Professor John Cardy
I am a theoretical physicist who applies the methods of quantum field theory to problems in statistical and condensed matter physics. In the past I helped develop the tools of conformal field theory which had applications also to string theory and black holes. I have investigated questions of quantum entanglement and non-equilibrium behaviour in many-body systems such as quantum spin chains and ultra-cold atoms. Recently I developed a mathematical theory of the coffering pattern of vaulted ceilings like that of the Roman Pantheon.
Selected Publications
Proc. Roy. Soc. A, to appear.
arXiv Link (2025).
Phys. Rev. Lett.
131, 147102 (2023).
J. High Energ. Phys. (2019) 2019:
160. arXiv:1907.03394 [hep-th].
J. Stat. Mech. 064003, 2016.
256 pp, ISBN 0521499593, Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Nuclear Physics B270, 186, 1986.