About
I am an Associate (2019-20) of the Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology (Durham University). I am a member of the Exotic Hadron Spectroscopy Network (http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/exotics) and Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy.
Dr Timothy Burns
Senior Lecturer
Physics
Office - 605
Sixth Floor
Vivian Building
Singleton Campus
Sixth Floor
Vivian Building
Singleton Campus
Available For Postgraduate Supervision
Research Links
Areas Of Expertise
- Phenomenology of exotic hadrons
- Unquenched quark models and strong decay
- Hadronic molecules
Career Highlights
Award Highlights
Swansea University Excellence in Learning and Teaching Award (2018)
Publications
Research Highlights
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T.J., B., E.S., S., & Burns, T. (2016). Interpreting the X(5568). Physics Letters B, 760, 627-633.
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Burns, T. & Burns, T. (2015). Phenomenology of Pc(4380)+, Pc(4450)+ and related states. The European Physical Journal A, 51(11)
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Burns, T. & Burns, T. (2015). Meson Mass Splittings in Unquenched Quark Models. Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement, 8(1), 31
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Burns, T. & Burns, T. (2014). Angular momentum coefficients for meson strong decay and unquenched quark models. Physical Review D, 90(3)
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Burns, T. & Burns, T. (2013). Hyperfine splitting and the experimental candidates for Eta-b(2S). Physical Review D, D87(3)
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Burns, T. (2013). Angular momentum coefficients for meson strong decay and the unquenched quark model (CHARM 2013). Proceedings of ``The 6th International Workshop on Charm Physics''SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24152
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Burns, T. (2011). P-Wave Spin-Spin Splitting and Meson Loops. The Proceedings of ``XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy''SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24135
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Burns, T. & Burns, T. (2011). How the small hyperfine splitting ofP-wave mesons evades large loop corrections. Physical Review D, D84(3)
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Burns, T. & Burns, T. (2011). Rethinking the X(3872). AIP Conf. Proc., 1343
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Burns, T., Piccinini, F., Polosa, A., Prosperi, V., Sabelli, C., & Burns, T. (2011). Momentum distribution ofJ/ψinBdecays. Physical Review D, D83(11)
All Research
Journal Articles
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Lombardo, M., Aarts, G., Allton, C., Anwar, M., Bignell, R., Burns, T., d’Arcy, R., Jäger, B., Kim, S., Page, B., Ryan, S., Skullerud, J., Smecca, A., & SPRIGGS, T. (2025). Bottomonium spectral functions in thermal QCD. Journal of Subatomic Particles and Cosmology, 3, 100049
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Aarts, G., Allton, C., Anwar, M., Bignell, R., Burns, T., Jäger, B., & Skullerud, J. (2024). Non-zero temperature study of spin 1/2 charmed baryons using lattice gauge theory. The European Physical Journal A, 60(3)
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Anwar, M. & Burns, T. (2023). Tetraquark mass relations in quark and diquark models. Physics Letters B, 847, 138248
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Burns, T. & Swanson, E. (2023). The LHCb state Pψs(4338) as a triangle singularity. Physics Letters B, 838, 137715
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Skullerud, J., Aarts, G., Allton, C., Anwar, M., Bignell, R., Burns, T., García-Mascaraque, S., Hands, S., D’Arcy, R., Jäger, B., Kim, S., Lombardo, M., Murphy, E., Offler, S., Page, B., Ryan, S., Spriggs, T., Stasiak, D., & Ziegler, F. (2022). Hadrons at high temperature: An update from the FASTSUM collaboration. EPJ Web of Conferences, 274, 05011
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Burns, T. (2022). Open charm mesons at nonzero temperature: results in the hadronic phase from lattice QCD. arXiv
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Burns, T. & Swanson, E. (2022). Production of Pc states in Λb decays. Physical Review D, 106(5)
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Burns, T. & Swanson, E. (2022). Experimental constraints on the properties of Pc states. The European Physical Journal A, 58(4)
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Spriggs, T., Aarts, G., Allton, C., Burns, T., D’Arcy, R., Jäger, B., Kim, S., Lombardo, M., Offler, S., Page, B., Ryan, S., & Skullerud, J. (2022). A comparison of spectral reconstruction methods applied to non-zero temperature NRQCD meson correlation functions. EPJ Web of Conferences, 258, 05011
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Burns, T. & Swanson, E. (2021). Kinematical cusp and resonance interpretations of the X(2900). Physics Letters B, 813, 136057
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Burns, T. & Swanson, E. (2021). Discriminating among interpretations for the X(2900) states. Physical Review D, 103(1)
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Burns, T. & Swanson, E. (2019). Molecular interpretation of the Pc(4440) and Pc(4457) states. Physical Review D, 100(11)
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T.J., B., E.S., S., & Burns, T. (2016). Interpreting the X(5568). Physics Letters B, 760, 627-633.
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Burns, T. & Burns, T. (2015). Meson Mass Splittings in Unquenched Quark Models. Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement, 8(1), 31
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Burns, T. & Burns, T. (2015). Phenomenology of Pc(4380)+, Pc(4450)+ and related states. The European Physical Journal A, 51(11)
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Burns, T. & Burns, T. (2014). Angular momentum coefficients for meson strong decay and unquenched quark models. Physical Review D, 90(3)
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Burns, T. & Burns, T. (2013). Hyperfine splitting and the experimental candidates for Eta-b(2S). Physical Review D, D87(3)
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Burns, T. (2013). Angular momentum coefficients for meson strong decay and the unquenched quark model (CHARM 2013). Proceedings of ``The 6th International Workshop on Charm Physics''SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24152
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Burns, T. & Burns, T. (2011). How the small hyperfine splitting ofP-wave mesons evades large loop corrections. Physical Review D, D84(3)
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Burns, T. & Burns, T. (2011). Rethinking the X(3872). AIP Conf. Proc., 1343
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Burns, T., Piccinini, F., Polosa, A., Prosperi, V., Sabelli, C., & Burns, T. (2011). Momentum distribution ofJ/ψinBdecays. Physical Review D, D83(11)
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Burns, T. (2011). P-Wave Spin-Spin Splitting and Meson Loops. The Proceedings of ``XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy''SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24135
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Burns, T., Piccinini, F., Polosa, A., Sabelli, C., & Burns, T. (2010). The2−+assignment for theX(3872). Physical Review D, D82(7)
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Burns, T., Close, F., Thomas, C., & Burns, T. (2008). Dynamics of hadron strong production and decay. Physical Review D, D77(3)
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Burns, T. (2007). Hadron production in psi, eta(c) and chi decays.SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24131
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Burns, T., Close, F., & Burns, T. (2006). Hybrid-meson properties in lattice QCD and flux-tube models. Physical Review D, D74(3)
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Burns, T. (2006). Strong decay amplitudes using the Talmi-Moshinsky transformation and the suppressed production of the 1-+ hybrid.SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24150
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Burns, T., Close, F., Dudek, J., & Burns, T. (2005). Pentaquark implications for exotic mesons. Physical Review D, D71(1)
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Burns, T. (2003). Energy spectrum of the Fe$_4$ molecular magnet. Europhys.Lett., 63SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24127
Conference Contributions
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Allton, C., Aarts, G., Anwar, M., Bignell, R., Burns, T., Chaves Garcia-Mascaraque, S., Hands, S., Jäger, B., Kim, S., Lombardo, M., Page, B., Ryan, S., Skullerud, J., Smecca, A., & Spriggs, T. (2024). Thermal lattice QCD results from the FASTSUM collaboration. In Proceedings of 42nd International Conference on High Energy Physics — PoS(ICHEP2024) (pp. 631Sissa Medialab.
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Bignell, R., Aarts, G., Allton, C., Anwar, M., Burns, T., Jaeger, B., Skullerud, J., & collaboration), . (2024). Reconstructed (charm) baryon methods at finite temperature on anisotropic lattices. In Proceedings of The 40th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory — PoS(LATTICE2023) (pp. 199Sissa Medialab.
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Allton, C., Aarts, G., Bignell, R., Burns, T., Chaves, S., Hands, S., Jäger, B., Kim, S., Lombardo, M., Page, B., Ryan, S., Skullerud, J., Spriggs, T., & collaboration), . (2023). Recent results from the FASTSUM Collaboration. In Proceedings of The 39th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory — PoS(LATTICE2022) (pp. 198Sissa Medialab.
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Bignell, R., Aarts, G., Allton, C., Anwar, M., Burns, T., & Jäger, B. (2023). Charm baryons at finite temperature on anisotropic lattices. In Proceedings of The 39th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory — PoS(LATTICE2022) (pp. 170Sissa Medialab.
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SPRIGGS, T., Aarts, G., Allton, C., Burns, T., Jäger, B., Kim, S., Lombardo, M., Offler, S., Page, B., Ryan, S., & Skullerud, J. (2022). Bottomonium spectral widths at nonzero temperature using maximum likelihood. In Proceedings of The 38th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory — PoS(LATTICE2021)Sissa Medialab.
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Chaves Garcia-Mascaraque, S., Aarts, G., Allton, C., Burns, T., Hands, S., & Jaeger, B. (2022). Meson thermal masses at different temperatures. In Proceedings of The 38th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory — PoS(LATTICE2021)Sissa Medialab.
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SPRIGGS, T., Allton, C., Burns, T., & Kim, S. (2022). Thermal interquark potentials for bottomonium using NRQCD from the HAL QCD method. In Proceedings of The 38th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory — PoS(LATTICE2021)Sissa Medialab.
Supervision
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Hadrons in Models and QCD (current)
PhDOther supervisor: Prof Chris Allton -
THERMAL QCD SPECTRUM AND POTENTIAL BOTTOMONIUM AT NON-ZERO TEMPERATURE (awarded 2023)
PhDOther supervisor: Prof Chris Allton -
Hadrons under extreme conditions (awarded 2023)
PhDOther supervisor: Prof Gert Aarts -
Meson spectroscopy at non-zero temperature using lattice QCD. (awarded 2023)
PhDOther supervisor: Prof Gert Aarts
Taught Modules
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PH-115 Quantum Mechanics I
This module walks through the conceptual problems that led to the development of quantum mechanics, the early revolutionary ideas emerging from physics of black body radiation, the photoelectric effect, wave particle duality and the mathematical rules of quantum mechanics and its applications to physical problems in one dimension.
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PH-132 Mathematics for Physicists I
Provides essential mathematics underpinning undergraduate level physics. Aimed at students who have taken A level mathematics or equivalent.