Leo Rodriguez
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Conformal Symmetries and Black Holes
Gravity/CFT Correspondence
String Theory & Quantum Gravity
Generalized Complex Geometries and String Theory
Geometry and Topology of Physics
Education and Degrees
HHMI Post-Doctoral Research Fellow & Lecturer 2011-2013, Grinnell College
Ph.D. Physics 2011, University of Iowa
M.S. Physics 2009, University of Iowa
B.S. Physics 2005, New Mexico Institute for Mining and Technology
Selected Publications
- "On the Near Horizon Canonical Quantum Microstates from AdS2/CFT1 and Con-formal Weyl Gravity" Leo Rodriguez and Shanshan Rodriguez Universe 2017, 3, 56. arXiv: 1707.05796 [hep-th]
- On Quantum Microstates in the Near Extremal, Near Horizon Kerr Geometry" Ananda Guneratne, Leo Rodriguez, Sujeev Wickramasekara and Tuna Yildirim J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 698 (2016) no.l, 012010. arXiv:1606.03341 [hep-th]
- "An Extended Detailed Investigation of First and Second Order Supersymmetries for Off-Shell J\f = 2 and J\f = 4 Supermultiplets" S. James Gates, Jr., James Parker, Vincent G. J. Rodgers, Leo Rodriguez and Kory Stiffler Symmetry 2015, 7(2), 1080-1121. arXiv: 1106.5475v3 [hep-th]
- "Near Extremal Black Hole Thermodynamics from AdS2¡CFT\ Correspondence in The Low Energy Limit of 4D Heterotic String Theory" Bradly K. Button, Leo Rodriguez and Sujeev Wikramasekara JHEP 2013 no. 10, (2013) 1-16. arXiv: 1307.7125 [hep-th]
- "Point-Form Dynamics of Quasistable States" M. Gadella, F. Gmez-Cubillo, Leo Rodriguez and Sujeev Wikramasekara J. Math. Phys. 54, 072303 (2013). arXiv:1303.5911 [math-ph]
- "A Near Horizon CFT Dual for Kerr-Newman-AdS" Bradly K. Button, Leo Rodriguez, Catherine A. Whiting and Tuna Yildirim Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 26:3077-3090, 2011. arXiv:1009.1661 [hep-th]
- "Entropy and Temperature from Black-Hole/Near-Horizon-CFT Duality" Leo Rodriguez and Tuna Yildirim Class. Quantum Grav. 27 155003, 2010. arXiv:1003.0026 [hep-th]