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Dr Mike A Blake

BA, MMath, PhD

  • BS8 1UG

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Research interests

I am a mathematical physicist working at the intersection of high energy theory, gravity and quantum physics. The main goal of my research is to use quantum field theory and string theory techniques to gain new insights into quantum many-body dynamics. Much of my research makes use of holography, which provides a class of strongly coupled quantum field theories that have a dual description in terms of the physics of black holes in anti-de Sitter space. In the last few years my research has focused on scrambling and many-body chaos in holographic systems and in quantum field theory, and in particular on the connection between many-body chaos and hydrodynamics. I also retain a strong interest in developing fundamental bounds on the propagation of chaos, entanglement and quantum information in many-body systems.

I am not planning to take a new PhD student for Autumn/Fall 2027. 

I do not currently have any postdoctoral openings in my research group.

Full details of my publications can be found at any of the websites listed below:

google scholar 

orcid

Inspire 

My research group is currently supported by United Kingdom Research and Innovation through the UK Goverment's Horizon Europe Scheme, EP/Y00468X, ` Strongly Interacting Quantum Dynamics'. 

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  • A quantum hydrodynamical description for scrambling and many-body chaos

    Blake, M., Lee, H. & Liu, H., 19 Oct 2018, In: Journal of High Energy Physics. (2018), 39 p., 127.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

    Open Access
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    163 Citations (Scopus)
    156 Downloads (Pure)
  • Many-body chaos and energy dynamics in holography

    Blake, M., Davison, R., Grozdanov, S. & Liu, H., 5 Oct 2018, In: Journal of High Energy Physics. (2018), 37 p., 35.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

    Open Access
    File
    149 Citations (Scopus)
    103 Downloads (Pure)
  • Universal Charge Diffusion and the Butterfly Effect in Holographic Theories

    Blake, M. A., 23 Aug 2016, In: Physical Review Letters. 117, 9, 6 p., 091601.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter (Academic Journal) › peer-review

    Open Access
    203 Citations (Scopus)