Tom Lancaster
Address:
Prof Tom Lancaster
Department of Physics
Durham University
South Road
Durham DH1 3LE
United Kingdom
Email: tom.lancaster_at_durham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 1913 343536
This is my personal webpage where you’ll find some links to details of my research and some selected teaching resources. My official university webpage may be found here, which contains an up to date publication list.
General relativity for the gifted amateur
The new book by Stephen Blundell and I was published in January 2025. For further details, see the book’s website.
Quantum field theory for the gifted amateur
A book by Stephen Blundell and I, introducing the quantum theory of fields, is available. For further details please see the book’s website.
Research
I’m a Physicist, working in the Condensed Matter Physics group, Durham University.
My research is concerned with magnetism and superconductivity in condensed matter, which I investigate by implanting muons into materials. Have a look at my work to date with Durham’s Muon group and also here .
My CV is available here.
Teaching
I currently teach an introduction to condensed matter physics for Durham’s 2nd year Physicists. A few years ago I wrote a course called Physics in Society giving an introduction to the philosophy and history of physics. I also wrote another called Broken Symmetry, which is part of the modernised condensed matter syllabus at Durham. In the past I’ve taught the course Mechanics II, which is part of the first year at Durham.
Some time ago I taught the graduate lecture course “Basic notions of condensed matter physics” which has a web page of its own. I also taught an introductory guide to quantum field theory for condensed matter physicists. Further details may be found here.
Other
Some programs that I’ve written
These are (i) old, (ii) were work in progress and (iii) come with no guarantees…
Muon spectrometer simulations
Visualize crystals and magnetic structures
photo: Patent office, Bern.
These pages were updated on 17/02/2025.