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
Holographic Lattices Give the Graviton an Effective Mass
– Physical review letters
(2014)
112,
071602
Vortices and impurities
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2014)
2014,
90
(doi: 10.1007/jhep01(2014)090)
Universal resistivity from holographic massive gravity
– Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
(2013)
88,
106004
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.88.106004)
Gauge dynamics and topological insulators
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2013)
2013,
25
(doi: 10.1007/JHEP09(2013)025)
Confinement in anti-de Sitter space
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2013)
2013,
76
(doi: 10.1007/jhep02(2013)076)
Fluctuation and dissipation at a quantum critical point
– Phys Rev Lett
(2013)
110,
061602
Holographic dual of the lowest Landau level
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2012)
2012,
39
(doi: 10.1007/jhep12(2012)039)
Further evidence for lattice-induced scaling
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2012)
2012,
102
(doi: 10.1007/JHEP11(2012)102)
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