Clifford Burgess
Clifford Peter "Cliff" Burgess (* 1957 in Manitoba ) is a Canadian theoretical physicist.
Burgess studied physics and applied mathematics at the University of Waterloo from 1976 with a bachelor's degree in 1980 and received his doctorate in 1985 from the University of Texas at Austin with Steven Weinberg . From 1987 to 2005 he was a professor at McGill University (from 2003 James McGill Professor) and from 2005 he is a professor at McMaster University . He has also been a member of the Perimeter Institute since 2004 .
He deals with astroparticle physics, quantum gravity and cosmology (dark matter, dark energy, primordial fluctuations) and applies ideas of string theory (extra dimensions, brane) and effective quantum field theories in cosmology.
In 1998/99 he was visiting professor at the University of Barcelona, and in 1993/94 at the University of Neuchatel. From 1985 to 1987 and 2000/2001 he was at the Institute for Advanced Study . In 2007/07 and 2014/15 he was in the CERN Theory Division.
From 2005 to 2007 he was a Killam Research Fellow. In 2008 he became a member of the Royal Society of Canada . In 2010 he received the CAP-CRM Prize .
Fonts (selection)
- Supersymmetry and Supergravity, in: Encyclopedia of Physics, VCH, 1991, 2004
- Goldstone and Pseudo-Goldstone Bosons in Nuclear, Particle and Condensed-Matter Physics, Physics Reports, Volume 330, 2000, pp. 193-201, Arxiv
- with M. Pospelov, T. ter Veldhuis: The minimal model of nonbaryonic dark matter: a singlet scalar, Nucl. Phys. B, Volume 619, 2001, pp. 709-728
- with F. Quevedo a. a .: The inflationary brane-antibrane universe, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2001, issue 7, 047
- with Renata Kallosh , F. Quevedo: De Sitter string vacua from supersymmetric D-terms, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2003, issue 10, p. 056, Arxiv
- with Y. Aghababaie, F. Quevedo, SL Parameswaran: Towards a naturally small cosmological constant from branes in 6D supergravity, Nucl. Phys. B, Volume 680, 2004, pp. 389-414, Arxiv
- Quantum Gravity in Everyday Life: General Relativity as an Effective Field Theory, Living Reviews in Relativity, 2004, Arxiv
- with JJ Blanco-Pillado u. a .: Racetrack Inflation, Journal of High Energy Physics 2004, No. 11, p. 063
- Quantum Gravity Precision Tests, in D. Oriti: Towards Quantum Gravity, Cambridge UP 2006, Arxiv
- with F. Quevedo: The great cosmic roller-coaster ride, Scientific American, November 2007
- Introduction to effective field theory, Annual Reviews of Nuclear and Particle Science, Volume 57, 2007, p. 140508
- with Guy D. Moore: The Standard Model. A Primer, Cambridge UP 2007
- Introduction to effective field theories in inflation, Les Houches Lectures 2017, Arxiv
- with Liam McAllister; Highlights in String Cosmology, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Volume 28, 2011, p. 204002, Arxiv
- The Cosmological Constant Problem: Why it is Hard to get Dark Energy from Micro-Physics, Les Houches Lectures 2013, Arxiv
- Introduction to effective field theories in inflation, Les Houches Lectures 2017, Arxiv
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burgess, Clifford |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burgess, Cliff |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manitoba |