Robin W. Tucker MA, PhD

Robin is a Professor of Mathematical Physics and Head of the Theory Division in the Department of Physics, Lancaster University. His main interests encompass the application of differential geometric methods to problems in electrodynamics, continuum mechanics, and gravitation and in particular the initial-boundary problem in coupled Maxwell systems with dynamic sources. Recently he has developed a new approach to analyzing the interaction of charged, spinning particles with external fields (paper in Proc. R. Soc. A 2004 and paper in Phil. Mag. 2005), leading to new insights into the dynamics of moving anisotropic magneto-electric polarisable media (paper in Phys. Letts. 2007). Attempts are currently underway to understand coherent synchrotron radiation effects in plasmas and charged beams in confining geometries (paper in Theoretical Appl. Mech.2007) and the instabilities induced by back-reaction due to radiation. Work is also underway on integral equation methods for the calculation of wake-field impedances due to mobile charges in guiding wave structures of variable cross-section and a new formulation for the statistical mechanics of relativistic particles with spin taking into account radiation reaction.