Cohl Furey Explained

Cohl Furey, also known as Nichol Furey,[1] is a Canadian mathematical physicist.[2] [3]

Career

Furey has a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics from Simon Fraser University (2005), Master's degree from the University of Cambridge (2006) and a Ph.D in theoretical physics from the University of Waterloo (2015).[4] She was a research fellow at the University of Cambridge from 2016 to 2019[5] and spent a few months at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cape Town. Since 2020, she has been at the Humboldt University of Berlin on a Freigeist-Fellowship by the Volkswagen Foundation.[6]

Her main interests are division algebras, Clifford algebras, and Jordan algebras, and their relation to particle physics. Her work focuses on finding an underlying mathematical structure to the Standard Model of particle physics. She is most noted for her work on octonions.[7]

She has worked on attempting to obtain the Standard Model of particle physics from octonionic constructions.[8] [9] In her 2018 paper "SU(3) × SU(2) × U(1) (× U(1)) as a symmetry of division algebraic ladder operators,"[10] according to Quanta Magazine, "she consolidated several findings to construct the full Standard Model symmetry group, SU(3) × SU(2) × U(1), for a single generation of particles, with the math producing the correct array of electric charges and other attributes for an electron, neutrino, three up quarks, three down quarks and their anti-particles. The math also suggests a reason why electric charge is quantized in discrete units — essentially, because whole numbers are." In 2022 together with Mia Hughes, she linked the symmetry breaking in physics to division algebras including octonions.[11]

Media recognition

In 2019, Wired.com listed her in their article "10 Women in Science and Tech Who Should Be Household Names".[12]

Notable publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deffke . Uta . 05 January 2021 . The octave magician: Nichol (Cohl) Furey is a researcher at IRIS Adlershof . adlershof.de . Adlershof Journal . Berlin.
  2. Web site: Wolchover . Natalie . Natalie Wolchover . July 20, 2018 . The Peculiar Math That Could Underlie the Laws of Nature . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220321075337/https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-octonion-math-that-could-underpin-physics-20180720/ . 21 March 2022.
  3. Web site: The Year in Physics . Natalie . Wolchover . Natalie Wolchover . December 21, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220424042730/https://www.quantamagazine.org/quantas-year-in-physics-2018-20181221/ . 24 April 2022 . dead.
  4. Web site: N. Furey - CV . 2023-08-13.
  5. Web site: April 24, 2022 . Women in STEM: Dr Cohl Furey; University of Cambridge . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220424042833/https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/women-in-stem-dr-cohl-furey . 24 April 2022 .
  6. Web site: Project description: In-depth study into the algebraic structure of elementary particle physics . 2023-08-13 . VolkswagenStiftung.
  7. Generations: three prints, in colour. C. J. . Furey . . 2014-10-07 . 10.1007/JHEP10(2014)046 . 2014 . 10 . 46 . 1405.4601 . 2014JHEP...10..046F. 13813401 .
  8. Furey . Cohl . Cohl Furey . Unified theory of ideals . 2012-07-20 . . 86 . 2 . 025024 . 10.1103/PhysRevD.86.025024 . 1002.1497 . 2012PhRvD..86b5024F. 118458623 .
  9. Furey . Cohl . Cohl Furey . Three generations, two unbroken gauge symmetries, and one eight-dimensional algebra . . 785 . 2018-10-10 . 84–89 . 10.1016/j.physletb.2018.08.032 . 2018PhLB..785...84F. 1910.08395 . 126205768 .
  10. Furey . Cohl . SU(3) × SU(2) × U(1) (× U(1)) as a symmetry of division algebraic ladder operators . European Physical Journal C . 78 . 2018-05-12 . 375 . 10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-5844-7 . 1806.00612 .
  11. Brooks . Michael . August 2022 . Octonions: The strange maths that could unite the laws of nature (=Reality's hidden depths) . New Scientist . en . 255 . 3400 . 38–41 . 10.1016/S0262-4079(22)01494-4.
  12. Web site: 10 Women in Science and Tech Who Should Be Household Names; WIRED . Emily . Dreyfuss . Emily Dreyfuss . March 8, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220308180339/https://www.wired.com/story/10-women-science-tech-household-names/ . 8 March 2022 . dead.

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