Paul Sutcliffe
{{Short description|British mathematical physicist and mathematician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Paul Sutcliffe
| fields = {{plainlist |
- Mathematical physics
- Mathematics
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| alma_mater = University of Durham{{MathGenealogy|id=89065|name=Paul Sutcliffe}}
| doctoral_advisor = Richard S. Ward
| awards = Whitehead Prize (2006)
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Paul Michael Sutcliffe{{cite journal |title=BSc |journal=University of Durham Congregation (28 June 9:10am) |date=1989 |page=6 |publisher=Durham University |location=Durham}} is British mathematical physicist and mathematician, currently Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Durham.[https://www.dur.ac.uk/research/directory/staff/?id=4476 Staff profile], University of Durham, retrieved 28 February 2016. He specialises in the study of topological solitons.
He serves as the Project Director of the SPOCK (Scientific Properties of Complex Knots) research programme dedicated to the study of knotted structures.[http://www.maths.dur.ac.uk/spock/index.html/newpeople.html Meet the Research Programme Team], retrieved 28 February 2016. Related subjects of research include skyrmions.
Sutcliffe was awarded the LMS Whitehead Prize in 2006 for contributions to the study of topological solitons and their dynamics.[https://www.ams.org/notices/200609/people.pdf Mathematics People, AMS Notices, September 2006]
Education
Sutcliffe graduated from Durham University in 1989.
Bibliography
=Books=
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=e2tPhFdSUf8C&pg=PP1 Topological solitons] (with Nick Manton), Cambridge University Press 2004
=Selected academic works=
- {{cite journal
|last1=Sutcliffe|first1=Paul
|title=Skyrmion Knots in Frustrated Magnets
|journal=Physical Review Letters
|date=16 June 2017
|volume=118
|issue=24
|pages=247203
|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.247203
|pmid=28665663
|arxiv=1705.10966|bibcode=2017PhRvL.118x7203S|s2cid=29890978
}}
- {{citation
| last1 = Houghton | first1 = Conor J.
| last2 = Manton | first2 = Nicholas | author2-link = Nick_Manton
| last3 = Sutcliffe | first3 = Paul
| doi = 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00619-6
| issue = 3
| volume = 510
| pages = 507–537
| journal = Nuclear Physics B
| title =Rational maps, monopoles and Skyrmions
| year = 1998| arxiv = hep-th/9705151| bibcode = 1998NuPhB.510..507H| s2cid = 9022461
}}.
- {{citation
| last1 = Battye | first1 = Richard A.
| last2 = Sutcliffe | first2 = Paul
| doi = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.4798
| issue = 22
| volume = 81
| pages = 4798–4801
| journal = Physical Review Letters
| title = Knots as stable soliton solutions in a three-dimensional classical field theory
| year = 1998| arxiv = hep-th/9808129| bibcode = 1998PhRvL..81.4798B}}.
- {{citation
| last1 = Battye | first1 = Richard A.
| last2 = Sutcliffe | first2 = Paul
| doi = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.363
| issue = 3
| volume = 79
| pages = 363–366
| journal = Physical Review Letters
| title = Symmetric Skyrmions
| year = 1997| arxiv = hep-th/9702089| bibcode = 1997PhRvL..79..363B| s2cid = 14313232
}}.
References
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External links
- [http://maths.dur.ac.uk/~dma0pms/ Home Page]
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