THEORETICAL PHYSICIST
Derek J. Daniel BSc Hons PhD
Assistant Professor of Physics & Mathematics
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University of The Bahamas-North
School of Mathematics, Physics and Technology, Room A204
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Office Phone: +1-242-688 5929
Email: derek.daniel@ub.edu.bs
This monograph presents new classes of exact solutions for three formidable and unsolvable problems in theoretical physics. The simple pendulum, the Markovian birth-and-death equations, and the simple harmonic oscillator are among the problems covered.
DR. DEREK J. DANIEL
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Derek J. Daniel is an Australian theoretical physicist who is known for solving long-standing problems in physics, which includes his recent exact solutions of the famous Mathieu Equation – one-hundred-fifty years later. He has also been a Visiting Research Associate and a Visiting Scientist, respectively, at Harvard University and Los Alamos National Laboratory, during his Postdoctoral appointment in the United States at the Southern Methodist University. Dr Daniel earned his B.Sc. with Honours and Ph.D. degrees in Theoretical Physics from The Australian National University (ANU).
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Research Interests: Theoretical Atomic & Molecular Physics, Quantum Optics & Statistical Physics, and Nolinear Dynamics.
Education
Ph.D.
The Australian National University (ANU)
Research School of Physical Sciences
Theoretical Atomic & Molecular Physics 1996
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B.Sc. Hons
The Australian National University (ANU)
Department of Physics & Theoretical Physics
Quantum Optics & Statistical Physics 1988
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Positions
Assistant Professor in Physics & Mathematics
University of The Bahamas-North (UB)
2018 – Present
Academic Physics & Mathematics Tutor
Australian National University (ANU) 2009 – 2018
Lecturer in Physics
University of Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) 2008 – 2009
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Selected Publications
D. J. Daniel, "Exact solutions of Mathieu’s equation", Prog. Theor. Exp. Phys., 2020, 043A01, (2020).
D. J. Daniel, “Fokker-Planck Solution for a Neuronal Spiking Model”, Journal of Transport Theory & Statistical Physics, vol. 38, No. 7 (2009).
D. J. Daniel, “On a Class of Birth-and-Death DDE’s”, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., vol. 73, No. 7, pp. 2028-2029
(2004).
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D. J. Daniel, “Orthogonal Representation of Weber’s Function using Hermite Polynomials”, Journal of Approximation Theory, 113, pp. 56-63, (2001).
D. J. Daniel and G. J. Milburn, “Destruction of quantum coherence in a nonlinear oscillator via
attenuation and amplification”, Phys. Rev. A 39, p.4628–4640 (1989).