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Faculty of Mathematics

 

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

Vortices and impurities
D Tong, K Wong
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2014)
2014,
90
Holographic Conductivity
D Tong
– Acta Physica Polonica B
(2013)
44,
2579
Universal resistivity from holographic massive gravity
M Blake, D Tong
– Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
(2013)
88,
106004
Gauge dynamics and topological insulators
B Béri, D Tong, K Wong
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2013)
2013,
25
Confinement in anti-de Sitter space
O Aharony, M Berkooz, D Tong, S Yankielowicz
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2013)
2013,
76
Fluctuation and dissipation at a quantum critical point.
D Tong, K Wong
– Physical Review Letters
(2013)
110,
061602
Holographic dual of the lowest Landau level
M Blake, S Bolognesi, D Tong, K Wong
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2012)
2012,
39
Further evidence for lattice-induced scaling
GT Horowitz, JE Santos, D Tong
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2012)
2012,
102
The Unquantum Quantum
D Tong
– Scientific American
(2012)
307,
46
Magnetic catalysis in AdS4
S Bolognesi, D Tong
– Classical and Quantum Gravity
(2012)
29,
194003
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Research Group

High Energy Physics

Room

B2.13

Telephone

01223 337874