Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Research activity in the School of Mathematics and Physics at Queen’s University Belfast is focused into seven Research Centres.
Since 2001 there have been several major developments in the School, which have contributed to a regenerated and vibrant research environment. The 4700m2 International Research Centre for Experimental Physics (IRCEP) was completed in December 2004, while a new £3.3M building was built to house the Mathematicians including CTAMOP and PMRC. One of the consequences of these developments has been the significant reorientation of our research into areas including quantum information and measurement, theory of soft matter, and supernova research.
A major QUB and EPSRC investment in plasma physics led to the construction of a new 20 terawatt laser system, giving access to ultra-short x-ray pulses. To our knowledge, this is unique as a university-based high energy, short-pulse CPA laser system, and was underpinned by an EPSRC S&I Award. The arrival of the focused ion beam microscope in 2001 has led to innovations in the nanofabrication of three dimensional structures; funding for the SuperWASP project has resulted in discoveries of extrasolar planets.
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Profiles
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Obinna Abah
- School of Mathematics and Physics - Research Fellow
- Centre for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (CTAMOP)
Person: Research
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Masoud Afshari
- School of Mathematics and Physics - Research Fellow
- Centre for Plasma Physics (CPP)
Person: Research
Projects
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R1396APL: PATT Travel Grant for Observational Astrophysics at QUB: 2020 - 2022
Jess, D., Fitzsimmons, A., Keenan, F., Mathioudakis, M., Millar, T., Milligan, R., Schwamb, M., Sim, S., Smartt, S., Watson, C. & de Mooij, E.
07/07/2020 → …
Project: Research
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R1136APL: Exploring citizen science use cases for the Lasair transient alert broker
18/12/2019 → …
Project: Research
Research Output
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Controlling the macroscopic electrical properties of reduced graphene oxide by nanoscale writing of electronic channels
Kayal, A., Gopalakrishnan, H., Bandopadhyay, K., Kumar, A., Silva, S. R. P. & Mitra, J., 11 Jan 2021, In : Nanotechnology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High energy implementation of coil-target scheme for guided re-acceleration of laser-driven protons
Ahmed, H., Hadjisolomou, P., Naughton, K., Alejo, A., Brauckmann, S., Cantono, G., Ferguson, S., Cerchez, M., Doria, D., Green, J., Gwynne, D., Hodge, T., Kumar, D., Macchi, A., Prasad, R., Willi, O., Borghesi, M. & Kar, S., 12 Jan 2021, In : Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 669.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Observations of pressure anisotropy effects within semi-collisional magnetized plasma bubbles
Tubman, E. R., Joglekar, A. S., Bott, A. F. A., Borghesi, M., Coleman, B., Cooper, G., Danson, C. N., Durey, P., Foster, J. M., Graham, P., Gregori, G., Gumbrell, E. T., Hill, M. P., Hodge, T., Kar, S., Kingham, R. J., Read, M., Ridgers, C. P., Skidmore, J., Spindloe, C. & 5 others, , 12 Jan 2021, In : Nature Communications. 12, 1, 9 p., 334.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Mathematica code for analytical results in "Supervised learning of time-independent Hamiltonians for gate design"
Innocenti, L. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, Aug 2020
DOI: 10.17034/0b94d99f-0417-4a3d-98b9-2a20ab89c132, https://github.com/lucainnocenti/quantum-gate-learning-1803.07119-Mathematica-code
Dataset
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Dataset for "Ultrafast critical ground state preparation via bang-bang protocols"
Innocenti, L. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, Aug 2020
DOI: 10.17034/3d5b501b-907b-4e5f-a166-c1a404051560, https://github.com/lucainnocenti/ultrafast-critical-ground-state-preparation-2007.07381
Dataset
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Dataset for "Machine learning-based classification of vector vortex beams"
Innocenti, L. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, Aug 2020
DOI: 10.17034/06f54511-99fa-4d92-9fb5-febf54f4c629, https://github.com/lucainnocenti/ML-classification-of-VVBs
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Prizes
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(1997) DongShiDongFang Prize (awarded to top 5% postgraduate master student)
Huang, Fumin (Recipient), 1997
Prize: Other distinction
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(2006) ORC Innovation Fund (£15K) Awarded for Innovative Research Work on Optical Superresolution
Huang, Fumin (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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IFSA 2019 The role of nanoscale dimensionality in the ultrafast recovery of materials excited by ps bursts of laser driven ions
Brendan Dromey (Invited speaker)
30 Sep 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
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International Conference of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS 2021)
Lisa McFetridge (Member of programme committee)
06 Sep 2021 → 09 Sep 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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External Examiner - MSc by Thesis
Alan Fitzsimmons (Examiner)
06 Jan 2021 → 03 Feb 2021Activity: Examination types › Other examination
Press / Media
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BBC Sky at Night Interview - Who Owns the Sky?
14/06/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Interviewed in Chemistry World - Asteroid Science
11/05/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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BBC Sky At Night - Science under lockdown
10/05/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Impact
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Engaging the Public in Science and Increasing Awareness of Physics and Astronomy
Alan Fitzsimmons (Participant), Samuel Duddy (Participant), Henry Hsieh (Participant), Stephen Smartt (Participant), Stephen Lowry (Participant), Heather Cegla (Participant), Sergiy Shelyag (Participant), Victoria Moulds (Participant), Michail Mathioudakis (Participant), Don Pollacco (Participant), John Burton (Participant) & Christopher Watson (Participant)
Impact: Societial Impact
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Failure in Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors (MLCCs) for AVX Ltd
Robert Bowman (Participant), Marty Gregg (Participant), Mohamed Saad (Participant), Li-Wu Chang (Participant), Mark McMillen (Participant) & Alina Schilling (Participant)
Impact: Economic Impact
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Impact of the HELIUM Code on UK Government Procurement and Provision of National High-Performance Computing Facility HECToR
Jonathan Parker (Participant), Karen Cairns (Participant), Daniel Dundas (Participant) & Kenneth Taylor (Participant)
Impact: Public Service Impact
Student theses
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Ab Initio Modelling of Photoinduced Electron Dynamics in Nanostructures
Author: McMillan, R. J., 04 Nov 2017Supervisor: Gruening, M. (Supervisor) & Dundas, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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A Combined Experimental and Computational Study of Ni3Pt/Ir/Co Synthetic Ferrimagnets: Taking Atomistic Spin Simulation into the Laboratory
Author: Scott, J., Jul 2020Supervisor: Bowman, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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A homotopy theoretic model for projective spaces
Author: Corvan, C., 2017Supervisor: Huettemann, T. (Supervisor) & Shkarin, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy