David Tong (physicist)

David Tong is a British professor of theoretical physics at Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) in Cambridge, a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge,[1] and joint recipient of the 2008 Adams Prize.[2] He was a postdoc at the MIT Center for Theoretical Physics[3] and an adjunct professor at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR).[4] He is currently also a Simons Investigator.[5] His main research interest is in quantum field theory.[4]

David Tong
Born
Crawley, West Sussex, England
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
ThesisInstantors, monopoles, and three dimensional gauge theories (1998)
Doctoral advisorNicholas Dorey
Websitewww.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/tong/

His most-cited paper, "DBI in the sky", provides a possible observational test of one mechanism for inflation in the very early universe based on Dirac–Born–Infeld (DBI) action.[6]

Works
  • Tong, David (2008). "Quantum vortex strings: A review". Annals of Physics. 324: 30–52. arXiv:0809.5060. doi:10.1016/j.aop.2008.10.005. S2CID 7271479.
  • Alishahiha, Mohsen; Silverstein, Eva; Tong, David (2004). "DBI in the sky: Non-Gaussianity from inflation with a speed limit". Physical Review D. 70 (12): 123505. arXiv:hep-th/0404084. Bibcode:2004PhRvD..70l3505A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.70.123505. S2CID 6632503.
  • Sakai, Norisuke; Tong, David (2005). "Monopoles, Vortices, Domain Walls and D-Branes: The Rules of Interaction". High Energy Physics – Theory. 2005 (3): 019. arXiv:hep-th/0501207. Bibcode:2005JHEP...03..019S. doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2005/03/019. S2CID 10464021.
  • "An Open-Closed String Duality in Field Theory?", Continuous Advances in QCD 2006, Editors M. Peloso, M. Shifman, World Scientific, 2007, ISBN 978-981-270-552-5

References
  1. "David Tong – Theoretical Physicist at the University of Cambridge".
  2. "University newsletter May/June 2008" (PDF).
  3. "Center for Theoretical Physics celebrates 50 years". MIT School of Science. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  4. "David Tong – Physicist – A Short Bio". www.damtp.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  5. "Simons Investigators". 10 July 2018.
  6. Alishahiha, Mohsen; Silverstein, Eva; Tong, David (3 December 2004). "DBI in the Sky". Physical Review D. 70 (12): 123505. arXiv:hep-th/0404084. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.70.123505. ISSN 1550-7998. S2CID 6632503.
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