Education

AMusA Piano

Australian Music Examinations Board (1988)

BSc (Hons) Physics

University of Melbourne (1991)

PhD Physics

University of Melbourne (1995)

Honours

Fellow of the Institute of Physics (since 2005)

Publications

New horizons in multidimensional diffusion: The Lorentz gas and the Riemann Hypothesis (2012)
Carl P. Dettmann
Journal of Statistical Physics vol: 146 , Pages: 181 - 204

Full Connectivity: Corners, edges and faces (2012)
Justin P. Coon, Carl P. Dettmann and Orestis Georgiou
Journal of Statistical Physics vol: 147 , Pages: 758 - 778

Full list of publications

Research Interests

Dynamical systems

Particular interests include dynamical billiards, where a particle moves freely except for collisions with the boundary.  These are of theoretical interest, providing visual examples of many kinds of dynamics from regular to chaotic depending on the shape of the container, and model experiments and applications in which light, atoms, electrons or sound move in a confined region.  Open systems, where particles or trajectories enter and/or exit the system, or move between two or many sub-systems.  Time-dependent systems, such as billiards with vibrating boundaries, in which the energy can grow in an unbounded manner.

Wireless networks 

Characterising connectivity and reliability of mesh networks, in which signals are relayed by individual devices ("nodes") rather than through a central router, in terms of the shape of the region, pairwise connectivity properties and the node density.

Research Themes

• Complex Systems
• Dynamical Systems & Statistical Mechanics
• Quantum Chaos