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Björn Herrmann

Maître de Conférences

LAPTh Annecy

Université Savoie Mont Blanc

I am a Maître de Conférences (lecturer) in physics at Université Savoie Mont Blanc in the French Alps. I carry out research in theoretical particle physics at the Laboratoire d’Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique Théorique (LAPTh). In addition, I am teaching at the Mesures physiques department of the Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT) d’Annecy.

My research activities cover phenomenology beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. More precisely, I am working on collider, flavour, and dark matter aspects of new physics models, with particular focus on the interplay of these topics. I am also interested in precision calculations and computational techniques such as machine-learning. I am founding member of the DM@NLO collaboration aiming at more precise predictions related to dark matter calculations.

In my free time, I enjoy sports, travelling, photography, and cooking.

Interests

  • Physics beyond the Standard Model
  • Collider signatures
  • Flavour violation
  • Dark matter
  • Precision calculation
  • Computational methods

Education

  • Habilitation à Diriger la Recherche

    Univ. Grenoble Alpes (2019)

  • Ph.D. Theoretical Physics

    Univ. Joseph Fourier Grenoble (2008)

  • Master Physique Subatomique et Astroparticules

    Univ. Joseph Fourier Grenoble (2005)

Scientific career

See CV for more details

 
 
 
 
 

Maître de Conférences (lecturer)

Université Savoie Mont Blanc

Sep 2011 – Present Annecy, France
Research at Laboratoire d’Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique Théorique (LAPTh)
Teaching at the Mesures Physiques department of IUT Annecy
Various local and national responsibilities (see CV for details)
 
 
 
 
 

Young Investigator Group Leader

Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY)

Apr 2010 – Aug 2011 Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg excellence cluster Connecting particles to the cosmos
 
 
 
 
 

Post-doctoral researcher

Universität Würzburg

Oct 2008 – Mar 2010 Würzburg, Germany
Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik
Working group of Prof. Werner Porod
 
 
 
 
 

Ph.D. thesis

Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble

Oct 2005 – Sep 2008 Grenoble, France
Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC)
Supervisor: Prof. Michael Klasen

Recent Publications

See all on InspireHEP

Determining the lifetime of long-lived particles at the LHC
S. Banerjee, B. Bhattacherjee, A. Goudelis, B. Herrmann, D. Sengupta, R. Sengupta
PDF arXiv [hep-ph] Inspire HEP
SUSY-QCD corrected and Sommerfeld enhanced stau annihilation into heavy quarks with scheme and scale uncertainties
J. Branahl, J. Harz, B. Herrmann, M. Klasen, K. Kovařík, S. Schmiemann
Phys. Rev. D PDF arXiv [hep-ph] Inspire HEP DM@NLO project
Squark-pair annihilation into quarks at next-to-leading order
J. Harz, B. Herrmann, M. Klasen, K. Kovařík, S. Schmiemann
Phys. Rev. D PDF arXiv [hep-ph] Inspire HEP DM@NLO project
Non-minimal flavour violation in SU(5)xA4 SUSY GUTs with smuon assisted dark matter
J. Bernigaud, B. Herrmann, S. F. King, S. J. Rowley
JHEP PDF arXiv [hep-ph] Inspire HEP
Flavour-violating decays of mixed top-charm squarks at the LHC
A. Chakraborty, M. Endo, B. Fuks, B. Herrmann, M. M. Nojiri, P. Pani, G. Polesello
Eur. Phys. J. C PDF arXiv [hep-ph] Inspire HEP

Students

If you are interested in a Master thesis, Phd thesis, or any other type of research project or collaboration, please feel free to contact me. I will be happy to discuss opportunities!

Currently, I am supervising the following PhD and Master students:

  • Maud Sarazin
    PhD thesis, Univ. Savoie Mont Blanc, October 2019 - September 2022.

Previously, I have supervised the following PhD theses:

Recent talks

Precision calculations for dark matter
Nov 19, 2019 CPTGA Precision Calculation Meeting, Annecy (France)
CPTGA Precision Calculation Meeting Slides DM@NLO project
The taste of new physics: Flavour violation from TeV-scale phenomenology to grand unification
Jun 12, 2019 Habilitation defence, Annecy (France)
Slides Habilitation manuscript
Flavour violation in SUSY GUTs - SU(5)xA4 case study
Dec 3, 2018 Invited seminar, Universität Münster (Germany)
Slides
Flavour-violating decays of mixed top-charm squarks at the LHC
Sep 6, 2018 IRN Terascale, Durham (United Kingdom)
IRN Terascale Slides
DM@NLO - Recent progress in precision dark matter calculation
Jun 1, 2018 IRN Terascale, Strasbourg (France)
IRN Terascale Slides DM@NLO project

Teaching

My teaching activities concern the Mesures Physiques department of Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT) Annecy within Université Savoie Mont Blanc.

  • Mathématiques 1a – Outils mathématiques: Analyse, trigonométrie, nombres complexes
    Introductory mathematics course for students in their first semester of the Mesures Physiques programme. I am in charge of the lecture and the exercise classes.

  • Mathématiques 2 – Analyse et algèbre linéaire
    Advanced mathematics for students in their second semester of the Mesures Physiques programme. I am in charge of the lecture and the exercise classes.

  • Statistique
    Short course on statistics for students in their third semester of the Mesures Physiques programme. I am in charge of the lecture and the exercise classes.

  • Mécanique des Fluides
    Fluid mechanics course for students in their third semester of the Mesures Physiques programme. I am in charge of exercise and laboratory classes.

In addition to the courses listed above, I am currently director of studies for the department’s second-year students.

Outreach

I generally enjoy participating in public outreach activities. For example, I regularly participate in our institute’s open days during the French Fête de la Science.

In 2018, I had the pleasure to participate in a Pint of Science event in Annecy.

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