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
Regge calculus and observations. I. Formalism and applications to radial motion and circular orbits
– General Relativity and Gravitation
(1981)
13,
361
(doi: 10.1007/BF01025469)
Regge-calculus model for the Tolman universe
– Physical Review D
(1974)
10,
3537
(doi: 10.1103/physrevd.10.3537)
Regge-cut discontinuity equations and self-consistent solutions for multi-pomeron cuts
– Nuclear Physics B
(1974)
68,
85
(doi: 10.1016/0550-3213(74)90408-8)
Self-consistent regge-pole and -cut trajectories and the reggeon-reggeon-pomeron coupling
– Physical Review D
(1973)
8,
3701
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.8.3701)
Dynamics of the Friedmann Universe using Regge calculus
– Physical Review D
(1973)
7,
965
(doi: 10.1103/physrevd.7.965)
Application of Regge Calculus to the axially symmetric initial-value problem in general relativity
– Physical Review D
(1972)
5,
1908
(doi: 10.1103/physrevd.5.1908)
The γND13 coupling from current algebra
– Nuclear Physics B
(1969)
11,
195
(doi: 10.1016/0550-3213(69)90023-6)
Degenerate Representation Functions for SO ( v ), SU ( v ), and SU(ν)⊗SU(ν) and Their Analytical Reductions
– Journal of Mathematical Physics
(1969)
10,
957
(doi: 10.1063/1.1664942)
The stability of current algebra predictions for the renormalized axial coupling constant
– Il Nuovo Cimento A (1965-1970)
(1967)
52,
107
(doi: 10.1007/BF02739277)
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