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We are a team at the Department of Theoretical Physics of Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, working in theoretical particle physics and astroparticle physics.

Associate Professor · UAM

Ernesto Arganda Carreras

My research focuses on high-energy physics and astroparticle phenomenology, with particular emphasis on the interplay between theory and experiment. Most of my work has been in the phenomenology of physics beyond the Standard Model, mainly on Higgs-boson physics, supersymmetric theories, neutrino physics, top-quark physics, and dark matter. My current research aims to carry out phenomenological analyses of new physics at particle colliders, together with the development of the analytical calculations and artificial intelligence/machine learning techniques needed to perform them.

Beyond-the-Standard-Model PhysicsCollider PhysicsDark MatterMachine Learning in Particle Physics

ernesto.arganda at uam.es ↗

Ramón y Cajal Researcher · UAM

Pier Paolo Giardino

Higgs phenomenology, precision physics, and effective field theories.

HiggsPrecision PhysicsEffective Field TheoriesCollider Physics

pier.giardino at uam.es ↗

Associate Professor · UAM · IFT CSIC-UAM

Luca Merlo

I work in high-energy phenomenology, combining effective theories and concrete models to study the Standard Model and its extensions. My interests span the nature of the Higgs and electroweak symmetry breaking, flavour and neutrino masses, as well as axions, ALPs, and dark matter. I am especially interested in the symmetries that organise fundamental physics and the signatures through which they can be tested.

Axions and ALPsNeutrinosAstroparticlesFlavourHiggsEffective Field Theories

Personal website ↗luca.merlo at uam.es ↗