys.B(Proc.Suppl.)20 (1991) 36.
In collab. with S. Caracciolo and A. Pelissetto.
68. Analytic determination at one loop of the energy momentum tensor for
lattice qcd
Phys lett. 260 (1991) 401.
In collab with Caracciolo and A. Pelissetto.
69. The radial gauge in 2+1 dimensional gravity : solution of the symmetry
constraint
Nucl.Phys. B 376 (1992) 411.
In collab. with D. Seminara
70. Renormalization of dimension four operators in lattice QCD.
In Proc. of the 1991 International conference on lattice field
theory. Tsukuba
Nuclear Phys.(Proc. Suppl.) 26 (1992) 409-411
71. One loop analytic computation of the energy momentum tensor for
lattice gauge theories.
Nucl.Phys. B 375 (1992) 195.
In collab with Caracciolo and A. Pelissetto.
72. Analytic determination of dimension four composite operators
in QCD.
Nucl.Phys. B (Proc.Suppl.) 26 (1992) 409.
In collab with Caracciolo and A. Pelissetto.
73. The radial gauge propagator
Nuovo Cimento 106A (1993) 187
In collab. with D. Seminara
74. The radial gauge propagator in quantum gravity
Ann. Phys.224 (1993) 110.
In collab. with G. Modanese and D. Seminara
75. Closed time like curves and the energy condition in 2+1 dimensional
gravity
Phys.Lett. B 301 (19913) 25
In collab. with D.Seminara
76. Stationary solutions and closed time-like curves in 2+1 dimensional
gravity.
In collab. with D.Seminara
Nucl.Phys. B419, 189 (1994).
77. 2+1 gravity and closed time-like curves
In collab, with D.Seminara.
Talk by P. Menotti in "Constraint theory and quantization
methods". Montepulciano 28 June- 1 July 1993. World Scientific
(1994) 341-349.
78. Stationary solutions and closed time-like curves in 2+1 dimensional
gravity.
In collab. with D.Seminara
Invited talk by P. Menotti to the 1993 HEP Conference, at
Marseille. 103-104
79. Energy theorem for 2+1 dimensional gravity.
In collab, with D.Seminara.
Annals of Physics 240 (1995) 203
80. Fermi- Walker coordinates in (2+1)- dimensional gravity
In collab, with D.Seminara.
Invited to the talk to the IX Marcel Grossmann Conference,
Stanford (1994) 336-338
81. Gravity in 2+1 dimensions
Two Lectures at the XI Italian Conference on "General relativity
and gravitation". World Scientific (1996) 47-69.
82. Fermi- Walker gauge in (2+1)- dimensional gravity
In collab, with D.Seminara.
Class. Quantum Gravity 12 (1995) 2309
83. Faddeev- Popov determinant in 2- dimensional Regge gravity
In collab, with P.P. Peirano
Physics Lett. B 353 (1995) 444-449
84. 2- dimensional Regge gravity in the conformal gauge
In collab, with P.P. Peirano
Nuclear Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 47 (1996) 633-636
85. Conformal gauge fixing and Faddeev- Popov determinant in 2-
dimensional Regge gravity.
In collab, with P.P. Peirano
In Quanta, Relativity and Gravitation: Workshop on High
Energy Physics and Field Theory, Protvino, Russia Jun2 26-30,
1995, Workshop on High Energy Physics and
Field Theory, Vol 1 (1996) 87-94
86. Functional integration on two- dimensional Regge geometries.
In collab, with P.P. Peirano
Nuclear Phys. B 473 (1996) 426
87. Diffeomorphism invariant measure for finite- dimensional
geometries.
In collab, with P.P. Peirano
Nuclear Phys. B 488 (1997) 719-734
88. Functional integration on Regge geometries.
In collab, with P.P. Peirano
Nuclear Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 53 (1997) 780-782
89. Functional integration for Regge gravity.
In collab, with P.P. Peirano
Nuclear Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 57 (1997) 82-90.
90. The role of diffeomorphisms in the integration over a finite
dimensional space of geometries.
Nuclear Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 63A-C (1998) 760-762.
91. Group theoretical derivation of Liouville action for Regge
surfaces
Nuclear Phys. B 523 (1998) 611-619
92. Super Liouville Action for Regge surfaces
In collab. with G. Policastro
Nucl.Phys. B 543 (1999) 518-532
93. Regge- Liouville action from group theory
Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Path Integrals
from peV to TeV: 50 years from Feynman's Paper, Florence,
Italy, 25-29 Aug 1998, 237-240.
94. ADM approach to 2+1 dimensional gravity coupled to particles
In collab. with D. Seminara
Annals of Physics 279 (2000) 282-310
95. ADM approach to 2+1 dimensional gravity
In collab. with D. Seminara
Nucl.Phys.(Proc.Suppl.) 88:132-141,2000
96. Hamiltonian structure and quantization of 2+1 dimensional
gravity coupled to particles
In collab. with L. Cantini and D. Seminara
Class. Quantum gravity 18 (2001) 2253-2276
97. Hamiltonian approach to 2+1 dimensional gravity
In collab. with L. Cantini and D. Seminara.
hep-th/0012022, Talk by P. Menotti to be published in the
proceedings of 9th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on Recent
Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General
Relativity, Gravitation and Relativistic Field Theories (MG9),
Rome, Italy, 2-9 Jul 2000.
98. Hamiltonian structure of 2+1 dimensional gravity
gr-qc/0102065, Plenary talk to appear in the proceedings of
14th SIGRAV Congress on General Relativity and Gravitation
(SIGRAV 2000), Genova, Italy, 18-22 Sep 2000.
99. Proof of Polyakov conjecture for general elliptic
singularities
In collab. with L. Cantini and D. Seminara
Phys.Lett.B517:203-209,2001
100. Polyakov conjecture and 2+1 dimensional gravity coupled to
particles
In collab. with L. Cantini and D. Seminara
Talk by P. Menotti at International Europhysics Conference on
High-Energy Physics (HEP 2001), Budapest, Hungary, 12-18 Jul 2001.
101. Polyakov conjecture and 2+1 dimensional gravity
In collab. with L. Cantini and D. Seminara
Talk by P. Menotti at 25th Johns Hopkins Workshop on Current
Problems in Particle Theory: 2001: A Relativistic Spacetime
Odyssey. Experiments and Theoretical Viewpoints on General
Relativity and Quantum Gravity, Florence, Italy, 3-5 Sep 2001
102. Liouville theory, accessory parameters and (2+1)- dimensional
gravity.
In collab. with L. Cantini and D. Seminara
Nucl. Phys. B 638 (2002) 351-377
103. Functional approach to (2+1)-dimensional gravity coupled to
particles.
In collab. with Luigi Cantini
Class.Quant.Grav.20 (2003) 845-858
104. Functional approach to (2+1)-dimensional gravity.
In collab. with Luigi Cantini and Domenico Seminara.
Contributed to 10th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on Recent
Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General
Relativity, Gravitation and Relativistic Field Theories
(MG X MMIII), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
20-26 Jul 2003. e-Print Archive: hep-th/0312128
105. The tetrahedron graph in Liouville theory on the pseudosphere.
In collab. with Erik Tonni
Phys.Lett.B586 (2004) 425-431
106. Standard and geometric approaches to quantum Liouville theory on
the pseudosphere.
In collab. with Erik Tonni
Nucl.Phys.B707 (2005) 321-364
107. Semiclassical and quantum Liouville theory on the sphere.
In collab. with Gabriele Vajente
Nucl.Phys. B709 (2005) 465-490
108. Quantum Liouville field theory on the pseudosphere with heavy
charges
Phys.Lett. B633 (2006) 404-408
109. Semiclassical and quantum Liouville theory.
Contributed to 4th Meeting on Constrained Dynamics and Quantum
Gravity (QG05), Cala Gonone, Sardinia, Italy, 12-16 Sep 2005.
J.Phys.Conf.Ser.33:26-37,2006
110. Liouville field theory with heavy charges. I. The pseudosphere.
In collab. with Erik Tonni. JHEP 0606:020,2006
111. Liouville field theory with heavy charges. II. The conformal
boundary case.
In collab. with Erik Tonni. JHEP 0606:022,2006. 1
112. Quantum Liouville theory with heavy charges.
In collab. with Erik Tonni
Contributed to 11th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on Recent
Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General
Relativity, Gravitation, and Relativistic Field Theories,
Berlin, Germany, 23-29 Jul 2006.
e-Print Archive: hep-th/0612107
113. Non invariant zeta-function regularization in quantum
Liouville theory.
Phys.Lett.B650:432-439,2007
114. Reduced Hamiltonian for intersecting shells.
In collab. with F. Fiamberti
Nucl.Phys.B794:512-537,2008.
115. Consistent gravitational anomalies for chiral bosons.
In collab. with S. Giaccari
Phys.Rev.D79:065015,2009.
116. On the semiclassical treatment of Hawking radiation.
Class.Quant.Grav.27:135008,2010.
117. Reduced Hamiltonian for intersecting shells and Hawking radiation.
Published in J.Phys.Conf.Ser.222:012051,2010.
MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS of Pietro Menotti
1. Relativistic scattering, dispersion relations and low energy pion-pion
interaction.
Pub. 1,2,3,4,5,6.
2. Potential scattering and Bethe-Salpeter equation : singularities in
the lambda plane. Applications to relativistic bound states and to the
asymptotic behavior of form factors.
Pub.7,8,9,10,11,17
3. Regge trajectories in relativistic models.
Pub.12,13,14,15,16
4. Current commutators on the light cone and applications to deep
inelastic scattering and to the deep inelastic electron-positron
annihilation. Threshold relation between deep inelastic scattering and
to the deep inelastic electron-positron annihilation.
Pub.18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,29
5. Asymptotic behavior of on shell and off-shell form factors; conformal
invariance at short distances and form factors of the pion and of the
nucleon.
Pub.26,28,30,31,32,33,34,35,36
6. Renormalization group applied to the two dimensional non linear sigma
model and to the phase structure of quantum chromodynamics and of
compact electrodynamics.
Pub.37,38,39,40,42
7. A0=0 gauge in Yang-Mills theory and in electrodynamics.
Pub.43,46,49
8. Lattice gauge theory and lattice gravity.
Pub.41,44,45,47,48,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57
9. 2 dimensional quantum gravity
Pub. 88,89,90,91,92,93
10. Gravity in 2+1 dimensions. Pub.
Pub. 73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,94,95,96,97
11. Liouville field theory
Pub. 98,99,100
12. Hawking radiation Pub.114, 116, 117
13. Gravitational anomalies Pub.115