Jeff Forshaw

Jeff Forshaw
Forshaw in 2013
Born
Jeffrey Robert Forshaw

(1968-02-26) 26 February 1968 (age 56)
NationalityBritish
EducationHesketh Fletcher High School, Wigan and Leigh College
Alma mater
Known forParticle physics, quantum physics, theoretical physics
SpouseGail Bradbrook (div.)
Children2[1]
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsParticle physics
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester
ThesisThe Parton content of the photon and photon-induced minijets (1992)
Websitewww.hep.man.ac.uk/u/forshaw

Jeffrey Robert Forshaw (born 1968)[2] is a British particle physicist with a special interest in quantum chromodynamics (QCD): the study of the behaviour of subatomic particles, using data from the HERA particle accelerator, Tevatron particle accelerator[3] and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN.[4] Since 2004 he has been professor of particle physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester.[5]

He is the co-author of five books, including the popular science books Why Does E=mc²?, The Quantum Universe and Universal: A guide to the cosmos, co-written with physicist Brian Cox. He has also written over 100 peer reviewed papers published in scientific journals[6][7][8][9] and speaks at international science festivals for children and adults. He frequently acts as science consultant to the BBC and other media[10] and is a columnist for The Observer.

Forshaw is a recipient of the Maxwell Medal and Prize for his contribution to particle physics, and the Kelvin Prize from the Institute of Physics for his contribution to the public understanding of physics.[11][12][13]

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  2. ^ "Professor Jeffrey Robert Forshaw of Atherton". TownTalk. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  3. ^ Cox, Brian; Forshaw, Jeff; Lönnblad, Leif (1999). "Hard colour singlet exchange at the Tevatron". Journal of High Energy Physics. 1999 (10): 023. arXiv:hep-ph/9908464. Bibcode:1999JHEP...10..023C. doi:10.1088/1126-6708/1999/10/023. S2CID 2081010.
  4. ^ Butterworth, J. M.; Cox, B. E.; Forshaw, J. R. (2002). "WW scattering at the CERN LHC" (PDF). Physical Review D. 65 (9): 096014. arXiv:hep-ph/0201098. Bibcode:2002PhRvD..65i6014B. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.65.096014. S2CID 118887006.
  5. ^ Forshaw, Jeff. "School of Physics and Astronomy". University of Manchester. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
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  7. ^ Jeff Forshaw's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  8. ^ "Jeff Forshaw publications". INSPIRE-HEP. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  9. ^ "List of publications". University of Manchester. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
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  11. ^ Professor Jeff Forshaw at University of Manchester School of Physics and Astronomy
  12. ^ "Jeff Forshaw". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023.
  13. ^ TED Studies: Physics – The Edge of Knowledge