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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

Nobel 2013 Physics: Endowing particles with mass
B Allanach, J Butterworth
– Nature
(2013)
504,
99
(doi: 10.1038/504099a)
The dark side of the μ: on multiple solutions to renormalisation group equations, and why the CMSSM is not necessarily being ruled out
BC Allanach, DP George, B Gripaios
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2013)
2013,
98
(doi: 10.1007/JHEP07(2013)098)
Uncertainty in electroweak symmetry breaking in models with high scale supersymmetry breaking and its impact on interpretations of searches for supersymmetric particles
BC Allanach, MA Parker
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2013)
2013,
64
(doi: 10.1007/jhep02(2013)064)
On the Relation of the LHeC and the LHC
JLA Fernandez, C Adolphsen, P Adzic, AN Akay, H Aksakal, JL Albacete, B Allanach, S Alekhin, P Allport, V Andreev, RB Appleby, E Arikan, N Armesto, G Azuelos, M Bai, D Barber, J Bartels, O Behnke, J Behr, AS Belyaev et al.
(2012)
(link to publication)
Uncertainty in Electroweak Symmetry Breaking in Models With High Scale Supersymmetry Breaking and its Impact on Interpretations of Searches For Supersymmetric Particles
BC Allanach, MA Parker
(2012)
(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1211.3231)
R-parity violating supersymmetric explanation for the largett¯forward-backward asymmetry
BC Allanach, K Sridhar
– Physical Review D
(2012)
86,
075016
(doi: 10.1103/physrevd.86.075016)
Supersymmetry with prejudice: Fitting the wrong model to LHC data
BC Allanach, MJ Dolan
– Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
(2012)
86,
055022
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.86.055022)
A Large Hadron Electron Collider at CERN
JLA Fernandez, C Adolphsen, AN Akay, H Aksakal, JL Albacete, S Alekhin, P Allport, V Andreev, RB Appleby, E Arikan, N Armesto, G Azuelos, M Bai, D Barber, J Bartels, O Behnke, J Behr, AS Belyaev, I Ben-Zvi, N Bernard et al.
– Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
(2012)
39,
075001
(doi: 10.1088/0954-3899/39/7/075001)
Hide and seek with natural supersymmetry at the LHC
BC Allanach, B Gripaios
– Journal of High Energy Physics
(2012)
2012,
62
(doi: 10.1007/jhep05(2012)062)
Searches for new physics: Les Houches recommendations for the presentation of LHC results
S Kraml, BC Allanach, M Mangano, HB Prosper, S Sekmen, C Balazs, A Barr, P Bechtle, G Belanger, A Belyaev, K Benslama, M Campanelli, K Cranmer, AD de Roeck, MJ Dolan, T Eifert, JR Ellis, M Felcini, B Fuks, D Guadagnoli et al.
– The European Physical Journal C
(2012)
72,
1
(doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-1976-3)
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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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