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Benjamin Koch

Associate Professor

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Particle Physics; Gravitation; Functional Renormalisation; Altas Energias; Gravitacion; Fisica de Particulas

Educación

  •  Physics, JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE UNIVERSITAT FRANK. Alemania, 2007
  •  Diplom Physiker, Technische Universität München. Alemania, 2003

Experiencia Académica

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Physics

    Santiago, Chile

    2015 - At present

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    Pontificia Universidad Catolica

    Santiago de Chile, Chile

    2011 - 2015

  •   Postdoc Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Physics

    Chile

    2008 - 2011

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Profesor asistente

    Pontificia Universidad Catolica

    Santiago de Chile, Chile

    2012 - 2014

  •   Profesor asociado Full Time

    Pontificia Universidad Catolica

    Chile

    2014 - At present

Formación de Capital Humano


Supervision of students/thesis:
PhD thesis:
Angel Rincon ongoing on “Scale dependence in gravitational theories”
Cristopher Gonzalez ongoing on “Hidden photons in cosmology”
Ignacio Reyes ongoing on “Higher spin black holes”
Nicolas Zalaquett graduated 2016 on “Spinning particles in general relativity”

Magister thesis:
Rene Araneda ongoing on “Gravitational Stern Gerlach experiments”
Cristobal Laporte ongoing on “Variational Parameter Setting in Asymptotic Safety”
Christian Diaz graduated 2016 on “Hidden photons in the Casimir effect”
Paola Rioseco graduated 2015 on “Black holes and running couplings”
Esteban Castillo Rojas Titulado magister 2014 QFT in time-dependent backgrounds
Ignacio Reyes Titulado magister 2014 Differentiable paths in quantum mechanics

Licenciatura thesis:
Cristobal Laporte graduated 2016 on “Variational parameter setting in QED”
Juan Antonio Paredes graduated 2016 on “Dark matter annihilation in the galactic center”
Javier Felipe Nunez graduated 2015 on “Spinning massive particles in cosmology”
Jose Taulis Licenciado 2014 Black holes as cosmic particle accelerators
Hernán Cabrera Licenciado 2014 Geoneutrinos at the ANDES underground laboratory

Regular Courses:
• 2017-I
o General physics for College
• 2016-II
o Electromagnetism
o Thermodynamics for Engineers
• 2016-I
o Introduction to renormalization group
• 2015-II
o Electromagnetism for Engineers
• 2015-I
o Quantum Field Theory 2
• 2014-II
o Electromagnetism
o Thermodynamics for Engineers
• 2014-I
o Mecánica cuántica avanzada I. Info. 5 alumnos, pre & postgrado,
o Física de particulas. Info. 10 alumnos, pregrado
o LHC Masterclass. Info. 35 alumnos, colegio
• 2013-II
o Física moderna. Info. 20 alumnos, pregrado
• 2013-I
o Física moderna. Info. 20 alumnos, pregrado, 1 ayudante
o Física general. Info. 60 alumnos, pregrado, 1 ayudante
• 2012-II
o Eléctricidad y magnetismo. Info. 60 alumnos, pregrado, 1 ayudante
o Mini course on "Dark Energy". Info


Difusión y Transferencia


• 2017
o Lead Organizer of "LHC masterclasses" in Chile
o Lead Organizer of "graviticulas" seminar series
• 2016
o Lead Organizer of "LHC masterclasses" in Chile
o Lead Organizer of "graviticulas" seminar series
• 2015
o Lead Organizer of "LHC masterclasses" in Chile
o Lead Organizer of "graviticulas" seminar series



 

Article (38)

BTZ black hole assuming running couplings
Cosmic censorship in quantum Einstein gravity
Geometric description of the Schrodinger equation in (3n+1)-dimensional configuration space
Non-renormalizable operators for solar neutrino mass generation in Split SuSy with bilinear R-parity violation
Phenomenology of a Higgs triplet model at future e(+) e(-) colliders
A scale dependent black hole in three-dimensional space-time
Black hole solutions for scale-dependent couplings: the de Sitter and the Reissner-Nordstrom case
Collisions of spinning massive particles in a Schwarzschild background
Constraints to Dark Matter from Inert Higgs Doublet Model
Hidden photons in Aharonov-Bohm-type experiments
Setting the Renormalization Scale in QFT
Differentiable-path integrals in quantum mechanics
Scale setting for self-consistent backgrounds
An angular formalism for spin one half
Black holes within asymptotic safety
On the integration of fields and quanta in time dependent backgrounds
Structural aspects of asymptotically safe black holes
Black hole solution for scale-dependent gravitational couplings and the corresponding coupling flow
Closing a Window for Massive Photons
HIGHER-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRIC DESCRIPTION OF THE QUANTUM KLEIN-GORDON EQUATION
Nondiagonal charged lepton Yukawa matrix: Effects on neutrino mixing in supersymmetry
Exact renormalization group with optimal scale and its application to cosmology
Gravitino dark matter and neutrino masses in partial split supersymmetry
10.1007/s11448-008-2001-9
Renormalization Group Improved Black Hole Space-Time in Large Extra Dimensions
Renormalization group improved black hole space-time in large extra dimensions¶
Exclusion of black hole disaster scenarios at the LHC
Explaining solar neutrinos with heavy Higgs masses in partial split supersymmetry
Gravity effects on neutrino masses in split supersymmetry
Renormalization group and black hole production in large extra dimensions
An introduction to mini black holes at LHC
Black holes at LHC?
First order calculation of the inclusive cross section pp→ZZ by graviton exchange in large extra dimensions
SIGNATURES FOR BLACK HOLE PRODUCTION FROM HADRONIC OBSERVABLES AT THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER
The gravitational analogue to the hydrogen atom
Gravitational radiation from ultra high energy cosmic rays in models with large extra dimensions
Black hole remnants at the LHC
LARGE EXTRA DIMENSIONS AND THE MINIMAL SCALE CONSTRAINTS THROUGH HIGH PRECISION EXPERIMENTS

ConferencePaper (4)

Black Holes and Running Couplings: A Comparison of Two Complementary Approaches
The bending of light within gravity with large scale renormalization group effects
Quantizing Geometry or Geometrizing the Quantum?
Geometrizing the Quantum - A Toy Model

Review (1)

Heavy-ion collisions at the LHC-Last call for predictions
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Benjamin Koch

Associate Professor

Physics

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

4
Carlos Contreras

Academic

Physics

UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

Valparaiso, Chile

3
Marco Diaz

Profesor Titular

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

3
Paola Rioseco

Postdoctorado

CMM

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
Ángel Rincón

Researcher

Física

Universidad de Tarapacá

Iquique, Chile

2
Giovanna Cottin

Assistant Professor

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Boris Kopeliovich

Researcher

Physics

UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARÍA

Valparaiso, Chile

1
Gonzalo Palma

Associate Professor

Physics

FCFM, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Paola Arias

Associate Professor

Exact Sciences

Universidad San Sebastián

Santiago, Chile

1
Irina Potashnikova

Researcher

Physics

UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARÍA

Valparaiso, Chile

1
Ivan Schmidt

Full Professor

PHYSICS

UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

VALPARAISO, Chile

1
Francisca Garay

Profesor Asistente

Física

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Evgeny Levin

seniour research associado

Physics

UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

Valparaiso, Chile

1
Sylvain Blunier

Postdoc

Física, Facultad de ciencias

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile