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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Career

           2014 --     University Gender Equality Champion for STEMM subjects

           2013---     Professor of Mathematical Physics (1967), DAMTP, Cambridge University

  • 2002-2013 Professor of Theoretical Physics, DAMTP, Cambridge University
  • 1996-2000 Reader in Theoretical Physics DAMTP
  • 1995-1996 ADR -- DAMTP
  • 1988-1995 College Teaching Officer, Kings College Cambridge
  • 1983-1988 Research Council Advanced Fellow, DAMTP Cambridge University
  • 1982-1983 Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA
  • 1980-1982 Fellow, Theory Division, CERN, Geneva
  • 1978-1980 Postdoctoral research associate in theoretical physics, Blackett Physics Laboratory Imperial College, London
  • 1976-1978 Postdoctoral research associate in theoretical physics, Mathematics Department, Durham University

Research

Anne Davis' recent research is in Particle Cosmology. Her current work is on modified gravity theories, such as the chameleon model and related scalar-tensor theories of gravity. She has studied the full cosmological evolution of the chameleon, considered solar system constraints, laboratory constraints and cosmological constrains. She has shown that chameleons could be detected in future Casimir force type experiments. She has also worked on inflation and extra-dimensional theories.

Selected Publications

http://www-spires.dur.ac.uk/cgi-bin/spiface/hep/www?rawcmd=find+a+davis%2C+a.c.&FORMAT=WWW&SEQUENCE=

 Teaching

Principles of Quantum Mechanics

Below is the link to some lectures notes for this course with acknowledgement to my predecessors, Dr J.M. Evans and Prof R.R. Horgan

 

 www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/acd/

 

Publications

Decoupling dark energy from matter
P Brax, C van de Bruck, AC Davis, J Martin
– Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
(2009)
2009,
032
Effect of a chameleon scalar field on the cosmic microwave background
AC Davis, CAO Schelpe, DJ Shaw
– Physical Review D
(2009)
80,
064016
Active Galactic Nuclei Shed Light on Axionlike Particles
C Burrage, A-C Davis, DJ Shaw
– Physical Review Letters
(2009)
102,
201101
Detecting chameleons: The astronomical polarization produced by chameleonlike scalar fields
C Burrage, AC Davis, DJ Shaw
– Physical Review D
(2009)
79,
044028
Bogomol'nyi bounds for gravitational cosmic strings
AC Davis, S Rajamanoharan
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2009)
2009,
027
Cusps on cosmic superstrings with junctions
AC Davis, W Nelson, S Rajamanoharan, M Sakellariadou
– Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
(2008)
2008,
022
f(R) gravity and chameleon theories
P Brax, C van de Bruck, AC Davis, DJ Shaw
– Physical Review D
(2008)
78,
104021
Staggered multi-field inflation
D Battefeld, T Battefeld, AC Davis
– Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
(2008)
2008,
032
Study of structure formation and reheating in the D3/D7 brane inflation model
RH Brandenberger, K Dasgupta, AC Davis
– Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
(2008)
78,
083502
Racetrack inflation with matter fields and cosmic strings
P Brax, C van de Bruck, AC Davis, SC Davis, R Jeannerot, M Postma
– Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
(2008)
2008,
018
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Research Groups

High Energy Physics
Relativity and Gravitation

Room

B2.18

Telephone

01223 337878