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Richard Epp (physicist)

Richard J. Epp is a physicist and lecturer currently working at the University of Waterloo.

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Richard J. Epp is a physicist and lecturer currently working at the University of Waterloo.

Epp received his master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Manitoba and also completed his PhD in theoretical physics at the same institution on quantum field theory.1 After finishing graduate school, he held post-doctoral research positions at international institutions including the Raman Research Institute in Bangalore, India and the University of California, Davis. Additionally, he is the Senior Manager of Educational Outreach at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and is the founder and main lecturer during the International Summer School for Young Physicists program (ISSYP)2 held at the University of Waterloo and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics every year.

Research contributions

Richard Epp has worked on many different areas of physics, ranging from quantum mechanics to black holes and general relativity. The following is a list of papers published according to institution:

  • University of Manitoba
    • Dirac versus Reduced Quantization of the Poincare Symmetry in Scalar Electrodynamics3
  • University of California - Davis
    • On the interpretation of time re-parametrization-invariant quantum mechanics4
    • The symplectic structure of general relativity in the double null (2+2) formalism5
  • Raman Research Institute
    • Angular momentum and an invariant quasilocal energy in general relativity6
  • University of Waterloo
    • A New Approach to Black Hole Microstates7
    • A Statistical Mechanical Interpretation of Black Hole Entropy Based on an Orthonormal Frame Action8
    • Rigid motion revisited: rigid quasilocal frames9
References

References

  1. "Perimeter Institute |".
  2. "International Summer School for Young Physicists | Perimeter Institute".
  3. Epp, R. J.; Kunstatter, G. (1995). "Dirac versus reduced quantization of the Poincaré symmetry in scalar electrodynamics". Physical Review D. 51 (2): 781–789. arXiv:gr-qc/9403065. Bibcode:1995PhRvD..51..781E. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.51.781. PMID 10018530.
  4. Lawrie, Ian D.; Epp, Richard J. (1996). "Interpretation of time-reparametrization-invariant quantum mechanics: An exactly soluble model". Physical Review D. 53 (12): 7336–7344. arXiv:gr-qc/9509047. Bibcode:1996PhRvD..53.7336L. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.53.7336. PMID 10020024.
  5. Epp, R. J.; Kunstatter, G. (1995). "The Symplectic Structure of General Relativity in the Double-Null (2+2) Formalism". arXiv:gr-qc/9511060.
  6. Epp, Richard J.; Kunstatter, G. (2000). "Angular momentum and an invariant quasilocal energy in general relativity". Physical Review D. 62 (12) 124018. arXiv:gr-qc/0003035. Bibcode:2000PhRvD..62l4018E. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.62.124018.
  7. Epp, Richard J.; Mann, R. B. (1998). "A New Approach to Black Hole Microstates". Modern Physics Letters A. 13 (23): 1875–1879. arXiv:gr-qc/9806004. Bibcode:1998MPLA...13.1875E. doi:10.1142/S0217732398001960.
  8. Epp, R. J.; Kunstatter, G. (1998). "A Statistical Mechanical Interpretation of Black Hole Entropy Based on an Orthonormal Frame Action". arXiv:gr-qc/9808083.
  9. Epp, Richard J.; Mann, Robert B.; McGrath, Paul L. (2009). "Rigid motion revisited: Rigid quasilocal frames". Classical and Quantum Gravity. 26 (3) 035015. arXiv:0810.0072v2. Bibcode:2009CQGra..26c5015E. doi:10.1088/0264-9381/26/3/035015.