Christopher E. Coleman-Smith, Entered 2008/09
Office Location: 248
Email Address: cec24@phy.duke.edu
Specialties:
Theoretical nuclear physics
Nonlinear dynamics and complex systems
Theoretical particle physics and string theory
Education:
MPhys Physics with Theory, The University of Manchester, UK, 2005
Research Categories: jet modification in heavy ion collisions, statistical modelling of computer experiments
Current projects: Monte Carlo transport modelling of jet quenching in QGP, exploration of computer models via Gaussian Process regression, statistical classification of initial state fluctuations in heavy ion collisions, classical polyhedral approximations to loop quantum gravity
Areas of Interest:
qgp jet quenching
gaussian processes & inference / machine learning
computational/numerical physics
Recent Publications
- C.E. Coleman-Smith, H.Petersen, R.L.Wolpert, Classification of initial state granularity via 2d Fourier Expansion (Preprint, April, 2012) [5774] .
- C.E. Coleman-Smith, S.A. Bass, D.K. Srivastava, Implementing the LPM effect in a parton cascade model, Nuclear Physics A (January, 2011) [4895] [abs].
- C.E. Coleman-Smith, G-Y.Qin, S.A.Bass, B.Muller, Jet Modification in a Brick of QGP Matter, hep-ph/1108.5662 (Preprint, 2011) [5662] .
- H.Petersen, C.E. Coleman-Smith, S.A.Bass. R.W.Wolpert, Constraining the initial state granularity with bulk observables in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}=200$ GeV, J.Phys.G (December, 2010) [4629] [abs].