Bernard M. Diaz

Bernard M. Diaz
Known for	An alternative approach to quantum gravity
Scientific career
Fields	Computer science, Theoretical physics
Institutions	University of Liverpool

Bernard M. Diaz is a researcher associated with the Department of Computer Science at the University of Liverpool who has co-authored heterodox work on the foundations of physics and quantum gravity. He is listed in The Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists.

Work

With collaborators Sarah B. M. Bell and John P. Cullerne, Diaz developed an alternative program in the foundations of physics that attempts to derive quantum electrodynamics from a two-body interaction and to quantise general relativity for a class of energy–momentum–stress tensors. Their paper "A new approach to quantum gravity: an overview" was presented at the 16th International Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics (Taipei, 2000) and appeared in the volume Gravitation and Cosmology: From the Hubble Radius to the Planck Scale; related work on the classical behaviour of the Dirac bispinor was published in Foundations of Physics. The group's reformulation departs from standard treatments of the Dirac and radiation equations and represents a minority approach outside the mainstream of quantum gravity research.

External links

• PhilPapers listing (Bell, Cullerne & Diaz)
• "A new approach to quantum gravity: an overview" (arXiv)