School of Mathematics

An inspiring research paper by Professor Jose Figueroa-O'Farrill

Congratulations to  Professor José Figueroa-O'Farrill, whose paper `A new maximally supersymmetric background of IIB superstring theory' http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0110242 (with Matthias Blau, Christopher Hull and George Papadopoulos) achieved the coveted status of 'renowned paper' awarded by INSPIRE, the High Energy Physics information system. This recognises papers that have received more than 500 citations, a feat achieved by less than 0.3% of papers in the field.