Andy Bert Royston, PHD

I am a theoretical particle physicist with training in quantum field theory, string theory, supersymmetry, and gravity.  My research focuses primarily on aspects of solitons in quantum field theory and gauge theory.  I also work with undergraduate students on classical solutions and numerical simulations related to soliton physics.  I recently held an NSF grant entitled "RUI: Solitons and Quantum Field Theory," award number 2112781, and a list of my publications can be found at https://inspirehep.net/authors/1053208.

PhD: University of Chicago 2010 (Physics)

M.Sc.: University of Chicago 2005 (Physics)

B.A.: University of Cincinnati 2003 (Mathematics)

B.Sc.: University of Cincinnati 2002 (Physics)

07-01-2024 -06-30-2025 Associate Professor, Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, 2201 University Dr, Lemont Furnace, PA 15456

08-08-2018 -06-30-2024 Assistant Professor, Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus,

09-01-2013 -07-31-2018 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mitchell Institute, Texas A&M, 576 University Dr, College Station, TX 77843

01-01-2018 -07-01-2018 Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas A&M,

08-31-2010 -08-31-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, NHETC, Rutgers University, 126 Frelinghuysen Road Piscataway, NJ 08854

Grant: #2112781 Investigators:Andrew B. Royston 09-15-2021 -08-30-2025 National Science Foundation RUI: Solitons and Quantum Field Theory Role:PI $145,000 Completed Type:Grant Level:National

Peer Reviewed Publications

Allamon Z.J.; Hales Q.A.; Royston A.B.; Rutledge D.L.; Yozie E.A.  (05-01-2025). Framework for the forced soliton equation: regularization, numerical solutions, and perturbation the. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2025 (5) More Information

Evslin J.; Royston A.B.; Zhang B.  (01-01-2023). Cut-off kinks. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023 (1) More Information

Domokos S.K.; Royston A.B.  (12-01-2022). Supersymmetry of the D3/D5 defect field theory. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 (12) More Information

Lenhart G.E.; Royston A.B.; Wright K.E.  (04-01-2021). Simulating magnetic monopole-defect dynamics. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 (4) More Information

Melnikov I.V.; Papageorgakis C.; Royston A.B.  (12-01-2020). Forced Soliton Equation and Semiclassical Soliton Form Factors. Physical Review Letters, 125 (23) More Information

Melnikov I.V.; Papageorgakis C.; Royston A.B.  (12-01-2020). Accelerating solitons. Physical Review D, 102 (12) More Information

Domokos S.K.; Royston A.B.  (10-01-2019). Nonabelian probes in holography. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2019 (10) More Information

Brennan T.D.; Moore G.W.; Royston A.B.  (09-01-2018). Wall crossing from Dirac zeromodes. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018 (9) More Information

Domokos S.K.; Royston A.B.  (07-01-2017). Holography for field theory solitons. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017 (7) More Information

Moore G.; Royston A.; Van den Bleeken D.  (01-01-2017). L2-kernels of Dirac-type operators on monopole moduli spaces. Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics, 96, 169-182More Information

Moore G.W.; Royston A.B.; Van den Bleeken D.  (07-01-2016). Semiclassical framed BPS states. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016 (7) More Information

Becker K.; Becker M.; Melnikov I.V.; Robbins D.; Royston A.B.  (12-01-2015). Some tree-level string amplitudes in the NSR formalism. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2015 (12) , 1-48More Information

Moore G.W.; Royston A.B.; Van den Bleeken D.  (10-01-2014). Brane bending and monopole moduli. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014 (10) More Information

Papageorgakis C.; Royston A.B.  (01-01-2014). Revisiting soliton contributions to perturbative amplitudes. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014 (9) More Information

Papageorgakis C.; Royston A.B.  (01-01-2014). Scalar soliton quantization with generic moduli. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014 (6) More Information

Moore G.W.; Royston A.B.; Van den Bleeken D.  (01-01-2014). Parameter counting for singular monopoles on ?3. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014 (10) More Information

Domokos S.; Harvey J.; Royston A.  (01-01-2013). Successes and failures of a more comprehensive hard wall AdS/QCD. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2013 (4) More Information

McOrist J.; Royston A.B.  (03-07-2012). T-dualizing the deformed and resolved conifold. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 29 (5) More Information

Domokos S.; Harvey J.; Royston A.  (09-29-2011). Completing the framework of AdS/QCD: H1/b1 mesons and excited ?/?'s. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011 (5) More Information

McOrist J.; Royston A.B.  (08-21-2011). Relating conifold geometries to NS5-branes. Nuclear Physics B, 849 (3) , 573-609More Information

Kutasov D.; Lunin O.; McOrist J.; Royston A.  (07-01-2010). Dynamical vacuum selection in string theory. Nuclear Physics B, 833 (1-2) , 64-95More Information

Giveon A.; Kutasov D.; McOrist J.; Royston A.B.  (11-21-2009). D-terms and supersymmetry breaking from branes. Nuclear Physics B, 822 (1-2) , 106-126More Information

Harvey J.A.; Royston A.B.  (08-01-2008). Gauge/gravity duality with a chiral N =(0,8) string defect. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2008 (8) More Information

Harvey J.A.; Royston A.B.  (04-01-2008). Localized modes at a D-brane - O-plane intersection and heterotic Alice strings. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2008 (4) More Information

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