Pope, Christopher
individual record
Distinguished Professor
Positions:
- Distinguished Professor, Physics and Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences
overview
Dr. Pope's research interests include:theoretical high-energy particle physics; unification of the fundamental interactions in nature; general relativity, quantum gravity, supergravity; superstring theories; conformal field theory; extended higher-spin theories; applications of differential geometry and topology in physics.
education and training
- Ph.D. in Physics, University of Cambridge - (Cambridge, United Kingdom) 1980
selected publications
Academic Articles371
- Butter, D., Hassler, F., Pope, C. N., & Zhang, H. (2023). Consistent truncations and dualities. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. 2023(4), 7.
- Cvetic, M., Gibbons, G. W., Pope, C. N., & Whiting, B. F. (2022). Supergravity black holes, Love numbers, and harmonic coordinates. PHYSICAL REVIEW D. 105(8), 084035.
- Borsten, L., Marrani, A., Pope, C. N., & Stelle, K. (2022). Introduction to the special issue dedicated to Michael J. Duff FRS on the occasion of his 70th birthday.. Proc Math Phys Eng Sci. 478(2259), 20220166.
- Godazgar, H., Godazgar, M., Monteiro, R., Veiga, D. P., & Pope, C. N. (2021). Asymptotic Weyl double copy. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. 2021(11), 126.
- Cvetic, M., Pope, C. N., & Saha, A. (2021). Conformal symmetries for extremal black holes with general asymptotic scalars in STU supergravity. JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS. 2021(9), 188.
Chapters6
- Cveti, M., Gibbons, G. W., L, H., & Pope, C. N. (2003). Special Holonomy Spaces and M-Theory. Unity from Duality: Gravity, Gauge Theory and Strings. 523-545. Springer Nature.
- Duff, M. J., Liu, J. T., L, H., & Pope, C. N. (2002). Gauge Dyonic Strings and Their Global Limit. Physics of Mass. 141-161. Springer Nature.
- Gibbons, G. W., & Pope, C. N. (1993). The Positive Action Conjecture and Asymptotically Euclidean Metrics in Quantum Gravity. Euclidean Quantum Gravity. 503-526. World Scientific Publishing.
- DUFF, M. J., NILSSON, B., & POPE, C. N. (1989). COMPACTIFICATION OF d = 11 SUPERGRAVITY ON K3 T 3. Supergravities in Diverse Dimensions. 1381-1384. World Scientific Publishing.
- Nilsson, B., & Pope, C. N. (1989). Hopf fibration of eleven-dimensional supergravity. Supergravities in Diverse Dimensions. 1478-1494. World Scientific Publishing.
Conference Papers2
- Duff, M., Sezgin, E., Pope, C., Greene, B., Louis, J., Narain, K. S., Randjbar-Daemi, S., & Thompson, G. (1999). NONPERTURBATIVE ASPECTS OF STRINGS, BRANES AND SUPERSYMMETRY. Nonperturbative Aspects of Strings, Branes and Supersymmetry, Nonperturbative Aspects of Strings, Branes and Supersymmetry. 1-445.
- Duff, M. J., Lu, H., & Pope, C. N. (1998). Supersymmetry without supersymmetry. NUCLEAR PHYSICS B-PROCEEDINGS SUPPLEMENTS. 62(1-3), 404-404.
Repository Documents / Preprints66
- Godazgar, H., Godazgar, M., Monteiro, R., Veiga, D. P., & Pope, C. N. (2021). Asymptotic Weyl Double Copy.
- Godazgar, H., Godazgar, M., Monteiro, R., Veiga, D. P., & Pope, C. N. (2020). The Weyl Double Copy for Gravitational Waves.
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recent teaching activities
- PHYS285 Directed Studies Instructor
- PHYS291 Research Instructor
- PHYS485 Directed Studies Instructor
- PHYS491 Hnr-research Instructor
- PHYS491 Research Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Li, Zhijin (2017-08). Solving Conformal Field Theories Using Conformal Bootstrap. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Rong, Junchen (2016-08). Supergravity, AdS/CFT Correspondence and Conformal Bootstrap. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Mujtaba, Abid Hasan (2013-05). Homogeneous Einstein Metrics on SU(n) Manifolds, Hoop Conjecture for Black Rings, and Ergoregions in Magnetised Black Hole Spacetimes. (Doctoral Dissertation)
Email
c-pope@tamu.edu
First Name
Christopher
Last Name
Pope
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Physics And Astronomy; 4242 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4242
USA