University Associate Professor

My research group includes people in the Dept of Chemistry and in the Dept of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP).  We investigate questions from physics, chemistry and mathematics, using the theory of statistical mechanics to understand the behaviour of complex systems including biomolecules, glassy liquids, and soft matter.  I am particularly interested in co-operative dynamics: for example, how do molecules move in crowded environments?  What are the co-operative mechanisms for colloidal self-assembly, and the folding of biomolecules?

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Publications

First-order dynamical phase transition in models of glasses: an approach based on ensembles of histories
JP Garrahan, RL Jack, V Lecomte, E Pitard, K van Duijvendijk, F van Wijland
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
(2009)
42
Subdiffusive motion in kinetically constrained models
RL Jack, P Sollich, P Mayer
Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
(2008)
78
Duality between random trap and barrier models
RL Jack, P Sollich
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
(2008)
41
Negative differential mobility of weakly driven particles in models of glass formers
RL Jack, D Kelsey, JP Garrahan, D Chandler
Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
(2008)
78
Structure and dynamics of glass formers: Predictability at large length scales
L Berthier, RL Jack
Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
(2007)
76
Fluctuation-dissipation ratios in the dynamics of self-assembly.
RL Jack, MF Hagan, D Chandler
Physical Review E
(2007)
76
Dynamical first-order phase transition in kinetically constrained models of glasses
JP Garrahan, RL Jack, V Lecomte, E Pitard, K van Duijvendijk, F van Wijland
Physical Review Letters
(2007)
98
Fluctuation-dissipation relations in plaquette spin systems with multi-stage relaxation
RL Jack, L Berthier, JP Garrahan
Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
(2006)
2006
Space-time thermodynamics and subsystem observables in a kinetically constrained model of glassy materials
RL Jack, JP Garrahan, D Chandler
The Journal of chemical physics
(2006)
125
Lengthscale dependence of dynamic four-point susceptibilities in glass formers.
D Chandler, JP Garrahan, RL Jack, L Maibaum, AC Pan
Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
(2006)
74

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01223 763865

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