Nationality British Name Peter E. Notable students Nigel G. Stocks Known for Superfluids | Fields Physicist Residence United Kingdom | |
Born October 17, 1940 (age 83)
Omagh, Northern Ireland ( 1940-10-17 ) Alma mater Queen’s University, Belfast
University of Oxford Books Matter at Low Temperatures Education University of Oxford, Queen's University Belfast | ||
Doctoral students Nigel G. Stocks Institutions Lancaster University Doctoral advisor Harold Max Rosenberg | ||
Peter Vaughan Elsmere McClintock (born 17 October 1940, Omagh, Northern Ireland) is notable for his scientific work on superfluids and stochastic nonlinear dynamics.
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Education
He received the B.Sc. degree in physics in 1962 and the D.Sc. degree from Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. He completed his D.Phil. at Oxford University in 1966, under Harold Max Rosenberg, with a thesis entitled Experiments on Spin Phonon Interactions in the area of paramagnetic crystals at very low temperatures.
Career
He performed postdoctoral research on superfluid helium at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. He joined Lancaster University, UK, in 1968, where he is now a Professor of Physics. His research interests span superfluid helium-4, medical physics, and stochastic nonlinear dynamics. The particular sub-topics are: (a) magnetism including, especially, studies of spin-phonon interactions in rare-earth ethylsulphate crystals; (b) quantum fluids and liquid helium-4 in particular; (c) nonlinear dynamics and fluctuational phenomena including applications to physiology. Since 2009, he is the Editor-in-Chief of Fluctuation and Noise Letters.
Honors
McClintock is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.