David A. Kosower

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Address: Institut de Physique Theorique, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CEA, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France

Position

Senior Scientist

Research Interests

High-Energy Physics

  • Quantum Scattering Amplitudes
  • Gravitational Waves
  • Quantum Chromodynamics

CV

1986-88

Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University

1988-91

Research Associate, Fermilab, Batavia, IL

1992-93

Postdoctoral Associate, TH Division, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

1993-2009

Staff Scientist, Institut de Physique Theorique, CEA-Saclay

2010-

Senior Scientist, Institut de Physique Theorique

Leading Publications

1994 with Z. Bern, L. J. Dixon, and D. C. Dunbar, One-Loop n-Point Gauge-Theory Amplitudes, Unitarity and Collinear Limits, Nucl. Phys. B425:217 (1994) [hep-ph/9403226]

1995 with Z. Bern, L. J. Dixon, and D. C. Dunbar, Fusing Gauge-Theory Tree Amplitudes into Loop Amplitudes, Nucl. Phys. B435:59 (1995) [hep-ph/9409265]

1993 with W. T. Giele and E. W. N. Glover, Higher-Order Corrections to Jet Cross-Sections in Hadron Colliders, Nucl. Phys. B403:633 (1993) [hep-ph/9302225]

1992 with Z. Bern, The Computation of Loop Amplitudes in Gauge Theories, Nucl. Phys. B379:451 (1992)

1994 with Z. Bern and L. J. Dixon, Dimensionally-Regulated Pentagon Integrals, Nucl. Phys. B412:751 (1994) [hep-ph/9306240]

2019 with B. Maybee and D. O’Connell, Amplitudes, Observables, and Classical Scattering, JHEP 02:137
(2019) [arXiv:1811.10950]

2022 with A. Cristofoli, R. Gonzo, and D. O’Connell, Waveforms from amplitudes, Phys. Rev. D106:056007 (2022) [arXiv:2107.10193]

2022 with R. Monteiro and D. O’Connell, The SAGEX review on scattering amplitudes Chapter 14: Classical gravity from scattering amplitudes, J. Phys. A55:443015 (2022 [arXiv:2203.13025]

2018 Direct Solution of Integration-by-Parts Systems, Phys. Rev. D98:025008 (2018) [arXiv:1804.00131]

Full list of publications: https://inspirehep.net/literature?sort=mostrecent&size=250&page=1&q=a%20kosower&ui-citation-summary=true

Recent Lecture Courses

  • Classical Gravity from Quantum Scattering Amplitudes (four lectures), Nordic Winter School on Particle Physics and Cosmology, Skeikampen, Norway, Feb. 5–10, 2022
  • Classical Physics from Quantum Amplitudes (six lectures), From Scattering Amplitudes to Gravitational-Wave Predictions for Compact Binaries School and Workshop, Zurich, Switzerland, July 4–15, 2022
  • Introduction to Scattering Amplitudes (three lectures), Quantum Connections 2023, Stockholm, Sweden, Jun. 11–24, 2023
  • Introduction to Scattering Amplitudes (five lectures), QCD Meets Gravity XI School, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Dec. 8–12, 2025
  • Introduction to Scattering Amplitudes (two lectures), 62nd International School of Subnuclear Physics, Erice, Sicily, Italy, June 14–23, 2026

Grants

  • 2005–2008: PI, ANR (Agence National pour la Recherche) grant QCD@LHC, ANR–05–BLAN–0073–01
  • 2009–2014: PI, ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Modern Methods for Perturbative Gauge Theories, no. 228301
  • 2017–2022: PI, ANR (Agence National pour la Recherche) grant New Structures in Amplitudes, held with B. Basso, G. Korchemsky, and P. Vanhove, ANR–17–CE31–0001–01
  • 2021–2026: PI, ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Scattering Amplitudes for Gravitation Wave Theory, no. 885414