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Professor Ben Allanach

Career

  • 2014-date Principal Investigator on Cambridge STFC High Energy Physics theory consolidated grant
  • 2011-date Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
  • 2022-2023 Scientific Associate, CERN (on sabbatical leave from Cambridge)
  • 2009-2010 Reader, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
  • 2004-2008 Lecturer, 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 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. 

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

Large Hadron Collider probe of supersymmetric neutrinoless double-beta-decay mechanism
BC Allanach, CH Kom, H Päs
– Physical Review Letters
(2009)
103,
091801
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.091801)
Selecting a model of supersymmetry breaking mediation
SS AbdusSalam, BC Allanach, MJ Dolan, F Feroz, MP Hobson
– Physical Review D
(2009)
80,
035017
(doi: 10.1103/physrevd.80.035017)
Flavour violation in anomaly mediated supersymmetry breaking
BC Allanach, G Hiller, DRT Jones, P Slavich
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2009)
2009,
088
(doi: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/04/088)
SUSY Les Houches Accord 2.
BC Allanach, C Balazs, G Belanger, M Bernhardt, F Boudjema, D Choudhury, K Desch, U Ellwanger, P Gambino, R Godbole, T Goto, J Guasch, M Guchait, T Hahn, S Heinemeyer, C Hugonie, T Hurth, S Kraml, S Kreiss, J Lykken et al.
– Comput. Phys. Commun.
(2009)
180,
8
(doi: 10.1016/j.cpc.2008.08.004)
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 Unel, F del Aguila, J Alwall, Y Andreev, DA Sierra, A Bartl, M Beccaria et al.
– The European Physical Journal C
(2008)
57,
1
(doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-008-0713-4)
Panglossian prospects for detecting neutralino dark matter in light of natural priors?
BC Allanach, D Hooper
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2008)
2008,
071
(doi: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/10/071)
Bayesian selection of sign mu within mSUGRA in global fits including WMAP5 results
F Feroz, BC Allanach, M Hobson, SS AbdusSalam, R Trotta, AM Weber
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2008)
10,
64
(doi: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/10/064)
SUSY predictions and SUSY tools at the LHC
BC Allanach
– European Physical Journal C
(2008)
59,
427
(doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-008-0695-2)
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)
Global fits of the large volume string scenario to WMAP5 and other indirect constraints using Markov chain Monte Carlo
BC Allanach, MJ Dolan, AM Weber
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2008)
2008,
105
(doi: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/08/105)
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Research Group

High Energy Physics

Email

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

Room

B2.04

Telephone

01223 766889

Personal homepage

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

Study at Cambridge

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