- Professor of Mathematical Physics
- Director of Graduate Studies (Research)
- Tutorial Fellow, Oriel College
Personal Website:
+44 1865 615324
Address
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
Highlighted Publications:
The holographic supersymmetric Casimir energy
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
issue 2
volume 95
(10 January 2017)
Full text available
The gravity dual of supersymmetric gauge theories on a squashed three-sphere
Nuclear Physics B
issue 3
volume 864
page 840-868
(21 November 2012)
Sasaki-Einstein manifolds and volume minimisation
Communications in Mathematical Physics
issue 3
volume 280
page 611-673
(1 June 2008)
Gauge theories from toric geometry and brane tilings
Journal of High Energy Physics
issue 1
page 3295-3334
(10 April 2006)
Sasaki-Einstein metrics on S^2 x S^3
Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
issue 4
volume 8
page 711-734
(August 2004)
Recent Publications:
Gravitational free energy in topological AdS/CFT
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
issue 9
volume 2018
(18 September 2018)
Full text available
Topological AdS/CFT
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
issue 12
volume 2017
(7 December 2017)
Full text available
Holographic renormalization and supersymmetry
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
issue 2
volume 2017
(27 February 2017)
Full text available
The character of the super symmetric Casimir energy
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
issue 8
volume 2016
(22 August 2016)
Full text available
Gravity duals of supersymmetric gauge theories on three-manifolds
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
issue 8
volume 2016
(11 August 2016)
Full text available
Research Interests:
Mathematical physics, theoretical physics, geometry. More specifically I work on supersymmetric field theories, supergravity, and the how these are related via the AdS/CFT correspondence. I'm also interested in geometric structures that arise in string theory and theoretical physics more broadly, notably special holonomy manifolds, Sasaki-Einstein manifolds, and generalized geometry.
Teaching:
In 2017/18 I will be lecturing Prelims Dynamics and Part B Classical Mechanics. I have previously lectured Part A courses on Quantum Theory and Electromagnetism. Lecture material may be found on my personal webpage, via the link on the left.
Major / Recent Publications:
My publications may be found on SPIRES.