He is now a Professor of theoretical physics at Southampton University. He is chair of the STFC Particle Physics Theory funding panel.
Professor Nick Evans completed his PhD in collider phenomenology in 1993 at Southampton University. He performed his early research work at Yale and Boston Universities in the US before returning to Southampton in 1999 on a UK government 5 year fellowship.
His work centres on strongly interacting particle systems, including composite Higgs models, and he plays a large role in applying string theory to study the strong nuclear force and the mechanism of mass generation. Much of his work centres on the structure of the vacuum so in a sense he works on nothing.
Nick has previously taught the third year course Theories of Matter, Space and Time, the fourth year Particle Physics course, the final year Synoptic course and the first year course Electicity and Magnetism plus a Graduate Coure on Quantum Field Theory. He is currently teaching the first year course Energy and Matter on thermodynamics and the kinetic model of gases. Nick's outreach work includes the on line physics with murder, mystery, thriller ``The Newtonian Legacy" which you can read for free online at: \newlinehttp://www.southampton.ac.uk/~evans/NL/
Erdmenger, Johanna, Evans, Nick, Porod, Werner and Rigatos, Konstantinos S. (2021) Gauge/gravity dual dynamics for the strongly coupled sector of composite Higgs models. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 (2), [58]. (doi:10.1007/JHEP02(2021)058).
Erdmenger, Johanna, Evans, Nick, Porod, Werner and Rigatos, Konstantinos S. (2021) Gauge/gravity dynamics for composite Higgs models and the top mass. Physical Review Letters, 126 (7), [071602]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.071602).
Fadafan, Kazem Bitaghsir, Rojas, Jesus Cruz and Evans, Nicholas (2021) Holographic quark matter with colour superconductivity and a stiff equation of state for compact stars. Phys. Rev. E, 103 (2), [026012]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.103.026012).
Belyaev, Alexander, Fadafan, Kazem Bitaghsir, Evans, Nick and Gholamzadeh, Mansoureh (2020) Any room left for technicolor? Holographic studies of NJL assisted technicolor. Physical Review D, 101 (8), [086013]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.101.086013).
Bitaghsir Fadafan, Kazem, Cruz Rojas, Jesus and Evans, Nicholas (2020) Deconfined, massive quark phase at high density and compact stars. Physical Review D. (In Press)
Evans, Nicholas, O'bannon, Andrew and Rodgers, Ronald, James (2020) Holographic Wilson lines as screened impurities. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2020 (3), [188]. (doi:10.1007/JHEP03(2020)188).
Evans, Nicholas and Russell, Matthew James (2020) Low mu and imaginary mu signals of a critical point in the phase diagram of an exactly soluble chiral symmetry breaking theory. Physical Review D. (In Press)
Abt, Raimond, Erdmenger, Johanna, Evans, Nicholas and Rigatos, Konstantinos S. (2019) Light composite fermions from holography. Journal of High Energy Physics, 1-27. (doi:10.1007%2FJHEP11(2019)160).
Fadafan, Kazem Bitaghsir, Rojas, Jesus Cruz and Evans, Nick (2018) Holographic description of color superconductivity. Physical Review D, 98 (6), 1-10, [066010]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.98.066010).
Fadafan, Kazem Bitaghsir, Clemens, Will and Evans, Nick (2018) Holographic gauged NJL model: the conformal window and ideal walking. Physical Review D, 98. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.98.066015).
Clemens, William, Howard and Evans, Nicholas (2017) A holographic study of the gauged NJL model. Physics Letters B, 771, 1-4. (doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2017.05.027).
Clemens, William, Howard, Evans, Nicholas and Scott, Marc (2017) Holograms of a dynamical top quark. Physical Review D, 96, [055016]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.96.055016).
Evans, Nicholas and Young, Keun (2016) Holographic Nambu Jona-Lasinio interactions. Physical Review D, 93 (66002), 1-7. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.066002).
Evans, Nicholas, Miller, Carlisson and Scott, Marc (2016) Inverse magnetic catalysis in bottom-up holographic QCD. Physical Review D, 94 (7), [074034]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.94.074034).
Evans, Nick, Morris, Tim R. and Scott, Marc (2016) Translational symmetry breaking in field theories and the cosmological constant. Physical Review D, 93 (2), 1-9. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.93.025019).
Erdmenger, Johanna, Evans, Nicholas and Scott, Marc (2015) Meson spectra of asymptotically free gauge theories from holography. Physical Review D, 91 (8), 1-15, [85004]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.91.085004).
Evans, Nick and Jones, Peter (2014) Holographic graphene in a cavity. Pre-print, (arXiv:1407.3097), 1-7.
Evans, Nicholas and Scott, Marc (2014) Hyper-scaling relations in the conformal window from dynamic AdS/QCD. Physical Review D, 90 (6), 1-12. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.90.065025).
Evans, Nicholas and Keun-Young, Kim (2014) Vacuum alignment and phase structure of holographic bi-layers. Physics Letters B, 728, 658-661. (doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2013.11.060).
Evans, Nick, Kim, Keun-Young and Shock, Jonathan P. (2011) Chiral phase transitions and quantum critical points of the D3/D7(D5) system with mutually perpendicular E and B fields at finite temperature and density. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011 (9). (doi:10.1007/JHEP09(2011)021).
Evans, Nick, Gebauer, Astrid and Kim, Keun-Young (2011) E, B, mu, T phase structure of the D3/D7 holographic dual. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011 (5). (doi:10.1007/JHEP05(2011)067).
Evans, Nick, Kim, Keun-Young and Magou, Maria (2011) Holographic Wilsonian renormalization and chiral phase transitions. Physical Review D, 84 (12), 126016-[16pp]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.84.126016).
Evans, Nick, Kalaydzhyan, Tigran, Kim, Keun-Young and Kirsch, Ingo (2011) Non-equilibrium physics at a holographic chiral phase transition. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011 (50), 1-27. (doi:10.1007/JHEP01(2011)050).
Evans, Nick, Gebauer, Astrid, Kim, Keun-Young and Magou, Maria (2011) Phase diagram of the D3/D5 system in a magnetic field and a BKT transition. Physics Letters B, 698 (1), 91-95. (doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2011.03.004).
Evans, Nick, French, James, Jensen, Kristan and Threlfall, Ed (2010) Hadronization at the AdS wall. Physical Review D, 81 (6). (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.81.066004).
Evans, Nicholas, Gebauer, Astrid, Keun-Young, Kim and Magou, Maria (2010) Holographic description of the phase diagram of a chiral symmetry breaking gauge theory. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2010 (3), 1-22. (doi:10.1007/JHEP03(2010)132).
Evans, Nick, French, James and Kim, Keun-Young (2010) Holography of a composite inflaton. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2010 (11). (doi:10.1007/JHEP11(2010)145).
Evans, Nick, Jensen, Kristan and Kim, Keun-Young (2010) Non-mean-field quantum critical points from holography. Physical Review D, 82 (10), 105012-[15pp]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.82.105012).
Evans, Nick and Threlfall, Ed (2009) Chemical Potential in the Gravity Dual of a 2+1 Dimensional System. Physical Review D, 79 (6). (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.79.066008).
Alvares, Raul, Evans, Nick, Gebauer, Astrid and Weatherill, George James (2009) Holographic integral equations and walking technicolour. Physical Review D. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.81.025013).
Evans, Nick and Tedder, Andrew (2008) A holographic model of hadronization. Physical Review Letters, 100 (16), 162003-[4pp]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.162003).
Evans, Nick and Threlfall, Ed (2008) Mesonic quasinormal modes of the Sakai-Sugimoto model at high temperature. Physical Review D, 77 (12), 126008-[6pp]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.77.126008).
Erdmenger, J., Evans, N., Kirsch, I. and Threlfall, E.J. (2008) Mesons in gauge/gravity duals: a review. The European Physical Journal A, 35, 81-133. (doi:10.1140/epja/i2007-10540-1).
Evans, Nick and Threlfall, Ed (2008) R-charge chemical potential in a 2+1 dimensional system. Pre-print, (arXiv:0807.3679), 6pp.
Evans, Nick and Threlfall, Ed (2008) Thermal phase transition in a QCD-like holographic model. Physical Review D, 78, 105020-[10pp]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.78.105020).
Erdmenger, J., Grosse, J. and Evans, N. (2007) Heavy-light mesons from the AdS/CFT correspondence. Journal of High Energy Physics, 1, 98. (doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2007/01/098).
Evans, Nick (2007) Holographic QCD and perfection. Pre-print, (hep-ph/0701218v), 1-8.
Evans, N., Tedder, A. and Waterson, T. (2007) Improving the infra-red of holographic descriptions of QCD. Journal of High Energy Physics, 1, 58-72. (doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2007/01/058).
Evans, Nick and Threlfall, Ed (2007) Quark mass in the Sakai-Sugimoto model of chiral symmetry breaking. Pre-print, 1-14.
Evans, N.J. (2007) The Newtonian legacy , A free popular science novel, 139pp.
Evans, Nick (2006) Extended technicolour. In, Kraml, Sabine, Azuelos, Georges, Dominici, Daniele, Ellis, John, Grenier, Gerald, Haber, Howard E., Lee, Jae Sik, Miller, David J., Pilaftsis, Apostolos and Porod, Werner (eds.) Workshop on CP Studies and Non-Standard Higgs Physics, May 2004 – December 2005. Workshop on CP Studies and Non-Standard Higgs Physics (13/05/04 - 14/05/04) Geneva, Switzerland. CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research, pp. 464-468.
Evans, Nick, Morris, Tim R. and Rosten, Oliver J. (2006) Gauge invariant regularization in the AdS/CFT correspondence and ghost D-branes. Physics Letters B, 635 (2-3), 148-150. (doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2006.02.055).
Apreda, R., Erdmenger, J., Evans, N., Große, J. and Guralnik, Z. (2006) Instantons on D7 brane probes and AdS/CFT with flavour. Fortschritte der Physik, 54 (5/6), 266-274. (doi:10.1002/prop.200510283).
Evans, Nick (2006) Particle physics: quarks on a gravitational string. Nature, 439, 921-923. (doi:10.1038/439921a).
Evans, Nick and Tedder, Andrew (2006) Perfecting the ultra-violet of holographic descriptions of QCD. Physics Letters B, 642 (5-6), 546-550. (doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2006.10.019).
Apreda, Riccardo, Erdmenger, Johanna and Evans, Nick (2006) Scalar effective potential for D7 brane probes which break chiral symmetry. Journal of High Energy Physics, 5, 011-[14pp]. (doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2006/05/011).
Evans, Nick (2005) An introduction to QED & QCD. Lectures presented at the School for Experimental High Energy Physics Students, Rutherton Appleton Laboratory, September 2004. In Proceedings of the School for Experimental High Energy Physics Students, held 5 to 17 September 2004. vol. RAL-TR-2005-02, Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils. pp. 49-111 .
Evans, N., Shock, J.P. and Waterson, T. (2005) D7 brane embeddings and chiral symmetry breaking. Journal of High Energy Physics, 3, 5-31. (doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2005/03/005).
Evans, N. and Sannino, F. (2005) Minimal walking technicolour, the top mass and precision electroweak measurements. Pre-print, 1-15.
Apreda, Riccardo, Erdmenger, Johanna, Evans, Nick and Guralnik, Zachary (2005) Strong coupling effective Higgs potential and a first order thermal phase transition from AdS/CFT duality. Physical Review D, 71 (12), 126002-[11pp]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.71.126002).
Evans, Nick (2005) The gravity of hadrons. Physics World, 18, 26-27.
Evans, Nick, Shock, Jonathan P. and Waterson, Tom (2005) Towards a perfect QCD gravity dual. Physics Letters B, 622 (1-2), 165-171. (doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2005.07.014).
Babington, J., Erdmenger, J., Evans, N.J., Guralnik, Z. and Kirsch, I. (2004) A gravity dual of chiral symmetry breaking. Fortschritte der Physik, 52 (6-7), 578-582. (doi:10.1002/prop.200310147).
Evans, Nick and Shock, Jonathan P. (2004) Chiral dynamics from AdS space. Physical Review D, 70 (4), 046002-[11pp]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.70.046002).
Babington, J., Erdmenger, J., Evans, N.J., Guralnik, Z. and Kirsch, I. (2004) Chiral symmetry breaking and pions in nonsupersymmetric gauge/gravity duals. Physical Review D, 69 (6), 066007-[13pp]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.69.066007).
Apreda, Riccardo, Crooks, David E., Evans, Nick and Petrini, Michela (2004) Confinement, glueballs and strings from deformed AdS. Journal of High Energy Physics, 5, 065-[23pp]. (doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2004/05/065).
Evans, Nick and Membry, Phil (2004) Higgsless W unitarity from decoupling deconstruction. Pre-print, (hep-ph/0406285v), 1-10.
Evans, N. (2004) QCD-like gauge dynamics from gravity duals. Fortschritte der Physik, 52 (6/7), 497-502. (doi:10.1002/prop.200310136).
Evans, Nick (2004) QED & QCD. Lectures presented at the School for Young High Energy Physicists, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, September 2003. In Proceedings of the School for Young High Energy Physicists held 31 August to 12 September 2003. vol. RAL-TR-2004-008, Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils. pp. 47-108 .
Babington, James, Crooks, David E. and Evans, Nick (2003) A non-supersymmetric deformation of the AdS/CFT correspondence. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2, 24. (doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2003/02/024).
Babington, James, Crooks, David E. and Evans, Nick (2003) A stable supergravity dual of non-supersymmetric glue. Physical Review D, 67 (6), 066007-[9pp]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.67.066007).
Simmons, E.H., Chivukula, R.S. and Evans, N. (2003) Flavor constraints on theory space. Pre-prints, 7pp. (doi:10.1142/9789812795120_0039).
Evans, Nick (2003) String theory meets QCD. Physics World, 16 (5), 35-38.
Crooks, David E. and Evans, Nick (2003) The Yang Mills gravity dual. Pre-print, 1-8.
Evans, N.J., Johnson, C.V. and Petrini, M. (2002) Clearing the throat: irrelevant operators and finite temperature in large N gauge theory. Journal of High Energy Physics, 5, 002-018. (doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2002/05/002).
Babington, James and Evans, Nick (2002) Field theory operator encoding in N = 2 geometries. Journal of High Energy Physics, 1. (doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2002/01/016).
Chivukula, R. Sekhar, Evans, Nick and Simmons, Elizabeth H. (2002) Flavor physics and fine tuning in theory space. Physical Review D, 66 (3), 035008-[6pp]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.66.035008).
Evans, Nick and Hockings, James (2002) N = 4 super Yang Mills at finite density: The naked truth. Journal of High Energy Physics, JHEP07 (70), 1-12. (doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2002/07/070).
Evans, Nick J., Petrini, Michela and Zaffaroni, Alberto (2002) The gravity dual of softly broken N=1 super Yang-Mills. Journal of High Energy Physics, 6 (4), 1-12. (doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2002/06/004).
Evans, N. and Petrini, M. (2001) AdS RG-flow and the Super-Yang-Mills cascade. Pre-print, 15pp. (doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00593-9).
Evans, Nick (2001) Renormalization group flow in the deformed AdS/CFT correspondence. International Journal of Modern Physics A, 16 (11), 2027-2034. (doi:10.1142/S0217751X01004657).
Babington, James, Evans, Nick. J. and Hockings, James (2001) Secrets of the metric in N = 4 and N = 2* geometries. Journal of High Energy Physics, 7. (doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2001/07/034).
Evans, Nick and Petrini, Michela (2001) Superfluidity in the AdS/CFT correspondence. Journal of High Energy Physics, 11, 043-[15pp]. (doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2001/11/043).
Evans, N.J. (1970) PLEASE LEAVE QED & QCS, lecture notes for the British Experimental High Energy Physics Summer School 2003 (RAL Technical Report). British Experimental High Energy Physics Summer School, 2003, Tsakhkadzor, Armenia. 23 Aug - 05 Sep 2003.
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Email: evans@soton.ac.uk