NICK BIRRELL
PARTIAL PUBLICATIONS LIST
Publications in the field of computing
Preemptive retransmission for communication over noisy channels.
IEE Proceedings part F 128 (1981) 393.
Timing and Synchronization of the NICS Stage II Digital Network.
With R Boulter, P Hansell and P Gretton-Watson. Vol. II Annexes I and 2
STC-TM-652. The SHAPE Technical Centre,
A workbench for computer simulation of picture coding schemes.
With M A Ould, P Radford, N Tucker and D I Crawford. Proc. IEE
International Conference on Electronic Image Processing 1982.
IEE Conference Publication 214.
The application of catastrophe theory to a slotted ALOHA
communications system. IEE Proceedings Part F 128 (1981), 393.
Increasing productivity in embedded microprocessor software
development. With D H
Australian Computer Conference. Australian Computer Society,
1984.
A practical handbook for software development. With M A Ould.
Publications in theoretical physics
Off-shell effects in the (p,2p) reaction. With I E McCarthy & C
J Noble. Nucl. Phys. A271 (1976).
Comparison of the unitary pole and Adhikari-Sloan expansions in
the three nucleon system. With I R Afnan. Phys. Rev. C16 (1977)
823.
Three nucleon results for the one boson exchange potential. With
I R Afnan. Phys. Rev. C17 (1978) 326.
Trinucleon wave functions from separable expansions of the N-N
interaction. M.Sc. thesis 1976 (unpublished).
On falling through a black hole into another universe. With P C
W Davies. Nature 272 (1978) 35.
The application of adiabatic regularisation to calculations of
cosmological interest. Proc. R. Soc. (Lond.) 361 (1978) 513.
Massless Thirring model in curved space: Thermal states and
conformal anomaly. With P C W Davies. Phys. Rev. D18 (1978)
4408.
Stress tensor conformal anomaly for Weinberg type fields in
curved spacetimes. J. Phys. A12 (1979) 337.
Particle production by self interacting fields in cosmological
spacetimes. With L H Ford. Ann. Phys. (N.Y.) 122 (1979) 1.
Momentum space techniques for curved spacetime quantum field
theory. Proc. R. Soc. (Lond.) A376 (1979) 123.
Analysis of interacting quantum field theory in curved spacetime.
With J G
Momentum space renormalisation of lambda * phi ** 4 in curved
spacetime. J. Phys. A13 (1980) 569.
Effects of field interaction upon particle creation in Robertson-
(1980) 961.
Massive particle production in anisotropic spacetimes. With P C
W Davies. J. Phys. A13 (1980) 2109.
Conformal symmetry breaking and cosmological particle creation in
lambda * phi ** 4 theory. With P C W Davies. Phys. Rev. D22
(1980) 322.
Renormalisation of self interacting scalar field theories in a
nonsimply connected spacetime. With L H Ford. Phys. Rev. D22
(1980) 330.
The application of quantum field theory to cosmology and
astrophysics. Ph.D. thesis (unpublished).
Interacting quantum field theory in curved spacetime. In
"Quantum Gravity II: a Second
Penrose & D
Quantum Fields in Curved Space. With P C W Davies.
University Press Monographs on Mathematical Physics Series 1982.
(Hardback, paperback and Russian language editions).
Publication and presentations on science policy
The importance of space projects to the development of the
Australian software industry. With P Norris. Proc. National
Space Symposium. Commonwealth of
Biotechnology...A Cutting Edge Industry for Melbourne
The Biotechnology Revolution: A Unique Opportunity For Australia
ABC Radio National, Ockham’s Razor, 1998
County Submission to Health and Medical Research Strategic Review (Wills Inquiry) (1998)
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Invited address to CEDA Trustees (1999)
The Next Revolution – Biotechnology
Invited address at the CEDA Technology Seminar,
Invited address to the Melbourne University Faculty of Science and subsequently
as part of the Director’s Lecture Series at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (1999)
The Role of the Capital Markets in the Fight Against Cancer
Invited address to the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute (2000)
The Great Supperanuation Ponzi Scheme, 2010
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