M-Theory, Cosmology and Quantum Field Theory
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
Our STFC research programme investigates the fundamental physics that describes matter, interactions and spacetime, focusing on the interrelated essential ideas of M-theory, quantum field theory and cosmology.
M-theory, which subsumes string theory and supergravity theory, is our central approach to unifying Einstein's theory of General Relativity with the Standard Model of particle physics. One of the most remarkable features of M-theory is that it incorporates dual descriptions of non-perturbative Yang-Mills theories in terms of strings and branes, leading to profound connections between black holes and quantum field theory and also to new insights into strong coupling phenomena such as quark confinement. These connections will continue to be explored in a number of different ways, including using supersymmetry, novel geometric constructions, exactly integrable quantum field theory models and theories with massless higher-spin excitations. An ultimate goal is to determine the fundamental degrees of freedom of M-theory which would have profound implications for particle physics phenomenology. Using both analytical and numerical techniques we will construct and study black-hole solutions with novel properties that have important potential applications to both the quark-gluon plasma and poorly understood systems in condensed matter such as high-temperature superconductors, exotic metals and insulators.
Cosmology continues to be a highly vibrant area of study driven by a wealth of new data, in particular the recent ground-breaking discovery of gravitational waves. Key clues to the structure and the origin of the universe are to be found in the details of the cosmic microwave background. This will provide one focus of our activities both through analysing data and by studying the cosmological implications of the Higgs field and extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics in inflationary scenarios. A central question we will address is what information can be extracted from new gravity waves measures, in particular how this constrains models of gravity and dark energy. We will look to characterise modified theories of gravity, for instance where the graviton has a mass, and study their cosmological features, and more generally study how to extract imprints of quantum gravity, such as fundamental discreteness of spacetime, on cosmological data. We also continue to develop novel, global statistical tools that draw on many different experiments in order to extract the strongest possible constraints on models.
M-theory, which subsumes string theory and supergravity theory, is our central approach to unifying Einstein's theory of General Relativity with the Standard Model of particle physics. One of the most remarkable features of M-theory is that it incorporates dual descriptions of non-perturbative Yang-Mills theories in terms of strings and branes, leading to profound connections between black holes and quantum field theory and also to new insights into strong coupling phenomena such as quark confinement. These connections will continue to be explored in a number of different ways, including using supersymmetry, novel geometric constructions, exactly integrable quantum field theory models and theories with massless higher-spin excitations. An ultimate goal is to determine the fundamental degrees of freedom of M-theory which would have profound implications for particle physics phenomenology. Using both analytical and numerical techniques we will construct and study black-hole solutions with novel properties that have important potential applications to both the quark-gluon plasma and poorly understood systems in condensed matter such as high-temperature superconductors, exotic metals and insulators.
Cosmology continues to be a highly vibrant area of study driven by a wealth of new data, in particular the recent ground-breaking discovery of gravitational waves. Key clues to the structure and the origin of the universe are to be found in the details of the cosmic microwave background. This will provide one focus of our activities both through analysing data and by studying the cosmological implications of the Higgs field and extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics in inflationary scenarios. A central question we will address is what information can be extracted from new gravity waves measures, in particular how this constrains models of gravity and dark energy. We will look to characterise modified theories of gravity, for instance where the graviton has a mass, and study their cosmological features, and more generally study how to extract imprints of quantum gravity, such as fundamental discreteness of spacetime, on cosmological data. We also continue to develop novel, global statistical tools that draw on many different experiments in order to extract the strongest possible constraints on models.
Planned Impact
The research proposal is aimed at understanding matter, space and time and the origin of the universe at the most fundamental level. Although past experience shows that fundamental research can often translate in technical advances and hence economic impact, the timescale and path is almost impossible to predict. However, we can be sure that the current proposal will have an immediate societal impact through public engagement. This is possible because the fundamental, cutting-edge nature of the research inspires and attracts people, because we have outstanding track-records in public engagement, and because the planned pathways to impact are designed to exploit these opportunities. The direct beneficiaries are, specifically, individual members of the public who enjoy and are stimulated by acquiring new knowledge about science and, more broadly, society as a whole, including policy makers, through building the widest possible base of support for science. We aim to motivate young people, including underrepresented groups such as women, to study science, to ensure we have brilliant young scientists entering the field in the UK. Explaining our research and its significance also deepens our understanding of our work and allows us to reflect on its direction. In the struggle to communicate to the public the concepts that lie at the heart of theoretical research, in seeking new ways to frame our results and situate them in the fabric of human intellectual history, we ourselves can arrive at new insights.
A second concrete impact, and concomitant group of beneficiaries, is the training of highly skilled individuals: the PDRAs. The young researchers who will be trained typically begin their careers as excellent undergraduate performers who are motivated to answer the most fundamental `Big Questions' that our research addresses. The training that they receive as they participate in the research means that they emerge with the highest degree of technical expertise, experience of collaboration in a competitive environment, as well as the ability to direct their own research, and in addition significant skills in in public engagement. These are qualities that are vital to their future careers, be they in theoretical physics or modern business and industry.
A second concrete impact, and concomitant group of beneficiaries, is the training of highly skilled individuals: the PDRAs. The young researchers who will be trained typically begin their careers as excellent undergraduate performers who are motivated to answer the most fundamental `Big Questions' that our research addresses. The training that they receive as they participate in the research means that they emerge with the highest degree of technical expertise, experience of collaboration in a competitive environment, as well as the ability to direct their own research, and in addition significant skills in in public engagement. These are qualities that are vital to their future careers, be they in theoretical physics or modern business and industry.
Publications
Cable A
(2021)
Free scalar correlators in de Sitter space via the stochastic approach beyond the slow-roll approximation
in Physical Review D
Cable A
(2024)
Stochastic parameters for scalar fields in de Sitter spacetime
in Physical Review D
Cable A
(2022)
Second-order stochastic theory for self-interacting scalar fields in de Sitter spacetime
in Physical Review D
Burgess C
(2023)
Minimal decoherence from inflation
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Bugden M
(2021)
G-Algebroids: A Unified Framework for Exceptional and Generalised Geometry, and Poisson-Lie Duality
in Fortschritte der Physik
Bugden M
(2021)
Exceptional Algebroids and Type IIB Superstrings
in Fortschritte der Physik
Bourget A
(2022)
Fibrations and Hasse diagrams for 6d SCFTs
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Bourget A
(2021)
S-fold magnetic quivers
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Bourget A
(2020)
Magnetic lattices for orthosymplectic quivers
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Bourget A
(2023)
A tale of N cones
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Description | APEX award: The Emergence of the Continuum |
Amount | £79,466 (GBP) |
Funding ID | APX\R1\180098 |
Organisation | The Royal Society |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2019 |
End | 03/2021 |
Description | ERC-consoildator grant |
Amount | € 1,975,829 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 724659 |
Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | Belgium |
Start | 05/2017 |
End | 04/2022 |
Description | Simons Foundation 'Origins of the Universe' program, Cosmology Beyond Einstein's Theory group |
Amount | $368,000 (USD) |
Organisation | Simons Foundation |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United States |
Start | 10/2017 |
End | 09/2021 |
Description | IPPP Associateship |
Organisation | Durham University |
Department | Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology (IPPP) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | N/A |
Collaborator Contribution | N/A |
Impact | N/A |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | MoEDAL |
Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | One of the 20 participating institutions. Theoretical work, data analysis, chairman of Speakers Committee. |
Collaborator Contribution | Carrying out the experiment. |
Impact | "The Physics Programme Of The MoEDAL Experiment At The LHC ", Int.J.Mod.Phys. A29 (2014) 1430050. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Simons Observatory |
Organisation | Simons Foundation |
Country | United States |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Forecasting and analysis for S4 generation CMB experiment |
Collaborator Contribution | Collaboration on design and building of next generation CMB telescope |
Impact | Work towards future publications |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | "Ask a String Theorist" event June 27 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | online event Q&A about sring theory. Part of the major annual String Theory conference |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | "Autores" interviewee 1 hour, TVi/SPA, with Carlos Mendes 13/10 https://tviplayer.iol.pt/programa/autores/556c98760cf234bd4ef57632/video/618e3eee0cf22fee94510019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | "Autores" interviewee 1 hour, TVi/SPA, with Carlos Mendes 13/10 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://tviplayer.iol.pt/programa/autores/556c98760cf234bd4ef57632/video/618e3eee0cf22fee94510019 |
Description | 'Quantum gravity, branes and M-theory'. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Honoured for his 70th birthday with a special edition of the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A, titled 'Quantum gravity, branes and M-theory'. Organized by L. Bosten, A. Marani, C.Pope and K.Stelle. The edition reflects topics Professor Duff has been influential in, which seek to unite quantum physics with gravity. It also includes tributes from, among others, Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg and Fields Medalist Edward Witten. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/topic/special-collections/duff-quantum-gravity |
Description | 15/10 talk at the Oeiras sci O que havia antes de haver tempo, Keynote speaker https://www.fica.pt/events/fisica-recrcivf6gturpi8i-1 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | 15/10 talk at the Oeiras sci O que havia antes de haver tempo, Keynote speaker |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.fica.pt/events/fisica-recrcivf6gturpi8i-1 |
Description | 50 years of the Weyl Anomaly |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | plenary talk at Workshop on Quantum Effective Theories and Black Hole Tests ICTP Trieste |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | http://grams-815673.wixsite.com |
Description | Advisor (curator) to the science festival of oeiras Oct 2020 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Advisor (curator) to the science festival of oeiras Oct 2020 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Article in Quanta Magazine |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Outreach |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.quantamagazine.org/claudia-de-rham-slayed-gravitys-ghosts-20200818/ |
Description | Beyond the Big Bang: Sofia Science Festival which will take place 15-16 May 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Beyond the Big Bang: Sofia Science Festival which will take place 15-16 May 2021 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.britishcouncil.bg/en/sofia-science-festival/programme/events/2021/beyond-big-bang |
Description | CMTV interview "Falar Global" 15/10 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | CMTV interview "Falar Global" 15/10 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Canadian-Cuban-American-Mexican Graduate Student Physics Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The conference was virtual. I gave a research talk on there on Open Effective Field theories, applied to inflationary cosmology. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://sac.cap.ca/index.php/events/ccam-2022-conference/ |
Description | Chandrasekhar Colloquium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Several hundered people in Indaia tuned in to my on line talk on black holes. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Comment in Guardian article on ''Quantum hair' could resolve Hawking's black hole paradox' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Comment in Guardian article about a paper (by Calmet and Hsu) about quantum hair and Hawking's paradox. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/mar/17/quantum-hair-could-resolve-stephen-hawking-black-hol... |
Description | Constellations |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | ``Many worlds''article in theatre programme for ``Constellations'' Vaudeville theatre 2021 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/a-play-in-parallel-universes |
Description | Contibution to Elke Krystufek book curated by Stayinart |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Elke Krystufek: Contibution to Elke Krystufek book curated by Stayinart |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Contributed to BBC Radio 4 programme on Modernism, talking about Einstein and Relativity, 04 Feb 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Contributed to BBC Radio 4 programme on Modernism, talking about Einstein and Relativity, 04 Feb 2022 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0013zsb |
Description | Contribution to Quanta Magazine |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Outreach on gravity |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-gravity-is-not-like-the-other-forces-20200615/ |
Description | Contributions to LiveScience for article on Life's Little Mysteries "Will anything ever be able to travel faster than the speed of light?" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Contributions to LiveScience for article on Life's Little Mysteries "Will anything ever be able to travel faster than the speed of light?" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Cover Story for New Scientist |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Outreach on gravity |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://institutions.newscientist.com/article/mg24732902-500-what-does-gravity-weigh-the-surprise-an... |
Description | Curator of science festival FIC.A |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | https://www.fica.pt/ |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.fica.pt |
Description | Discovery Channel |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interviewed for How the Universe Works season 10, Discovery Channel |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Discussion on Alice in Wonderland with V&A curator as part of Great Exhibition Road Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | On line discussion as part of Great Exhibition Road festival. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIAcfShcbYo&t=3360s |
Description | Edinburgh (Higgs Centre) Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Over 100 researchers attended the workshop "Analogue models of gravity and fluctuation-induced phenomena". This took place at the Higgs Centre at the University of Edinburgh. I gave a talk about my research on Open Effective field theories, applied to inflationary cosmology. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://higgs.ph.ed.ac.uk/workshops/analogue-models-of-gravity-and-fluctuation-induced-phenomena/ |
Description | Feature article at Science&Vie |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Feature article in Science & Vie, Europe's number one scientific news magazine, reached a large audience of teenagers and general public. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.science-et-vie.com/sciences-fondamentales/gravitation-et-si-elle-avait-une-masse-59391 |
Description | Friends of Imperial College talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public talk "Higgs cosmology" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBZ3ltkddGc |
Description | Interview with "FisicaMente", Physics Students site in Portugal |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFAeeGg2w99_LdEBezyKbg |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Interview with NewsTalk, Irish Radio science program |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview with NewsTalk, Irish Radio science program |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Interview with Vox Media, explaining the unexplainable. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview with Vox Media, explaining the unexplainable. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Lecture for New Scientists, Big Thinkers Series |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Lecture for New Scientists, Big Thinkers Series |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.newscientist.com/science-events/gravity-de-rham/ |
Description | New Scientist Public Lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Dissemination, awareness for scientific methods and thinking |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.newscientist.com/science-events/gravity-de-rham/ |
Description | New Scientist Talks |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | New Scientist Instant Expert Event 24 March 2022. Delivered lecture and participated in panel discussions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.newscientist.com |
Description | News Article in online magazine Oct 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Work on causal set cosmology featured in an online article "What if the universe had no beginning?" 11 October 2021 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.livescience.com/universe-had-no-beginning-time |
Description | Nomadas do Pensamento, opening of cycle of debates, with musician Pedro Abrunhosa and politician Pacheco Pereira. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Nomadas do Pensamento, opening of cycle of debates, with musician Pedro Abrunhosa and politician Pacheco Pereira. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | O'Raifeartaigh Lecture 22 Jun 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 100 people attended this public lecture in the annual O'Raifeartaigh Lecture Series organised by the School of Theoretical Physics at the Dublin Institute of Advanced Study. A further 164 people have watched the you tube video. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoYVJ8MuB9Y |
Description | Panelist in the plenary panel discussion in "Advances in Chern-Simons Classical and Quantum Gravity" at ICERM/Brown University, May 6, 2022 - May 8, 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Advances in Chern-Simons Classical and Quantum Gravity" at ICERM/Brown University, May 6, 2022 - May 8, 2022 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Paris Conference participation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The conference took place at Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris. Many talks were given by researchers combining gravity and quantum mechanics. I participated in many discussions that took place there (although did not give a talk). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | http://www.iap.fr/col2022/ |
Description | Physical Society Club |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Increased interest in related subject areas |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Podcast interview at "Mind Unplugged" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interview on the Mind Unplugged podcast. Topics discussed include theoretical physics and philosophy of science. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Presentation as part of concert with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, London, UK, 4 Oct, 2020. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Presentation as part of concert with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, London, UK, 4 Oct, 2020. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Public Talk for Chemical and Physical Society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Increased interest in related subject areas |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOLaXk4njqE |
Description | Public lecture at the Cromwell Place gallery: "Space and Time: A Modern Perspective" at the exhibition Time {} and Eternal Life. (Oct 2020) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Online public lecture that was broadcast on the gallery's YouTube channel and within the gallery exhibit. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Public lecture, `Challenging Gravity' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public lecture, Challenging gravity, discussing my research over the past 15 years. There was live audience of 100 people and it was broadcast on YouTube with more than 3000 views from the general public. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lPaGnkuLbY |
Description | Public talk for `Friends of Imperial College' Cosmology and Dark Energy |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public lecture on Dark Energy and Cosmic Acceleration |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.friendsofimperial.org.uk/events/cosmology-and-dark-energy/ |
Description | Radio 3 "Free Thinking" show Oct 2021 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Contributed to episode of BBC Radio 3 programme "Free Thinking", on Time travel, 28 Oct 2021 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010wxm |
Description | Research Frontiers Talks Imperial College |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Talk on ``Black Holes and Quantum Spacetime" about 200 people attended |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Schhol talk St Pauls girls school Jan 31 2022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Talk on black holes - many questions |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | School Visit (Milan) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | School Science Talk and Outreach |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Scientific expert for Los Angeles Times on movie Tenet |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Provided Physics insight to the community |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-09-04/science-christopher-nolan-tenet-p... |
Description | Seminar at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presented an invited talk entitled "A novel Lagrangian formulation for (chiral) p-forms and their interactions" at the Central European Institute for Cosmology and Fundamental Physics within the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://ceico.cz/seminars |
Description | Speaker and Panelist at Art and Idea Festival |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Outreach |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://howthelightgetsin.org/global/ideas-and-culture/speakers/claudia-de-rham |
Description | Steven Weinberg: Selected papers with commentaries |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited by Lars Brink (formerly Chair, Physics Nobel Prize Committee) on behalf World Scientific Press to edit the Selected Papers of Steven Weinberg |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Talk at the 10th Bangkok Workshop on High-Energy Theory |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A talk on my recent research entitled "Lagrangian theories of chiral form interactions" was presented at Chulalongkorn University during the 10th Bangkok Workshop on High-Energy Theory. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | http://www.thaihep.phys.sc.chula.ac.th/BKK2023HEPTH/ |
Description | Talk at the Beja municipal library, "o-que-havia-antes-de-haver-tempo" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | https://www.viralagenda.com/pt/events/1150077/o-que-havia-antes-de-haver-tempo-com-joao-magueijo |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.viralagenda.com/pt/events/1150077/o-que-havia-antes-de-haver-tempo-com-joao-magueijo |
Description | The Universe speaks in numbers |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Podcast Interview with Graham Farmelo ``In The Universe Speaks in Numbers award-winning science writer Graham Farmelo is in conversation with some of the great names in modern physics and mathematics'' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-universe-speaks-in-numbers/id1479389232 |
Description | Women Luminaries |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | 100 people attended debate and engage in discussions on research in gravitational physics and academia. Recording available on youtube |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCUDToNuRw4 |
Description | Women in Science, Engineering and Technology talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Women in Science, Engineering and Technology talk. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://imperialwset.com/event/iwd-talk-prof-claudia-de-rham/ |
Description | Youtube Channel Scientia Egregia |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Lectures on theoretical physics given in livestreams on Youtube. Viewed on average by 10000 people. Total views >100000 hours. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQFaJoQu0TP7je5HchCNjHA |