Particle Theory Group
University of Nottingham
We study early and late universe cosmology including: the CMB, inflation, QFT, dark energy, dark matter and modified gravity. We are closely linked to both the Astronomy Group and the Quantum Gravity Group.
Research
Dark Matter
We are making predictions for the signals expected in dark matter detection experiments and developing techniques for measuring the WIMP properties from upcoming data.
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Modified Gravity
Einstein's General Relativity works. But there are a few mysteries, such as dark matter and dark energy, which are still not well understood. One possible way to deal with these phenomena is to modify the gravitational theory.
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CMB
We use the CMB to constrain fundamental cosmology and interpret early and late universe physics.
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Dark Energy
We are trying to understand the nature of the Dark Energy which is driving the acceleration of the Universe, using physics from atom interferometry, to particle colliders through to clusters of galaxies.
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Inflation
Inflation is a short period of accelerated expansion in the very Early Universe. We are studying fundamental models of inflation and calculate their observational implications.
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Field Theory
We study the dynamics of non-linear classical and quantum field theories and find out how their fundamental properties affect our understanding of theory and observation.
Upcoming Events


Fri 1 Sep 15:00
Physics B17		SeminarAlexander Vilenkin
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Mon 4 Sep 15:30
Physics B17		SeminarGianmassimo Tasinato
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Tue 5 Sep 15:30
Physics B17		SeminarJames Scargill
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News
9 Jul 2017 Congratulations
We would like to send our heartfelt congratulations to our former PhD student Alkistis Pourtsidou who has just been appointed as ... Read more
26 Jun 2017 Welcome to another new postdoc
We are thrilled to welcome Dr Silvia Nagy who joined the group in April from Lisbon (Portugal). She will be working ... Read more
26 Jun 2017 Our youngest member
Many congratulations to Tasos and Lina on the safe arrival of their baby boy Fivos who was born on Monday June ... Read more
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Recent Publications
Obstructions to self-tuning and possible ways around
Florian Niedermann, Antonio Padilla
arXiv:1706.04778
Astrophysical uncertainties on stellar microlensing constraints on multi-Solar mass primordial black hole dark matter
Anne M Green
arXiv:1705.10818
An Etude on Global Vacuum Energy Sequester
Guido D'Amico, Nemanja Kaloper, Antonio Padilla, David Stefanyszyn, Alexander Westphal, George Zahariade
arXiv:1705.08950
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We are part of the School of Astronomy and Physics and enjoy close links with both the Astronomy and Quantum Gravity groups.