Professor Steve Thomas, B.Sc QMUL (physics) Ph.D KCL (maths)

Professor of Theoretical Physics
Email: s.thomas@qmul.ac.ukTelephone: 020 7882 5767Room Number: G. O. Jones Building, Room 611
Profile
I did my undergraduate degree in Physics at Queen Mary Univeristy of London and my Ph.D. in the departmemt of mathematics King's College London.
I undertook postdoctoral reseach at QMUL, The University of Pennsylvania and CERN before returning to QMUL as a Royal Society University Research Fellow.
Teaching
Currently I am one of the Module Organisers for the year 1 Lab course Scientific Measurement (SPA4103) and the for the year 3 B.Sc. module Quantum Mechanics and Symmetry (SPA6325). In the past I have taught various modules including Mathematical Techniques 1, Mathematical Techniques 3, From Newton to Einstein, Electric and Magnetic Fields, Quantum Mechanics B and Electromagnetic Theory.
Research
Research Interests:
I am a member of the Centre for Research in String Theory. My past research interests has involved models of string/particle phenomenology and cosmology included topics such as non-abelian Dirac-Born-Infeld (DBI) theories of coincident D-branes and their application in models of inflationary cosmology; tachyon condensation in multiple unstable D-brane systems and defect formation; particle physics models based on ISS type metastable supersymmetry breaking. Currently my research has focused on high energy scattering in gravity/supergravity and string theories, in the so called eikonal approximation.
Funding
- Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council: Berman, Brandhuber, Ramgoolam, Spence, Thomas. Rolling grant String theory, gauge theory and gravity (2006-2010), £249,800
- European Union, Framework 6, Marie Curie Training and Mobility of Researchers Grant, Superstrings, Theory Group, Department of Physics, Queen Mary, (2004-2008), €259,980 £162,000.
Publications
https://inspirehep.net/authors/986195
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Collado AK, Thomas S (2019). Eikonal scattering in Kaluza-Klein gravity. nameOfConference
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KOEMANS COLLADO A, Di Vecchia P, RUSSO R et al. (2018). The subleading eikonal in supergravity theories. nameOfConference
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Kenton Z, Mulryne DJ, Thomas S (2015). Generating the cosmic microwave background power asymmetry with. nameOfConference
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Kenton Z, Thomas S (2015). D-brane potentials in the warped resolved conifold and natural inflation. nameOfConference
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Tallarita G, Thomas S (2010). Maxwell-Chern-Simons vortices and holographic superconductors. nameOfConference
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Calo V, Tallarita G, Thomas S (2010). Non Abelian geometrical tachyon. nameOfConference
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Calo V, Tallarita G, Thomas S (2010). Dirac-Born-Infeld actions and tachyon monopoles. nameOfConference
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Koschade D, McGarrie M, Thomas S (2010). Direct mediation and metastable supersymmetry breaking for SO(10). nameOfConference
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Lake M, Thomas S, Ward J (2009). String necklaces and primordial black holes from type IIB strings. nameOfConference
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Calo V, Thomas S (2008). Phase transitions in separated Dp-1 and anti-Dp-1 branes at finite temperature. nameOfConference
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Huston I, Lidsey JE, Thomas S et al. (2008). Gravitational wave constraints on multi-brane inflation. nameOfConference
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Anguelova L, Thomas S, Ricci R (2008). Metastable supersymmetry breaking and supergravity at finite temperature. nameOfConference
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Thomas S, Ward J (2006). Non-abelian (p,q) strings in the warped deformed conifold. nameOfConference
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Thomas S, Ward J (2006). Electrified fuzzy spheres and funnels in curved backgrounds. nameOfConference
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Thomas S, Ward J (2006). Fuzzy sphere dynamics and non-Abelian DBI in curved background. nameOfConference
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Thomas S, Ward J (2005). D-brane dynamics near compactified NS5-branes. nameOfConference
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Ramgoolam S, Spence B, Thomas S (2004). Resolving brane collapse with 1/N corrections in non-Abelian DBI. nameOfConference
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Behrndt K, Herrmann C, Louis J et al. (2001). Domain walls in five dimensional supergravity with non-trivial hypermultiplets. nameOfConference
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Coceal O, Thomas S (1996). Conformal models of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. nameOfConference
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Bailin D, Love A, A. Sabra W et al. (1995). Target space duality in orbifolds with continuous and discrete Wilson lines. nameOfConference
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Lalak Z, Thomas S, Ovrut BA (1993). Domain wall formation in the post-inflationary universe. nameOfConference
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