Mathematics

Research Interests:

General relativity and gravitation; mathematics education.

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

• Dr Brien Nolan. .
• Emily M Duffy and Brien C Nolan. 2011. Odd-parity perturbations of the self-similar LTB spacetime. Classical And Quantum Gravity, 28, 10, pp105020(30)-.
• Tomohiro Harada, Ken-ichi Nakao, Brien C. Nolan. 2009. Einstein-Rosen waves and the self-similarity hypothesis in cylindrical symmetry. Physical Review D, 80, 2, pp024025(15)-.
• Thomas J Waters and Brien C Nolan. 2009. Gauge invariant perturbations of self-similar Lemaître-Tolman-Bondi spacetime: Even parity modes with l≥2. Physical Review D, 79, 8, pp048002(13)-.
• Brien C. Nolan and Ujjal Debnath. 2007. Is the shell-focussing singularity of Szekeres spacetime visible?. Physical Review D, 76,, pp104046(10)-.
• Dr Brien Nolan. 2007. Odd-parity perturbations of self-similar Vaidya spacetime. Classical And Quantum Gravity, 24, 1, pp177-200.
• Dr Brien Nolan. 2006. Bounds for scalar waves on self-similar naked-singularity backgrounds. Classical And Quantum Gravity, , pp4523-4538.
• Brien C. Nolan, Thomas J. Waters. 2005. Even perturbations of self-similar Vaidya space-time. Physical Review D, , pp104030-.
• Dr Brien Nolan, Raul Vera. 2005. . Classical And Quantum Gravity, , pp4031-4050.
• B. C. Nolan, L. V. Nolan. 2004. On isotropic cylindrically symmetric stellar models. Classical And Quantum Gravity, , pp3693-3704.
• Brien C. Nolan. 2004. Physical interpretation of gauge invariant perturbations of spherically symmetric space-times. Physical Review D, 044004,
• Filipe C. Mena, Brien C. Nolan, Reza Tavakol. 2004. The role of anisotropy and inhomogeneity in Lemaitre-Tolman-Bondi collapse. Physical Review D, 70, 084030
• Brien C. Nolan. 2003. Dynamical extensions for shell-crossing singularities. Classical And Quantum Gravity, 20, , pp575-586.
• Brien C Nolan, Thomas J Waters. 2002. Cauchy horizon stability in self-similar collapse: scalar radiation. Physical Review D, 66, 104012
• Brien C. Nolan, Filipe C. Mena Cla. 2002. Geometry and topology of singularities in spherical dust collapse. Classical And Quantum Gravity, , pp2587-2606.
• Brien C. Nolan, Filipe C. Mena, Sergio M. C. V. Goncalves. 2002. ``Strength and genericity of singularities in Tolman-Bondi-de Sitter collapse'' and a note on central singularities. Physics Letters A, A294, , pp122-125.
• Dr Brien Nolan. 2002. Naked singularities in cylindrical collapse of counter-rotating dust shells. Physical Review D, 65, 101006
• F.C. Mena(1), B.C. Nolan (1) Queen Mary, University of London. 2001. Non-radial null geodesics in spherical dust collapse. Classical And Quantum Gravity, 18,, pp4531-4548.
• B.C. Nolan. 2001. Sectors of spherical homothetic collapse. Classical And Quantum Gravity, 18,, pp1651-1676.
• B.C. Nolan. 2001. A note on behaviour at an isotropic singularity. Classical And Quantum Gravity, 18,, pp1127-1136.
• B.C. Nolan. 2000. The Central Singularity in Spherical Collapse. Physical Review D, 62,, pp044015(1)-044015(9).
• B.C. Nolan. 1999. A point mass in an isotropic universe: III. The region $Rleq 2m$. Classical And Quantum Gravity, 16,, pp3183-3191.
• B.C. Nolan. 1999. Strengths of singularities in spherical symmetry. Physical Review D, 60,, pp024014(1)-024014(9).
• B.C. Nolan. 1999. A point mass in an isotropic universe: II. Global properties. Classical And Quantum Gravity, 16,, pp1227-1254.
• B.C. Nolan. 1998. A point mass in an isotropic universe. Existence, uniqueness and basic properties. Physical Review D, 58,, pp064006(1)-064006(10).
• B.S. Guilfoyle, B.C. Nolan. 1998. Yang's gravitational theory. General Relativity And Gravitation, 30,, pp473-495.
• B.C. Nolan. 1997. The Goldberg--Kerr Approach to Lorentz Covariant Gravity. Proceedings Of The Royal Irish Academy, Section A, 97A,, pp31-59.
• B.C. Nolan. 1997. A Characterisation of Strong Wave Tails in Curved Space-Times. Classical And Quantum Gravity, 14,, pp1295-1308.
• B.C. Nolan. 1995. On multipole moments of the electromagnetic field. Annals Of Physics, 242,, pp117-134.
• B.C. Nolan. 1993. Sources for McVittie's mass particle in an expanding universe. Journal Of Mathematical Physics, 34,, pp178-185.

Selected Books

• . General Relativity and Gravitation: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference, World Scientific, 2005.

• Brien Nolan and Marc Casals, A Kirchoff integral approach to the calculation of Green's functions beyond the normal neighbourhood, 14th Capra Meeting on Radiation Reaction, 04-JUL-11 - 08-JUL-11, University of Southampton
• Brien Nolan, Tomohiro Harada and Ken-Ichi Nakao, Einstein-Rosen waves, the self-similarity hypothesis in cylindrical symmetry and C-energy, In: D Marolf and D Sudarsky ed.19th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, 05-JUL-10 - 10-JUL-10, Mexico City
• Brien Nolan, A comment on C-energy of cylindrical spacetimes, Britgrav 9, 14-MAY-09 - 15-MAY-09, University of Cardiff
• Richard Hoban, Brien Nolan and Odilla Finlayson, A study of students' abilities in transferring mathematical knowledge to chemistry, Variety in Chemistry Education, 28-AUG-08 - 29-AUG-08, DCU
• Brien Nolan, Cauchy Horizon Instability in Self-Similar Vaidya Spacetime, Britgrav 8, 19-MAR-08 - 20-MAR-08, University of York
• Brien Nolan, Bounds for scalar waves in self-similar naked singularity backgrounds, In: Lorenzo Fatibene, Mauro Francaviglia, Roberto Giambò, Giulio Magli ed.Black Holes and Naked Singularities II, 10-MAY-07 - 12-MAY-07, Politecnico di Milano, Italy