Assoc Prof Csaba Balazs - Researcher Profile

Biography

Finding the fundamental principles of the physical world: this is the unfinished legacy Albert Einstein left to the theorists of today.  In a quest for completing Einstein's dream, Csaba Balazs is studying elementary particles and the forces governing them.  As everything is made of these particles and obey these forces, there are cosmic connections between the smallest and the largest in the Universe.  In fact, the rules guiding the subatomic world turn out to be the same that shaped the basic structure of our early Universe.  These laws are the reason our world looks and works the way it does today, and understanding these laws is the key to understanding the Universe. 

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Keywords

Higgs boson, supersymmetry, unification, extra dimensions, dark matter, baryogenesis

Qualifications

RESEARCH SUPERVISOR ACCREDITATION PROGRAM

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2007

PHD PHYSICS

Institution: Michigan State University

Year awarded: 1999

Publications

Book Chapters

Auchettl, K., Balazs, C., 2012, Uncertainties in dark matter indirect detection, in Open Questions in Cosmology, eds Gonzalo J Olmo, Intech, Rijeka Croatia, pp. 87-109.

Balazs, C., Carter, D., 2011, Supersymmetric dark matter, in Advances in Modern Cosmology, eds Adnan Ghribi, InTech, Croatia, pp. 39-60.

Journal Articles

Auchettl, K., Balazs, C., 2012, Extracting the size of the cosmic electron-positron anomaly, Astrophysical Journal [P], vol 749, issue 2, Institute of Physics Publishing Inc, Philadelphia USA, pp. 1-13.

Kraml, S., Allanach, B.B., Mangano, M., Prosper, H.B., Sekman, S., Balazs, C., Barr, A., Bechtle, P., Belanger, G., Belyaev, A., Benslama, K., Campanelli, M., Cranmer, K., De Roeck, A., Dolan, M., Eifert, T., Ellis, J., Felcini, M., Fuks, B., Guadagnoli, D., Gunion, J., Heinemeyer, S., Hewett, J., Ismail, a., Kadastik, M., Kramer, M., Lykken, J.D., Mahmoudi, F., Martin, S.P., Rizzo, T., Robens, T., Tytgat, M., Weiler, A., 2012, Searches for new physics: Les Houches recommendations for the presentation of LHC results, European Physical Journal C [P], vol 72, issue 4, Springer, Heidelberg Germany, pp. 1-9.

Balazs, C., Li, T., Nanopoulos, D., Wang, F., 2011, Realistic Standard Model fermion mass relations in Generalized Minimal Supergravity (GmSUGRA), Journal of High Energy Physics [E], vol 2011, issue 2, Springer, USA, pp. 1-28.

Balazs, C., Li, T., Wang, F., Yang, J., 2011, SU(7) unification of SU(3)c x SU(4)w x U(1)B-L, Journal of High Energy Physics [E], vol 2011, issue 1, Springer, USA, pp. 1-25.

Crocker, R., Bell, N., Balazs, C., Jones, D., 2010, Radio and gamma-ray constraints on dark matter annihilation in the Galactic center, Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology [P], vol 81, issue 6, American Physical Society, USA, pp. 063516-1-063516-14.

Balazs, C., Kang, Z., Li, T., Wang, F., Yang, J., 2010, Realistic flipped SU(5) from orbifold SO(10), Journal of High Energy Physics [E], vol 2010, issue 2, Springer, New York USA, pp. 1-24.

Balazs, C., Li, T., Nanopoulos, D., Wang, F., 2010, Supersymmetry breaking scalar masses and trilinear soft terms in generalized minimal supergravity, Journal of High Energy Physics [E], vol 2010, issue 9, Springer, New York USA, pp. 1-33.

Balazs, C., Sahu, N., Mazumdar, A., 2009, Absolute electron and positron fluxes from PAMELA/Fermi and dark matter, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics [P], vol 2009, issue 39, Institute of Physics Publishing, USA, pp. 1-11.

Balazs, C., Carter, D., 2009, Likelihood analysis of the next-to-minimal supergravity motivated model, Journal of High Energy Physics [E], vol 1178, issue 3, Springer, New York USA, pp. 23-29.

Balazs, C., Li, T., Wang, F., Yang, J.M., 2009, Low-scale SU(4) W unification, Journal of High Energy Physics [E], vol 2009, issue 15, Institute of Physics Publishing, USA, pp. 1-24.

Allanach, B.B., Balazs, C., Belanger, G., Bernhardt, M., Boudjema, F., Choudhury, D., Desch, K., Ellwanger, U., Gambino, P., Godbole, R.M., Goto, T., Guasch, J., Guchait, M., Hahn, T., Heinemeyer, S., Hugonie, C., Hurth, T., Kraml, S., Kreiss, S., Lykken, J., Moortgat, F., Moretti, S., Penaranda, S., Plehn, T., Porod, W., Pukhov, A., Richardson, P., Schumacher, M., Silvestrini, L., Skands, P., Slavich, P., Spira, M., Weiglein, G., Wienemann, P., 2009, SUSY les houches accord 2, Computer Physics Communications [P], vol 180, Elsevier BV, The Netherlands, pp. 8-25.

Balazs, C., Carter, D., 2008, Discovery potential of the next-to-minimal supergravity-motivated model, Physical Review D, vol 78, issue 5, The American Physical Society, USA, pp. 055001-1-055001-5.

Balazs, C., Berger, E.L., Nadolsky, P., Yuan, C.-., 2007, Calculation of prompt diphoton production cross sections at Fermilab Tevatron and CERN LHC energies, Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology [P], vol 76, issue 1, The American Physical Society, USA, pp. 013009-1-013009-25.

Nadolsky, P., Balazs, C., Berger, E.L., Yuan, C.-., 2007, Gluon-gluon contributions to the production of continuum diphoton pairs at hadron colliders, Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology [P], vol 76, The American Physical Society, USA, pp. 013008-1-013008-17.

Balazs, C., Carena, M., Freitas, A., Wagner, C.E.M., 2007, Phenomenology of the nMSSM from colliders to cosmology, Journal of High Energy Physics, vol 2007, Institute of Physics Publishing, USA, pp. 1-45.

Balazs, C., Berger, E.L., Nadolsky, P., Yuan, C.-., 2006, All-orders resummation for diphoton production at hadron colliders, Physics Letters B, vol 637, Elsevier, Netherland, pp. 235-240.

Aguilar-Saavedra, J.A., Ali, A., Allanach, B.B., Arnowitt, R., Baer, H.A., Bagger, J.A., Balazs, C., Barger, V., Barnett, M., Bartl, A., Battaglia, M., Bechtle, P., Belanger, G., Belyaev, A., Berger, E.L., Blair, G., Boos, E., Carena, M., Choi, S.Y., Deppisch, F., De Roeck, A., Desch, K., Diaz, M.A., Djouadi, A., Dutta, B., Dutta, S., Eberl, H., Ellis, J., Erler, J., Fraas, H., Freitas, A., Fritzsche, T., Godbole, R.M., Gounaris, G.J., Guasch, J., Gunion, J., Haba, N., Haber, H.E., Hagiwara, K., Han, L., Han, T., He, H.-., Heinimeyer, S., Hesselbach, S., Hidaka, K., Hinchliffe, I., Hirsch, M., Hohenwarter-Sodek, K., Hollik, W., Hou, W.S., Hurth, T., Jack, I., Jiang, Y., Jones, D.R.T., Kalinowski, J., Kamon, T., Kane, G., Kang, S.K., Kernreiter, T., Kilian, W., Kim, C.S., King, S.F., Kittel, O., Klasen, M., Kneur, J.-., Kovarik, K., Kramer, M., Kraml, S., Lafaye, R., Langacker, P., Logan, H.E., Ma, W.-., Majerotto, W., Martyn, H.-., Matchev, K., Miller, D.J., Mondragon, M., Moortgat-Pick, G., Moretti, S., Mori, T., Moultaka, G., Muanza, S., Muhlleitner, M.M., Mukhopadhyaya, B., Nauenberg, U., Nojiri, M.M., Nomura, D., Nowak, H., Okada, N., Olive, K.A., Oller, W., Peskin, M., Plehn, T., Polesello, G., Porod, W., Quevedo, F., Rainwater, D., Reuter, J., Richardson, P., Rolbiecki, K., Roy, P., Ruckl, R., Rzehak, H., Schleper, P., Siyeon, K., Skands, P., Slavich, P., Stockinger, D., Sphicas, P., Spira, M., Tait, T., Tovey, D., Valle, J.W.F., Wagner, C.E.M., Weber, C., Weiglein, G., Wienemann, P., Xing, Z., Yamada, Y., Yang, J.M., Zerwas, D., Zerwas, P.M., Zhang, R.Y., Zhang, X., Zhu, S.H., 2006, Supersymmetry Parameter Analysis: SPA Convention and Project, The European Physical Journal C, vol 46, Springer, Germany, pp. 43-60.

Balazs, C., Carena, M., Menon, A., Morrissey, D.E., Wagner, C.E.M., 2005, Supersymmetric Origin of Matter, Physical Review D, vol 71, The American Physical Society, USA, pp. 1-16.

Balazs, C., Carena, M., Wagner, C.E.M., 2004, Dark Matter, Light Top Squarks, and Electroweak Baryogenesis, Physical Review D, vol 70, The American Physical Society, USA, pp. 015007-1-015007-11.

Skands, P., Allanach, B.C., Baer, H.A., Balazs, C., Belanger, G., Boudjema, F., Djouadi, A., Godbole, R.M., Guasch, J., Heinemeyer, S., Kilian, W., Kneur, J.-., Kraml, S., Moortgat, F., Moretti, S., Muhlleitner, M.M., Porod, W., Pukhov, A., Richardson, P., Schumann, S., Slavich, P., Spira, M., Weiglein, G., 2004, SUSY Les Houches Accord: Interfacing SUSY Spectrum Calculators, Decay Packages, and Event Generators, Journal of High Energy Physics, vol 36, Institute of Physics Publishing, UK, pp. 1-30.

Baer, H.A., Balazs, C., 2003, Chi**2 Analysis of the Minimal Supergravity Model including WMAP, g(mu)-2 and b s gamma Constraints, Journal of Cosmology & Astroparticle Physics, vol 3, Institute of Physics Publishing, Italy, pp. 1-9.

Baer, H.A., Balazs, C., Belyaev, A., O'Farrill, J., 2003, Direct Detection of Dark Matter in Supersymmetric Models, Journal of Cosmology & Astroparticle Physics, vol 2, Institute of Physics Publishing, Italy, pp. 1-25.

Baer, H.A., Balazs, C., Belyaev, A., Dermisek, R., Mafi, A., Mustafayev, A., 2003, Study of Viable Models with Non-Universal Gaugino Mediation with CompHEP and ISAJET, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A, vol 502, Elsevier Science BV, The Netherlands, pp. 560-563.

Baer, H.A., Balazs, C., Belyaev, A., Krupovnickas, T., Tata, X., 2003, Updated Reach of CERN LHC and Constraints from Relic Density, b s and a in the mSUGRA Model, Journal of High Energy Physics, vol 2, Institute of Physics Publishing, UK, pp. 1-23.

Aranda, A., Balazs, C., Diaz-Cruz, J.L., 2003, Where is the Higgs Boson?, Nuclear Physics B, vol 670, Elsevier BV, The Netherlands, pp. 90-102.

Balazs, C., Dermisek, R., 2003, Yukawa Coupling Unification and Non-Universal Gaugino Mediation of Supersymmetry Breaking, Journal of High Energy Physics, vol 2, Institute of Physics Publishing, UK, pp. 1-20.

Auto, D., Baer, H.A., Balazs, C., Belyaev, A., Ferrandis, J., Tata, X., 2003, Yukawa Coupling Unification in Supersymmetric Models, Journal of High Energy Physics, vol 2, Institute of Physics Publishing, UK, pp. 1-38.

Baer, H.A., Balazs, C., Belyaev, A., 2002, Neutralino Relic Density in Minimal Supergravity with Co-annihilations, Journal of High Energy Physics, vol 1, issue 3, Institute of Physics Publishing, UK, pp. 1-20.

Balazs, C., Laforge, B., 2002, Probing TeV-Scale Gauge Unification by Hadronic Collision, Physics Letters B, vol 525, Elsevier Science BV, The Netherlands, pp. 219-224.

Baer, H.A., Balazs, C., Belyaev, A., Mizukoshi, J.K., Tata, X., Wang, Y., 2002, Updated Constraints on the Minimal Supergravity Model, Journal of High Energy Physics, vol 1, Insitute of Physics Publishing, UK, pp. 1-20.

Baer, H.A., Balazs, C., Belyaev, A., Dermisek, R., Mafi, A., Mustafayev, A., 2002, Viable Models with Non-Universal Gaugino Mediated Sypersymmetry Breaking, Journal of High Energy Physics, vol 1, Institute of Physics Publishing, UK, pp. 1-21.

Baer, H.A., Balazs, C., Brhlik, M., Mercandante, P., Tata, X., Wang, Y., 2001, Aspects of Supersymmetric Models with a Radiatively Driven Inverted Mass Hierarchy, Physical Review D, vol 64, The American Physicsal Society, USA, pp. 015002-1-015002-20.

Baer, H.A., Balazs, C., Ferrandis, J., Tata, X., 2001, Impact of the Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment on Supersymmetric Models, Physical Review D, vol 64, The American Physical Society, USA, pp. 035004-1-035004-10.

Conference Proceedings

Balazs, C., Carter, D., 2008, Guaranteed discovery of the NmSuGra model, The 16th International Conference on Supersymmetry and the Unification of Fundamental Interactions, 16 June 2008 to 21 June 2008, The Korean Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul Korea, pp. 1-3.

Balazs, C., Szapudi, I., 2007, Holographic quantum statistics from dual thermodynamics, SUSY06: The 14th International Conference on Supersymmetry and the Unification of Fundamental Interactions, 12/06/2006 to 17/06/2006, American Institute of Physics, USA, pp. 560-563.

Balazs, C., 2007, The common origin of luminous and dark matter, Proceedings of the 7th UCLA Symposium on Sources and Detection of Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe, 22/02/2006 to 24/02/2006, Science Direct, USA, pp. 32-35.

Balazs, C., Carena, M., Finch, A., Freitas, A., Kraml, S., Lari, T., Menon, A., Milstene, C., Moretti, S., Morrissey, D.E., Nowak, H., Polesello, G., Raklev, A.R., Shepherd-Themistocleous, C.H., Sopczak, A., Wagner, C.E.M., 2006, Light Scalar Top Quarks, Les Houches Physics at TEV Colliders 2005, 02/05/2005 to 20/05/2005, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, USA, pp. 45-72.

Balazs, C., Carena, M., Menon, A., Morrissey, D.E., Wagner, C.E.M., 2005, Neutralino Dark Matter and Electroweak Baryogenesis, 2005 International Linear Collider Physics and Detector Workshop, 14/08/2005 to 27/08/2005, SLAC, USA, pp. 1-4.

Balazs, C., Carena, M., Menon, A., Morrissey, D.E., Wagner, C.E.M., 2005, Overview of Electroweak Baryogenesis, 2005 International Linear Collider Physics and Detector Workshop, 14/08/2005 to 27/08/2005, SLAC, USA, pp. 1-4.

Allanach, B.C., Balazs, C., Belanger, G., Boudjema, F., Choudhury, D., Desch, K., Ellwanger, U., Gambino, P., Godbole, R.M., Guasch, J., Guchait, M., Heinemeyer, S., Hugonie, C., Hurth, T., Kraml, S., Lykken, J., Mangano, M., Moortgat, F., Moretti, S., Penaranda, S., Porod, W., Puklhov, A., Schumacher, M., Silvestrini, L., Skands, P., Slavich, P., Spira, M., Weiglein, G., Wienemann, P., 2005, Status of the SUSY Les Houches Accord II Project, Les Houches Workshop on Physics at TeV Colliders, 02/05/2005 to 20/05/2005, Technical Publications, USA, pp. 1-15.

Balazs, C., Carena, M., Wagner, C.E.M., 2004, Neutraline Dark Matter and electroweak Baryogenesis in the MSSM, 12th International Conference on Supersymmetry and Unification of Fundamental Interactions (SUSY 04), 17/06/2004 to 23/06/2004, KEK, Japan, pp. 1-3.

Balazs, C., U Baur, Brein, O., Bozzi, G., Campbell, J., Catani, S., Ciccolini, M., Darlhoff, A., Dawson, S., de Florian, D., De Roeck, A., Del Duca, V., Dittmaier, S., Djouadi, A., Drollinger, V., Escalier, M., Ferrag, S., Forshaw, J.R., Grazzini, M., Hahn, T., Harlander, R., He, H.-., Heinemeyer, S., Hollik, W., Jackson, C., Kauer, N., Khoze, V., Kidonakis, N., Kramer, M., Kuang, Y.-., Laforge, B., Maltoni, F., Mazini, R., Nagy, Z., Nason, P., Oleari, C., Plehn, T., Rainwater, D., Reina, L., Sabio Vera, A., Spira, M., Troscanyi, Z., Wackeroth, D., Weiglein, G., Willenbrock, S., Yuan, C.-., Zappenfeld, D., Zhang, B., 2004, The Higgs Working Group A. Theoretical Developments, 3rd Les Houches Workshop: Physics at TeV Colliders, 26/05/2003 to 06/06/2003, Technical Publications, USA, pp. 5-68.

Balazs, C., Grazzini, M., Huston, J., Kulesza, A., Puljak, I., 2003, A Comparison of Predictions for SM Higgs Boson Production at the LHC, 3rd Les Houches Workshop: Physics at TeV Colliders, 26/05/2003 to 06/06/2003, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, USA, pp. 1-7.

Aranda, A., Balazs, C., Diaz-Cruz, J.L., Gaskin-Shotkin, S., Ravat, O., 2003, Determining the Extra-Dimensional Location of the Higgs Boson, 3rd Les Houches Workshop: Physics at TeV Colliders, 26/05/2003 to 06/06/2003, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, USA, pp. 92-94.

Skands, P., Allanach, B.C., Baer, H.A., Balazs, C., Belanger, G., Boudjema, F., Djouadi, A., Godbole, R.M., Guasch, J., Heinemeyer, S., Kilian, W., Kneur, J.-., Kraml, S., Moortgat, F., Moretti, S., Muhlleitner, M.M., Porod, W., Pukhov, A., Richardson, P., Schumann, S., Slavich, P., Spira, M., Weiglein, G., 2003, The SUSY Les Houches Accord Project, 3rd Les Houches Workshop: Physics at TeV Colliders, 26/05/2003 to 06/06/2003, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, USA, pp. 7-14.

Balazs, C., Escalier, M., Ferrag, S., Laforge, B., Polesello, G., 2003, The Sensitivity of the LHC for TeV Scale Dimensions in Dijet Production, 3rd Les Houches Workshop: Physics at TeV Colliders, 26/05/2003 to 06/06/2003, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, USA, pp. 95-98.

Azuelos, G., Gunion, J., Hewett, J., Landsberg, G., Matchev, K., Paige, F., Rizzo, T., Rurua, Abdullin, S., Albert, A., Allanach, B.B., Blazek, T., Cavalli, D., Charles, F., Cheung, K., Dedes, A., Dimopoulos, S., Dreiner, H., Ellwanger, U., Gorbunov, D., Heinemeyer, S., Hinchliffe, I., Hugonie, C., Moretti, S., Przysiezniak, H., Polesello, G., Richardson, P., Vacavant, L., Weiglein, G., Asai, S., Balazs, C., Battaglia, M., Belanger, G., Boos, E., Boudjema, F., Cheng, H., Datta, A., Djouadi, A., Donato, F., Godbole, R.M., Kabachenko, V., Kazama, M., Mambrini, Y., Miagkov, A., Mrenna, S., Pandita, P., Perrodo, P., Poggioli, L., Quigg, C., Spira, M., Strumia, A., Tovey, D., Webber, B., 2002, Beyond The Standard Model Working Group, Workshop on Physics at TeV Colliders, 21/05/2001 to 01/06/2001, Stanford Linear Accelator Center, USA, pp. 1-426.

Baer, H.A., Balazs, C., Belyaev, A., 2002, Relic Density of Neutralinos in Minimal Supergravity, SUSY02 The 10th International Conference on Supersymmetry and Unification of Fundamental Interactions, 17/06/2002 to 23/06/2002, Deutches Elektronen Synchrotron, Hamburg Germany, pp. 1138-1147.

Berger, E.L., Magill, S., Satcevic, I., Jalilian-Marian, J., Kilgore, W.B., Kulesza, A., Vogelsang, W., Harlander, R., Kinney, E., Ball, R., Flaugher, B., Giele, W., Mackenzie, P., Sullivan, Z., Balazs, C., Reina, L., Tung, W., Kidonakis, N., Nadolsky, P., Olness, F., Sterman, G., Ellis, S.D., 2002, Summay: Working Group on QCD and Strong Interactions, APS/DPF/DPB Summer Study on the Future of Particle Physics, 30/06/2001 to 21/07/2001, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, USA, pp. 1-34.

Balazs, C., Ball, R., Carriari, M., Catani, S., de Florian, D., Forte, S., Gardi, E., Grazzini, M., Kidonakis, N., Laenen, E., Moch, S., Nadolsky, P., Nason, P., Kulesza, A., Magnea, L., Olness, F., Scalise, R., Sterman, G., Vogelsang, W., Vogt, R., Yuan, C.-., 2001, QCD Resummation, Physics at TeV Colliders, 21/05/2001 to, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, USA, pp. 1-152.

Baer, H.A., Balazs, C., Mizukoshi, J.K., 2001, The Complementary Roles of the LHC and the LC in Discovering Supersymmetry, Proceedings of Snowmass 2001, 30/06/2001 to 21/07/2001, American Physical Society, USA, pp. 1-3.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Finding dark matter using astrophysical data and Bayesian analysis.

Supervisors:

Balazs, C (Main).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

HOLOGRAPHIC VACUUM ENERGY.

Supervisors:

Balazs, C (Main), Morgan, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Is Dark Matter Superfluid Light?.

Supervisors:

Balazs, C (Main), Morgan, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Supersymmetric phenomenology.

Supervisors:

Balazs, C (Main), Morgan, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The application of Bayesian inference methods to parameter inference and model selection problems in weak scale supersymmetry.

Supervisors:

Balazs, C (Main), Morgan, M (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Newstead, J.

Program of Study:

Bayesian analysis of effective dark matter models. (Masters) 2011.

Supervisors:

Balazs, C (Main).