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Mr João N. Laia
Career
- 2008-date: PhD Theoretical Physics, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
- 2007-2008: MASt in Mathematics, University of Cambridge
- 2002-2007: MSc in Engineering Physics, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa
Research
João Laia is a member of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and part of the High Energy Physics Group. His current research interests are in applications of String Theory to strongly coupled quantum systems.
Selected Publications
- A Gapless Hard Wall: Magnetic Catalysis in Bulk and Boundary, arXiv:1204.6029 [hep-th], with Stefano Bolognesi, David Tong and Kenny Wong.
- Flowing Between Fermionic Fixed Points, JHEP 1111:131 (2011), arXiv:1108.2216 [hep-th], with David Tong.
- A Holographic Flat Band, JHEP 1111:124 (2011), arXiv:1108.1381 [hep-th], with David Tong.
- Non-Abelian Berry Phase, Instantons and N=(0,4) Supersymmetry, J. Math. Phys. 51, 122308 (2010), arXiv:1003.4751 [hep-th].
- A New source for a braneworld cosmological constant from a modified gravity model in the bulk, Nucl. Phys. B807:56-72 (2009), arXiv:0805.1546 [hep-th], with Orfeu Bertolami and Carla Carvalho.