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PROF RAYMOND VOLKAS
Positions
- Academic, Physics
- Theoretical particle physics (Beyond the standard model, neutrinos, branes and extra dimensions, particle cosmology, particle phenomemology, early universe)
Overview
Affiliation
Member of
- University of Cambridge (Clare Hall). Honorary Life Member 1995 -
Publications
Selected publications
2013
Journal Articles Refereed
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Origin of neutrino masses at the LHC: ΔL = 2 effective operators and their ultraviolet completions
. Physical Review D. 87. 2013
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2012
Journal Articles Refereed
- Affleck-Dine dynamics and the dark sector of pangenesis.. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 5. 2012
- Large lepton mixing angles from a 4 + 1-dimensional SU (5)A4 domain-wall braneworld model. Physical Review D. 86. 2012
- Quark-lepton symmetric model at the LHC. Physical Review D. 85. 2012
- Stochastic superspace phenomenology at the Large Hadron Collider. Physical Review D. 85. 2012
- Visible and dark matter from a first-order phase transition in a baryon-symmetric universe. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2. 2012
2011
Journal Articles Refereed
- ATLAS and CMS hints for a mirror Higgs boson. Physical Review D. 84. 2011
- BPS solitons in Lifshitz field theories. Physical Review D. 83. 2011
- Baryon number violating scalar diquarks at the LHC. Physical Review D. 84. 2011
- Cosmological constant in scale-invariant theories. Physical Review D. 84. 2011
- Dark and visible matter in a baryon-symmetric universe via the Affleck-Dine mechanism. Physical Review D. 84. 2011
- Dynamics of the infinitely-thin kink. Physics Letters B. 704:646-651. 2011
- Fermion masses and mixing in a 4+1 dimensional SU(5) domain-wall brane model. Physical Review D. 83. 2011
- Lifshitz theories with extra dimensions and 3 + 1-d Lorentz invariance. Physical Review D. 84. 2011
- Model for late dark matter decay. Physical Review D. 83. 2011
Conference Papers Refereed
- A framework for domain-wall brane model building. 393-405. 2011
- Cosmology for a domain-wall brane universe. 10-16. 2011
2010
Book Chapters Other
- Neutrons from the galactic centre. In Celebration of K C Hines. World Scientific Publishing Co. 181-192. 2010
Journal Articles Refereed
- Domain-wall branes in Lifshitz theories. Physical Review D. 82. 2010
- Getting your kinks from E6. Nuclear Physics A. 844:155c-159c. 2010
- Neutrino masses and sparticle spectra from stochastic superspace. Physical Review D. 81. 2010
- Neutrinos and flavour in a brane model. Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. 64:315-317. 2010
- Stable mass hierarchies and dark matter from hidden sectors in the scale-invariant standard model. Physical Review D. 82. 2010
2009
Journal Articles Refereed
- Extra-dimensional cosmology with domain-wall branes. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2. 2009
- SO(10) domain-wall brane models. Physical Review D. 80. 2009
- Soft supersymmetry breaking from stochastic superspace. Physical Review D. 79. 2009
- Vector-field domain walls. Physical Review D. 80. 2009
2008
Journal Articles Refereed
- Determining the heavy seesaw neutrino mass matrix from low-energy parameters. Physical Review D. 78. 2008
- Neutrinos and gamma rays from galaxy clusters. Astrophysical Journal. 687:193-201. 2008
- Realistic domain-wall-brane models?. Modern Physics Letters A. 23:1529-1535. 2008
- Renormalization-scale independence of the physical cosmological constant. Physics Letters B. 664:199-200. 2008
- SU(5) grand unification on a domain-wall brane from an E6 -invariant action. Physical Review D. 77. 2008
- Solution to the hierarchy problem from an alomost decoupled hidden sector within a classically scale invariant theory. Physical Review D. 77. 2008
- Standard model on a domain-wall brane?. Physical Review D. 77. 2008
2007
Journal Articles Refereed
- Cosmology and fermion confinement in a scalar-field-generated domain wall brane in five dimensions. Journal of High Energy Physics. 4. 2007
- Electroweak Higgs as a pseudo-Goldstone boson of broken scale invariance. Physics Letters B. 655:156-161. 2007
- Generalised leptonic colour. Physics Letters B. 645:345-350. 2007
- Kink modes and effective four dimensional fermion and Higgs brane models. Physical Review D. 75. 2007
- Leptogenesis implications in models with Abelian family symmetry and one extra real Higgs singlet. Physical Review D. 75. 2007
- Natural electroweak symmetry breaking in generalised mirror matter models. Physics Letters B. 645:75-81. 2007
- Neutrino mass in radiatively broken scale-invariant models. Physical Review D. 76. 2007
- Scalar kink braneworlds and cosmology. Modern Physics Letters A. 22:1959-1969. 2007
Conference Papers Refereed
- A domain-wall-brane-localized standard model. 279-282. 2007
Conference Papers Unrefereed
2006
Journal Articles Refereed
- A4 flavour symmetry breaking scheme for understanding quark and neutrino mixing angles. Journal of High Energy Physics. 4. 2006
- Neutrino masses in quartification schemes. Physical Review D. 74. 2006
Other Refereed Contribution to Refereed Journals
Conference Papers Unrefereed
- Mirror Dark Matter. 130-137. 2006
2005
Journal Articles Refereed
- Clash of symmetries in a Randall-Sundrum-like spacetime. Physical Review D. 72. 2005
- Kink-induced symmetry breaking patterns in brane-world SU (3)3 trinification models. Physical Review D. 71. 2005
- Neutrinos from the galactic center in the light of its gamma-ray detection at TeV energy. Astrophysical Journal. 622:L37-L40. 2005
- Stability of domain walls coupled to Abelian gauge fields. Physical Review D. 72. 2005
- The agasa and sugar anisotropies and TeV gamma rays from the galactic center: a possible signature of extremely high energy neutrons. Astrophysical Journal. 622:892-909. 2005
- Unification via intermediate symmetry breaking scales with the quartification gauge group. Physical Review D. 72. 2005
2004
Journal Articles Refereed
- O (10) kinks: Clash of symmetries on the brane and the gauge hierarchy problem. Physical Review D. 69. 2004
- Domain wall solutions with Abelian guage fields. Physics Letters B. 580:249-256. 2004
- Explaining Ωbaryon ≈0.2Ωdark through the synthesis of ordinary matter from mirror matter: A more general analysis. Physical Review D. 69. 2004
- Spheroidal galactic halos and mirror dark matter. Physical Review D. 70. 2004
2003
Journal Articles Refereed
- Mirror dark matter and large scale structure. Physical Review D. 68. 2003
- State permutations from manipulation of near-level-crossings. Physical Review A. 68. 2003
- Tribimaximal mixing, discrete family symmetries, and a conjecture connecting the quark and lepton mxing matrices. Physical Review D. 68. 2003
- Was ordinary matter synthesized from mirror matter? An attempt to explain why ΩB ≈0.2Ωdark. Physical Review D. 68. 2003
Conference Papers Refereed
- Neutrinos in cosmology, with some significant digressions. 220-239. 2003
2002
Journal Articles Refereed
- Clash of symmetries on the brane. Physical Review D. 65. 2002
- Do "isolated" planetary mass objects orbit mirror stars?. Astroparticle Physics. 17:195-198. 2002
- Entanglement and quantal coherence: Study of two limiting cases of rapid system-bath interactions. Physical Review A. 65. 2002
- Generation of entangled states and error protection from adiabatic avoided level crossings. Physical Review A. 65. 2002
- Introduction to Sterile Neutrinos. Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. 48:161-174. 2002
- Searching for long-wavelength neutrino oscillations in the distorted neutrino spectrum of galactic supernova remnants. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 141:147-155. 2002
- The neutrino puzzle in the light of SNO. Physics Letters B. 543:38-40. 2002
Conference Papers Refereed
- Implications of the JHF-Kaimoka Neutrino Oscillation Experiment. 73-82. 2002
- Mirror matter. 150-152. 2002
2001
Journal Articles Refereed
- A mirror world explanation for the Pioneer spacecraft anomalies?. Physics Letters B. 517:13-17. 2001
- Bottom up model for maximal νμ - ντ mixing. Physical Review D. 63. 2001
- Comment on "Neutrino oscillations in the early universe: how can lartge leptons asymmetry be generated?" . Astroparticle Physics. 15:391-412. 2001
- Lepton asymmetries from neutrino oscillations. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements. 91:487-493. 2001
- Neutrino Propagation in Dense Astrophysical Systems. Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. 51:295-344. 2001
- Physics of mirror photons. Physics Letters B. 503:355-361. 2001
- Synchronisation and MSW sharpening of neutrinos propagating in a flavour blind medium. Physics Letters B. 500:16-21. 2001
Research
Investigator on
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Grant
- ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR PARTICLE PHYSICS AT THE TERA-SCALE (Centres of Excellence) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2011 - 2017
- Branes and unification (Discovery Projects) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2009 - 2012
- The standard model of particle physics and beyond in the era of the Large Hadron Collider (Discovery Projects) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2009 - 2010
- Cosmology and astrophysics with neutrinos and other elementary particles (Discovery Projects) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2006 - 2009
- Frontiers of Theoretical Particle Physics (Discovery Projects) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2006 - 2009
- In and beyond the standard model of particle physics (Discovery Projects) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2003 - 2005
- Particle physics and cosmology of neutrinos (Discovery Projects) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2003 - 2005
- High energy neutrino astrophysics together with accretion flows into black holes (Linkage International Awards) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2002 - 2004
- VISIT FROM PROF JON LEVAN CHKAREULI, ANDRONIKASHVILI INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, GEORGIA (Visiting Scholar Awards) awarded by UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE - 2008
Awards
Education and training
- PhD, University of Melbourne 1987
- BSc(Hons), University of Melbourne 1982
Awards and honors
- Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, 2010
- Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics, 2002
- Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Melbourne, 2001
- Dozor Fellowship, Ben-Gurion University, 2001
- Pawsey Medal for Outstanding research in physics, Australian Academy of Science, 1999
- Visiting Fellowship, University of Cambridge (Clare Hall), 1994
- QE11 Fellowship, Australian Research Council, 1990
- Gunnar Kallen Scholarship, Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture (Italy), 1988
- Professor Kernot Research Award, University of Melbourne, 1982
- Dixson Research Award, University of Melbourne, 1982
Linkages
International Linkage
- University of Arizona (Research)
- Ben-Gurion University of The Negev (Research)
- Ilia Chavchavadze State University (Research)
- National Taiwan University (Research)
- University of Pennsylvania (Research)
- Syracuse University (Research)
Supervision
Available for supervision
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- Contact Details
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raymondv@unimelb.edu.au
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0407 311 254
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8344 5464
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fax: 9347 4783
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