Professor Elizabeth Winstanley

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Professor of Mathematical Physics

Elizabeth Winstanley
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e.winstanley@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3796
Hicks Building

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Professor Elizabeth Winstanley
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
Sheffield
S3 7RH
Profile

I was born in Wigan, Lancashire and educated at Abbey Gate College, near Chester. I completed my MA in Mathematics and DPhil in Theoretical Physics at St. Hugh's College, Oxford.  Prior to moving to Sheffield in 2000, I was Fellow and Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at Oriel College, Oxford. 

Research interests

Black holes, quantum field theory in curved space-time, general relativity

Summary of Research Project(s)

My current research focusses on semiclassical gravity, particularly (but not exclusively) as applied to black hole spacetimes. I am interested in the definition of quantum states on black hole space-times for a variety of quantum fields, and the computation of the renormalized stress-energy tensor for these states. My recent research also studies the backreaction of quantum fields on the space-time geometry, for both black holes and anti-de Sitter backgrounds. 

Publications

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Journal articles

  • Balakumar V & Winstanley E (2020) . Classical and Quantum Gravity, 37.
  • Morley T, Taylor P & Winstanley E (2018) . Classical and Quantum Gravity, 35(23).
  • Ambrus VE, Kent C & Winstanley E (2018) . International Journal of Modern Physics D, 27(11).
  • Shepherd BL & Winstanley E (2017) . Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017(1).

All publications

Books

  • Calmet X, Carr B & Winstanley E (2014) . Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
  • Calmet X, Carr B & Winstanley E (2014) Preface.
  • Calmet X, Carr B & Winstanley E (2014) . Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Journal articles

  • Thompson JC & Winstanley E (2025) . Physics Letters B, 868.
  • Pitelli JPM, Felipe BS, Dappiaggi C & Winstanley E (2025) . Physical Review D, 111(12).
  • Montagnon G & Winstanley E (2025) . Physical Review D, 111(10).
  • Álvarez-Domínguez Á & Winstanley E (2025) . Journal of High Energy Physics, 2025(5).
  • Namasivayam S & Winstanley E (2025) . General Relativity and Gravitation, 57(5).
  • Breen C, Montagnon G, Taylor P & Winstanley E (2025) . Physical Review D, 111(4).
  • Monteverdi A & Winstanley E (2024) . Universe, 10(12).
  • Thompson JC & Winstanley E (2024) . Physical Review D, 110(12).
  • Konewko S & Winstanley E (2024) . The European Physical Journal C, 84(6).
  • Morley T, Namasivayam S & Winstanley E (2024) . General Relativity and Gravitation, 56(4).
  • Balakumar V, Bernar R & Winstanley E (2023) . Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2531(012011).
  • Pla S & Winstanley E (2023) . Physical Review D, 107(2).
  • Namasivayam S & Winstanley E (2023) . General Relativity and Gravitation, 55.
  • Balakumar V, Bernar RP & Winstanley E (2022) . Physical Review D, 106(12).
  • Ambrus VE & Winstanley E (2021) . Symmetry, 13(11).
  • Morley T, Winstanley E & Taylor P (2021) . Physical Review D, 103(4).
  • Morley T, Taylor P & Winstanley E (2021) . Classical and Quantum Gravity, 38(3).
  • Balakumar V, Winstanley E, Bernar RP & Crispino LCB (2020) . Physics Letters B, 811.
  • Balakumar V & Winstanley E (2020) . International Journal of Modern Physics D, 29(11).
  • Balakumar V & Winstanley E (2020) . Classical and Quantum Gravity, 37.
  • Morley T, Taylor P & Winstanley E (2018) . Classical and Quantum Gravity, 35(23).
  • Ambrus VE, Kent C & Winstanley E (2018) . International Journal of Modern Physics D, 27(11).
  • Ambrus VE & Winstanley E (2017) . Classical and Quantum Gravity, 34(14).
  • Shepherd BL & Winstanley E (2017) . Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017(1).
  • Ponglertsakul S & Winstanley E (2017) . Physics Letters B, 764, 87-93.
  • Ponglertsakul S & Winstanley E (2016) . Physical Review D , 94.
  • Ponglertsakul S, Dolan SR & Winstanley E (2016) . Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 94(2).
  • Abel PG & Winstanley E (2016) . General Relativity and Gravitation, 48(8), 109.
  • Winstanley E (2016) . Physics Letters B, 758, 239-243.
  • Ambrus VE & Winstanley E (2016) . Physical Review D, 93(10).
  • Baxter JE & Winstanley E (2016) . Physics Letters B, 753, 268-273.
  • Dolan SR, Ponglertsakul S & Winstanley E (2015) Stability of black holes in Einstein-charged scalar field theory in a cavity. Phys. Rev. D, 92, 124047.
  • Ambrus VE & Winstanley E (2015) . Physics Letters B, 749, 597-602.
  • Kent C & Winstanley E (2015) . Physical Review D, 91(4).
  • Kent C & Winstanley E (2015) . Physics Letters B, 740, 188-191.
  • Ambruş VE & Winstanley E (2014) Rotating quantum states. Phys. Lett. B, 734 (2014), 296-301.
  • Casals M, Dolan SR, Nolan BC, Ottewill AC & Winstanley E (2012) Kermions: quantization of fermions on Kerr space-time. Phys.Rev.D, 87, 064027.
  • Nolan BC & Winstanley E (2012) On the existence of dyons and dyonic black holes in Einstein-Yang-Mills theory.
  • Shepherd BL & Winstanley E (2012) Characterizing asymptotically anti-de Sitter black holes with abundant stable gauge field hair.
  • Nicolini P & Winstanley E (2011) . JHEP, 1111, 075-075.
  • Hosler D & Winstanley E (2009) . Physical Review D, 80(10).
  • Casals M, Dolan SR, Kanti P & Winstanley E (2009) . PHYS LETT B, 680(4), 365-370.
  • Baxter JE & Winstanley E (2008) . CLASSICAL QUANT GRAV, 25(24).
  • Casals M, Dolan S, Kanti P & Winstanley E (2008) Bulk emission of scalars by a rotating black hole. J HIGH ENERGY PHYS(6).
  • Morgan D, Winstanley E, Brunner J & Thompson LF (2008) . ASTROPART PHYS, 29(5), 345-354.
  • Winstanley E & Young PM (2008) . PHYS REV D, 77(2).
  • Baxter JE, Helbling M & Winstanley E (2008) . Phys Rev Lett, 100(1), 011301.
  • Song D & Winstanley E (2008) . INT J THEOR PHYS, 47(6), 1692-1698.
  • Baxter JE, Helbling M & Winstanley E (2007) . Physical Review D, 76(10).
  • Morgan D, Thom S, Winstanley E & Young PM (2007) . General Relativity and Gravitation, 39(10), 1719-1734.
  • Casals M, Dolan S, Kanti P & Winstanley E (2007) Brane decay of a ( 4+n)-dimensional rotating black hole. III: spin-1/2 particles. J HIGH ENERGY PHYS(3).
  • Morgan D, Winstanley E, Brunner J & Thompson LF (2006) . Astroparticle Physics, 25(5), 311-327.
  • Casals M, Kanti P & Winstanley E (2006) Brane decay of a (4+n)-dimensional rotating black hole II: spin-1 particles. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2006(2).
  • Duffy G, Harris CM, Kanti P & Winstanley E (2005) Brane decay of a (4+n)-dimensional rotating black hole: spin-0 particles. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2005(9).
  • Hooper D, Morgan D & Winstanley E (2005) . Physical Review D, 72(6).
  • Radu E & Winstanley E (2005) . Physical Review D, 72(2).
  • Barlow AM, Doherty D & Winstanley E (2005) . Physical Review D, 72(2).
  • Winstanley E (2005) . Classical and Quantum Gravity, 22(11), 2233-2247.
  • Hooper D, Morgan D & Winstanley E (2005) . Physics Letters B, 609(3-4), 206-211.
  • Radu E & Winstanley E (2004) . Physical Review D, 70(8).
  • Harper TJT, Thomas PA, Winstanley E & Young PM (2004) . Physical Review D, 70(6).
  • Winstanley E (2003) On the existence of conformally coupled scalar field hair for black holes in (anti-)de Sitter space. Foundations of Physics, 33(1), 111-143.
  • Winstanley E & Sarbach O (2002) On the linear stability of solitons and hairy black holes with a negative cosmological constant: the even-parity sector. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 19(4), 689-723.
  • Winstanley E (2001) Classical super-radiance in Kerr-Newman-anti-de Sitter black holes. Physical Review D, 64(10).
  • Sarbach O & Winstanley E (2001) . Classical and Quantum Gravity, 18(11), 2125-2146.
  • Winstanley E (2001) Renormalized black hole entropy in anti-de Sitter space via the "brick wall" method. Physical Review D, 63(8).
  • Mavromatos NE & Winstanley E (2001) D-particle recoil space-times and "glueball" masses. International Journal of Modern Physics A, 16(2), 251-265.
  • Ottewill AC & Winstanley E (2000) Renormalized stress tensor in Kerr space-time: General results. Physical Review D, 62(8).
  • Moss IG, Shiiki N & Winstanley E (2000) . CLASSICAL QUANT GRAV, 17(20), 4161-4174.
  • Mavromatos NE & Winstanley E (2000) . CLASSICAL QUANT GRAV, 17(7), 1595-1611.
  • Ottewill AC & Winstanley E (2000) . PHYS REV D, 62(8).
  • Kanti P & Winstanley E (2000) . PHYS REV D, 61.
  • Ellis J, Mavromatos NE & Winstanley E (2000) . PHYS LETT B, 476, 165-171.
  • Ottewill AC & Winstanley E (2000) . Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics, 273(3), 149-152.
  • Winstanley E (1999) . CLASSICAL QUANT GRAV, 16(6), 1963-1978.
  • Mavromatos NE & Winstanley E (1998) . J MATH PHYS, 39(9), 4849-4873.
  • Ellis J, Kanti P, Mavromatos NE, Winstanley E & Nanopoulos DV (1998) . MOD PHYS LETT A, 13(4), 303-319.
  • Ellis J, Mavromatos NE, Winstanley E & Nanopoulos DV (1997) . MOD PHYS LETT A, 12(4), 243-256.
  • Kanti P, Mavromatos NE, Rizos J, Tamvakis K & Winstanley E (1996) . Phys Rev D Part Fields, 54(8), 5049-5058.
  • Mavromatos NE & Winstanley E (1996) . Phys Rev D Part Fields, 53(6), 3190-3214.
  • WINSTANLEY E & MAVROMATOS NE (1995) INSTABILITY OF HAIRY BLACK-HOLES IN SPONTANEOUSLY BROKEN EINSTEIN-YANG-MILLS-HIGGS SYSTEMS. PHYS LETT B, 352(3-4), 242-246.
  • Monteverdi A & Winstanley E () . Physical Review D, 112(12).
  • Baxter JE & Winstanley E () . Journal of Mathematical Physics, 57(2).
  • Nolan BC & Winstanley E () . Classical and Quantum Gravity, 33(4).
  • Breen C, Hewitt M, Winstanley E & Ottewill AC () . Physical Review D, 92(8).

Book chapters

  • Kanti P & Winstanley E (2014) Hawking Radiation from Higher-Dimensional Black Holes
  • Calmet X, Carr B & Winstanley E (2014) , SpringerBriefs in Physics (pp. 51-81). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • Calmet X, Carr B & Winstanley E (2014) , SpringerBriefs in Physics (pp. 27-50). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • Calmet X, Carr B & Winstanley E (2014) , SpringerBriefs in Physics (pp. 101-102). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • Calmet X, Carr B & Winstanley E (2014) , SpringerBriefs in Physics (pp. 11-26). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • Calmet X, Carr B & Winstanley E (2014) , SpringerBriefs in Physics (pp. 93-100). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • Calmet X, Carr B & Winstanley E (2014) , SpringerBriefs in Physics (pp. 83-92). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • Winstanley E (2009) Classical Yang-Mills Black Hole Hair in Anti-de Sitter Space In Papantonopoulos E (Ed.) (pp. 49-87).
  • WINSTANLEY E (2002) (pp. 1626-1627). World Scientific Publishing Company
  • Ambrus VE & Winstanley E () In Becattini F, Liao J & Lisa M (Ed.), Strongly Interacting Matter Under Rotation (pp. 95-135). Springer

Conference proceedings

  • Winstanley E (2018) (pp 39-46)
  • Ponglertsakul S, Dolan S & Winstanley E (2018) (pp 69-74)
  • Ambrus VE & Winstanley E (2015) . AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1694. Timisoara, Romania
  • Ponglertsakul S, Dolan S & Winstanley E (2015) Black hole solutions in Einstein-charged scalar field theory. Phys. Rev. D, Vol. 92 (pp 124047)
  • AMBRUŞ VE & WINSTANLEY E (2015) . The Thirteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting (pp 1965-1967)
  • Ambrus VE & Winstanley E (2014) Dirac fermions on an anti-de Sitter background. AIP Conf. Proc., Vol. 1634 (pp 40)
  • Winstanley E (2013) Kermions
  • Ambruş VE & Winstanley E (2013) Fermions on adS
  • Hewitt M & Winstanley E (2013) Vacuum polarisation on the brane for a higher dimensional black hole spacetime
  • Kent C & Winstanley E (2013) Scalar field Hadamard renormalisation in $AdS_{n}$. Proceedings of the Thirteenth Marcel Grossman Meeting on General Relativity, pp. 1959-1961
  • Nicolini P, Mureika J, Spallucci E, Winstanley E & Bleicher M (2013) Production and evaporation of Planck scale black holes at the LHC
  • Winstanley E (2013) Black holes, TeV-scale gravity and the LHC
  • Bleicher M, Nicolini P, Sprenger M & Winstanley E (2011) . International Journal of Modern Physics E(Supplement 2) (pp 7-7)
  • Winstanley E (2007) Hawking radiation from rotating brane black holes
  • Winstanley E (2004) Classical and thermodynamical aspects of black holes with conformally coupled scalar field hair
  • Winstanley E (2002) Is there classical super-radiance on Kerr-Newman-anti-de Sitter black holes?. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS A, Vol. 17(20) (pp 2782-2782)
  • Thompson JC & Winstanley E () Quantum-corrected three-dimensional AdS space-time. Journal of Physics : Conference Series. Glasgow, UK, 14 July 2025 - 14 July 2025.
  • Ambrus VE & Winstanley E () . AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1916(020005)

Datasets

  • Winstanley E & Namasivayam S .
  • Winstanley E, Morley T & Namasivayam S .
  • Winstanley E & Konewko S .
  • Thompson J & Winstanley E .
  • Winstanley E & Alvarez-Dominguez A .
  • Winstanley E, Montagnon G, Breen C & Taylor P .
  • Winstanley E & Montagnon G .
  • Winstanley E & Namasivayam S .
  • Winstanley E & Thompson J .
  • Winstanley E & Monteverdi A .

Preprints

  • Thompson JC & Winstanley E (2025) , arXiv.
  • Namasivayam S & Winstanley E (2025) , arXiv.
  • Pitelli JOPM, Felipe BS, Dappiaggi C & Winstanley E (2025) , arXiv.
  • Montagnon G & Winstanley E (2025) , arXiv.
  • Monteverdi A & Winstanley E (2024) , arXiv.
  • Álvarez-Domínguez Á & Winstanley E (2024) , arXiv.
  • Monteverdi A & Winstanley E (2024) , arXiv.
  • Breen C, Montagnon G, Taylor P & Winstanley E (2024) , arXiv.
  • Thompson JC & Winstanley E (2024) , arXiv.
  • Morley T, Namasivayam S & Winstanley E (2023) , arXiv.
  • Balakumar V, Bernar R & Winstanley E (2023) , arXiv.
  • Konewko S & Winstanley E (2023) , arXiv.
  • Pla S & Winstanley E (2022) , arXiv.
  • Namasivayam S & Winstanley E (2022) , arXiv.
  • Balakumar V, Bernar RP & Winstanley E (2022) , arXiv.
  • Ambrus VE & Winstanley E (2021) , arXiv.
  • Morley T, Taylor P & Winstanley E (2020) , arXiv.
  • Balakumar V, Bernar RP, Crispino LCB & Winstanley E (2020) , arXiv.
  • Morley T, Taylor P & Winstanley E (2020) , arXiv.
  • Balakumar V & Winstanley E (2020) , arXiv.
  • Balakumar V & Winstanley E (2019) , arXiv.
  • Ambrus VE & Winstanley E (2019) , arXiv.
  • Morley T, Taylor P & Winstanley E (2018) , arXiv.
  • Ambrus VE, Kent C & Winstanley E (2018) , arXiv.
  • Ambrus VE & Winstanley E (2017) , arXiv.
  • Ambrus VE & Winstanley E (2017) , arXiv.
  • Shepherd BL & Winstanley E (2016) , arXiv.
  • Ponglertsakul S & Winstanley E (2016) , arXiv.
  • Ponglertsakul S & Winstanley E (2016) , arXiv.
  • Ponglertsakul S, Winstanley E & Dolan SR (2016) , arXiv.
  • Winstanley E (2016) , arXiv.
  • Ambrus VE & Winstanley E (2015) , arXiv.
  • Shepherd BL & Winstanley E (2015) , arXiv.
  • Ponglertsakul S, Dolan S & Winstanley E (2015) , arXiv.
  • Baxter JE & Winstanley E (2015) , arXiv.
  • Nolan BC & Winstanley E (2015) , arXiv.
  • Breen C, Hewitt M, Ottewill AC & Winstanley E (2015) , arXiv.
  • Ponglertsakul S, Dolan S & Winstanley E (2015) , arXiv.
  • Dolan SR, Ponglertsakul S & Winstanley E (2015) , arXiv.
  • Ambrus VE & Winstanley E (2015) , arXiv.
  • Ambrus VE & Winstanley E (2015) , arXiv.
  • Baxter JE & Winstanley E (2015) , arXiv.
  • Kent C & Winstanley E (2014) , arXiv.
  • Kent C & Winstanley E (2014) , arXiv.
  • Ambrus VE & Winstanley E (2014) , arXiv.
  • Kanti P & Winstanley E (2014) , arXiv.
  • Ambruş VE & Winstanley E (2014) , arXiv.
  • Ambruş VE & Winstanley E (2013) , arXiv.
  • Winstanley E (2013) , arXiv.
  • Kent C & Winstanley E (2013) , arXiv.
  • Hewitt M & Winstanley E (2013) , arXiv.
  • Ambruş VE & Winstanley E (2013) , arXiv.
  • Nicolini P, Mureika J, Spallucci E, Winstanley E & Bleicher M (2013) , arXiv.
  • Nolan BC & Winstanley E (2012) , arXiv.
  • Casals M, Dolan SR, Nolan BC, Ottewill AC & Winstanley E (2012) , arXiv.
  • Shepherd BL & Winstanley E (2012) , arXiv.
  • Bleicher M, Nicolini P, Sprenger M & Winstanley E (2011) , arXiv.
  • Nicolini P & Winstanley E (2011) , arXiv.
  • Hosler D & Winstanley E (2009) , arXiv.
  • Casals M, Dolan SR, Kanti P & Winstanley E (2009) , arXiv.
  • Baxter JE & Winstanley E (2008) , arXiv.
  • Casals M, Dolan SR, Kanti P & Winstanley E (2008) , arXiv.
  • Winstanley E (2008) , arXiv.
  • Winstanley E & Young PM (2007) , arXiv.
  • Baxter JE, Helbling M & Winstanley E (2007) , arXiv.
  • Baxter JE, Helbling M & Winstanley E (2007) , arXiv.
  • Morgan D, Winstanley E, Brunner J & Thompson LF (2007) , arXiv.
  • Morgan D, Thom S, Winstanley E & Young PM (2007) , arXiv.
  • Casals M, Dolan SR, Kanti P & Winstanley E (2006) , arXiv.
  • Casals M, Kanti P & Winstanley E (2005) , arXiv.
  • Duffy G, Harris C, Kanti P & Winstanley E (2005) , arXiv.
  • Hooper D, Morgan D & Winstanley E (2005) , arXiv.
  • Barlow A-M, Doherty D & Winstanley E (2005) , arXiv.
  • Radu E & Winstanley E (2005) , arXiv.
  • Winstanley E (2005) , arXiv.
  • Morgan D, Winstanley E, Brunner J & Thompson LF (2004) , arXiv.
  • Hooper D, Morgan D & Winstanley E (2004) , arXiv.
  • Radu E & Winstanley E (2004) , arXiv.
  • Harper TJT, Thomas PA, Winstanley E & Young PM (2003) , arXiv.
  • Winstanley E (2002) , arXiv.
  • Winstanley E & Sarbach O (2001) , arXiv.
  • Winstanley E (2001) , arXiv.
  • Sarbach O & Winstanley E (2001) , arXiv.
  • Winstanley E (2000) , arXiv.
  • Song DD & Winstanley E (2000) , arXiv.
  • Mavromatos NE & Winstanley E (2000) , arXiv.
  • Ottewill AC & Winstanley E (2000) , arXiv.
  • Moss IG, Shiiki N & Winstanley E (2000) , arXiv.
  • Ottewill AC & Winstanley E (2000) , arXiv.
  • Kanti P & Winstanley E (1999) , arXiv.
  • Ellis J, Mavromatos NE & Winstanley E (1999) , arXiv.
  • Mavromatos NE & Winstanley E (1999) , arXiv.
  • Winstanley E (1998) , arXiv.
  • Mavromatos NE & Winstanley E (1997) , arXiv.
  • Ellis J, Kanti P, Mavromatos NE, Nanopoulos DV & Winstanley E (1997) , arXiv.
  • Kanti P, Mavromatos NE, Rizos J, Tamvakis K & Winstanley E (1997) , arXiv.
  • Ellis J, Mavromatos NE, Nanopoulos DV & Winstanley E (1996) , arXiv.
  • Kanti P, Mavromatos NE, Rizos J, Tamvakis K & Winstanley E (1995) , arXiv.
  • Mavromatos NE & Winstanley E (1995) , arXiv.
  • Winstanley E & Mavromatos NE (1995) , arXiv.
Research group

Cosmology, Relativity and Gravitation

Grants

Past grants, as Principal Investigator

 
Higher dimensional scalar hairy black holesNuffield

Past grants, as Coinvestigator

 
STFC Consortium: Fundamental Physics - Lancaster-Manchester-SheffieldSTFC
STFC Consolidated Grant RenewalSTFC
Particle Physics: From the Early Universe to the Large Hadron ColliderSTFC
Testing New Physics with Data from Particle Physics and CosmologyPPARC

Prizes and Awards

Erskine Visiting Fellow at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand (2016); Australian Institute of Physics Women in Physics Lecturer (2010)

Teaching interests

My main teaching interests are:

  • Differential equations
  • Mathematical physics
  • Career development skills
  • Teaching mathematics to engineering students
  • Supervising MMath projects
Teaching activities

Over the course of my career, I have been involving in teaching a wide range of applied mathematics and theoretical physics modules, as well as mathematical methods to physicists and engineers and skills modules for mathematics students. I have also been a member of the London Mathematical Society's education committee, and the Joint Mathematical Council of the United Kingdom. 

Professional activities and memberships

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy; Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications; Fellow of the Institute of Physics; Member of the International Society for General Relativity and Gravitation, the London Mathematical Society, the European Mathematical Society and the European Physical Society. 

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