Particle Physics Theory Group

We are interested in fundamental physics at all energy scales from the hadronic binding energy scale to the scale of present and future particle colliders up to the energy scales of the very early universe at its first fractional second of existence. We have interest and theoretical involvement in most current and upcoming particle physics experiments at the Tevatron and LHC high energy colliders, and in observations made by the WMAP and Planck satellites. We pursue the very latest developments in both perturbative and nonperturbative field theory, renormalization theory, and the application of quantum field theory to other branches of physics such as turbulence theory and condensed matter systems.

The group currently comprises nine academic faculty (Richard Ball, Arjun Berera, Thomas Binoth, Peter Boyle, Luigi Del Debbio, Roger Horsley, Tony Kennedy, Richard Kenway, Brian Pendleton), two research fellows (Alistair Hart, James Zanotti), four postdoctoral research associates and eighteen postgraduate students. We also have three Emeritus Professors (Ken Bowler, Peter Higgs, and David McComb).