Alan R. Parry, Graduate Student

Contact Info:

Office Location:	274G Physics
Office Phone:	(919)660-2854
Email Address:
Starting Year:	2007
Advisor(s):	Hubert Lewis Bray

Office Hours:

By appointment.

Education:

MA	Duke University	2008
MS	Utah State University	2007
BS	Utah State University	2006

Specialties:

Geometry
Mathematical Physics

Research Interests: Differential Geometry

I'm interested in Differential Geometry and its applications to General Relativity. Most recently, I've been studying the effects of dark matter modeled as a scalar field. In particular, using the Einstein-Klein-Gordon equations to describe geometrically a general blob of dark matter and comparing this description to observations of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies, one of the smallest observed types of gravitationally bound objects that have a significant presence of dark matter.

In the past, I have studied Lie Algebras, in particular classifying solvable Lie algebras of small dimension. My master's thesis was on classifying such Lie algebras through dimension seven.

Areas of Interest:

General Relativity
Geometric Analysis
Lie Algebras

Keywords:

Differential Geometry • Geometric Analysis • General Relativity • Lie Algebras

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications

1. Alan R. Parry, A Classification of Real Indecomposable Solvable Lie Algebras of Small Dimension with Codimension One Nilradicals (August, 2007), Utah State University, Logan, UT (Master's Thesis.) [html]

Selected Talks

1. Dark Matter Matters, March 23, 2012, Duke University    
2. Crazy Cosmological Correlations and How General Relativity Has and Might Continue to Explain Them, April 20, 2012, Duke University