Prof. Patricia Ball, Durham University
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Prof. Dr. Patricia Ball

Nominated by

  • German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • AcademiaNet member since 17.05.2010
  • AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria


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 – 1990
    Studied physics at Heidelberg University, Germany

  • 1990
    Diplom degree

  • 1990 – 1992
    Doctoral studies, Heidelberg University

  • 1992
    Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.)

  • 1992 – 2001
    Postdoctoral work in Germany, Switzerland and the United States

  • 1997
    Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification), Heidelberg University

  • 2001 – 2004
    Lecturer, Durham University, UK

  • 2004 – 2007
    Reader, Durham University, UK

  • 2007 – 2010
    Professor, 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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