| Post: | Head of Department |
| Other posts: | Reader in Physics |
| Location: | Pevensey 2 5A11 |
| Email: | M.B.Hindmarsh@sussex.ac.uk |
| Personal homepage | |
| Telephone numbers | |
| Internal: | 8934 or 8557 |
| UK: | (01273) 678934 or (01273) 678557 |
| International: | +44 1273 678934 or +44 1273 678557 |
Biography
- Since 1998: Reader in Theoretical Physics
- 1993-1998: PPARC Advanced Fellow, University of Sussex
- 1986 - 1993: Research Associate at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Newcastle, and Cambridge
- 1983 - 1986: PhD Imperial College, London
- 1979 - 1982: BA(Hons) Physics 1st Class, University of Oxford
- School education: Miss Scrimshaw's School, Calcutta, Perse School, Cambridge
Role
- Head of Department, Physics & Astronomy
Research
The physics of the Big Bang. By studying the very early Universe we can test fundamental theories of physics, sometimes to destruction. I am currently working on the dynamics and observational signatures of strings in cosmology, and on the origin of the Dark Energy in the Universe.
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Teaching
- Level 2: Variational Calculus in Physics
- Level 2: Skills in Physics tutorials
Previously:
- Level 4: General Relativity
- Level 4: Relativistic Quantum Fields 1&2
- Level 1: Introduction to Probability and Statistics
Selected publications
2008
Fitting CMB data with cosmic strings and inflation (with Neil Bevis, Jon Urrestilla and Martin Kunz) in Physical Review Letters Volume 100 pp. 021301, Submitted
2007
CMB power spectrum contribution from cosmic strings using field-evolution simulations of the Abelian Higgs model (with Neil Bevis, Jon Urrestilla and Martin Kunz) in Physical Review D Volume 75 pp. 0650151-22
2006
Ghosts, Instabilities, and Superluminal Propagation in Modified Gravity Models (with Antonio De Felice and Mark Trodden) in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics Volume 08 pp. 005-15
2005
Dark matter of weakly interacting massive particles and the QCD equation of state (with Owe Philipsen) in Phys. Rev. D Volume 71 pp. 087302
Scaling laws in decaying helical 3-D magnetohydrodynamic turbulence (with Mattias Christensson and Axel Brandenburg) in Astronomische Nachrichten Volume 326 pp. 393-399
2004
WMAP constraints on inflationary models with global defects (with Neil Bevis and Martin Kunz) in Physical Review D Volume 70 pp. 043508
2003
Kinky Brane worlds (with Nuno Antunes, Edmund Copeland and Andre Lukas) in Physical Review D Volume 68 pp. 066005
2001
Inverse cascade in decaying three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic turbulence (with Mattias Christensson and Brandenburg, A) in Phys. Rev. E Volume 64 pp. 056405
Phase transition dynamics in the Hot Abelian Higgs Model (with Rajantie, A) in Physical Review D Volume 64 pp. 065016