Staff profile
Overview
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Dr Francesca Chadha-Day
Assistant Professor (Research) - Hawking Fellowship
| Affiliation | Room number | Telephone |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor (Research) - Hawking Fellowship in the Department of Physics | OC324 | |
| Assistant Professor in the Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology | OC324 |
Biography
I am a theoretical particle physicist and a science comedian. My research focuses on discovering new fundamental physics through astrophysical observations. My comedy takes an irreverent and occasionally surreal look at what theoretical physicists do all day.
Media Contacts
Available for media contact about:
- Physics: Particle physics
- Physics: Astrophysics
- Physics: Quantum physics
- Language, Literature & the Arts: Science comedy
Publications
Journal Article
- Chadha-Day, F., Garbrecht, B. & McDonald, J.I. (2022). Superradiance in stars: non-equilibrium approach to damping of fields in stellar media. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2022(12): 008.
- Schallmoser, Simon, Krippendorf, Sven, Chadha-Day, Francesca & Weller, Jochen (2022). Updated bounds on axion-like particles from X-ray observations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 514(1): 329-341.
- Chadha-Day, Francesca, Ellis, John & Marsh, David J. E. (2022). Axion dark matter: What is it and why now? Science Advances 8(8).
- Chadha-Day, Francesca (2022). Axion-like particle oscillations. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2022(01): 013.
- Schütte-Engel, Jan, Marsh, David J.E., Millar, Alexander J., Sekine, Akihiko, Chadha-Day, Francesca, Hoof, Sebastian, Ali, Mazhar N., Fong, Kin Chung, Hardy, Edward & Šmejkal, Libor (2021). Axion quasiparticles for axion dark matter detection. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2021(08): 066.
Supervision students
Mr. Ansh Bhatnagar
PGR Student