Newcastle University

Research Interests

• Quantum field theory


• General relativity


• Quantum gravity


• Bose-Einstein condensation


• Statistical mechanics

• Toms DJ. Renormalization and vacuum energy for an interacting scalar field in a delta-function potential. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 2012, 45(37), 374026.
• Toms DJ. Does gravity correct gauge couplings? [reply]. Nature 2011, 479(7374), E6.
• Toms DJ. Quadratic divergences and quantum gravitational contributions to gauge coupling constants. Physical Review D 2011, 84, 084016.
• Toms DJ. Cosmological constant and quantum gravitational corrections to the running fine structure constant. Physical Review Letters 2008, 101(13), 131301.
• Toms DJ. Low energy quantum gravity, the cosmological constant and gauge coupling constants. International Journal of Modern Physics D 2008, 17(13-14), 2447-2451.
• Toms DJ. Quantum gravity and charge renormalization. Physical Review D 2007, 76(4), 045015.
• Toms DJ. The Schwinger Action Principle and Effective Action. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
• Toms DJ. Statistical mechanics of an ideal Bose gas in a confined geometry. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 2006, 39(4), 713-722.
• Toms DJ. zeta-function regularization of the effective action for a delta-function potential. Physics Letters. Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 2006, 632(2-3), 422-426.
• Toms DJ. Ideal Fermi gases in harmonic oscillator potential traps. Annals of Physics 2005, 320(2), 487-520.
• Knapman A, Toms DJ. Non-constant ground states for symmetry-breaking fields in brane world models. Physics Letters B 2004, 594(1-2), 213-217.
• Knapman A, Toms DJ. Stress-energy tensor for a quantized bulk scalar field in the Randall-Sundrum brane model. Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology 2004, 69(4), 044023.
• Toms DJ. Thermodynamics of partially confined Fermi gases at low temperatures. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 2004, 37(9), 3111-3124.
• Toms DJ. Ground state solutions for a self-interacting scalar field confined in a cavity. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 2003, 36(18), 5121-5134.
• Toms DJ. zeta-function regularization and the interacting Bose gas at low temperature. Physical Review A 2002, 66(1), 013619.
• Toms DJ. ζ-function regularization and the interacting Bose gas at low temperature. Physical Review A 2002, 66(1), 136191-136198.
• Flachi A, Moss IG, Toms DJ. Fermion vacuum energies in brane world models. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 2001, 518(1-2), 153-156.
• Flachi A, Moss IG, Toms DJ. Fermion vacuum energies in brane world models. PHYSICS LETTERS B 2001, 518(1-2), 153-156.
• Flachi A, Moss IG, Toms DJ. Quantized bulk fermions in the Randall-Sundrum brane model. Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology) 2001, 64(10), 105029.
• Flachi A, Moss IG, Toms DJ. Quantized bulk fermions in the Randall-Sundrum brane model. Physical Review D 2001, 64(10), 105029.
• Flachi A, Toms DJ. Quantized bulk scalar fields in the Randall-Sundrum brane model. Nuclear Physics B 2001, 610(1-2), 144-168.
• Flachi A, Toms DJ. Analyticity of AdS scalar exchange graphs in the crossed channel. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 2000, 478(1-3), 320-326.
• Flachi A, Toms DJ. Higgs mechanism in the Randall-Sundrum model. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 2000, 491(1-2), 157-160.
• Flachi A, Toms DJ. Higgs mechanism in the Randall-Sundrum model. Physics Letters B 2000, 491(1-2), 157-160.
• Flachi A, Toms DJ. Measurability of the non-minimal scalar coupling constant. Physics Letters B 2000, 478(1-3), 280-284.
• Toms DJ. Quantised bulk fields in the Randall-Sundrum compactification model. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics 2000, 484(1-2), 149-153.
• Toms DJ. Quantised bulk fields in the Randall-Sundrum compactification model. Physics Letters B 2000, 484(1-2), 149-153.
• Noronha JMB, Toms DJ. The specific heat of a trapped Fermi gas: An analytical approach. Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics 2000, 267(4), 276-280.
• Kirsten K, Toms DJ. Bose-Einstein condensation in arbitrarily shaped cavities. Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics 1999, 59(1), 158-167.
• Kirsten K, Toms DJ. Bose-Einstein condensation in arbitrarily shaped cavities. Physical Review E 1999, 59(1), 158-167.
• Standen GB, Toms DJ. Statistical mechanics of nonrelativistic charged particles in a constant magnetic field. Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics 1999, 60(5A), 5275-5286.
• Standen GB, Toms DJ. Statistical mechanics of-nonrelativistic charged particles in a constant magnetic field. Physical Review E 1999, 60(5), 5275-5286.
• J. J. McKenzie-Smith and D. J. Toms. ζ-function regularization, the multiplicative anomaly, and finite temperature quantum field theory. Phys. Rev. D 1998, 58, 105001-1-10.
• G. B. Standen and David J. Toms. Bose-Einstein condensation of the magnetized ideal Bose gas. Physics Letters A 1998, 239, 401-405.
• K. Kirsten and David J. Toms. Bose-Einstein condensation under external conditions. Physics Letters A 1998, 243, 137-141.
• K. Kirsten and D. J. Toms. Bose-Einstein condensation of atomic gases in a general harmonic-oscillator confining potential trap. Phys. Rev. A 1996, 54(5), 4188-4203.