David Turton Research Student Centre for Research in String Theory Department of Physics Queen Mary, University of London Mile End Road London E1 4NS, United Kingdom   Phone:  020 7882-3292 Fax:  020 8981-9465 Room:  Physics 230 Email:  d.j.turton (&) qmul.ac.uk     [replace (&) with @]

Research

I'm a third year PhD Student at QMUL. My interests include String Theory, Matrix models, AdS/CFT and Black holes.
My supervisor is Sanjaye Ramgoolam.

Papers

'Free particles from Brauer algebras in complex matrix models', with Y. Kimura and S. Ramgoolam, arxiv:0908.4408v1 [hep-th]

Schools and Conferences

Jan 2010: YETI 2010, Durham
Apr 2009: Young Researchers in Mathematics, Cambridge
Oct 2008: Strings and Cosmology Student Conference 2008, Paris
Apr 2008: Fifth Cambridge Part III Return Conference
Mar 2008: Spring School on Superstring Theory and Related Topics, Trieste
Dec 2007: Annual Theory Meeting 2007, Durham
Nov 2007: Fundamental Physics UK, King's College London
Sep 2007: Gauge Fields and Strings Summer School, Cambridge
Aug 2007: BUSSTEPP 2007, York

Talks

Jun 2009: Queen Mary, University of London, Student Seminar
May 2008: King's College London, Gradcats meeting
Apr 2008: DAMTP, Fifth Cambridge Part III Return Conference
Feb 2008: Imperial College London, Student Seminar

Teaching and Marking

2009/10, 2008/9: 'Mathematical Techniques 3'. The course homepage is here.
2008/9: 'Physics of Energy and the Environment'. The course homepage is here.
2007/8: 'Space, Time and Gravity'. The examples sheets are available here.

Links

String Theory Wiki
Queen Mary Strings Graduate Journal Club
Queen Mary String Theory Home Page

Page last updated 24 Nov 2009.