Members of the Carleton University particle theory group are committed to promoting an environment of accessibility, equity, diversity, and inclusion in our group. We recognize and celebrate the diversity and lived experiences of the students, postdocs, faculty, and staff. Our full statement on inclusion, diversity, equity, and accesibility can be found here.

The Carleton Theoretical Particle Physics group is the largest phenomenology group in Canada, focusing on the connection between particle theory and experiments.  The group is composed of seven faculty members, five research associates, five PhD students, and one MSc student.  We study models of new physics and how they might be detected by experiments.  If unexpected experimental results are found, we aim to disentangle the underlying theory.  Most recently, members of the group have worked on Higgs physics and physics beyond the Standard Model as can be studied at the LHC and the future colliders.  In addition, we study a broad range of topics in particle physics ranging from hadronic physics to dark matter.

Some recent papers by members of the theory group.

 

News Stories

Congratulations to Kamal Maayergi and Cyrus Robertson Orkish

Our group congratulates Kamal Maayergi and Cyrus Robertson Orkish who successfully completed their MSc degrees in summer 2023. Kamal's thesis was titled "Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Constraints of a Two Dark Pion Model" and he was co-supervised by Thomas and Daniel.

Congratulations to Carlos de Lima and Jerome Claude

Congratulations to Carlos de Lima and Jerome Claude who sucessfully defended his PhD theses in summer 2023. Carlos' thesis was titled "Exploring new frontiers in Particle Physics: Extended Higgs Sectors, Dark Matter, and Neutrino Masses" and he was co-supervised by Heather and Daniel. Jerome's thesis was titled "A study of dark matter models" and he was supervised by Steve.

Congratulations to Paul Archer-Smith and Ben Keeshan

Congratulations to Paul Archer-Smith and Ben Keeshan who completed their PhDs in summer 2021. Paul's thesis was titled "Beauty from senselessness: Searching for signals of Beyond the Standard Model physics in a complex world" and he was supervised by Daniel. Ben's thesis was titled "Investigating Custodial Symmetry Violation in the Georgi-Machacek Model" and he was supervised by Heather.

Theory group welcomes five new graduate students

The theory group will have three new PhD students and two new MSc students starting in Fall 2021. The three PhD students are Cem Ayber who will be working with Seyda, Yu-Ming Chen who will be working with Yue, and Fazlul Yasin who will be working with Heather and Daniel.

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