Max J. Davies

Profile

I am a PhD student in the Quantum Group here at Leeds. I studied for my MPhys and BSc at Leeds too.

• MPhys Dissertation: “The Emergence of Mass in Quantum Mechanics in Configuration Space”.

Research interests

My primary research interest is in the foundations of quantum mechanics. This includes the many differing interpretations of quantum mechanics, quantum-classical consistency, and field quantisation methods.

Currently, we are exploring the shortcomings of canonical quantisation, adopting instead a physically motivated quantisation procedure (Bennett et al., Hodgson el al., Bukhari et al.). We aim to demonstrate consistency between quantum mechanics and classical mechanics using this approach, and are exploring the non-trivial nature of the mass and momentum of quantum mechanical particles.

Beyond these specific topics, my wider research interests also include quantum dynamics, quantum relativity, gravity and the role of reference frames in quantum mechanics.

Qualifications

• MPhys (integrated) Theoretical Physics, University of Leeds
• BSc Theoretical Physics, University of Leeds.

Research groups and institutes

• Theoretical Physics