David Brown

Bio

Professor Brown received his PhD from The University of Texas at Austin in 1985, and held postdoctoral positions at the University of Vienna, Austria, The University of Texas, and the University of North Carolina. He came to NCSU in 1992 as a visiting professor in the physics and mathematics departments. He was appointed to a regular faculty position in 1995. Dr. Brown’s research area is general relativity.

Publications

• Elasticity theory in general relativity , Classical and Quantum Gravity (2021)
• Continuous body dynamics and the Mathisson-Papapetrou-Dixon equations , Phys.Rev.D (2017)
• Numerical simulations with a first order BSSN formulation of Einstein's field equations , Phys.Rev.D (2012)
• Action Principle for the Generalized Harmonic Formulation of General Relativity , Phys.Rev.D (2011)
• Generalized Harmonic Equations in 3+1 Form , Phys.Rev.D (2011)
• Oppenheimer–Snyder collapse in moving-puncture coordinates , Classical and Quantum Gravity (2011)
• Trumpet slices of the Schwarzschild-Tangherlini spacetime , Phys.Rev.D (2010)
• Covariant formulations of BSSN and the standard gauge , Phys.Rev.D (2009)
• Probing the puncture for black hole simulations , Phys.Rev.D (2009)
• Strongly Hyperbolic Extensions of the ADM Hamiltonian , workshop on Quantum Mechanics of Fundamental Systems: the Quest for Beauty and Simplicity: Dedicated to Claudio Bunster on the occasion of his 60th birthday (2009)

Groups

• Administration
• Faculty