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

Correction of coarse-graining errors by a two-level method: Application to the Asakura-Oosawa model.
H Kobayashi, PB Rohrbach, R Scheichl, NB Wilding, RL Jack
The Journal of Chemical Physics
(2019)
151
Accelerated relaxation and suppressed dynamic heterogeneity in a kinetically constrained (East) model with swaps
R Gutiérrez, JP Garrahan, RL Jack
Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
(2019)
2019
A variational structure for interacting particle systems and their hydrodynamic scaling limits
M Kaiser, RL Jack, J Zimmer
Communications in Mathematical Sciences
(2019)
17
Large deviations in models of growing clusters with symmetry-breaking transitions.
RL Jack
Phys Rev E
(2019)
100
Unraveling the Large Deviation Statistics of Markovian Open Quantum Systems.
F Carollo, RL Jack, JP Garrahan
Physical Review Letters
(2019)
122
Microscopic analysis of thermo-orientation in systems of off-centre Lennard-Jones particles.
RL Jack, P Wirnsberger, A Reinhardt
Journal of Chemical Physics
(2019)
150
Optimizing active work: Dynamical phase transitions, collective motion, and jamming.
T Nemoto, É Fodor, ME Cates, RL Jack, J Tailleur
Physical review. E
(2019)
99
Effects of random pinning on the potential energy landscape of a supercooled liquid.
SP Niblett, VK de Souza, RL Jack, DJ Wales
J Chem Phys
(2018)
149
Efficient characterisation of large deviations using population dynamics
T Brewer, SR Clark, R Bradford, RL Jack
Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
(2018)
2018
Canonical Structure and Orthogonality of Forces and Currents in Irreversible Markov Chains.
M Kaiser, RL Jack, J Zimmer
J Stat Phys
(2018)
170

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