Staff Profile

Roles and Responsibilities

Cosmology and Quantum Gravity group leader

Degree Programme Director for Physics

Research Interests

My research focuses on the inflationary model of the very early universe, and the various quantum processes responsible for the origin of density fluctuations and other major features of the universe. The inflationary model has become the predominant model of the early universe as, one by one, all of its predictions have been confirmed by observation. 

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Postgraduate Supervision

K. Brown

M. Bounakis PhD 2021

K. Marshal PhD 2020

T Yeomans 2008-2012

C Graham 2006-2009

N Ahmed 2004-2008

C Xiong 2004-2007

M Giammatteo 2000-2003

LMH Hall 2001-2004

JP Norman 2001-2004

W Santiago-German 1999-2003

Esteem Indicators

EPSRC Peer Review College: Member

Editorial Board of 'Classical and Quantum Gravity' (1997-2002)

Fellow of the IOP

• Articles

  • Billam TP, Brown K, Moss IG. Bubble nucleation in a cold spin 1 gas. New Journal of Physics 2023, 25, 043028.
  • Gutierrez Abed M, Moss IG. Bubble nucleation at zero and nonzero temperatures. Physical Review D 2023, 107(7), 076027.
  • Billam TP, Brown K, Moss IG. False-vacuum decay in an ultracold spin-1 Bose gas. Physical Review A 2022, 105(4), L041301.
  • Billam TP, Brown K, Groszek A, Moss IG. Simulating cosmological supercooling with a cold atom system. II. Thermal damping and parametric instability. Physical Review A 2021, 104(5), 053309.
  • Bounakis M, Moss IG, Rigopoulos G. Observational constraints on Hyperinflation. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2021, 2021(02), 006.
  • Gregory R, Moss IG, Oshita N, Patrick S. Black hole evaporation in de Sitter space. Classical and Quantum Gravity 2021, 38(18), 185005.
  • Billam TP, Brown K, Moss IG. Simulating cosmological supercooling with a cold-atom system. Physical Review A 2020, 102(4), 043324.
  • Cuspinera L, Gregory R, Marshall KM, Moss IG. Higgs vacuum decay in a braneworld. International Journal of Modern Physics D 2020, 29(01), 2050005.
  • Gregory R, Moss IG, Oshita N, Patrick S. Hawking-Moss transition with a black hole seed. Journal of High Energy Physics 2020, 2020(9), 135.
  • Gregory R, Moss IG, Oshita N. Black holes, oscillating instantons and the Hawking-Moss transition. Journal of High Energy Physics 2020, 2020(7), 24.
  • Billam TB, Gregory R, Michel F, Moss IG. Simulating seeded vacuum decay in a cold atom system. Physical Review D 2019, 100(6), 1-7.
  • Cuspinera L, Gregory R, Marshall KM, Moss IG. Higgs vacuum decay from particle collisions?. Physical Review D 2019, 99(2), 024046.
  • Bastero-Gil M, Berera A, Brandenberger R, Moss IG, Ramose RO, Rosa JG. The role of fluctuation-dissipation dynamics in setting the initial conditions for inflation. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2018, 1, 002.
  • Michel F, Moss IG. Relativistic collapse of axion stars. Physics Letters B 2018, 785, 9-13.
  • Calmet X, Kuntz I, Moss IG. Non-minimal Coupling of the Higgs Boson to Curvature in an Inflationary Universe. Foundations of Physics 2018, 48(1), 110-120.
  • Gregory R, Marshall KM, Michel F, Moss IG. Negative modes of Coleman–De Luccia and black hole bubbles. Physical Review D 2018, 98(8), 085017.
  • Bounakis M, Moss IG. Gravitational corrections to Higgs potentials. Journal of High Energy Physics 2018, 04, 1-32.
  • Moss IG, Rigopoulos G. Effective long wavelength scalar dynamics in de Sitter. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2017, 2017(5), 009.
  • Burda P, Gregory RAW, Moss IG. The fate of the Higgs vacuum. Journal of High Energy Physics 2016, 6, 1-20.
  • Burda P, Gregory R, Moss IG. Vacuum metastability with black holes. Journal of High Energy Physics 2015, 2015(8), 114.
  • Burda P, Gregory R, Moss IG. Gravity and the Stability of the Higgs Vacuum. Physical Review Letters 2015, 115(7), 071303.
  • Bastero-Gil M, Berera A, Moss IG, Ramos RO. Theory of non-Gaussianity in warm inflation. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2014, 2014(12), 008.
  • Moss IG, Toms DJ. Invariants of the heat equation for non-minimal operators. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 2014, 47(21), 215401.
  • Baster-Gil M, Berera A, Moss IG, Ramos RO. Cosmological fluctuations of a random field and radiation fluid. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2014, 2014, 004.
  • Gregory R, Moss IG, Withers B. Black holes as bubble nucleation sites. Journal of High Energy Physics 2014, 2014(3), 81.
  • Moss IG. BRST-invariant boundary conditions and strong ellipticity. Physical Review D 2013, 88(10), 104039.
  • Davies PCW, Moss IG. Cosmological bounds on tachyonic neutrinos. Astroparticle Physics 2012, 35(10), 679-680.
  • Moss IG. Anomalies, boundaries and the in-in formalism. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 2012, 45(37), 374022.
  • Moss IG, Omotani JT, Saffin PM. Reducing heterotic M-theory to five dimensional supergravity on a manifold with boundary. Journal of High Energy Physics 2011, (10), 088.
  • Moss IG, Yeomans T. Non-gaussianity in the strong regime of warm inflation. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2011, 2011(8), 009.
  • Moss IG. Black holes with current loops revisited. Physical Review D 2011, 83(12), 124046.
  • Ahmed N, Moss IG. Balancing the vacuum energy in heterotic M-theory. Nuclear Physics B 2010, 833(1-2), 133-152.
  • Berera A, Moss IG, Ramos RO. Warm Inflation and its Microphysical Basis. Reports on Progress in Physics 2009, 72(2), 026901.
  • Graham C, Moss IG. Density fluctuations from warm inflation. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2009, (7), 013.
  • Moss IG, Graham C. Particle production and reheating of the inflationary universe. Physical Review D 2008, 78(12), 123526.
  • Moss IG, Xiong C. On the consistency of warm inflation. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2008, 2008(11), 023.
  • Moss IG. Higher order terms in an improved heterotic M-theory. Journal of High Energy Physics 2008, (11), 067.
  • Ahmed N, Moss IG. Gaugino condensation in an improved heterotic M-theory. Journal of High Energy Physics 2008, (12), 108.
  • Moss IG, Graham CM. Testing models of inflation with cosmic microwave background non-Gaussianity. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2007, 2007(11).
  • Moss IG, Xiong C. Non-Gaussianity in fluctuations from warm inflation. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2007, 2007(4), -.
  • Berera A, Moss IG, Ramos RO. Local approximations for effective scalar field equations of motion. Physical Review D 2007, 76(8), 083520.
  • Giammatteo M, Moss IG. Gravitational quasinormal modes for Kerr anti-de Sitter black holes. Classical and Quantum Gravity 2005, 22(9), 1803-1824.
  • Moss IG. Boundary terms for supergravity and low energy heterotic M-theory. Nuclear Physics B 2005, 729(1-2), 179-202.
  • Hall LMH, Moss IG, Berera A. Scalar perturbation spectra from warm inflation. Physical Review D 2004, 69(8), 083525.
  • Moss IG, Norman JP. Radiation back reaction on moving branes. Physical Review D 2004, 70(10), -.
  • Moss IG, Norman JP. One loop effective potential in heterotic M-theory. Journal of High Energy Physics 2004, 8(9), JHEP09(2004)020.
  • Moss IG, Naylor W, Santiago-German W, Sasaki M. Bulk quantum effects for de Sitter branes in AdS5. Physical Review D 2003, 67(12), 9.
  • Moss IG. Boundary terms for eleven-dimensional supergravity and M-theory. Physics Letters B 2003, 577(1-2), 71-75.
  • Moss IG, Norman JP. Gravitational quasinormal modes for anti-de Sitter black holes. Classical and Quantum Gravity 2002, 19(8), 2323-2332.
  • Moss IG, Naylor W. Effective action for bubble nucleation rates. Nuclear Physics B 2002, 632(1-3), 173-188.
  • Moss IG, Shiiki N, Takashi T. Vacuum energy of CP(1) solitons. 2001, arXiv:hep-ph/0103240v1.
  • Flachi A, Moss IG, Toms DJ. Quantized bulk fermions in the Randall-Sundrum brane model. Physical Review D 2001, 64(10), 105029.
  • Flachi A, Moss IG, Toms DJ. Fermion vacuum energies in brane world models. PHYSICS LETTERS B 2001, 518(1-2), 153-156.
  • Moss IG, Shiiki N. Quantum mechanics on moduli spaces. Nuclear Physics B 2000, 565(1-2), 345-362.
  • Moss IG, Shiiki N, Winstanley E. Monopole black hole skyrmions. Classical and Quantum Gravity 2000, 17(20), 4161-4174.
  • Moss IG. Heat kernel expansions for distributional backgrounds. Physics Letters, Section B 2000, 491(1-2), 203-206.
  • Moss IG. Soliton vacuum energies and the CP(1) model. Physics Letters B 1999, 460(1-2), 103-106.
  • Moss IG, Naylor W. Diagrams for heat kernel expansions. Classical and Quantum Gravity 1999, 16(8), 2611-2624.
  • Hawking SW, Moss IG. Fluctuations in the very early universe. Nucl. Phys 1983, B224, 180.
  • Hawking SW, Moss IG. Supercooled phase transitions in the very early universe. Phys. Lett 1982, B110, 35.

• Book Chapter

  • Moss IG. Zeta functions, anomalies and stable branes. In: Gibbons, G.W., Shellard, E.P.S., Rankin, S.J, ed. The Future of Theoretical Physics and Cosmology: Celebrating Stephen Hawking's Contributions to Physics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp.373-383.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Moss I, Gregory R. Higgs Cosmology and Dark Matter. In: 2nd World Summit: Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe. 2019, University of Antilles, Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France: Proceedings of Science.
  • Moss IG, Gregory R. Higgs cosmology and dark matter. In: 2nd World Summit: Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe (EDSU2018). 2018, University of Antilles, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France: Sissa Medialab Srl.
  • Gregory R, Moss IG. The fate of the Higgs vacuum. In: 38th International Conference on High Energy Physics. 2016, Chicago, USA: Proceedings of Science (PoS).
  • Moss IG. Can you hear the shape of a bell?: Asymptotics of quasinormal modes. In: Nuclear Physics: Proceedings Supplements. 2002, Naples, Italy: Elsevier BV.

• Review

  • Moss IG. Higgs boson cosmology. Contemporary Physics 2015, 56(4), 468-476.