Prof. Arjun Berera

- Position:
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Personal Chair in Theoretical Physics
- Research Theme:
- Particle and Nuclear Physics
- Research Group:
- Particle Physics Theory
- Institution:
- Edinburgh
- Email address:
- ab@ph.ed.ac.uk
- Telephone number:
- +44 (0)131 650 5246
- Address:
- School of Physics and Astronomy, James Clerk Maxwell Building, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
Research interests
My research areas are in Quantum Field Theory and Statistical Physics. My primary research interests are in early universe cosmology theory. I also have research interest in turbulence. My interests in cosmology have been focused on developing a more complete description of the early phases of the Big-Bang through my model called warm inflation, which I created in the mid-90s. My work in this direction involves particle physics and nonequilibrium quantum field theory.
Teaching
In the past few years I have taught courses in Quantum and Statistical Physics and Quantum Field Theory.
Research outputs
- Fully resolved array of simulations investigating the influence of the magnetic Prandtl number on magnetohydrodynamic turbulence DOI, Physical Review E (2019)
- Dynamical and observational constraints on the warm little inflaton scenario DOI, Physical Review D, Particles and fields, 98, 8 (2018)
- Chaotic properties of a turbulent isotropic fluid DOI, Physical Review Letters, 120 (2018)
- Comparison of forcing functions in magnetohydrodynamics DOI, Physical Review Fluids, 2, 11 (2017)
- Space Dust Collisions as a Planetary Escape Mechanism DOI, Astrobiology, 17, 12 , p. 1274-1282 (2017)
- Knotty inflation and the dimensionality of spacetime DOI, European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, 77, 10 (2017)
- Effects of Magnetic and Kinetic Helicities on the Growth of Magnetic Fields in Laminar and Turbulent Flows by Helical Fourier Decomposition DOI, Astrophysical Journal, 836, 1 (2017)
- Reynolds-number dependence of the dimensionless dissipation rate in homogeneous magnetohydrodynamic turbulence DOI, Physical Review E, 95, 1 (2017)
- Warm Little Inflaton DOI, Physical Review Letters, 117, 15 (2016)
- Stability of the pion string in a thermal and dense medium DOI, Physical Review D, Particles and fields, 94 (2016)
Last updated: 19 Feb 2018 at 21:11