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After graduating with a PhD in molecular physics from the University of Birmingham I worked as a post-doc in Japan and later in the Netherlands at NIES and Radboud University, respectively. Since May 2016 I am an associate editor on Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical.

• Publisher’s Pick: An extremal N=2 superconformal field theory

  By Phil Brown on November 14, 2017

  

  Researchers at Stanford and Boston University construct two dimensional CFTs with the right properties to be holographic duals of three-dimensional supergravity. They spoke to Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical about their Publisher’s Pick Who are you?    … Read More ›

• John Cardy’s scale-invariant journey in low dimensions: a special issue for his 70th birthday

  By Phil Brown on November 3, 2017

  

  Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical celebrates the 70th birthday of Professor John Cardy with a special issue collection spearheaded by guest editors Pasquale Calabrese, Paul Fendley and Uwe C Täuber.  The issue is nearing final completion and JPhys+ would like to… Read More ›

• Image of the Week: Joint statistics of strongly correlated neurons via dimensionality reduction

  By Phil Brown on October 23, 2017

  

  This week’s image is taken from a study of Joint statistics of strongly correlated neurons via dimensionality reduction as part of the Modelling and inference in the dynamics of complex interaction networks special issue of Journal of Physics A: Mathematical… Read More ›

• Publisher’s Pick: Proving duality for the two-component asymmetric simple exclusion process.

  By Phil Brown on October 10, 2017

  

  In this paper Jeffrey Kuan uses symmetry of quantum groups to prove duality for the two-component asymmetric simple exclusion process.  He spoke to Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical as about his Publisher’s Pick Who are you? Jeffrey Kuan,… Read More ›

• Schrödinger-cat-like states: an Emerging Talents Lab Talk with Florian Fröwis

  By Phil Brown on September 29, 2017

  

  In a recently published Emerging Talents paper in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical Florian Fröwis investigates Lower bounds on the size of general Schrödinger-cat states from experimental data.  Florian spoke to JPhys+ to explain more about Schrödinger-cat-like states. Recent experiments have… Read More ›

• Cats in Physics

  By Phil Brown on September 15, 2017

  

  This week the Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded; for achievements that first make you laugh, then make you think.  The Ig Nobel prize for physics was awarded to a study On the Rheology of Cats, but these feline house guests… Read More ›

• Progress on the separability problem of Quantum Mechanics: A Lab Talk

  By Phil Brown on September 5, 2017

  

  In their recent paper in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical researchers from China and South Korea investigate a Separability criterion for three-qubit states with a four dimensional norm.  Kyung Hoon Han spoke to JPhys+ to explain more about their… Read More ›

• Image of the Week: Convergent chaos

  By Phil Brown on August 28, 2017

  

  For our image this week we’ve taken an image from Covergent chaos, a recent paper published in Journal of Physics A.  Marc Pradas, Alain Pumir, Greg Huber and Michael Wilkinson study the instabilities and convergence of trajectories revealing and commenting… Read More ›

• Dynamical phase transitions: an Emerging Talents Lab Talk with Alexandre Lazarescu

  By Phil Brown on August 18, 2017

  

  In a newly published Emerging Talents paper in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical Alexandre Lazarescu investigates a Generic dynamical phase transition in one-dimensional bulk-driven lattice gases with exclusion.  Alexandre spoke to JPhys+ to explain more about dynamical phase… Read More ›

• Happy birthday Dr. Dirac: A look at our recent papers inspired by his work

  By Phil Brown on August 8, 2017

  

  Here at IOP Publishing we would like to celebrate the birthday of Paul Dirac by highlighting some of the recent papers in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical that were influenced by his work across many areas of theoretical… Read More ›

• Percolation: Where physics and mathematics meet for coffee

  By Phil Brown on July 21, 2017

  

  We talk to Ralph Kenna and Bertrand Berche about their paper on Universal finite-size scaling for percolation theory in high dimensions published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical.  They talk about the importance of percolation in mathematics and… Read More ›

• Focus on Peer-review: With JPhysA Reviewer of the Year – Jukka Kiukas

  By Phil Brown on July 12, 2017

  

  Here at IOP Publishing we are proud to recognize the invaluable service that our reviewers provide the scientific community. To celebrate their contribution, last year we awarded 1391 Outstanding Reviewer awards, and 39 Reviewer of the Year awards across our… Read More ›

• Image of the Week: Markov jumps and current fluctuations

  By Phil Brown on July 3, 2017

  

  This week’s image is taken from a study Inferring dissipation from current fluctuations as part of the Emerging Talents special issue on Journal of Physics A. Todd R Gingrich, Grant M Rotskoff and Jordan M Horowitz study Markov jumps in… Read More ›

• How sitting in on a lecture inspired a new idea: Interview with Lisa Glaser

  By Phil Brown on June 27, 2017

  

  Lisa Glaser discusses phase transitions, non-commutative geometry and how sitting in on a lecture can bring about new ideas as she talks about her recent paper in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. Who are you? I’m Lisa Glaser,… Read More ›

• Extending the reach of integrability in AdS/CFT as far as possible

  By Phil Brown on June 16, 2017

  

  In their recently published Emerging Talents paper in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical Stijn van Tongeren and Ben Hoare study Jordanian deformations of AdS5 and supergravity.  Stijn has taken the time to answer some questions from JPhys+ to tell… Read More ›

• Bell scenarios with communication: an Emerging Talents Lab Talk with Jonatan Brask

  By Phil Brown on May 24, 2017

  

  In the recently published Emerging Talents paper in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical Jonatan Brask and Rafael Chaves investigate Bell scenarios with communication.  Emerging Talent, Jonatan spoke to JPhys+ to explain more about nonlocality. Classical and quantum physics provide… Read More ›

• “Do not get discouraged by the struggles of academia. There are plenty of success stories!” – an interview with Professor Gerardo Adesso

  By Phil Brown on May 12, 2017

  

  Professor Gerardo Adesso is a theoretical physicist and Professor of Mathematical Physics at the School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Nottingham. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical.  He works on… Read More ›