Dr Ralph Kenna
Deputy Director of Applied Mathematics Research Centre
Graduate College Statistical Physics:
Leipzig (Germany) & Nancy (Francy) universities are running a Graduate College to train PhD students in cooperation with Coventry's AMRC.
For the DAAD announcement of the German-French Graduate College Statistical Physics of Complex Systems in Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium
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IN THE NEWS:
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Link to article in Physics World (requires subscription to the
Institute of Physics) about our research on the relationship between quality and quantity (June 2011).
- In May 2011 our paper "The extensive nature of group quality" has been selected for the "
Best of 2010" by Europhysics Letters, the flagship journal of the
European Physical Society.
- Spring 2011 article in
Research Intelligence, the magazine of the
British Educational Research Association.
- Our work is also highlighted in the October 2010 issue of
Europhysics News (page 15).
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Here is a press release from University Alliance responding to our work on critical mass in research.
- Two reports (
here and
here) in Research Fortnight magazine in July 2010 highlighting our work (requires subscription to view).
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University Business magazine article on our work (July 2010).
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Link to article in Times Higher Education about our research on the relationship between quality and quantity (July 2010).
- Also in
Ukraine (Ukrainian Science Association),
Greece (Hellenic Physical Society), and
New Zealand (NZ Herald) as well as a
highlight in EPL.
- In a separate story, in August 2010, Leverhulme ran an
article highlighting the grant they have awarded us (page 7).
Further news stories are located here
More scientific information is located at here
Main Duties:
- Deputy Directorship
of the Applied Mathematics Research Centre.
- Research
in statistical physics.
Keywords include:
phase transitions,
critical phenomena,
phase diagrams,
renormalization group,
perturbation theory,
partition function zeros,
finite-size effects,
spin models (Ising, Potts, XY, O(n),...), Schwinger model, Gross Neveu model,
information geometry,
non-equilibrium phenomena,
scaling relations,
corrections to scaling,
logarithmic corrections,
random-bond and random-site models,
high-dimensional models,
extended scaling,
Fisher renormalization,
networks,
sociophysics,
critical mass in research.
- Teaching
of mathematics, project supervision and post-graduate supervision
in the Department of Mathematical Sciences.
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