Neil Turok

Director, Perimeter Institute

Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Niels Bohr Chair in Theoretical Physics at Perimeter Institute

Faculty

Area of Research:

Cosmology

Dr. Neil Turok earned his PhD at Imperial College. After a postdoc in Santa Barbara, he was appointed Associate Scientist at Fermilab before moving to Princeton, where he became Professor of Physics in 1994. In 1997 he was appointed to the Chair of Mathematical Physics in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) at Cambridge. In October 2008, he moved to the Perimeter Institute as its new Director. Among his many honours, he was awarded Sloan and Packard Fellowships and the 1992 James Clerk Maxwell medal of the UK Institute of Physics. Dr. Turok has worked in a number of areas of theoretical physics and cosmology, focusing on developing fundamental theories and new observational tests. In the early 1990s, his group showed how the polarization and temperature anisotropies of the cosmic background radiation would be correlated, a prediction confirmed in detail by recent precision measurements. The team also developed a key test for the presence of the cosmological constant, also recently confirmed. With Stephen Hawking, he later developed the Hawking-Turok instanton solutions describing the birth of inflationary universes. Most recently, with Paul Steinhardt at Princeton, he has developed a cyclic model for cosmology, according to which the Big Bang is explained as a collision between two “brane-worlds” in M-theory. In 2006, Steinhardt and Turok showed how the model naturally allowed the cosmological constant to relax to very small values, consistent with current observations. Steinhardt and Turok co-authored the popular science book Endless Universe: Beyond the Big Bang. A full online multimedia talk may be viewed online by clicking on Perimeter Institute Public Lectures and selecting Dr. Turok’s presentation “What Banged?”. Born in South Africa, Dr. Turok founded the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), which opened in 2003. Based in Cape Town, this postgraduate educational centre supports the development of mathematics and science across the African continent (see www.aims.ac.za and www.nexteinstein.org). For this work and his contributions to theoretical physics, Dr. Turok was recently awarded a prestigious TED Prize (www.ted.com) and a “Most Innovative People” award at the 2008 World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (WSIE). He is a Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Fellow in Cosmology and Gravity and was selected to deliver the 2012 CBC Massey Lectures.

AFFILIATIONS

University of Waterloo

Research Interests

I am interested in developing and testing fundamental theories of the cosmos. I have worked on many aspects of cosmology, including theories of galaxy formation, dark matter, dark energy and the cosmic microwave sky. Currently, I am working on using holography to understand the big bang singularity, and whether it was the beginnning of time. There are tantalizing indications of a new, non-inflationary solution of the horizon, flatness and structure formation problems.

Positions Held

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Director
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Founder
Centre for Theoretical Cosmology, Cambridge University, Director
Cambridge University, Chair of Mathematical Physics
Princeton University, Full Professor of Physics
Princeton University, Associate Professor of Physics
Imperial College, Reader
Fermilab Theoretical Physics Group, Associate Scientist
Santa Barbara, Postdoctoral Fellow
Imperial College, PhD
Churchill Scholar, Cambridge University

Awards

Elected Senior Fellow at Massey College in the University of Toronto
Honorary Doctorate, University of Guelph
Honorary Doctorate, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
2012 Massey Lecturer
Honorary Doctorate, University of Ottawa
Appointed Fellow in the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Cosmology and Gravity Program
Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) Prize
James Clerk Maxwell Medal
Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship

Recent Publications

Itzhak Bars, Shih-Hung Chen, Paul J. Steinhardt, Neil Turok, Complete Set of Homogeneous Isotropic Analytic Solutions in Scalar-Tensor Cosmology with Radiation and Curvature, Phys.Rev. D86 (2012) 083542; arXiv: 1207.1940
Itzhak Bars, Shih-Hung Chen, Paul J. Steinhardt, Neil Turok, Antigravity and the Big Crunch/Big Bang Transition, Phys.Lett. B715 (2012) 278-281
Itzhak Bars, Shih-Hung Chen, and Neil Turok, Geodesically Complete Analytic Solutions for a Cyclic Universe, 17 May 2011, Phys.Rev. D84 (2011) 083513; arXiv: 1105.3606 [hep-th];
Edmund J. Copeland, Gustavo Niz, Neil Turok, The string wave function across a Kasner singularity, Phys.Rev.D81:126006,2010, arXiv: 1001.5291
Edmund Copeland, Gustavo Niz, Neil Turok, The string wave function across a Kasner singularity, Phys.Rev. D81 (2010) 126006
Jean-Luc Lehners, Paul J. Steinhardt, Neil Turok, The Return of the Phoenix Universe, Int.J.Mod.Phys.D18:2231-2235,2009, arXiv: 0910.0834
Ben Craps, Thomas Hertog, Neil Turok, A multitrace deformation of ABJM theory, Phys.Rev.D80:086007,2009, arXiv: 0905.0709
Ben Craps, Thomas Hertog, Neil Turok, A Multitrace deformation of ABJM theory, Phys.Rev. D80 (2009) 086007
B. Craps, T. Hertog, N. Turok, On the Quantum Resolution of Cosmological Singularities using AdS/CFT, 0712.4180, hep-th; Phys.Rev. D86 (2012) 043513
Gary W. Gibbons, Steffen Gielen, C. N. Pope, Neil Turok, Measures on Mixing Angles, Phys.Rev.D79:013009,2009, arXiv: 0810.4813
Gary W. Gibbons, Steffen Gielen, C. N. Pope, Neil Turok, Naturalness of CP Violation in the Standard Model, Phys.Rev.Lett.102:121802,2009, arXiv: 0810.4368
Gary W. Gibbons, Steffen Gielen, Neil Turok, Measures on Mixing Angles, Phys.Rev. D79 (2009) 013009
Gary W. Gibbons, Steffen Gielen, Neil Turok, Naturalness of CP Violation in the Standard Model, Phys.Rev.Lett. 102 (2009) 121802
J.L. Lehners, P. McFadden, N. Turok, Colliding Branes in Heterotic M-Theory, Phys. Rev. D75 (2007) 103510, hep-th/0611259
J.L. Lehners, P. McFadden, N. Turok, Effective Actions for Heterotic M-Theory, Phys. Rev. D76 (2007) 023501, hep-th/0612026
G. Niz, N. Turok, Classical Propagation of Strings Across a Big Crunch/Big Bang Singularity, Phys.Rev. D75 (2007) 026001, hep-th/0601007
J.L. Lehners, N. Turok, P.J. Steinhardt, Bouncing Negative-Tension Branes, Phys. Rev. D, 2007, hep-th/0307170
J.L. Lehners, P. McFadden, P.J. Steinhardt, N. Turok, Generating Ekpyrotic Curvature Perturbations Before the Big Bang, Phys. Rev. D76 (2007) 103501, hep-th/0702153
G. Niz, N. Turok, Stringy Corrections to a Time-Dependent Background Solution of String and M-Theory, Phys. Rev. D75, 2007, 126004, arXiv: 0704.1727
J.K. Erickson, S. Gratton, P.J. Steinhardt, N. Turok, Cosmic Perturbations Through the Cyclic Ages, Phys. Rev. D75, 2007, 123507
P.L. McFadden, N. Turok, P.J. Steinhardt, Solution of a Brane World Big Crunch/Big Bang Cosmology, Phys. Rev. D, 2007
G.W. Gibbons, N. Turok, The Measure Problem in Cosmology, Phys.Rev. D77 (2008) 063516 hep-th/0609095
D. Baumann, P.J. Steinhardt, N. Turok, Primordial Black Hole Baryogenesis, Phys. Rev. D, 2007, hep-th/0703250
M. Cruz, N. Turok, E. Martinez-Gonzalez, Is the CMB Cold Spot a Texture?, Science, 2007
M. Cruz, N. Turok, P. Vielva, E. Martinez-Gonzalez, M. Hobson, A Cosmic Microwave Background feature consistent with a cosmic texture, Science 318 (2007) 1612-1614, arXiv: 0710.5737
Jean-Luc Lehners, Neil Turok, Bouncing Negative-Tension Branes, Phys.Rev. D77 (2008) 023516, arXiv: 0708.0743
L.A. Boyle, P.J. Steinhardt, N. Turok, Inflationary Predictions Reconsidered, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 2006, 111301
P.J. Steinhardt, N. Turok, Why the Cosmological Constant is Small and Positive, Science 312 (2006) 1180-1182, astro-ph/0605173
Joel K. Erickson, Steven Gratton, Paul J. Steinhardt, Neil Turok, Cosmic perturbations through the cyclic ages, Phys.Rev. D75 (2007) 123507, hep-th/0607164
P.L. McFadden, N. Turok, Effective Theory Approach to Brane World Black Holes, Phys. Rev. D71, 2005, 086004
P.L. McFadden, N. Turok, Conformal Symmetry of Brane World Effective Actions, Phys. Rev. D71, 2005, 021901
S. Gratton, N. Turok, Langevin Analysis of Eternal Inflation, Phys. Rev. D72, 2005, 043507
P.J. Steinhardt, N. Turok, The Cyclic Model Simplified, New Astron. Rev. 49, 2005, 43
D.H. Wesley, P.J. Steinhardt, N. Turok, Controlling Chaos Through Compactification in Cosmological Models with a Collapsing Phase, Phys. Rev. D72, 2005, 063513
L.A. Boyle, P.J. Steinhardt, N. Turok, The Cosmic Gravitational Wave Background in a Cyclic Unverse, Physical Review D69, 2004, 127302
S. Gratton, J. Khoury, P.J. Steinhardt, N. Turok, Conditions for Generating Scale-Invariant Density Perturbations, Physical Review D69, 2004, 103505
J.K. Erickson, D.H. Wesley, P.J. Steinhardt, N. Turok, Kasner and Mixmaster Behavior in Universes with Equation of State w>1, Physical Review D69, 2004, 063514
J. Khoury, P.J. Steinhardt, N. Turok, Designing Cyclic Universe Models, Physical Review Letters 92, 2004, 031302
L.A. Boyle, P.J. Steinhardt, N. Turok, A New Duality Relating Density Perturbations in Expanding and Contracting Friedmann Cosmologies, Phys. Rev. D70, 2004, 023504
J. Khoury, P.J. Steinhardt, N. Turok, Great Expectations: Inflation Versus Cyclic Predictions for Spectral Tilt, Physical Review Letters 91, 2003, 161301
C. Gordon, N. Turok, Cosmological Perturbations Through a General Relativistic Bounce, Physical Review D67, 2003, 123508
A. Lewis, A. Challinor, N. Turok, Anaylsis of CMB Polarization on an Incomplete Sky, Physical Review D65, 2002, 023505, astro-ph/0106536
P.J. Steinhardt, N. Turok, Is Vacuum Decay Significant in Ekpyrotic and Cyclic Models?, Physical Review D66, 2002, R101302, astro-ph/0112537
M. Bucher, K. Moodley, N. Turok, Characterising the Primordial Cosmic Perturbations, Physical Review D66, 2002, 023528, astro-ph/0007360
A.J. Tolley, N. Turok, Quantum Fields in a Big Crunch/Big Bang Spacetime, Physical Review D66, 2002, 106005
J. Khoury, B.A. Ovrut, N. Seiberg, P.J. Steinhardt, N. Turok, From Big Crunch to Big Bang, Physical Review D65, 2002, 086007, hep-th/0108187
K. Sigurdson, N. Turok, The Shapes of DM Dominated dSph Stellar Density Profiles, M.N.R.A.S. 336, 2002, 151S, astro-ph/0107057
S. Gratton, A. Lewis, N. Turok, Closed Universes from Cosmological Instantons, Physical Review D65, 2002, 043513, astro-ph/0111012
A.J. Tolley, N. Turok, Quantization of the Massless Minimally Coupled Scalar Field and the dS/CFT Correspondence, Physical Review D66, 2002, 106005, hep-th/0108119
N. Turok, A Critical Review of Inflation, Classical and Quantum Gravity 19, 2002, 3449
P.J. Steinhardt, N. Turok, Cosmic Evolution in a Cyclic Universe, Physical Review D65, 2002, 126003, hep-th/0111098
J. Khoury, B.A. Ovrut, P.J. Steinhardt, N. Turok, Density Perturbations in the Ekpyrotic Scenario, Physical Review D66, 2002, 46005, hep-th/0109050
P.J. Steinhardt, N. Turok, A Cyclic Model of the Universe, Science, May 24, 2002, 1436, hep-th/0111030
P. Bode, J.P. Ostriker, N. Turok, Halo Formation in Warm Dark Matter Models, The Astrophysical Journal 556, 2001, 93, astro-ph/0010389
K. Kirklin, N. Turok, T. Wiseman, Singular Instantons Made Regular, Physical Review D63, 2001, 083509, hep-th/0005062
J. Khoury, B.A. Ovrut, P.J. Steinhardt, N. Turok, The Ekpyrotic Universe: Colliding Branes and the Origin of the Hot Big Bang, Physical Review D64, 2001, 123522
R.Y. Donagi, J. Khoury, B.A. Ovrut, P.J. Steinhardt, N. Turok, Visible Branes with Negative Tension in Heterotic M-Theory, JHEP 0111, 2001, 041
M. Bucher, K. Moodley, N. Turok, Constraining Isocurvature Perturbations with CMB Polarization, Physical Review Letters 87, 2001, 191301, astro-ph/0012141
S. Gratton, N. Turok, Homogeneous Modes of Cosmological Instantons, Physical Review D63, 2001, 123514, hep-th/0008235
S.W. Hawking, T. Hertog, N. Turok, Gravitational Waves in Open de Sitter Space, Physical Review D62, 2000, 063502
M. Bucher, K. Moodley, N. Turok, The General Primordial Cosmic Perturbation, Physical Review D62, 2000, 083508, astro-ph/9904200
T. Hertog, N. Turok, Gravity Waves from Instantons, Physical Review D62, 2000, 083514, astro-ph/9903075
S. Gratton, T. Hertog, N. Turok, An Observational Test of Quantum Cosmology, Physical Review D62, 2000, 063501, astro-ph/9907212
N. Turok, Theories of Cosmic Structure Formation, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A357, 1999, 77
N. Turok, Stability of Flat Space to Singular Instantons, Physics Letters B458, 1999, 202
S. Gratton, N. Turok, Cosmological Perturbations from the Euclidean No Boundary Path Integral, Physical Review D60, 1999, 123507
S.W. Hawking, N. Turok, Open Inflation, the Four Form and the Cosmological Constant, Physics Letters B432, 1998, 271
S.P. Boughn, R.G. Crittenden, N. Turok, Correlations Between the Cosmic X-Ray and Microwave Backgrounds: Constraints on a Cosmological Constant, New Astronomy 3(5), 1998, 275, astro-ph/9704043
S.W. Hawking, N. Turok, Open Inflation Without False Vacua, Physics Letters B425, 1998, 25
P. Brax, N. Turok, Exponentially Small Couplings Between Twisted Fields of Orbifold String Theories, J. Mod. Phys. A13, 1998, 3255, hep-ph/9706028
N.J. Cornish, N. Turok, Ringing the Eigenmodes from Compact Manifolds, Classical and Quantum Gravity 15, 1998, 2699, gr-qc/9802066
U-L. Pen, U. Seljak, N. Turok, Scalar, Vector and Tensor Contributions to CMB Anisotropies from Cosmic Defects, Physical Review D58, 1998, 023506
J.P. Uzan, N. Deruelle, N. Turok, Using Conservation Laws to Describe Cosmological Perturbations in Curved Universes, Physical Review D57, 1998, 7192
U-L. Pen, A. Loeb, N. Turok, Gamma Ray Bursts from Baryon Decay in Neutron Stars, Astrophysical Journal 509, 1998, 537, astro-ph/9712178
G.D. Moore, N. Turok, Classical Field Dynamics of the Electroweak Phase Transition, Physical Review D55, 1997, 6538
G. Moore, N. Turok, Lattice Chern-Simons Number Without Ultraviolet Problems, Physical Review D56, 1997, 6533, hep-ph/9703266
U. Seljak, U-L. Pen, N. Turok, Polarization of the Microwave Background in Defect Models, Physical Review Letters 79, 1997, 1615, astro-ph/9704231
U-L. Pen, U. Seljak, N. Turok, Power Spectra in GLobal Defect Theories of Cosmic Structure Formation, Physical Review Letters 79, 1997, 1611, astro-ph/9704165
C. Barnes, K. Baskerville, N. Turok, Normal Mode Spectrum of the Deuteron in the Skyrme Model, Physics Letters B411, 1997, 180, hep-th/9704028
A. Loeb, U-L. Pen, N. Turok, Do Neutron Stars Explode Spontaneously?, Bull. Am. Ast. Soc. 29, 1997, 1395
C. Barnes, K. Baskerville, N. Turok, Normal Modes of the B=4 Skyrme Soliton, Physical Review Letters 79, 1997, 367, hep-th/9704012
C. Barnes, N. Turok, Cosmic Texture from a Broken Global SU(3) Symmetry, Physical Review D56, 1997, 1989, hep-ph/9702377
P. Brax, N. Turok, Exponentially Small Couplings and the Hierarchy Problem, Physics Letters B413, 1997, 331, hep-ph/9706035
N. Turok, A Causal Source Which Mimics Inflation, Physical Review Letters 77, 1996, 4138
M. Joyce, T. Prokopec, N. Turok, Nonlocal Electroweak Baryogenesis Part I: Thin Wall Regime, Physical Review D53, 1996, 2930, hep-ph/9410281
N. Turok, Sub-Degree Scale Microwave Anisotropies from Cosmic Defects, Astrophysical Journal Letters 473, 1996, L5, astro-ph/9606087
N. Turok, Causality and the Doppler Peaks, Physical Review D54, 1996, 3686, astro-ph/9604172
R.G. Crittenden, N. Turok, Looking for a Cosmological Constant with the Rees-Sciama Effect, Physical Review Letters 76, 1996, 575
M. Joyce, T. Prokopec, N. Turok, Nonlocal Electroweak Baryogenesis Part II: Classical Regime, Physical Review D53, 1996, 2958, hep-ph/9410282
N. Turok, Almost Goldstone Bosons from Extra Dimensional Gauge Theories, Physical Review Letters 76, 1996, 1015
R.G. Crittenden, N. Turok, The Doppler Peaks from Cosmic Texture, Physical Review Letters 75, 1995, 2642
M. Bucher, N. Turok, Open Inflation with Arbitrary False Vacuum Mass, Physical Review D52, 1995, 5538, hep-ph/9503393
M. Joyce, T. Prokopec, N. Turok, Electroweak Baryogenesis from a Classical Force, Physical Review Letters 75, 1995, 1695, hep-ph/9408339
M. Bucher, A. Goldhaber, N. Turok, An Open Universe from Inflation, Physical Review D52, 1995, 3314, hep-ph/9411206
R. Crittenden, D. Coulson, N. Turok, Temperature-Polarization Correlations from Tensor Fluctuations, Physical Review D52, 1995, R5402, astro-ph/9411107
P. Graham, P.M. Lubin, J.A. Schuster, N. Turok, A Simple Statistical Test for Non-Gaussianity in CMBR Measurements, Astrophysical Journal 449, 1995, 404
D. Coulson, P. Ferreira, P. Graham, N. Turok, Microwave Anisotropies from Cosmic Defects, Nature 368, 1994, 27
M. Joyce, N. Turok, Family Symmetry, Fermion Mass Matrices and Cosmic Texture, Nuclear Physics B416, 1994, 389
M. Joyce, T. Prokopec, N. Turok, Constraints and Transport in Electroweak Baryogenesis, Physics Letters B339, 1994, 312 , hep-ph/9401351
U-L. Pen, D. Spergel, N. Turok, Cosmic Structure Formation and Microwave Anisotropies from Global Field Ordering, Physical Review D49, 1994, 692
D. Coulson, R. Crittenden, N. Turok, Polarisation and Anisotropy of the Microwave Sky, Physical Review Letters 73, 1994, 2390, astro-ph/9406046
M. Joyce, T. Prokopec, N. Turok, Efficient Electroweak Baryogenesis from Lepton Transport, Physics Letters B338, 1994, 269, hep-ph/9401352
D.I. Olive, J. Underwood, N. Turok, Solitons and the Stress Energy Tensor in Affine Toda Theory, Nuclear Physics B401, 1993, 662
I. Cheung, N. Turok, B. Yurke, A.N. Pargellis, Coarsening Dynamics in Uniaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals, Physical Review E47, 1993, 3343
D.I. Olive, J. Underwood, N. Turok, Affine Toda Solitons and Vertex Operators, Nuclear Physics B409, 1993, 509
D.I. Olive, H.C. Liao, N. Turok, Topological Solitons in Affine Toda Theory, Physics Letters B298, 1993, 95
D. Grigoriev, M. Shaposhnikov, N. Turok, Electroweak Baryogenesis: A Numerical Study in 1+1 Dimensions, Physics Letters 275B, 1992, 395
K. Rajagopal, N. Turok, Classical High Energy Scattering in the Abelian Higgs Model, Nuclear Physics B275, 1992, 299
A.N. Pargellis, B. Yurke, N. Turok, Coarsening Dynamics in Nematic Liquid Crystals, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 222, 1992, 195
A. Gooding, J.R. Gott, C. Park, D. Spergel, N. Turok, The Formation of Large Scale Structure in a Texture Seeded CDM Cosmogony, Astrophysical Journal 393, 1992, 42
N. Turok, Electroweak Bubbles: Nucleation and Growth, Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 1992, 1803
J. Zadrozny, N. Turok, Phase Transitions in the Two Doublet Model, Nuclear Physics B369, 1992, 729
R. Cen, J. Ostriker, N. Turok, A Hydrodynamic Approach to Large Scale Structure: Texture-Seeded CDM and HDM Cosmogonies, Astrophysical Journal 383, 1992, 1
B-H. Liu, L. Mclerran, N. Turok, Bubble Nucleation and Growth at a Baryon Number Producing Electroweak Phase Transition, Physical Review D46, 1992, 2668
N. Turok, D. Spergel, Scaling Solution for Cosmological Sigma Models at Large N, Physical Review Letters 66, 1991, 3093
I. Cheung, N. Turok, B. Yurke, Late Time Coarsening Dynamics in a Nematic Liquid Crystal, Physical Review Letters 66, 1991, 2472
A. Pargellis, N. Turok, B. Yurke, Monopole-Antimonopole Annihilation in a Liquid Crystal, Physical Review Letters 67, 1991, 1570
C. Park, D. Spergel, N. Turok, Global Texture as the Origin of Cosmic Structure: Evolution of Perturbed Cold Dark Matter, Astrophysical Journal Letters 372, 1991, L53
J. Zadrozny, N. Turok, Electroweak Baryogenesis in the Two-Doublet Model, Nuclear Physics B358, 1991, 471
L. Mclerran, M. Shaposhnikov, N. Turok, M. Voloshin, Why the Baryon Asymmetry of the Universe is 10-10, Physics Letters B256, 1991, 451
N. Turok, D. Spergel, W. Press, B. Ryden, Global Texture as the Origin of Cosmic Structure: Numerical Simulations of Evolution, Physical Review D43, 1991, 1038
N. Turok, A. Gooding, D. Spergel, Formation of Galaxies and Quasars in a Texture Seeded CDM Cosmogony, Astrophysical Journal Letters 372, 1991, L5
N. Turok, Global Texture as the Origin of Cosmic Structure, Physica Scripta T36, 1991, 135
I. Cheung, R. Durrer, N. Turok, B. Yurke, Cosmology in the Laboratory: Defect Dynamics in Liquid Crystals, Science 251, 1991, 1336
N. Turok, D. Spergel, Global Texture and the Microwave Background, Physical Review Letters 64, 1990, 2736
N. Turok, J. Zadrozny, Dynamical Generation of Baryons at the Electroweak Transition, Physical Review Letters 65, 1990, 2331
D. Mitchell, N. Turok, R. Wilkinson, Decay of Highly Excited Closed Strings, Nuclear Physics B332, 1990, 131
B. Sundborg, D. Mitchell, N. Turok, Decays of Massive Open Strings, Nuclear Physics B335, 1990, 621
A. Albrecht, N. Turok, Evolution of Cosmic String Networks, Physical Review D40, 1989, 973
D. Mitchell, N. Turok, R. Wilkinson, P. Jetzer, The Decay of Highly Excited Open Strings, Nuclear Physics B315, 1989, 1
N. Turok, String Statistical Mechanics, Physica A158, 1989, 516
N. Turok, Global Texture as the Origin of Cosmic Structure, Physical Review Letters 63, 1989, 2625
N. Turok, String Driven Inflation, Physical Review Letters 60, 1988, 552
E. Copeland, D. Haws, T.W.B. Kibble, D. Mitchell, N. Turok, Monopoles Connected by Strings, Nuclear Physics B298, 1988, 445
E. Copeland, D. Haws, M. Hindmarsh, N. Turok, Dynamics of and Radiation from Superconducting Strings, Nuclear Physics B306, 1988, 908
K. Maeda, N. Turok, Finite-Width Corrections to the Nambu Action for Nielsen-Olesen Strings, Physics Letters B202, 1988, 376
D. Haws, M. Hindmarsh, N. Turok, Superconducting Springs or Strings?, Physics Letters B205, 1988, 322
A. Stebbins, S. Veeraraghavan, R. Brandenberger, J. Silk, N. Turok, Cosmic String Wakes and the Large Scale Structure of the Universe, Astrophysical Journal 322, 1987, 1
R. Branderberger, N. Kaiser, N. Turok, Dissipationless Clustering of Massive Neutrinos About a Point Mass, Physical Review D36, 1987, 2242
D. Mitchell, N. Turok, Statistical Mechanics of Cosmic Strings, Physical Review Letters 58, 1987, 1577
E. Copeland, M. Hindmarsh, N. Turok, Dynamics of Superconducting Strings, Physical Review Letters 58, 1987, 1910
R. Brandenberger, N. Kaiser, P. Shellard, N. Turok, Cosmic Strings and Large Scale Velocity Fields, Nature 326, 1987, 672
R. Brandenberger, N. Kaiser, D. Schramm, N. Turok, Cosmic Strings and Hot Dark Matter, Physical Review Letters 59, 1987, 2371
R. Brandenberger, N. Kaiser, P. Shellard, N. Turok, Cosmic Strings and Peculiar Velocities, Physical Review D36, 1987, 335
D. Mitchell, N. Turok, Statistical Properties of Cosmic Strings, Nuclear Physics B296, 1987, 1138
R. Brandenberger, N. Turok, Cosmic Strings and the Formation of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies, Physical Review D33, 1986, 2175
R. Brandenberger, N. Turok, Density Perturbations from Cosmic Strings and the Microwave Background, Physical Review D33, 1986, 2182
E. Copeland, N. Turok, The Stability of Cosmic String Loops, Physics Letters B173, 1986, 129
A. Albrecht, R. Brandenberger, N. Turok, Gravitational Radiation and Microwave Anisotropies from Cosmic Strings, Nuclear Physics B277, 1986, 605
T.W.B. Kibble, N. Turok, Cosmic Strings and Galaxy Formation, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. A320, 1986, 565
D. Olive, N. Turok, The Toda Lattice Field Theory Hierarchies and Zero Curvature Conditions in Kac-Moody Algebras, Nuclear Physics B265 [FS15], 1986, 469
R. Brandenberger, J. Traschen, N. Turok, Cosmic Strings and the Microwave Background, Physical Review D34, 1986, 919
A. Albrecht, N. Turok, Evolution of Cosmic Strings, Physical Review Letters 54, 1985, 1868
N. Turok, Cosmic Strings and the Correlation of Abell Clusters, Physical Review Letters 55, 1985, 1801
D. Olive, N. Turok, Local Conserved Densities and Zero Curvature Conditions for Toda Lattice Field Theories, Nuclear Physics B257 [FS16], 1985, 277
N. Turok, Grand Unified Strings and Galaxy Formation, Nuclear Physics B242, 1984, 520
D.N. Schramm, N. Turok, Strings and the Origins of Galaxies, Nature (London) 312, 1984, 598
N. Turok, P. Bhattarcharjee, Stretching Cosmic Strings, Physical Review D29, 1984, 1557
N. Turok, The Production of Loops of String in an Expanding Universe, Physics Letters 123, 1983, 387
D. Olive, N. Turok, The Symmetries of Dynkin Diagrams and the Reduction of Toda Field Equations, Nuclear Physics B215 [FS8], 1983, 470
D. Olive, N. Turok, The Algebraic Structure of Toda Systems, Nuclear Physics B220 [FS8], 1983, 491
N. Turok, The Evolution of Density Perturbations Around Cosmic Strings, Physics Letters B126, 1983, 437
T.W.B. Kibble, N. Turok, Self-Intersection of Cosmic Strings, Physics Letters B116, 1982, 141
D. Olive, N. Turok, Vortex Strings in Grand Unified Theories, Physics Letters B117, 1982, 193
P. Bhattarcharjee, N. Turok, T.W.B. Kibble, Baryon Number from Collapsing Cosmic Strings, Physics Letters B119, 1982, 95
Cyclic Cosmology, Conformal Symmetry and the Metastability of the Higgs, Itzhak Bars, Paul J. Steinhardt, Neil Turok, arXiv: 1307.8106 [gr-qc]
Local Conformal Symmetry in Physics and Cosmology, Itzhak Bars, Paul Steinhardt, Neil Turok, arXiv: 1307.1848
Dual description of a 4d cosmology, Michael Smolkin, Neil Turok, arXiv: 1211.1322
Complete Set of Homogeneous Isotropic Analytic Solutions in Scalar-Tensor Cosmology with Radiation and Curvature, Itzhak Bars, Shih-Hung Chen, Paul J. Steinhardt, Neil Turok, arXiv: 1207.1940
Complete Set of Homogeneous Isotropic Analytic Solutions in Scalar-Tensor Cosmology with Radiation and Curvature, Itzhak Bars, Shih-Hung Chen, Paul J. Steinhardt, Neil Turok, arXiv: 1207.1940
Antigravity and the big crunch/big bang transition, Itzhak Bars, Shih-Hung Chen, Paul J. Steinhardt, Neil Turok, 1112.2470vl
Antigravity and the big crunch/big bang transition, Itzhak Bars, Shih-Hung Chen, Paul J. Steinhardt, Neil Turok, arXiv: 1112.2470
Geodesically Complete Analytic Solutions for a Cyclic Universe, Itzhak Bars, Shih-Hung Chen, Neil Turok, arXiv: 1105.3606
The CMB cold spot: texture, cluster or void? M. Cruz, E. Martinez-Gonzalez, P. Vielva, J.M. Diego, M. Hobson, N. Turok, arXiv: 0804.2904
Horizons and Tunneling in the Euclidean False Vacuum, Kate Marvel, Neil Turok, arXiv: 0712.2719 ]hep-th]
From big crunch to big bang with AdS/CFT, Neil Turok, Ben Craps, Thomas Hertog, arXiv: 0711.1824 [hep-th]
Primordial Black Hole Baryogenesis, Daniel Baumann, Paul J. Steinhardt, Neil Turok, hep-th/0703250
PASCOS-07, Quantum Resolution of Cosmological Singularities using AdS/CFT, AIP Conf.Proc. 957 (2007) 164-173
Nobel Symposium 2003, Beyond Inflation: A Cyclic Universe Scenario
5th International UCLA Symposium on Sources and Detection of Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe, The Cyclic Universe: An Informal Introduction
Stephen Hawking's 60th Birthday Conference, The Ekpyrotic Universe and its Cyclic Extension
CAPP2000 Conference, Before Inflation
CAPP2000 Conference, Primordial Isocurvature Perturbations: Testing the Adiabaticity of the CMB Anisotropy
Les Houches Session LXXI, Physics of the Early Universe: Baryogenesis, Defects and Initial Conditions
An Open Universe from Inflation
Isaac Newton Mathematical Institute Workshop on Topological Defects, Electroweak Baryogenesis
Sintra Conference, Electroweak Baryogenesis - Progress and Prospects
Trends in Astroparticle Physics Conference, Pi in the Sky? Microwave Anisotropies from Cosmic Defects
Oskar Klein Centenary Conference, Matter from Motion: Baryogenesis at the Electroweak Phase Transition
Electroweak Baryogenesis
Evolution of Cosmic String Networks
Particle Physics and Cosmology: Schladming Winter School, Phase Transitions as the Origin of Large Scale Structure in the Universe
Theoretical Advanced Studies Institute, Cosmic Strings and Large Scale Structure
First CERN Winter School on Particle Astrophysics, Two Lectures on the Cosmic String Theory of Galaxy Formation
Cosmic Strings and the Formation of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies
Second ESO CERN Symposium, Recent Developments in the Cosmic String Theory of Galaxy Formation
Conference on Particles and the Universe, Thessaloniki, Cosmic Strings and the Correlation of Galaxies and Clusters
"Anatomy of Quantum Tunnelling," in Quantum Theory: A Two-Time Success Story. Yakir Aharonov Festschrift. Springer
The Universe Within: From Quantum to Cosmos, 2012 CBC Massey Lectures
"Africa AIMS high", Nature 474: 567-569
"Unlocking the Universe": Interview with Neil Turok conducted by Vikas Shah from Thought Economics
"Particle Physics: Beyond Feynman's diagrams," Nature 469: 165-166
Endless Universe, with Paul Steinhardt, Random House (New York) and Weidenfeld and Nicholson (London)
London After the Bomb, with O. Greene, B. Rubin, P. Webber, G. Wilkinson, Oxford University Press

Seminars

"On quantum tunnelling" Simon Fraser University colloquium
"Physics and our future" Ramsay Talks, Toronto
"On quantum tunnelling" University of British Columbia colloquium
"Higgs bang - a minimalist's cosmology" Western University
"A cyclic universe" The Mathematics of CCC Workshop, Oxford
Multiverse: One Universe or Many?, Panel debate, World Science Festival
Cosmic Conjecture: Can the Multiverse Predict Anything, World Science Festival
Cosmological singularity resolution via AdS/CFT, Davis Cosmic Frontiers Conference
"Beyond Inflation: A New View of Cosmology," Yale University
"Tom Kibble and the Early Universe as the Ultimate Experiment," Kibble 80th Birthday Conference
"The next Einstein from Africa?" TEDxAIMS talk
"The Universe Within", Guelph
Beyond the Big Bang. A New View of Cosmology. Colloquium. Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh
"AIMS for Africa - The Next Einstein Initiative", Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, Scotland
"The Universe Within", Hamilton
"Magic That Works", CBC Massey Lecture, St. John's
"The Opportunity of All Time", CBC Massey Lecture, Toronto
"The World in an Equation", CBC Massey Lecture, Calgary
"What Banged?", CBC Massey Lecture, Vancouver
"The Universe Within", Ottawa
"Our Imaginary Reality", CBC Massey Lecture, Montreal
"Anatomy of Quantum Tunnelling" Aharonov 80th Birthday Conference, Chapman University
"Beyond the Big Bang. A New View of Cosmology," CERN Colloquium
"Holographic Cosmology in the Stringy Regime," Cosmological Frontiers Conference, Brussels
From Zero to infinity, and beyond! Origins Institute public lecture
"Electromagnetism-Relativity course", AIMS-Senegal
"Electromagnetism-Relativity course", AIMS-Senegal
"Electromagnetism-Relativity course", AIMS-Senegal
"Electromagnetism-Relativity course", AIMS-Senegal
"Electromagnetism-Relativity course", AIMS-Senegal
"Electromagnetism-Relativity course", AIMS-Senegal
"Electromagnetism-Relativity course", AIMS-Senegal
"Electromagnetism-Relativity course", AIMS-Senegal
"Electromagnetism-Relativity course", AIMS-Senegal
"Antigravity and the big crunch/big bang tansition", Paris, France
Interview for Fresh Air, CBC Radio
"Magic That Works", Zeitgeist Americas 2011 Conference, Phoenix
"Challenges for Early Universe Cosmology", Prospects in Theoretical Physics school, IAS, Princeton
"Getting the Measure of Inflation," Berlinsky Condensed Symposium, McMaster University, Hamilton
"The AIMS Initiative," UNESCO - Afrique: le choix de la science, l'exemple de l'initiative AIMS, Paris
"A Canonical Measure for Cosmology," CIFAR AGM, Whistler
"Solution of the measure problem in Cosmology", AIMS
"Was the Big Bang the Beginning?" Diversity in Mathematics Conference, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa
"Time for Smart Aid," Innovation and International Development: Thoughts for the G8 Summit, The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Waterloo
"Was the Big Bang the Beginning?" University of Chicago, Physics Department Colloquium
"AIMS for Africa and PSI for the World," University of Chicago
"Helping Africa to Self-Sufficiency: how to build math, science and innovation across the continent," Michigan State University
"Was the Big Bang the Beginning?" University of Michigan, Physics Department Colloquium
"Was the Big Bang the Beginning?" Michigan State University, Physics Department Colloquium
"The Magic of Basic Science and AIMS for Africa," David Makow Lecture on Tolerance and Intolerance, University of Ottawa
AIMS-NEI update, TED Conference, Long Beach
"AIMS for Africa," Africa's New Frontier: Innovation. Technology. Prosperity, Ottawa
"Was the Big Bang the Beginning?" University of Ottawa, Physics Department Seminar
"The Magic of Basic Science and AIMS for Africa," African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa
"Holography and the Cosmological Singularity," Annual Theory Meeting, Durham University (UK)
"From the Universe to Africa," National Council of University Research Administrators Annual Meeting, Washington
"Why Basic Research & Innovation are Crucial for the Economy of the 21st Century," Empire Club, Toronto
TED talk http://www.tedprize.org/neil-turok/
"On quantum tunnelling" Cosmology and Strong Gravity Workshop
PIRSA:13090078, Opening Address and Summit Launch, 2013-09-29, WGSI - Equinox Summit: Education 2030
PIRSA:13090029, 13/14 PSI - Relativity - Lecture 15, 2013-09-27, 13/14 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:13090028, 13/14 PSI - Relativity - Lecture 14, 2013-09-26, 13/14 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:13090027, 13/14 PSI - Relativity - Lecture 13, 2013-09-25, 13/14 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:13090026, 13/14 PSI - Relativity - Lecture 12, 2013-09-24, 13/14 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:13090025, 13/14 PSI - Relativity - Lecture 11, 2013-09-23, 13/14 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:13090022, 13/14 PSI - Relativity - Lecture 10, 2013-09-20, 13/14 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:13090021, 13/14 PSI - Relativity - Lecture 9, 2013-09-19, 13/14 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:13090020, 13/14 PSI - Relativity - Lecture 8, 2013-09-18, 13/14 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:13090019, 13/14 PSI - Relativity - Lecture 7, 2013-09-17, 13/14 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:13090018, 13/14 PSI - Relativity - Lecture 6, 2013-09-16, 13/14 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:13090015, 13/14 PSI - Relativity - Lecture 5, 2013-09-13, 13/14 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:13090014, 13/14 PSI - Relativity - Lecture 4, 2013-09-12, 13/14 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:13090075, 13/14 PSI - Relativity - Lecture 4b, 2013-09-12, 13/14 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:13090013, 13/14 PSI - Relativity - Lecture 3, 2013-09-11, 13/14 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:13090012, 13/14 PSI - Relativity - Lecture 2, 2013-09-10, 13/14 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:13090011, 13/14 PSI - Relativity - Lecture 1, 2013-09-09, 13/14 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:13070008, Resolution of Cosmic Singularities and Bounces, 2013-07-09, Cosmological Frontiers in Fundamental Physics 2013
"Resolution of Cosmic Singularities and Bounces" Cosmological Frontiers in Fundamental Physics talk
PIRSA:12100133, Massey Lecture - Other location, 2012-10-03, Perimeter Institute Public Lecture Series
PIRSA:12100057, Massey Lecture Kick-off - Neil Turok - The Universe Within, 2012-10-03, Perimeter Institute Public Lecture Series
From big crunch to big bang, Presentation to cosmology group
PIRSA:12040125, OAPT - Opening Doors, 2012-04-27,
PIRSA:11090042, Relativity - Lecture 15, 2011-09-30, 11/12 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:11090078, Relativity - Lecture 14, 2011-09-30, 11/12 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:11090041, Relativity - Lecture 13, 2011-09-29, 11/12 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:11090040, Relativity - Lecture 12, 2011-09-28, 11/12 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:11090035, Relativity - Lecture 11, 2011-09-23, 11/12 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:11090077, Relativity - Lecture 10, 2011-09-23, 11/12 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:11090034, Relativity - Lecture 9, 2011-09-22, 11/12 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:11090033, Relativity - Lecture 8, 2011-09-21, 11/12 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:11090032, Relativity - Lecture 7, 2011-09-20, 11/12 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:11090031, Relativity - Lecture 6, 2011-09-19, 11/12 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:11090028, Relativity - Lecture 5, 2011-09-16, 11/12 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:11090027, Relativity - Lecture 4, 2011-09-15, 11/12 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:11090026, Relativity - Lecture 3, 2011-09-14, 11/12 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:11090025, Relativity - Lecture 2, 2011-09-13, 11/12 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:11090024, Relativity - Lecture 1, 2011-09-12, 11/12 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:11070044, Overview of the Challenges, 2011-07-12, Challenges for Early Universe Cosmology
PIRSA:11060073, A Canonical Measure for Inflation, 2011-06-24, Holographic Cosmology v2.0
PIRSA:11060099, 2011 PSI Graduation, 2011-06-18, Holographic Cosmology v2.0
PIRSA:10100058, Relativity (PHYS 604) - Lecture 15B, 2010-10-01, 10/11 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:10100002, Relativity (PHYS 604) - Lecture 15, 2010-10-01, PSI Lectures - 2010
PIRSA:10090039, Relativity (PHYS 604) - Lecture 14, 2010-09-30, PSI Lectures - 2010
PIRSA:10090038, Relativity (PHYS 604) - Lecture 13, 2010-09-29, PSI Lectures - 2010
PIRSA:10090037, Relativity (PHYS 604) - Lecture 12, 2010-09-28, PSI Lectures - 2010
PIRSA:10090036, Relativity (PHYS 604) - Lecture 11, 2010-09-27, PSI Lectures - 2010
PIRSA:10090035, Relativity (PHYS 604) - Lecture 10, 2010-09-24, PSI Lectures - 2010
PIRSA:10090034, Relativity (PHYS 604) - Lecture 9, 2010-09-23, PSI Lectures - 2010
PIRSA:10090033, Relativity (PHYS 604) - Lecture 8, 2010-09-22, PSI Lectures - 2010
PIRSA:10090032, Relativity (PHYS 604) - Lecture 7, 2010-09-21, PSI Lectures - 2010
PIRSA:10090031, Relativity (PHYS 604) - Lecture 6, 2010-09-20, PSI Lectures - 2010
PIRSA:10090030, Relativity (PHYS 604) - Lecture 5, 2010-09-17, PSI Lectures - 2010
PIRSA:10090101, Counting cosmologies: a Holographic Liouville measure, 2010-09-16, 10/11 PSI - Relativity
PIRSA:10090029, Relativity (PHYS 604) - Lecture 4, 2010-09-16, PSI Lectures - 2010
PIRSA:10090028, Relativity (PHYS 604) - Lecture 3, 2010-09-15, PSI Lectures - 2010
PIRSA:10090027, Relativity (PHYS 604) - Lecture 2, 2010-09-14, PSI Lectures - 2010
PIRSA:10090026, Relativity (PHYS 604) - Lecture 1, 2010-09-13, PSI Lectures - 2010
PIRSA:10060026, Holographic Singularity Resolution , 2010-06-17, Cosmological Frontiers in Fundamental Physics
PIRSA:10040072, Explorations in Cosmology 2 - Lecture 15, 2010-04-23, Perimeter Scholars International
PIRSA:10040071, Explorations in Cosmology 2 - Lecture 14, 2010-04-22, Perimeter Scholars International
PIRSA:10040070, Explorations in Cosmology 2 - Lecture 13, 2010-04-21, Perimeter Scholars International
PIRSA:10040069, Explorations in Cosmology 2 - Lecture 12, 2010-04-20, Perimeter Scholars International
PIRSA:10040068, Explorations in Cosmology 2 - Lecture 11, 2010-04-19, Perimeter Scholars International
PIRSA:10040067, Explorations in Cosmology 2 - Lecture 10, 2010-04-16, Perimeter Scholars International
PIRSA:10040066, Explorations in Cosmology 2 - Lecture 9, 2010-04-15, Perimeter Scholars International
PIRSA:10040065, Explorations in Cosmology 2 - Lecture 8, 2010-04-14, Perimeter Scholars International
PIRSA:10040064, Explorations in Cosmology 2 - Lecture 7, 2010-04-13, Perimeter Scholars International
PIRSA:10040063, Explorations in Cosmology 2 - Lecture 6, 2010-04-12, Perimeter Scholars International
PIRSA:10040062, Explorations in Cosmology 2 - Lecture 5, 2010-04-09, Perimeter Scholars International
PIRSA:10040061, Explorations in Cosmology 2 - Lecture 4, 2010-04-08, Perimeter Scholars International
PIRSA:10040060, Explorations in Cosmology 2 - Lecture 3, 2010-04-07, Perimeter Scholars International
PIRSA:10040059, Explorations in Cosmology 2 - Lecture 2, 2010-04-06, Perimeter Scholars International
PIRSA:10040058, Explorations in Cosmology 2 - Lecture 1, 2010-04-05, Perimeter Scholars International
PIRSA:09120100, Opening Remarks: In Memory of Lev Kofman, 2009-12-09, PI / CITA Day - December 2009
PIRSA:09120102, Opening Remarks: In Memory of Lev Kofman, 2009-12-08, PI / CITA Day - December 2009
PIRSA:09120101, Opening Remarks: In Memory of Lev Kofman, 2009-12-08, PI / CITA Day - December 2009
PIRSA:09100037, Q2C Wrap - Up, 2009-10-25, Quantum to Cosmos Festival - Tickets Available starting TUE. Sep 8, 2009
PIRSA:09100070, The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Do We Still Believe in Science?, 2009-10-23, Quantum to Cosmos Festival - Tickets Available starting TUE. Sep 8, 2009
PIRSA:09100000, State of the Universes, 2009-10-18, Quantum to Cosmos Festival - Tickets Available starting TUE. Sep 8, 2009
PIRSA:09100063, PI: Past, Present, and Future, 2009-10-17, Quantum to Cosmos Festival - Tickets Available starting TUE. Sep 8, 2009
PIRSA:09100062, PI: Past, Present, and Future, 2009-10-17, Quantum to Cosmos Festival - Tickets Available starting TUE. Sep 8, 2009
PIRSA:09100059, Quantum to Cosmos, 2009-10-15, Quantum to Cosmos Festival - Tickets Available starting TUE. Sep 8, 2009
PIRSA:09060070, Is the cosmic singularity the key?, 2009-06-25, Exploring the Cosmological Frontiers - Perimeter Institute Summer School
PIRSA:09050073, TBA, 2009-05-25, New Prospects for Solving the Cosmological Constant Problem
PIRSA:08100046, Time and the big bang, 2008-10-01, The Clock and the Quantum: Time and Quantum Foundations
PIRSA:08030033, What Banged?, 2008-03-05, Perimeter Institute Public Lecture Series
PIRSA:07110069, From Big Crunch to Big Bang with AdS/CFT, 2007-11-27, String Seminars
PIRSA:07050008, Ekpyrotic Perturbations & a Holographic Big Bang, 2007-05-08, Cosmology

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