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Professor Ben Allanach

Career

  • 2014-date Principal Investigator on Cambridge STFC High Energy Physics theory consolidated grant
  • 2011-date Professor of Theoretical Physics, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
  • 2022-2023 Scientific Associate, CERN (on sabbatical leave from Cambridge)
  • 2009-2010 Reader, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
  • 2004-2008 Lecturer, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
  • 2004-2009 PPARC Advanced Fellow, University of Cambridge
  • 2002-2004 Postdoctoral researcher, Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules Theorie
  • 2000-2002 Fellow, TH Division, CERN
  • 1998-2000 Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
  • 1995-1998 Higher Scientific Officer, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Research

Ben is a member of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics High Energy Physics research group and The Cambridge Pheno Working Group based at the Cavendish Laboratory. He is a particle phenomenologist and is primarily interested in interpreting data coming from the CERN experiments in terms of new particles and forces. Then he tries to rule such new particles and forces out with other data. If this doesn't work, he asks what theoretical framework do they come from and can this explain unanswered mysteries.

Lecturing

Part III (Master's course), lecture notes and accompanying youtube lectures:

Symmetries,<br /><br /> Particles<br /><br /> and<br /><br /> Fields

Ph.D. Students

  • Eetu Loisa: 2021-
  • Hannah Banks: 2019-2023
  • Maeve Madigan: 2018-2021
  • Tom Cridge: 2014-2018
  • Sophie Renner: 2012-2016
  • Matt Dolan: 2007-2010
  • Jordan Skittrall: 2006-2009
  • Steve Kom: 2005-2008

Music: Professor Jammin

Selected External Activities

Publications

Physics Beyond the Standard Model: Supersymmetry
MM Nojiri, T Plehn, G Polesello, M Alexander, BC Allanach, AJ Barr, K Benakli, F Boudjema, A Freitas, C Gwenlan, S Jager, S Kraml, S Kreiss, R Lafaye, CG Lester, N Kauer, C Milstene, C Moura, GS Muanza, AR Raklev et al.
(2008)
(link to publication)
Collider aspects of flavor physics at high Q
T Lari, L Pape, W Porod, JA Aguilar-Saavedra, BC Allanach, G Burdman, N Castro, M Klasen, N Krasnikov, F Krauss, F Moortgat, G Polesello, A Tricomi, G Ünel, F del Aguila, J Alwall, Y Andreev, D Aristizabal Sierra, A Bartl, M Beccaria et al.
– European Physical Journal C
(2008)
57,
183
(doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-008-0713-4)
Z boson decay to photon plus Kaluza-Klein graviton in large extra dimensions
BC Allanach, JP Skittrall, K Sridhar
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2007)
2007,
089
(doi: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/11/089)
R-Parity violating minimal supergravity at the LHC
BC Allanach, MA Bernhardt, HK Dreiner, S Grab, CH Kom, P Richardson
(2007)
(link to publication)
Sparticle spectra and LHC signatures for large volume string compactifications
JP Conlon, CH Kom, K Suruliz, BC Allanach, F Quevedo
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2007)
2007,
061
(doi: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/08/061)
Natural priors, CMSSM fits and LHC weather forecasts
BC Allanach, K Cranmer, CG Lester, AM Weber
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2007)
2007,
023
(doi: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/08/023)
Towards the european strategy for particle physics: The briefing book
T Åkesson, R Aleksan, B Allanach, S Bertolucci, A Blondel, J Butterworth, M Cavalli-Sforza, A Cervera, M De Naurois, K Desch, U Egede, R Heuer, A Hoecker, P Huber, K Jungmann, F Linde, A Lombardi, M Mangano, M Mezzetto, G Onderwater et al.
– European Physical Journal C
(2007)
51,
421
(doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0318-3)
Mass spectrum in R-parity violating minimal supergravity and benchmark points
BC Allanach, MA Bernhardt, HK Dreiner, CH Kom, P Richardson
– Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
(2007)
75,
035002
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.75.035002)
The dark side of mSUGRA
BC Allanach, CG Lester, AM Weber
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2006)
2006,
065
(doi: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/12/065)
Working group report: Flavor physics and model building
MK Parida, N Sinha, B Adhikary, B Allanach, A Alok, KS Babu, B Brahmachari, D Choudhury, EJ Chun, PK Das, A Ghosal, D Hitlin, WS Hou, S Kumar, HN Li, E Ma, SK Majee, G Majumdar, B Mishra, G Mohanty et al.
– Pramana
(2006)
67,
849
(doi: 10.1007/s12043-006-0097-7)
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Research Group

High Energy Physics

Email

bca20@cam.ac.uk

Room

B2.04

Telephone

01223 766889

Personal homepage

http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/bca20/index.html

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