Prof B R Martin |
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I was an undergraduate at
Birmingham University (1959-1962)
graduating with a BSc in Physics, and then moved to University College
(1962-1965) to take a PhD in Theoretical Physics. During 1964/65 I was
a Ford Foundation Fellow at the Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Copenhagen
University, and for 1965/66 I held a NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship at
the Neils Bohr Institute, Copenhagen. I then spent two years (1966-68)
as a Research Associate in the Physics Department of Brookhaven
National Laboratory, New York, before returning to UCL as a Lecturer.
Subsequently I was promoted to Reader and Professor. I was Head of
Department from 1993 to 2004 and retired as Professor Emeritus in
October 2005. My research interests have been
the phenomenology of
elementary particle physics, with particular emphasis on analyses using
models that incorporate as much firm general physical theory as
possible and the extraction of reliable information from data. Some of
the things I have worked on at various stages of my career are:
resonance interactions in a number of systems, including kaon-nucleon,
pion-nucleon, pion-pion and proton-antiproton; quark interpretation of
resonance spectra; applications of analyticity and duality to two-body
reactions; weak and electromagnetic kaon decays; and weak and
electromagnetic nucleon structure function data. I have written two
books on particle physics: one at graduate level – Pion-Pion Interactions in Particle
Physics, with David Morgan and Graham Shaw, (Academic Press,
1976) [website];
and one a general introduction to the field for
advanced undergraduates – Particle
Physics, with Graham Shaw, (Wiley, 3rd edition, October 2008) [website, reviews].
I have also published two other undergraduate
books – Nuclear and Particle Physics
(Wiley, 2nd edition, February 2009) [website]; and a
short book on statistics – Statistics
for Physicists (Academic Press, 1968). and I
am currently planning a book on
mathematical methods for physical science and engineering
students. Last
updated January 2009 |
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