Dr. Cristina Afonso
Physical sciences
Prof. Dr. Patricia Ball
Nominated by
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- AcademiaNet member since 17.05.2010
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Employed by
- Durham University
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Field
Physical sciences
Area of specialisation
Theoretical particle physics
Research interests
Flavour physics (B physics), perturbative and non-perturbative QCD, light-cone meson distribution amplitudes, QCD sum rules
Distinctions and Awards
Heisenberg Fellowship from the German Research Foundation (DFG), in residence at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, 1998 – 2001
Graduate fellowship from the German National Academic Foundation, 1991 – 1992
Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation, 1985 – 1990
Languages
English, French, German
Doctorate
- 1992: Semileptonische Zerfälle schwerer Mesonen und QCD-Summenregeln ("Semileptonic decays of heavy mesons and QCD sum rules")
PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation
- 1997: (kumulative Habilitation) ("Cumulative Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) thesis")
Short CV/Education and training
- 1985 – 1990Studied physics at Heidelberg University, Germany
- 1990Diplom degree
- 1990 – 1992Doctoral studies, Heidelberg University
- 1992Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.)
- 1992 – 2001Postdoctoral work in Germany, Switzerland and the United States
- 1997Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification), Heidelberg University
- 2001 – 2004Lecturer, Durham University, UK
- 2004 – 2007Reader, Durham University, UK
- 2007 – 2010Professor, Durham University, UK
Selected publications
Ball, P.: Symmetries and Asymmetries of B -> K* mu+ mu- Decays in the Standard Model and Beyond. In: Altmannshofer, W. et al., JHEP 0901:019, 2009.
Ball, P.: B->V gamma Beyond QCD Factorisation. In: Ball, P., Jones, G.W., Zwicky, R., Phys.Rev.D75:054004, 2007.
Ball, P.: Probing New Physics through B Mixing: Status, Benchmarks and Prospects. In: Ball, P., Fleischer, R., Eur.Phys.J.C48:413-426, 2006.
Ball, P.: Higher-Twist Distribution Amplitudes of the K Meson in QCD. In: Ball, P., Braun, V.M., Lenz, A., JHEP 05 (2006) 004.
Ball, P.: New Results on B->pi, K, eta Decay Formfactors from Light-Cone Sum Rules. In: Ball, P., Zwicky, R., Phys.Rev.D71:014015, 2005.
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