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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

  • 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.

  • Book Chapter

    • McFadden P. Holography for inflationary cosmology. In: Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, 2013, pp.227-267.