DAMTP | Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

The Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics is one of the largest and strongest of its kind in Europe. The Department currently hosts approximately 140 Academic and Research Staff and around 160 PhD students at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, a purpose-built complex in Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

Research in DAMTP is loosely organised into eight broad subject areas: Applied and Computational Analysis, Astrophysics, Geophysics, Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Mathematical Biology, Quantum Information, High Energy Physics and General Relativity and Cosmology. Many members of staff contribute to more than one area and this is regarded as a key factor in the continuing success of DAMTP. Research in each of the subject areas involves collaboration with strong groups nationally and internationally, and participation in numerous interdisciplinary projects and programmes.

News & Events

Statement on the Research Activities of the GK Batchelor Laboratory: C.P. Caulfield, Head of DAMTP

2021 Buchalter Cosmology Prize

Professor Anne-Christine Davis and Dr Sunny Vagnozzi have been awarded a 2021 Buchalter Cosmology Prize for their paper on the XENON1T anomaly, proposing novel ways to directly detect dark energy. Read more: https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/awards/dr-sunny-vagnozzi-and-prof-anne...

Institute of Computing for Climate Science (ICCS)

DAMTP is proud to host the new Institute of Computing for Climate Science (ICCS), led by Prof. Emily Shuckburgh (@Cambridge_CL and @CambridgeZero) as part of @SchmidtFutures Virtual Institute of Scientific Software (VISS).

‘Slushy’ magma ocean led to formation of the Moon’s crust

Scientists have shown how the freezing of a ‘slushy’ ocean of magma may be responsible for the composition of the Moon’s crust. The scientists, from the University of Cambridge and the Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon, including DAMTP's Jerome Neufeld, have proposed a new model of crystallisation, where crystals remained suspended in liquid magma over hundreds of millions of years as the lunar 'slush' froze and solidified.

Donation to support Millennium Mathematics Program

DAMTP would like to express gratitude for the generous donation of £100,000 from Huawei to support the ongoing work of the Millennium Mathematics Program (MMP). This gift has supported the project’s work with schools, teachers and students particularly through our outstandingly successful NRICH programme, providing essential funding to enable us to secure key project posts for the 2021/22 year. https://maths.org/.