NICK
BIRRELL
PARTIAL
PUBLICATIONS LIST
Publications in the field of
computing
Preemptive retransmission for
communication over noisy channels.
IEE
Proceedings part F 128 (1981) 393.
Timing and Synchronization of the
NICS Stage II Digital Network.
With
R Boulter, P Hansell and P Gretton-Watson. Vol. II Annexes I and
2
STC-TM-652. The SHAPE Technical
Centre,
A workbench for computer simulation of picture
coding schemes.
With
M A Ould, P Radford, N Tucker and D I Crawford. Proc. IEE
International Conference on
Electronic Image Processing 1982.
IEE Conference Publication 214.
The
application of catastrophe theory to a slotted ALOHA
communications system. IEE Proceedings Part F 128
(1981), 393.
Increasing productivity in
embedded microprocessor software
development. With D H
Australian Computer
Conference. Australian Computer
Society,
1984.
A
practical handbook for software development. With M A Ould.
Publications in theoretical
physics
Off-shell effects in the (p,2p)
reaction. With I E McCarthy
& C
J
Noble. Nucl. Phys. A271 (1976).
Comparison of the unitary pole and Adhikari-Sloan
expansions in
the
three nucleon system. With I
R Afnan. Phys. Rev. C16 (1977)
823.
Three
nucleon results for the one boson exchange potential. With
I R
Afnan. Phys. Rev. C17 (1978)
326.
Trinucleon wave functions from separable expansions of
the N-N
interaction. M.Sc. thesis 1976
(unpublished).
On
falling through a black hole into another universe. With P C
W
Davies. Nature 272 (1978)
35.
The application of adiabatic regularisation
to calculations of
cosmological interest. Proc. R. Soc. (Lond.) 361 (1978)
513.
Massless Thirring model in curved space: Thermal states and
conformal anomaly. With P C W Davies. Phys. Rev. D18 (1978)
4408.
Stress tensor conformal anomaly for Weinberg type fields in
curved spacetimes. J. Phys. A12 (1979)
337.
Particle production by self interacting
fields in cosmological
spacetimes. With L H Ford. Ann. Phys. (N.Y.) 122 (1979)
1.
Momentum space techniques for curved spacetime quantum field
theory. Proc. R. Soc. (Lond.) A376 (1979)
123.
Analysis of interacting quantum
field theory in curved spacetime.
With
J G
Momentum space renormalisation of lambda * phi **
4 in curved
spacetime. J. Phys. A13 (1980)
569.
Effects of field interaction upon
particle creation in Robertson-
(1980) 961.
Massive particle production in
anisotropic spacetimes. With
P C
W
Davies. J. Phys. A13 (1980)
2109.
Conformal symmetry breaking and
cosmological particle creation in
lambda * phi ** 4 theory. With P C W Davies. Phys. Rev. D22
(1980) 322.
Renormalisation of
self interacting scalar field theories in a
nonsimply connected
spacetime. With L H
Ford. Phys. Rev. D22
(1980) 330.
The application of
quantum field theory to
cosmology and
astrophysics. Ph.D. thesis
(unpublished).
Interacting quantum field theory in
curved spacetime. In
"Quantum Gravity II: a Second
Penrose & D
Quantum Fields in Curved Space. With P C W Davies.
University Press Monographs on
Mathematical Physics Series 1982.
(Hardback, paperback and Russian
language editions).
Publication and presentations on science
and finance
The importance of space projects to the development
of the
Australian software
industry. With P Norris. Proc. National
Space
Symposium. Commonwealth of
Biotechnology...A Cutting Edge Industry for
Melbourne
The Biotechnology Revolution: A Unique Opportunity For
Australia
ABC Radio National,
Ockham’s Razor, 1998
County Submission to Health and Medical Research
Strategic Review (Wills Inquiry) (1998)
A
Invited address to CEDA
Trustees (1999)
The Next Revolution –
Biotechnology
Invited address at the
CEDA Technology Seminar,
Invited address to the
Melbourne University Faculty of Science and subsequently
as part of the Director’s
Lecture Series at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
(1999)
The Role of the Capital Markets in the Fight Against Cancer
Invited address to the Peter MacCallum Cancer
Institute (2000)
Democratology and the future of the Financial
Services Industry
Invited address to a Financial Professionals Seminar at the Applied Finance Centre of Macquarie University, Sydney on 19 October 2000.
© Copyright 2000-2008 Nicholas D Birrell