Department of Physics and Astronomy
Dr. Derek Raine
Publications

Papers in Refereed Journals

General Relativity and Cosmology

1. Mach's principle in general relativity
MNRAS, 171, 507-528, 1975.

2. Mach's principle and space-time structure
Reports on Progress in Physics, 44, 1151-1196, 1981.

3. Large-scale inhomogeneity in the universe and the anisotropy of the microwave background [with E.G. Thomas] MNRAS, 195, 649-660, 1981.

4. Mach's principle and the microwave background [with E.G. Thomas]
Astrophys. Lett., 23, 37-45, 1982.

5. The quasi-isotropic universe and the microwave background [with E.G. Thomas]
Astrophysics. Lett., 25, 25-34, 1986.

6. Elements of relativity theory [with D.F. Lawden]
Nature, 319: (6056) 822, Feb. 1986.

7. Radial infall of a spinning particle into a Schwarzschild black hole [with A. White, M. Dampier] Classical Quant Grav 17 (18): 3681-3688, 2000


Quantum Field Theory and Gravitation

8. Pair creation in expanding universes [with C.P. Winlove]
Phys. Rev., D12, 946-951, 1975.

9. Pair creation and the Gowdy model [with C.P. Winlove]
Ann. Phys., 93, 116-124, 1975.

10. General relativistic quantum field theory: an exactly soluble model [with P. Candelas]
Phys. Rev., D12, 965-974, 1975.

11. Quantum field theory on incomplete manifolds [with P. Candelas]
J. Math. Phys., 17, 2101-2142, 1976.

12. The Feynman propagator in curved spacetime [with P. Candelas]
Phys. Rev., D15, 1494-1500, 1977.

13. From anti-de Sitter space to Minkowski space via vacuum fluctuations [with P. Candelas] Nucl. Phys., B243, 157, 1984.

14. Compactification and supersymmetry in d = 11 supergravity [with P. Candelas]
Nucl. Phys., B428, 415-422, 1984.

15. Does an accelerated oscillator radiate? [with D.W. Sciama and P. Grove]
Proc. Roy. Soc. A., 435, 205-215, 1991.

16. The membrance picture of Hawking radiation [with D.W. Sciama]
J.Stat.Phys., 77, 223-228, 1994.

17. Hawking radiation and dissipative quantum systems. [with D.W. Sciama]
Class. Quantum Grav. 14, A325-A329, 1997.

Astrophysics

18. AM Herculis: interpretation of the 1.2mm and 2.2mm light curves [with A.R. King and R.F. Jameson]
Astron. Astrophys., 70, 327-330, 1978.

19. X-ray observations of SS Cygni [with M.J. Ricketts and A.R. King]
MNRAS., 186, 233-244, 1979.

20. Supercritical accretion on to unmagnetised neutron stars and the galactic bulge X-ray sources [with B.C. Jones] Astron. Astrophys., 76, 179-187, 1979.

21. Supercritical disc accretion on to black holes and quasars and type 1 Seyferts [with B.C. Jones] Astron. Astrophys., 81, 128-136, 1980.

22. Broad emission line profiles from disksf and quasars [with A. Smith]
MNRAS, 197, 339-350, 1981.

23. Wind interactions above accretion discs: a model for broad-line regions and collimated outflow [with M.D. Smith] MNRAS, 212, 425-445, 1985.

24. Narrow line profiles and interacting gas flows in active nuclei [with J. Mardaljevic and M.D. Smith] MNRAS, 218, 651-662, 1986.

25. A dynamical model for the narrow line region of active galaxies [with B. Mobasher]
MNRAS, 228, 159-172, 1987.

26. Broad emission lines from clouds and discs in active nuclei [with J. Mardaljevic and D. Walsh] Astrophys. Lett., 26, 357-368, 1988.

27. The duelling wind model for the emission line region of active galactic nuclei [with M.D. Smith] MNRAS, 234, 297-318, 1988.

28. Broad emission lines in active galaxies. Vistas in Astronomy, 32, 321-339, 1988.

29. Broad emission lines in the duelling wind model of active nuclei [with B. Mobasher]
MNRAS, 237, 979-994, 1989.

30. Accretion disc chromospheres in actaive galaxies [with B. Mobasher]
MNRAS, 244, 652-662, 1990.

31. Can non-radiative heating create a broad line region in active galaxies [with M.D. O'Reilly] Astro. Lett. & Communications, 28, 331-348, (November) 1993.

32. The broad line regions of active galaxies [with I. Cassidy] MNRAS, 260, 385-400, 1993.

33. The broad line regions of NGC 4151 [with I. Cassidy] Astron. Astrophys., 310, 49-65, 1996.

34. NGC4151 - A unified active galactic nucleus [with I. Cassidy] Astron. Astrophys., 322, 400-418, June 1997.

35. Linewidth distributions as evidence or axisymmetry in the broad line regions of active galaxies [with C.M. Rudge] MNRAS 297, 1. L1-L4, 1998.

36. Determining the cosmological parameters from the linewidths of active galaxies [with C.M. Rudge] MNRAS, 308, 1150-1158, Oct 1999.

37. The luminosity dependence of opening angle in unified models of active galaxies [with C.M. Rudge] MNRAS, 311, 621-628, Jan 2000.


Biophysics

38. A fission-fusion origin for life [with V. Norris] Origins Life Evol., B28, 523-537, Oct 1998.

39. Self-organisation in metabolic pathways [with V Norris] Inter-Journal of Complex Systems, B Article No 361 (2000)

40. Network Structure of Metabolic Pathways [with V Norris] Journal of Biological Physics and Chemistry 1 89-94, 2001

41. Hypothesis: Hyperstructures regulate initiation in Escherichia coli and other bacteria [with V Norris, M Demarty, et al.] Biochimie 84 (4): 341-347, 2002


Education

42. Computerised simulation of an optical telescope [with D.J. Adams] European Journal Phys., 7, 95-98, 1986.

43. Independent Learning for the Unwilling U. Chem. Ed 6, 83-87, 2002

In Press:

44. Networks as Constrained Thermodynamic Systems [with Y Grondin & V Norris] Comptes Rendues (2002, to appear)

45. Problem-Based Learning in Astrophysics [with J Collet] European J Phys (submitted)

46. Lipid domain interfaces as prebiotic catalysts of peptide bond formation [with V Norris] J Phys Chem (submitted)


Papers in non-Refereed Journals

47. Wind interactions in powerful X-ray sources: [with M.D. Smith] In: X-ray and UV emission from active galactic nuclei, ed. by N. Brinkman and J. Trumper
MPE Report, 184, 218-220, 1984.

48. Floppy discs: a recipe for the "Observers' Dream" model [with M.D. Smith] In: Structure and Evolution of Active Galactic Nuclei, ed. G. Giuicin, D. Reidel, Dordrecht, 717-720, 1986

48. The quasi-isotropic universe In: Gravitation in Astrophysics Cargese Lectures 1986, ed. by B. Carter and J. Hartle (Gordon & Breach) 10pp, 1987.

49. UV emission lines in galactic nuclei: predictions from the duelling wind model [with M.D. Smith] In: New insights in astrophysics: proc. of a joint NASA/ESA/SERC conf., Univ. College London, July 14-16, ESA SP-263, pp.693-695, 1986.

50. [with B. Czerny & M. Zbyszewska] In: Iron line diagnostics in X-rau sources, ed. A. Treves, 1991, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, p.226.

51. X-ray spectra of active galaxies from dynamical tuning [with M.D. O'Reilly]
In: Proceedings of 7th IAP meeting, ed. S. Collin-Souffrin, 1991.

52. Decoherence of the cluttered quantum vacuum. In: The renaissance of general relativity and cosmology, eds. G. Ellis, A. Lanza & J. Miller, November 1993, CUP, pp. 300-314.

53. Evolution of narrow line clouds [with P.A. Foulsham]
In: Nature of Compact Objects in Active Galactic Nuclei, eds. A. Robinson & R.J. Terlovich, 1994, CUP, pp. 51-52.

54. The integral formulation of Mach's Principle. In: Einstein Studies, Vol. 6. Mach's principle: From Newton's Bucket to Quantum Gravity, eds. J.B. Barbour, H. Pfister, August 1995, The Centre for Einstein Studies, Boston Univ., 274-292

55. The Complexity of canonical power law networks D J Raine and V Norris In P. Amar et al (eds) Proceedings of the Autrans Seminar on Modelling and Simulation of Biological Processes in the context of Genomics, March 2002.

56. Spin Perturbation of a Schwarzschild Black Hole with Contact Torsion White, A.P.; Raine, D.J. In Proceedings of the Ninth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, edited by V.G. Gurzadyan, R.T. Jantzen and R. Ruffini, World Scientific, Singapore, 2002

Books

- Einstein and Relativity (Priory Press, 1975, 96pp)
- The Isotropic Universe (Adam Hilger, 1981, 252pp)
- The Science of SpaceTime [with M Heller] (Pachart, 1981, 244pp)
- Accretion Power in Astrophysics [with J Frank & A R King] (C.U.P 1985, 274pp).
- Revised 2nd edition (CUP 1992, 293 pp)
- Revised 3rd edition (CUP 2002, 384 pp)
- Physics to a Degree [with E G Thomas] (Gordon & Breach, 2000, 228 pp)
- An Introduction to the Science of Cosmology [with E G Thomas] (IoP, 2001, 220pp)