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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Professor Benjamin Christopher Allanach

Career

  • 2014-date Principal Investigator on STFC High Energy Physics theory consolidated grant
  • 2004-date Faculty, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 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 Allanach 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.

Ben is a particle phenomenologist and is primarily interested in interpreting data coming from the CERN experiments in terms of new particles and forces. He retains an interest in neutrino physics.

Recent Preprints 

Selected Publications

  • B.C. Allanach. B. Gripaios and J. Tooby-Smith, "Anomaly cancellation with an extra gauge boson", Phys. Rev. Lett. 125 (2020) 161601, 2006.03588 [hep-th]
  • B.C. Allanach, F.S. Queiroz, A. Strumia and S. Sun, "Z' models for the LHCb and g-2 muon anomalies", Phys. Rev. D 93 (2016) 5, 055045, 1511.07447 [hep-ph]
  • B.C. Allanach, "SOFTSUSY: a program for calculating supersymmetric spectra", Comput.Phys.Commun. 143 (2002) 305-331, hep-ph/0104145 [hep-ph]
  • P.Z. Skands, B.C. Allanach et al, "SUSY Les Houches Accord: Interfacing SUSY spectrum calculators, decay packages and event generators",  JHEP 07 (2004) 036, hep-ph/0311123 [hep-ph]
  • B.C. Allanach, K. Odagiri, M.A. Parker and B.R. Webber, "Searching for narrow graviton resonances with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider", JHEP 09 (2000) 019, hep-ph/0006114 [hep-ph]

Ph.D. Students

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

Selected External Activities

Publications

Collider Constraints on $Z^\prime$ Models for Neutral Current $B-$Anomalies
BC Allanach, JM Butterworth, T Corbett
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2019)
2019,
106
(DOI: 10.1007/jhep08(2019)106)
HE-LHC: The High-Energy Large Hadron Collider: Future Circular Collider Conceptual Design Report Volume 4
A Abada, M Abbrescia, SS AbdusSalam, I Abdyukhanov, J Abelleira Fernandez, A Abramov, M Aburaia, AO Acar, PR Adzic, P Agrawal, JA Aguilar-Saavedra, JJ Aguilera-Verdugo, M Aiba, I Aichinger, G Aielli, A Akay, A Akhundov, H Aksakal, JL Albacete, S Albergo, A Alekou, M Aleksa, R Aleksan, RM Alemany Fernandez, Y Alexahin, RG Alía, S Alioli, N Alipour Tehrani, BC Allanach, PP Allport, M Altınlı, W Altmannshofer, G Ambrosio, D Amorim, O Amstutz, L Anderlini, A Andreazza, M Andreini, A Andriatis, C Andris, A Andronic, M Angelucci, F Antinori, SA Antipov, M Antonelli, M Antonello, P Antonioli, S Antusch, F Anulli, L Apolinário, G Apollinari, A Apollonio, D Appelö, RB Appleby, A Apyan, A Apyan, A Arbey, A Arbuzov, G Arduini, V Arı, S Arias, N Armesto, R Arnaldi, SA Arsenyev, M Arzeo, S Asai, E Aslanides, RW Aßmann, D Astapovych, M Atanasov, S Atieh, D Attié, B Auchmann, A Audurier, S Aull, S Aumon, S Aune, F Avino, G Avrillaud, G Aydın, A Azatov, G Azuelos, P Azzi, O Azzolini, P Azzurri, N Bacchetta, E Bacchiocchi, H Bachacou, YW Baek, V Baglin, Y Bai, S Baird, MJ Baker, MJ Baldwin, AH Ball, A Ballarino, S Banerjee, DP Barber, D Barducci, P Barjhoux
– European Physical Journal: Special Topics
(2019)
228,
1109
(DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2019-900088-6)
FCC-hh: The Hadron Collider: Future Circular Collider Conceptual Design Report Volume 3
A Abada, M Abbrescia, SS AbdusSalam, I Abdyukhanov, J Abelleira Fernandez, A Abramov, M Aburaia, AO Acar, PR Adzic, P Agrawal, JA Aguilar-Saavedra, JJ Aguilera-Verdugo, M Aiba, I Aichinger, G Aielli, A Akay, A Akhundov, H Aksakal, JL Albacete, S Albergo, A Alekou, M Aleksa, R Aleksan, RM Alemany Fernandez, Y Alexahin, RG Alía, S Alioli, N Alipour Tehrani, BC Allanach, PP Allport, M Altınlı, W Altmannshofer, G Ambrosio, D Amorim, O Amstutz, L Anderlini, A Andreazza, M Andreini, A Andriatis, C Andris, A Andronic, M Angelucci, F Antinori, SA Antipov, M Antonelli, M Antonello, P Antonioli, S Antusch, F Anulli, L Apolinário, G Apollinari, A Apollonio, D Appelö, RB Appleby, A Apyan, A Apyan, A Arbey, A Arbuzov, G Arduini, V Arı, S Arias, N Armesto, R Arnaldi, SA Arsenyev, M Arzeo, S Asai, E Aslanides, RW Aßmann, D Astapovych, M Atanasov, S Atieh, D Attié, B Auchmann, A Audurier, S Aull, S Aumon, S Aune, F Avino, G Avrillaud, G Aydın, A Azatov, G Azuelos, P Azzi, O Azzolini, P Azzurri, N Bacchetta, E Bacchiocchi, H Bachacou, YW Baek, V Baglin, Y Bai, S Baird, MJ Baker, MJ Baldwin, AH Ball, A Ballarino, S Banerjee, DP Barber, D Barducci, P Barjhoux
– The European Physical Journal Special Topics
(2019)
228,
755
(DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2019-900087-0)
FCC-ee: The Lepton Collider
A Abada, M Abbrescia, SS AbdusSalam, I Abdyukhanov, J Abelleira Fernandez, A Abramov, M Aburaia, AO Acar, PR Adzic, P Agrawal, JA Aguilar-Saavedra, JJ Aguilera-Verdugo, M Aiba, I Aichinger, G Aielli, A Akay, A Akhundov, H Aksakal, JL Albacete, S Albergo, A Alekou, M Aleksa, R Aleksan, RM Alemany Fernandez, Y Alexahin, RG Alía, S Alioli, N Alipour Tehrani, BC Allanach, PP Allport, M Altınlı, W Altmannshofer, G Ambrosio, D Amorim, O Amstutz, L Anderlini, A Andreazza, M Andreini, A Andriatis, C Andris, A Andronic, M Angelucci, F Antinori, SA Antipov, M Antonelli, M Antonello, P Antonioli, S Antusch, F Anulli, L Apolinário, G Apollinari, A Apollonio, D Appelö, RB Appleby, A Apyan, A Apyan, A Arbey, A Arbuzov, G Arduini, V Arı, S Arias, N Armesto, R Arnaldi, SA Arsenyev, M Arzeo, S Asai, E Aslanides, RW Aßmann, D Astapovych, M Atanasov, S Atieh, D Attié, B Auchmann, A Audurier, S Aull, S Aumon, S Aune, F Avino, G Avrillaud, G Aydın, A Azatov, G Azuelos, P Azzi, O Azzolini, P Azzurri, N Bacchetta, E Bacchiocchi, H Bachacou, YW Baek, V Baglin, Y Bai, S Baird, MJ Baker, MJ Baldwin, AH Ball, A Ballarino, S Banerjee, DP Barber, D Barducci, P Barjhoux
– The European Physical Journal Special Topics
(2019)
228,
261
(DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2019-900045-4)
FCC Physics Opportunities: Future Circular Collider Conceptual Design Report Volume 1
A Abada, M Abbrescia, SS AbdusSalam, I Abdyukhanov, JA Fernandez, A Abramov, M Aburaia, AO Acar, PR Adzic, P Agrawal, JA Aguilar-Saavedra, JJ Aguilera-Verdugo, M Aiba, I Aichinger, G Aielli, A Akay, A Akhundov, H Aksakal, JL Albacete, S Albergo, A Alekou, M Aleksa, R Aleksan, RMA Fernandez, Y Alexahin, RG Alía, S Alioli, NA Tehrani, BC Allanach, PP Allport, M Altınlı, W Altmannshofer, G Ambrosio, D Amorim, O Amstutz, L Anderlini, A Andreazza, M Andreini, A Andriatis, C Andris, A Andronic, M Angelucci, F Antinori, SA Antipov, M Antonelli, M Antonello, P Antonioli, S Antusch, F Anulli, L Apolinário, G Apollinari, A Apollonio, D Appelö, RB Appleby, A Apyan, A Apyan, A Arbey, A Arbuzov, G Arduini, V Arı, S Arias, N Armesto, R Arnaldi, SA Arsenyev, M Arzeo, S Asai, E Aslanides, RW Aßmann, D Astapovych, M Atanasov, S Atieh, D Attié, B Auchmann, A Audurier, S Aull, S Aumon, S Aune, F Avino, G Avrillaud, G Aydın, A Azatov, G Azuelos, P Azzi, O Azzolini, P Azzurri, N Bacchetta, E Bacchiocchi, H Bachacou, YW Baek, V Baglin, Y Bai, S Baird, MJ Baker, MJ Baldwin, AH Ball, A Ballarino, S Banerjee, DP Barber, D Barducci, P Barjhoux
– European Physical Journal C
(2019)
79,
474
(DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6904-3)
Hadron Collider Sensitivity to Fat Flavourful $Z^\prime$s for $R_{K^{(\ast)}}$
BC Allanach, T Corbett, MJ Dolan, T You
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2019)
2019,
137
(DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2019)137)
Hadron collider sensitivity to fat flavourful Z′s for R K ∗ $ {R}_{K^{\left(\ast \right)}} $
BC Allanach, T Corbett, MJ Dolan, T You
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2019)
2019,
137
(DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2019)137)
An Anomaly-free Atlas: charting the space of flavour-dependent gauged $U(1)$ extensions of the Standard Model
BC Allanach, J Davighi, S Melville
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2019)
2019,
82
(DOI: 10.1007/jhep02(2019)082)
Beyond the standard model
BC Allanach
– CERN Yellow Reports: School Proceedings
(2019)
6,
113
(DOI: 10.23730/CYRSP-2019-006.113)
Third family hypercharge model for RK∗$ {R}_{K^{\left(\ast \right)}} $ and aspects of the fermion mass problem
BC Allanach, J Davighi
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2018)
2018,
75
(DOI: 10.1007/JHEP12(2018)075)
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Research Group

High Energy Physics

Email

B.C.Allanach@damtp.cam.ac.uk

Room

B2.04

Telephone

01223 766889

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