Staff Profile
Dr Paul McFadden
Lecturer in Theoretical Physics
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 82682
Background
I am a Lecturer in the Cosmology & Quantum Gravity Group.
My research interests include:
- Holographic gauge/gravity dualities
- Conformal field theory
- Early universe cosmology
- General relativity
My publications can be found on INSPIRE or Google Scholar.
Before moving to Newcastle, I held research positions at Durham University, Imperial College London, the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, and the University of Amsterdam. I completed my PhD at DAMTP, Cambridge.
Awards: STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowship (2017-2022), NWO VENI Fellowship (2008-11).
Teaching
Lecture courses:
- MAS3802 Quantum Mechanics (2022/23, 2023/24)
- PHY1038/MAS1610 Introductory Algebra (2022/23, 2023/24)
- MAS8814 Advanced Concepts in Applied Mathematics: Quantum Field Theory (2020/21)
- MAS8854 Advanced Concepts in Applied Mathematics: Quantum Field Theory (2019/20)
- Cosmology II, MSc in Particles, Strings & Cosmology, Durham University (2018)
Undergraduate supervision:
- MAS3091 Group Projects on Chaos Theory, Fractals and Cellular Automata (2022/23); Chaos, the Ising Model, and Error-Correcting Codes (2023/24)
- PHY3039 Group Projects on Soliton Behaviour (2019/20)
PhD supervision:
- Francesca Caloro (2019 -- 2023)
- Antoine Vauterin (2023 -- )
Administrative positions:
- Deputy Director of Postgraduate Studies (2023 --)
- Postgraduate Selector for Applied Mathematics (2022 --)
Publications
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Articles
- Caloro F, McFadden P. Shift operators from the simplex representation in momentum-space CFT. Journal of High Energy Physics 2023, 03, 106.
- Bzowski A, McFadden P, Skenderis K. A handbook of holographic 4-point functions. Journal of High Energy Physics 2022, 12, 39.
- Bzowski A, McFadden P, Skenderis K. Conformal correlators as simplex integrals in momentum space. Journal of High Energy Physics 2021, 192.
- Lipstein A, McFadden P. Double copy structure and the flat space limit of conformal correlators in even dimensions. Physical Review D 2020, 101, 125006.
- Bzowski A, McFadden P, Skenderis K. Conformal n-Point Functions in Momentum Space. Physical Review Letters 2020, 124(13), 131602.
- Farrow J, Lipstein A, McFadden P. Double copy structure of CFT correlators. Journal of High Energy Physics 2019, 130.
- Bzowski A, McFadden P, Skenderis K. Renormalised CFT 3-point functions of scalars, currents and stress tensors. Journal of High Energy Physics 2018, 11, 159.
- Bzowski A, McFadden P, Skenderis K. Renormalised 3-point functions of stress tensors and conserved currents in CFT. Journal of High Energy Physics 2018, 11, 159.
- Bzowski A, McFadden P, Skenderis K. Scalar 3-point functions in CFT: renormalisation, beta functions and anomalies. Journal of High Energy Physics 2016, 03, 066.
- Bzowski A, McFadden P, Skenderis K. Evaluation of conformal integrals. Journal of High Energy Physics 2016, 68.
- McFadden P. Soft limits in holographic cosmology. Journal of High Energy Physics 2015, 02, 53.
- Bzowski A, McFadden P, Skenderis K. Implications of conformal invariance in momentum space. Journal of High Energy Physics 2014, 2014, 111.
- McFadden P. On the power spectrum of inflationary cosmologies dual to a deformed CFT. JHEP 2013, 10, 071.
- Bzowski A, McFadden P, Skenderis K. Implications of conformal invariance in momentum space. JHEP 2013, 03, 111.
- Bzowski A, McFadden P, Skenderis K. Holography for inflation using conformal perturbation theory. JHEP 2013, 04, 047.
- Compere G, McFadden P, Skenderis K, Taylor M. The relativistic fluid dual to vacuum Einstein gravity. JHEP 2012, 03, 076.
- McFadden P, Skenderis K. Observational signatures of holographic models of inflation. Proceedings of the Twelfth Marcel Grossmann Meeting 2012, 2315-2324.
- Bzowski A, McFadden P, Skenderis K. Holographic predictions for cosmological 3-point functions. JHEP 2012, 03, 091.
- Compere G, McFadden P, Skenderis K, Taylor M. The holographic fluid dual to vacuum Einstein gravity. JHEP 2011, 07, 050.
- McFadden P, Skenderis K. Holographic non-Gaussianity. JCAP 2011, 05, 03.
- McFadden P, Skenderis K. Cosmological 3-point correlators from holography. JCAP 2011, 06, 030.
- Easther R, Flauger R, McFadden P, Skenderis K. Constraining holographic inflation with WMAP. JCAP 2011, 09, 030.
- McFadden P, Skenderis K. The holographic universe. J.Phys.Conf.Ser 2010, 222, 012007.
- McFadden P, Skenderis K. Holography for cosmology. Physical Review D 2010, 81, 021301.
- McFadden P, Turok N, Steinhardt P. Solution of a braneworld big crunch / big bang cosmology. Physical Review D 2007, 76, 104038.
- Lehners JL, McFadden P, Turok N, Steinhardt P. Generating ekpyrotic curvature perturbations before the big bang. Physical Review D 2007, 76, 103501.
- Lehners JL, McFadden P, Turok N. Effective actions for heterotic M-theory. Physical Review D 2007, 76, 023501.
- Lehners JL, McFadden P, Turok N. Colliding branes in heterotic M-theory. Physical Review D 2007, 75, 103510.
- McFadden P, Turok N. Effective theory approach to brane world black holes. Physical Review D 2005, 71, 086004.
- McFadden P, Turok N. Conformal symmetry of brane world effective actions. Physical Review D 2005, 71, 021901.
- MacKay DJC, Mitchison G, McFadden P. Sparse-graph codes for quantum error correction. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 2004, 50(10), 2315-2330.
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Book Chapter
- McFadden P. Holography for inflationary cosmology. In: Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, 2013, pp.227-267.