Dr James Christian

Research Interests	Click on the link to my ORCID page for details... ∮ ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING complex domains \| diffraction integrals \| boundary integral equations \| boundary element methods ∮ MATHEMATICAL FLUID DYNAMICS Eulerlets \| Oseenlets \| boundary integral formulations ∮ GENERAL RELATIVITY further development and applications of MOND ∮ DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS maps & flows \| fractal basin boundaries \| chaotic scattering \| Julia sets \| entropy ∮ DISCRETE NONLINEAR EQUATIONS discrete NLS \| Ablowitz-Ladik \| Salerno \| spontaneous pattern formation \| ring cavities \| counterpropagating waves ∮ NONLINEAR WAVES solitons \| similaritons \| rogue waves \| vector solitons \| pseudorelativistic Ginzburg-Landau equations ∮ UNSTABLE RESONATORS applications of 2D virtual source theory \| fractal feedback-mirror boundary conditions
Teaching and Learning	BSc Physics / BSc Mathematics Current lecture courses (80 credits taught): PHYSICS LABORATORY 3 (Physics, Level 6, 20/20 credits), QUANTUM PHYSICS (Physics, Level 5, 10/20 credits), WAVES & OPTICS (Physics, Level 5, 10/20 credits), DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS (Mathematics, Level 5, 20/20 credits), MECHANICS & VECTOR CALCULUS (Mathematics, Level 4, (20/20 credits). Supervisor for final-year undergraduate (Physics and Mathematics BSc), Masters (MSc/MRes/MPhil), and PhD projects. Previous lecture courses (BSc & MPhys): ADVANCED QUANTUM MECHANICS (Level 7, 2021–2024), PHOTONICS & NANOTECHNOLOGY (Level 6, 2013–2025), THEORETICAL PHYSICS (Level 6, 2014–2022), RELATIVITY (Level 6, 2009–2014), THEORETICAL PHYSICS II (Level 6, 2006–2013), CLASSICAL & QUANTUM WAVES (Level 5, 2017-2021), COMPUTER SIMULATION (Level 5, 2008–2013), FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS C (Level 4, 2017–2019), MATHS & COMPUTING (Level 4, 2011–2017), FOUNDATION IT & STUDY SKILLS (Level 3, 2021–2023).

Research Interests

Teaching and Learning

BSc Physics / BSc Mathematics
Current lecture courses (80 credits taught):
PHYSICS LABORATORY 3 (Physics, Level 6, 20/20 credits),
QUANTUM PHYSICS (Physics, Level 5, 10/20 credits),
WAVES & OPTICS (Physics, Level 5, 10/20 credits),
DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS (Mathematics, Level 5, 20/20 credits),
MECHANICS & VECTOR CALCULUS (Mathematics, Level 4, (20/20 credits).

Supervisor for final-year undergraduate (Physics and Mathematics BSc), Masters (MSc/MRes/MPhil), and PhD projects.

Previous lecture courses (BSc & MPhys):
ADVANCED QUANTUM MECHANICS (Level 7, 2021–2024),
PHOTONICS & NANOTECHNOLOGY (Level 6, 2013–2025),
THEORETICAL PHYSICS (Level 6, 2014–2022),
RELATIVITY (Level 6, 2009–2014),
THEORETICAL PHYSICS II (Level 6, 2006–2013),
CLASSICAL & QUANTUM WAVES (Level 5, 2017-2021),
COMPUTER SIMULATION (Level 5, 2008–2013),
FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS C (Level 4, 2017–2019),
MATHS & COMPUTING (Level 4, 2011–2017),
FOUNDATION IT & STUDY SKILLS (Level 3, 2021–2023).