- E-mail: M.A.Blake@damtp
- Research Group:
High Energy Physics - Research Interests:
High Energy Physics, Quantum Field Theory - Other Research Interests:
AdS/CFT correspondence - Office Tel: 01223 765253
- Office: B0.09
- Address:
DAMTP,
Centre for Mathematical Sciences,
Wilberforce Road,
Cambridge,
CB3 0WA,
United Kingdom - More Info (internal):
lookup.cam.ac.uk
Mike Blake
Career
- 2011 - date: PhD Student, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
- 2010 -2011: Part III Mathematics, University of Cambridge
- 2007 -2010: Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge
In 2011 I was awarded the Mayhew Prize.
Research
I am a PhD student in the High Energy Physics research group of DAMTP. My current research is centred on applying the AdS/CFT correspondence to condensed matter physics. I am particularly interested in understand the holographic duals of strongly interacting fermions and in obtaining robust results for the conductivities of holographic metals. I also retain a strong interest in related topics in quantum field theory - such as large N gauge theory.
My supervisor is Prof. David Tong and I am kindly supported by an STFC studentship and ERC.
Publications
- Holographic Dual of the Lowest Landau Level. MAB, Stefano Bolognesi, David Tong and Kenny Wong. JHEP 1212 (2012) 039 arXiv:1208.5771
- Large Nc Equivalence and Baryons. MAB and Aleksey Cherman. Phys. Rev. D 86, 065006 (2012) arXiv:1204.5691
Informal Graduate Seminar Series
I organise the informal graduate seminar series for the High Energy Physics and General Relativity groups in DAMTP. If you are interested in attending, a list of past and future speakers can be found here. If you are in Cambridge and are interested in presenting a talk then please email me.