Charles Wang

(Photograph: Jim Irvine, 2012)

 

Dr Charles H.-T. Wang, BSc (National Taiwan U., Taipei) CASM (DAMTP Cambridge) PhD (Lancaster), is Reader in Dynamics, Cruickshank Lecturer in Astronomy, and the Head of the Quantum Gravity and Gauge Group at the University of Aberdeen. He has been leading research projects in gravitational physics and nonlinear dynamics. He is interested in relativity and pioneered methods of probing gravitational fluctuations using atom interferometry. He has been collaborating with industries in microelectronics, defence and oil & gas and is developing applications of precision gravity sensing using quantum techniques. He is the IOP Coordinator for NE Scotland, STFC Fellow for Fundamental Physics and Editor of the Springer Briefs in Physics Series.

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Contact Details

 

Department of Physics
University of Aberdeen

Aberdeen AB24 3UE
Scotland UK

 

Office: 331 Meston Building

Tel: +44/0-1224-27-2802
Fax: +44/0-1224-27-2493

Mobile: +44/0-7812-834-856
Email:
c.wang@abdn.ac.uk
Staff Web:
www.abdn.ac.uk/ncs/profiles/c.wang/

Personal Web: www.abdn.ac.uk/~eng732 

 

Selected Publications

 

1.      J. A. McLeman, C. H.-T. Wang, R. Bingham,
Gravitational stability of a cylindrical plasma with an azimuthal and an axial magnetic field
Astrophysical Journal 756, 105 (2012)

2.      C. H.-T. Wang, with B. J. B. Crowley et al,

Testing quantum mechanics in non-Minkowski space-time with high power lasers and 4th generation light sources,

Nature Scientific Reports 2, 491 (2012)

3.      C. H.-T. Wang, P. M. Bonifacio, R. Bingham, J. Mendonça
Parametric instability induced scalar gravitational waves from a model pulsating neutron star
Physics Letters B 705, 148 – 151 (2011)

4.      P. M. Bonifacio, C. H.-T. Wang, J. Mendonça, R. Bingham
Dephasing of a non-relativistic quantum particle due to a conformally fluctuating spacetime
Classical and Quantum Gravity 26, 145013 (2009)

5.      C. H.-T. Wang
Gauge formulation of general relativity using conformal and spin symmetries
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A 366, 1867-1874 (2008)

6.      C H-T Wang, R Bingham and J T Mendonca
Quantum gravitational decoherence of matter waves
Classical and Quantum Gravity 23, L59-L65 (2006)

7.      D Q Cao, D Liu and C H-T Wang
Three dimensional nonlinear dynamics of slender structures: Cosserat rod element approach
International Journal of Solids and Structures
43, 760-783 (2006)

8.      C H-T Wang
Unambiguous spin-gauge formulation of canonical general relativity with conformorphism invariance
Physical Review D 72, 087501/1-4 (2005)

9.      C H-T Wang
Conformal geometrodynamics: True degrees of freedom in a truly canonical structure
Physical Review D 71, 124026/1-7 (2005)

10.  T Gould and C H-T Wang
MEMS beams with defects: a model of non-ideal rods using a Cosserat approach for component level modelling,
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 15, 76–80 (2005)

 

Media Coverage

 

1.      Star experiment on ISOLDE
UK news from CERN, 4 December 2012

2.      Does it all begin with a big Wang?

Sunday Times, 2 September 2012

3.      Space technology goes underwater to find oil and gas fields

Scotland on Sunday, 20 May 2012

4.      Scientists hope cosmic theory unlocks secrets of the universe

The Evening Express, 10 November 2011

5.      Physicists shed new light on supernova mystery

Aberdeen University Press Release, 9 November 2011
STFC Press Release, 8 November 2011

6.      Is time travel possible? The view from top scientists

Sunday Herald, 25 September 2011

7.      Success for Aberdeen at Royal Society of Edinburgh awards

Aberdeen University Press Release, 23 August 2011

8.      Albert Einstein was right, say scientists, 100 years on
The Guardian, Sunday Observer, 8 May 2011

9.      About Time

The Scotsman, 2 Mar 2009

10.  Top physicist to give university lecture

Press & Journal, 21 Sept 2009 

11.  Scientist’s super-cool bid to answer life’s toughest questions,
The Scotsman, 8 November 2008,
Scotland on Sunday, 9 November 2008

12.  Could this man be on the brink of time travel? Scientist to test theory in space …
The Evening Express, 19 February 2007

13.  On gravitons
Aberdeen Magazine 2006

14.  Doctor leads time travel research

BBC Radio 1, 5 September 2006

Professional and Science Magazine Coverage:

 

1.      Gravity sensors could aid hunt for new oil and gas deposits

The Engineer, 22 May 2012, by Stephen Harris

2.      From space to subsea

Energeia, Summer/Autumn 2012, by Kelly Potts

3.      Scalar field could unlock supernova mystery?
CERN Courier art. 47821, 23 Nov 2011

4.      Can experiment access the Planck scale?
CERN Courier 46, no. 8, art. 18, 25-26 (2006)

5.      Atomic jitters hint at quantum spume,
New Scientist, 6 September 2006, by Zeeya Merali

6.      Atom optics moves into space,
Physics World, 6 September 2006, by Bob Swarup

7.      Out of the shadows,
Physics World, 6 September 2006, Editorial

8.      Deep space twine - Will a giant ball of wool feel the ripples of gravity?
New Scientist, 5 January 2002, by Marcus Chown

9.      The force of darkness - Unexpected results pop out when you relax relativity theory,
New Scientist, 7 March 1998, by Marcus Chown

 

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