Biography:Tom Lancaster

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Tom Lancaster
Tom Lancaster
Tom Lancaster



Known for Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur

Tom Lancaster is a British physicist at Durham University.[1]

Career and work

Lancaster is a professor in the Department of Physics at Durham University and has served as Deputy Head of Department.[1][2]

His research is in condensed matter physics, especially magnetism and superconductivity, using muon spectroscopy supported by first-principles computation.[2]

In the QFT page he is linked as coauthor with Stephen J. Blundell of Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur, a textbook intended to make field theory approachable to strong undergraduate readers.[3]

Selected works

  • Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur (2014), with Stephen J. Blundell.
  • Muon Spectroscopy: An Introduction (editor with Stephen Blundell, Roberto De Renzi, and Francis Pratt).

References


Author: Harold Foppele