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
Mirror mirror on the wall (On two-dimensional black holes and Liouville theory)
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2003)
2003,
031
Comments on condensates in non-supersymmetric orbifold field theories
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2003)
2003,
022
Conifold transitions and five-brane condensation in M-theory on Spin(7) manifolds
– Classical and Quantum Gravity
(2003)
20,
665
(doi: 10.1088/0264-9381/20/4/306)
D-brane probes ofG2holonomy manifolds
– Physical Review D
(2002)
66,
087901
(doi: 10.1103/physrevd.66.087901)
The moduli space of noncommutative vortices
– Journal of Mathematical Physics
(2002)
44,
3509
(doi: 10.1063/1.1584525)
Moduli space of BPS domain walls
– Physical Review D
(2002)
66,
025013
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.66.025013)
NS5-Branes, T-Duality and Worldsheet Instantons
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2002)
2002,
013
D-Brane probes of Special Holonomy Manifolds, and Dynamics of Script N = 1 Three-Dimensional Gauge Theories
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2002)
2002,
050
D-Brane probes of Special Holonomy Manifolds, and Dynamics of 𝒩 = 1 Three-Dimensional Gauge Theories
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2002)
2002,
050
Mirror symmetry in 2+1 and 1+1 dimensions
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2001)
2001,
022
- <
- 10 of 12