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Career
- 2004: University of Cambridge, Lecturer, Reader then Professor
- 2001-2004: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Pappalardo fellow.
- 2000-2001: Columbia University, Postdoc.
- 1999-2000: Kings College, London. EPSRC postdoc.
- 1998-1999: TIFR, Mumbai, India, Research fellow.
Research
David Tong studies various topics in theoretical physics, usually related to quantum field theory. Previous research topics include string theory, supersymmetry, solitons, geometry, cosmology and condensed matter physics. More details on David's reseach and publication can be found on his research pages. Lecture notes on various topics in theoretical physics can be found on his teaching pages.
Publications
Comments on Symmetric Mass Generation in 2d and 4d
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2022)
2022,
1
(doi: 10.1007/jhep07(2022)001)
On discrete anomalies in chiral gauge theories
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2022)
2022,
112
(doi: 10.1007/JHEP01(2022)112)
Boundary RG flows for fermions and the mod 2 anomaly
– SciPost Physics
(2021)
10,
010
Boundary states for chiral symmetries in two dimensions
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2020)
2020,
18
(doi: 10.1007/JHEP09(2020)018)
Evidence for a non-supersymmetric 5d CFT from deformations of 5d SU(2) SYM
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2020)
2020,
58
(doi: 10.1007/JHEP05(2020)058)
Notes on 8 Majorana fermions
– SciPost Physics Lecture Notes
(2020)
014
Hypercharge quantisation and fermat’s last theorem
– SciPost Physics
(2020)
8,
009
(doi: 10.21468/scipostphys.8.1.009)
If the Weak Were Strong and Strong Were Weak
– SciPost Physics
(2019)
7,
059
(doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.7.5.059)
A web of 2d dualities: ${\bf Z}_2$ gauge fields and Arf invariants
– SciPost Physics
(2019)
7,
007
(doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.7.1.007)
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