Kathryn Zurek Explained
Kathryn M. Zurek is an American physicist and professor of theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology. Her research interests primarily lie at the intersection of particle physics with cosmology and particle astrophysics.[1] She is known for her theories on dark matter's "hidden valleys", also known as hidden sectors.[2]
Biography
Zurek was born and raised in Minnesota.[3] She studied for a bachelor's degree in physics at Bethel University, where she graduated summa cum laude in 2001 and was awarded the 2001 Seaborg Nobel Travel Award to participate in Nobel Foundation events and present to Nobel laureates.[4] She then received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Washington in 2006. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and served as the David Schramm Fellow in Fermilab's theoretical astrophysics group.
From 2009 to 2014, Zurek was an assistant and then associate professor at the University of Michigan. In 2014, she joined the Joint Particle Theory Group at the Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics. She became a professor of theoretical physics at Caltech in 2019.[5]
Selected awards and honors
Selected publications
- Katelin Schutz. Kathryn M. Zurek. Katelin Schutz. Phys. Rev. Lett.. [7]
- Daniele Bertolini. Mikhail Solon. Katelin Schutz. Kathryn M. Zurek. JCAP. Katelin Schutz. [8]
- Yonit Hochberg. Yue Zhao. Kathryn M. Zurek. Phys. Rev. Lett.. [9]
- John Kearney. Hojin Yoo. Kathryn M. Zurek. Phys. Rev. D. [10]
- Sean Tulin. Haibo Yu. Kathryn M. Zurek. Phys. Rev. D. [11]
- Moira Gresham. Ian-Woo Kim. Kathryn M. Zurek. Phys. Rev. D. [12]
- Timothy Cohen. Daniel Phalen. Aaron Pierce. Kathryn M. Zurek. Phys. Rev. D. [13]
- David E. Kaplan. Markus A. Luty. Kathryn M. Zurek. Phys. Rev. D, 79. [14]
- Dan Hooper. Kathryn M. Zurek. Phys. Rev. D. [15]
- Matthew J. Strassler. Kathryn M. Zurek. Matt Strassler. Phys. Lett.. [16]
In the press
- “Berkeley Leans into Search for Light Dark Matter,” 10 June 2019, Symmetry Magazine.[17]
- “In Search for Unseen Matter, Physicists Turn to Dark Sector,” 24 March 2017, Science.[18]
- "New Techniques Could Target More Exotic Dark Matter," 13 October 2016, Scientific American.[19]
- "Physics - Synopsis: Spotting Dark Matter with Supermaterials,"14 September 2016, APS Physics.[20]
- "Hunting for Dark Matter's Hidden Valley," 24 May 2016 in Berkeley Lab News Center.[21]
- "Physicists Widen the Search for Dark Matter Particles," June 2014, APS News.[22]
- "Dark Matter Hunt Appears to be Zeroing In on a Leading Contender," 22 July 2013 in Wired Science.[23]
- "Tentative dark matter hints with shadow dark sector," 16 April 2013 in New Scientist.[24]
- "Peering Back 13 Billion Years, Through a Gravitational Lens," 29 April 2011 in Science.[25]
- "The dark side of antimatter," by Rachel Courtland, 25 November 2010 in New Scientist.[26]
- "Super-sensitive tool key to dark matter claim" 9 July 2008 in Nature.[27]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Kathryn Zurek . 2022-04-10 . Kathryn Zurek . en-US.
- News: Roberts Jr. . Glenn . Hunting for Dark Matter's 'Hidden Valley' . 15 January 2021 . . 24 May 2016.
- Web site: Kathryn Zurek . . 15 January 2021 . 16 August 2017.
- News: Smetanka . Mary Jane . Nobel traveler . November 12, 2022 . . June 1, 2001 . 26 . Newspapers.com.
- News: Clavin . Whitney . Caltech Professor of Theoretical Physics Wins Simons Investigator Award . 15 January 2021 . . 2 July 2020.
- Web site: Fellows . . 15 January 2021.
- Schutz . Katelin . Zurek . Kathryn M. . 2016-09-14 . Detectability of Light Dark Matter with Superfluid Helium . Physical Review Letters . en . 117 . 12 . 121302 . 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.121302 . 27689261 . 1604.08206 . 2016PhRvL.117l1302S . 36465591 . 0031-9007.
- Bertolini . Daniele . Schutz . Katelin . Solon . Mikhail P. . Zurek . Kathryn M. . 2016-06-30 . The trispectrum in the Effective Field Theory of Large Scale Structure . Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics . 2016 . 6 . 052 . 10.1088/1475-7516/2016/06/052 . 1604.01770 . 2016JCAP...06..052B . 118562387 . 1475-7516.
- Hochberg . Yonit . Zhao . Yue . Zurek . Kathryn M. . 2016-01-07 . Superconducting Detectors for Superlight Dark Matter . Physical Review Letters . en . 116 . 1 . 011301 . 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.011301 . 26799009 . 1504.07237 . 2016PhRvL.116a1301H . 30524296 . 0031-9007.
- Kearney . John . Yoo . Hojin . Zurek . Kathryn M. . 2015-06-25 . Is a Higgs vacuum instability fatal for high-scale inflation? . Physical Review D . en . 91 . 12 . 123537 . 10.1103/PhysRevD.91.123537 . 1503.05193 . 2015PhRvD..91l3537K . 117900395 . 1550-7998.
- Tulin . Sean . Yu . Hai-Bo . Zurek . Kathryn M. . 2013-06-07 . Beyond collisionless dark matter: Particle physics dynamics for dark matter halo structure . Physical Review D . en . 87 . 11 . 115007 . 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.115007 . 1302.3898 . 2013PhRvD..87k5007T . 118535064 . 1550-7998.
- Gresham . Moira I. . Kim . Ian-Woo . Zurek . Kathryn M. . 2011-06-13 . On models of new physics for the Tevatron top A FB . Physical Review D . en . 83 . 11 . 114027 . 10.1103/PhysRevD.83.114027 . 1103.3501 . 2011PhRvD..83k4027G . 119218728 . 1550-7998.
- Cohen . Timothy . Phalen . Daniel J. . Pierce . Aaron . Zurek . Kathryn M. . 2010-09-03 . Asymmetric dark matter from a GeV hidden sector . Physical Review D . en . 82 . 5 . 056001 . 10.1103/PhysRevD.82.056001 . 1005.1655 . 2010PhRvD..82e6001C . 119159310 . 1550-7998.
- Kaplan . David E. . Luty . Markus A. . Zurek . Kathryn M. . 2009-06-23 . Asymmetric dark matter . Physical Review D . en . 79 . 11 . 115016 . 10.1103/PhysRevD.79.115016 . 0901.4117 . 2009PhRvD..79k5016K . 17954932 . 1550-7998.
- Hooper . Dan . Zurek . Kathryn M. . 2008-04-11 . Natural supersymmetric model with MeV dark matter . Physical Review D . en . 77 . 8 . 087302 . 10.1103/PhysRevD.77.087302 . 0801.3686 . 2008PhRvD..77h7302H . 55455486 . 1550-7998.
- Strassler . Matthew J. . Zurek . Kathryn M. . Echoes of a hidden valley at hadron colliders . Physics Letters B . 2007 . en . 651 . 5–6 . 374–379 . 10.1016/j.physletb.2007.06.055. hep-ph/0604261 . 2007PhLB..651..374S . 119042766 .
- Web site: Roberts . Glenn Jr. . Berkeley leans into search for light dark matter . 2022-04-10 . symmetry magazine . en.
- Cho . Adrian . 2017-03-24 . In search for unseen matter, physicists turn to dark sector . Science . en . 355 . 6331 . 1251–1252 . 10.1126/science.355.6331.1251 . 28336618 . 0036-8075.
- Web site: Mandelbaum . Ryan F. . New Techniques Could Target More Exotic Dark Matter . 2022-04-10 . Scientific American . en.
- Anonymous . 2016-09-14 . Spotting Dark Matter with Supermaterials . Physics . en . 9. 10.1103/Physics.9.s100 . 2016PhyOJ...9S.100. .
- Web site: Roberts . Glenn Jr. . 2016-05-24 . Hunting for Dark Matter's 'Hidden Valley' . 2022-04-10 . News Center . en-US.
- Web site: Physicists Widen the Search for Dark Matter Particles . 2022-04-10 . www.aps.org . en.
- Ouellette . Jennifer . Dark-Matter Hunt Appears to Be Zeroing In on a Leading Contender . en-US . Wired . 2022-04-10 . 1059-1028.
- Web site: Tentative dark matter hits fit with shadow dark sector . 2022-04-10 . New Scientist . en-US.
- Bhattacharjee . Yudhijit . 2011-04-29 . Peering Back 13 Billion Years, Through a Gravitational Lens . Science . en . 332 . 6029 . 522 . 10.1126/science.332.6029.522 . 21527685 . 0036-8075.
- Web site: The dark side of antimatter . 2022-04-10 . New Scientist . en-US.
- Brumfiel . Geoff . 2008-07-01 . Super-sensitive tool key to dark-matter claim . Nature . en . 454 . 7201 . 148–149 . 10.1038/454148b . 18615045 . 4334277 . 1476-4687. free .