Thomas Edward Clark

Professor of Physics

Current Research:

Quantum field theory; theoretical elementary particle physics.

Previous Research Area(s):

Quantum field theory; theoretical elementary particle physics.

Total Number of PH.D. Theses Supervised: 7

Number of Current PH.D. Students: 0

Total Number of Refereed Publications: 52

Current Funding: DOE - High Energy Physics (Task B)

Education

• B.S., Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1969
• M.S., Physics, New York University, 1974
• Ph.D., Physics, New York University, 1974

Honors, Awards, and Other Recognition

• Department of Energy Outstanding Junior Investigator, 1981-84
• The Ruth and Joel Spira Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1996

Professional Experience

• Professor of Physics, Purdue University, 1988-present
• Associate Professor of Physics, Purdue University, 1984-88
• Assistant Professor of Physics, Purdue University, 1980-84
• Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut fúr Physik und Astrophysik, Munich, Germany, Summer 1985
• Visiting Scientist, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Fall 1983
• Postdoctoral Staff Member, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1978-80
• Postgraduate Research Physicist, University of California, Berkeley, 1976-78
• Research Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut fúr Physik und Astrophysik, Munich, Germany, 1974-76

Selected Publications

1. T.E. Clark, S.T. Love, ``Induced Supercurrent for Composite Fields," Phys. Rev. D 44, 3978-3981, 1991.
2. T.E. Clark, S.T. Love, W.A. Bardeen, et al., ``Wilson Renormalization Group Analysis of Theories with Scalars and Fermions," Nucl. Phys. B 402, 628-656, 1993.
3. T.E. Clark, B. Haeri, S.T. Love, W.T.A. terVeldhuis, M.A. Walker, ``Mass Bounds in the Standard Model," Phys. Rev. D 50, 606-609, 1994.
4. T.E. Clark, S.T. Love, ``The Supercurrent in Supersymmetric Field Theories," J. Mod. Phys. A11, 2807-2821, 1996.
5. T.E. Clark, S.T. Love, ``On the Holomorphic Structure of a Low Energy Supersymmetric Wilson Effective Action," Phys. Lett. B 388, 577-580, 1996.

Highlights of Recent Work

Clark's work concerns itself with various aspects of quantum field theory and its application to elementary particle physics. The general structure of and solution to quantum field dynamics has been studied not only within the framework of renormalized perturbation theory but also within various strongly coupled schemes. These non-perturbative techniques range from 1/N perturbation theory to numerical solutions of the exact Wilson renormalization group equations. Particular attention has been paid to the realization of internal global and gauge symmetries and supersymmetry within various dynamical systems.