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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

Searching for R-Parity Violation at Run-II of the Tevatron
B Allanach, H Baer, S Banerjee, EL Berger, M Chertok, FD Campos, K Cheung, A Dedes, MA Diaz, H Dreiner, OJP Eboli, J Gunion, BW Harris, J Hewett, MB Magro, NK Mondal, VS Narasimham, L Navarro, N Parua, W Porod et al.
(1999)
(link to publication)
Atmospheric neutrino oscillations and maximal νμ-ντ mixing in unified models
BC Allanach
– Physics Letters B
(1999)
450,
182
(doi: 10.1016/s0370-2693(99)00108-2)
Renormalization group naturalness of GUT Higgs potentials
BC Allanach, G Amelino-Camelia, O Philipsen, O Pisanti, L Rosa
– Nuclear Physics B
(1999)
537,
32
(doi: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00704-4)
Report of the working group on searches
BC Allanach, GA Blair, MA Diaz, H Dreiner, J Ellis, P Igo-Kemenes, SF King, P Morawitz, W Murray, A Normand, DA Ross, P Teixeira-Dias, MD Williams, GW Wilson, T Wyatt
– Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
(1999)
24,
421
(doi: 10.1088/0954-3899/24/2/012)
Atmospheric neutrino oscillations and maximal νμ - ντ mixing in unified models
BC Allanach
– Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
(1999)
450,
182
(doi: 10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00108-2)
Report of the working group on searches
BC Allanach, GA Blair, MA Diaz, H Dreiner, J Ellis, P Igo-Kemenes, SF King, P Morawitz, W Murray, A Normand, DA Ross, P Teixeira-Dias, MD Williams, GW Wilson, T Wyatt
– Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics
(1999)
24,
421
(doi: 10.1088/0954-3899/24/2/012)
The MSSM at the low tan β fixed point is meta-stable
SA Abel, BC Allanach
– Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
(1998)
431,
339
(doi: 10.1016/s0370-2693(98)00584-x)
Hybrid MSW+VO solution of the solar neutrino problem in string-motivated unified theories
BC Allanach, GK Leontaris, ST Petcov
– Physics Letters B
(1998)
431,
98
(doi: 10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00541-3)
Single sneutrino/slepton production at LEP2 and the NLC
BC Allanach, H Dreiner, P Morawitz, MD Williams
– Physics Letters B
(1998)
420,
307
(doi: 10.1016/s0370-2693(97)01559-1)
Report of the working group on searches
BC Allanach, GA Blair, MA Diaz, H Dreiner, J Ellis, P Igo-Kemenes, SF King, P Morawitz, W Murray, A Normand, DA Ross, P Teixeira-Dias, MD Williams, GW Wilson, T Wyatt
– Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
(1998)
24,
421
(doi: 10.1088/0954-3899/24/2/012)
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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

About the University

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