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Dr David Wilson

 

 

Research interests

I work in the field of hadron spectroscopy which can be understood using Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), part of the Standard Model of Particle Physics. QCD is a strongly-coupled field theory at the energies where hadrons arise, meaning that perturbation theory cannot be applied, posing a significant calculational challenge. One method which has shown great promise in recent years is Lattice QCD, where the quantum fluctuations in a finite volume are sampled numerically using Monte-Carlo methods, to extract finite volume spectra. Using a mapping originally derived by Lüscher and extended by many others, these finite volume energy levels can be used to constrain infinite volume hadron scattering amplitudes. My current research is on numerical extractions of coupled-channel scattering amplitudes, which are in turn used to understand hadron resonances as poles in the complex energy plane.

I am a member of the Hadron Spectrum Collaboration: hadspec.org

 

Career

2019-present Royal Society University Research Fellow, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK
2018-2019 RS-SFI University Research Fellow, School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
2016-2018 Postdoc, School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
2015-2016 Postdoc, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK
2012-2015 Postdoc, Old Dominion University (and Jefferson Lab), Virginia, USA
2010-2012 Postdoc, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, USA
2006-2010 PhD student, IPPP, University of Durham, UK

Publications

Coupled $\pi\pi, K\overline{K}$ scattering in $P$-wave and the $\rho$ resonance from lattice QCD
DJ Wilson, RA Briceno, JJ Dudek, RG Edwards, CE Thomas
– Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
(2015)
92,
094502
(doi: 10.1103/physrevd.92.094502)
Neutron streaming along ducts and labyrinths at the JET biological shielding: Effect of concrete composition
T Vasilopoulou, IE Stamatelatos, P Batistoni, S Conroy, B Obryk, S Popovichev, DB Syme, J contributors
– Radiation Physics and Chemistry
(2015)
116,
359
(doi: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2015.04.015)
Connecting physical resonant amplitudes and lattice QCD
DR Bolton, RA Briceno, DJ Wilson
(2015)
(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1507.07928)
Resonances in coupled $\pi K, \eta K$ scattering from lattice QCD
DJ Wilson, JJ Dudek, RG Edwards, CE Thomas
– Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
(2015)
91,
054008
(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1411.2004)
Variable Emission from a Gaseous Disc around a Metal-Polluted White Dwarf
DJ Wilson, BT Gaensicke, D Koester, R Raddi, E Breedt, J Southworth, SG Parsons
– 19TH EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON WHITE DWARFS
(2015)
493,
279
(link to publication)
Resonances in coupled {\pi}K,{\eta}K scattering from quantum chromodynamics
JJ Dudek, RG Edwards, CE Thomas, DJ Wilson, Hadron Spectrum Collaboration
– Physical review letters
(2014)
113,
182001
(doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.182001)
Antenatal hepatitis B in a large teaching NHS Trust - Implications for future care
HA White, MJ Wiselka, DJ Wilson
– J Infect
(2014)
70,
72
(doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.07.028)
Studies of nucleon resonance structure in exclusive meson electroproduction
IG Aznauryan, A Bashir, VM Braun, SJ Brodsky, VD Burkert, L Chang, C Chen, B El-Bennich, IC Cloët, PL Cole, RG Edwards, GV Fedotov, MM Giannini, RW Gothe, F Gross, H-W Lin, P Kroll, T-SH Lee, W Melnitchouk, VI Mokeev, MT Peña, G Ramalho, CD Roberts, E Santopinto, GF de Teramond, K Tsushima, DJ Wilson
– International Journal of Modern Physics E
(2013)
22,
1330015
(doi: 10.1142/s0218301313300154)
Features and flaws of a contact interaction treatment of the kaon
C Chen, L Chang, CD Roberts, SM Schmidt, S Wan, DJ Wilson
– Physical Review C Nuclear Physics
(2013)
87,
045207
(doi: 10.1103/physrevc.87.045207)
Uplift at lithospheric swells—II: is the Cape Verde mid-plate swell supported by a lithosphere of varying mechanical strength?
DJ Wilson, C Peirce, AB Watts, I Grevemeyer
– Geophysical Journal International
(2013)
193,
798
(doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt034)
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Research Group

High Energy Physics

Email

dw504@cam.ac.uk

Room

B0.38

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