James Unwin

D.Phil. Student
Stipendiary Lecturer (New College)

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eMail: James [dot] Unwin [-at-] maths [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk
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CV: UnwinCV2012.pdf

Phone Number(s):

Reception/Secretary: +44 1865 273525

Office: SGG10

Departmental Address:

Mathematical Institute
24-29 St Giles'
Oxford
OX1 3LB
England

Research Interests:

I am a late-stage doctoral student shared between Maths and Physics, working primarily under the supervision of Prof. John March-Russell.

My research is on topics in theoretical physics, in particular astroparticle and high energy physics. One of my primary research interests is non-standard Dark Matter scenarios, such as Asymmetric Dark Matter in which the dark matter relic density is set by a particle asymmetry and can be related to the asymmetry in baryons, thus providing an explanation for why the observed densities of dark and visible matter are comparable. I am also involved with aspects of LHC phenomenology, specifically, I am currently interested in LHC constraints on dark matter and the impact of the recent Higgs discovery on beyond the standard model physics, in particular supersymmetric standard models.

I will be visting Heidelberg University during Spring 2013 and CERN during Summer 2013, supported by a Charterhouse European Bursary.

Prizes, Awards and Scholarships:

Charterhouse Scholar

EPSRC Doctoral Scholar

Pembroke College Graduate Scholar

Major/Recent Publications:

Exodus: Hidden origin of dark matter and baryons

R-symmetric High Scale Supersymmetry

The impact of heavy-quark loops on LHC dark matter searches

Precision Unification in λSUSY with a 125 GeV Higgs

Closing in on Asymmetric Dark Matter I: Model independent limits for interactions with quarks

A sharp 141 GeV Higgs prediction from environmental selection