Assistant Professor
Year Started at JMU: 2016
finchtk@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Research Description
My research involves exact solutions of General Relativity that contain black hole and/or cosmological event horizons. I focus on the construction and interpretation of novel coordinate systems in these spacetimes, and the kinematical effects that occur in them. I also have an interest in the pedagogy of relativity, particularly regarding undergraduate students.
Education
- Ph.D. in Physics (theoretical physics), 2008, Howard University
- S.M. in Physics (astrophysics), 2001, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- A.B. in Physics, 1995, Harvard University
Select Publications
- T. Finch, “Coordinate Families for the Schwarzschild Geometry Based on Radial Timelike Geodesics,” General Relativity and Gravitation 47 (2015) 56.http://arXiv.org/abs/1211.4337
- T. Finch, “Three-Charge Supertubes in a Rotating Black Hole Background,” Journal of High Energy Physics 0903: 145 (2009).http://arXiv.org/abs/hep-th/0612085
- T. Finch et al. “Analytic Expressions for Mean Magnification in a Quadrupole Gravitational Lens,” Astrophysical Journal 577: 51-56 (2002).http://arXiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0205489
Department of Physics & Astronomy
