Career
- 1974-1976: Research Fellow, Girton College, Cambridge
- 1976-present: Official Fellow, College Lecturer and Director of Studies in Mathematics, Girton College
- 1991-1994: Temporary Lecturer, DAMTP, Cambridge
- 1994-2002: Assistant Director of Research, DAMTP
- 2002-present: Reader in Mathematical Physics, DAMTP
Research
Discrete gravity, both classical and quantum, mainly based on Regge calculus; spin foam models. The role of holonomy in quantum gravity. The variation of Newton's constant.
Selected Publications
- Discrete structures in physics, J. Math. Phys. 41 (2000) 3964-3984 (with T. Regge).
- 6j-symbols and discrete quantum gravity, Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 88 (2000) 124-131.
- Flat and curved space-times: Second edition, Oxford University Press (2000) (with G. F. R. Ellis).
- Gluing 4-simplices: a derivation of the Barrett-Crane spin foam model for Euclidean quantum gravity, Phys. Rev. D63 (2001) 024022 (with D. Oriti).
- Constraints on area variables in Regge calculus, Class. Quantum Grav. 18 (2001) L43-46 (with J. M\"akel\"a).
- Non-perturbative gravity and the spin of the lattice graviton, Phys. Rev. D70 (2004) 124007 (with H. W. Hamber).
- Area Regge calculus and discontinuous metrics, Class. Quantum Grav. 21 (2004) 4865-4880 (with C. J. Wainwright).
- Nonlocal effective gravitational field equations and the running of Newton's constant G, Phys. Rev. D72 (2005) 04426 (with H. W. Hamber).
- Nonlocal effective field equations for quantum cosmology, Mod. Phys. Lett. A 21 (2006) 735 (with H. W. Hamber).
- Quantum gravity in large dimensions, Phys. Rev. D73 (2006) 04403 (with H. W. Hamber).
- Discrete quantum gravity, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 33 (2006) 38-48.
- Bertha Swirles Jeffreys, in Out of the Shadows: Contributions of Twentieth-Century Women to Physics, edited by Nina Byers and Gary Williams (CUP, 2006).
- Constraints on the gravitational scaling dimension from the non-local effective field equations, Phys. Lett. B643 (2006) 228 (with H. W. Hamber).
- Renormalization group running of Newton's G: the static isotropic case, Phys. Rev. D75 (2007) 084014 (with H. W. Hamber).
- Gravitational Wilson loop and large scale curvature, Phys. Rev. D76 (2007) 84008 (with H. W.Hamber).
Publications
Simplical gravity coupled to scalar matter
– Nuclear Physics B
(1994)
415,
463
(doi: 10.1016/0550-3213(94)90119-8)
Simplicial quantum gravity in three dimensions: Analytical and numerical results.
– Physical review. D, Particles and fields
(1993)
47,
510
(doi: 10.1103/physrevd.47.510)
THE TURAEV-VIRO STATE SUM MODEL AND 3-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM-GRAVITY
– Physics Letters B
(1991)
273,
438
(doi: 10.1016/0370-2693(91)90295-2)
On the Euler characteristic for piecewise linear manifolds
– Physics Letters B
(1991)
273,
95
(doi: 10.1016/0370-2693(91)90559-9)
SIMPLICIAL QUANTUM-GRAVITY WITH HIGHER DERIVATIVE TERMS - FORMALISM AND NUMERICAL RESULTS IN 4 DIMENSIONS
– Nuclear Physics, Section B
(1986)
269,
712
(doi: 10.1016/0550-3213(86)90518-3)
Two-dimensional simplical quantum gravity
– Nuclear Physics, Section B
(1986)
267,
482
(doi: 10.1016/0550-3213(86)90401-3)
Three-plus-one formulation of Regge calculus
– Phys Rev D Part Fields
(1986)
33,
1622
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.33.1622)
Nonperturbative simplicial quantum gravity
– Physics Letters B
(1985)
157,
368
(doi: 10.1016/0370-2693(85)90382-x)
The quantization of Regge calculus
– Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields
(1984)
21,
371
(doi: 10.1007/bf01581603)
REGGE CALCULUS AND OBSERVATIONS .2. FURTHER APPLICATIONS
– General Relativity and Gravitation
(1984)
16,
1003
(doi: 10.1007/bf00760639)
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