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Profiles
Dr Vincent Drach
Lecturer in Theoretical Physics
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Biography
Biography
Lecturer in Theoretical Physics
Academic lead for High Performance Computing.
Qualifications
2016-Present Plymouth University, Lecturer
2015-2016 CERN, Switzerland, Research Fellow
2013-2015 CP3-Origins, Denmark, Postdoc
2010-2013 DESY-Zeuthen, Germany, Postdoc
2007-2010 Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), France, PhD Student
Professional membership
Member of the HPC steering committee
Reviewer for Phys. Rev. D.
Member of the board of UKLFT (UK Lattice Field Theory)
Key publications
(2018) 'Tuning the hybrid Monte Carlo algorithm using molecular dynamics forces’ variances' Computer Physics Communications , DOI Open access
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
My courses:
- MATH2607: Mathematical Programming - (Introduction to parallel programming)
- PHYS051: A foundation year course in basic physics
- MATH3611 : Electrodynamics and Relativity
- MATH3606: Quantum mechanics
Supervision:
- BSc final year project on Path Integral formalism in classical and quantum physics, and on General Relativity.
- MSc in Data Science : Time series forecasting using artificial neural networks (FF,LSTM)
Research
Research
Research interests
My research interests cover different topics in the contest of lattice gauge theories:
- Phenomenology of strongly interacting theories beyond the Standard Model
- Calculation of observables relevant to discover new physics in QCD and beyond
- Disconnected contribution
- Numerical simulations
I am a member of the Centre for Mathematical Science (CMS) at the University of Plymouth.
Research groups
Publications
Publications
Key publications
(2018) 'Tuning the hybrid Monte Carlo algorithm using molecular dynamics forces’ variances' Computer Physics Communications , DOI Open access
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2022) 'Singlet channel scattering in a composite Higgs model on the lattice' The European Physical Journal C 82, (1) , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Scattering of Goldstone bosons and resonance production in a composite Higgs model on the lattice' Journal of High Energy Physics 2021, (4) , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Resonance study of SU(2) model with 2 fundamental flavours of fermions' Proceedings of Science 363, Open access
(2018) 'Tuning the hybrid Monte Carlo algorithm using molecular dynamics forces’ variances' Computer Physics Communications , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Update on SU(2) gauge theory with <i>N<sub>F</sub></i> = 2 fundamental flavours' EPJ Web of Conferences 175, 08020-08020 , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Composite Higgs Dynamics on the Lattice' EPJ Web of Conferences 137, 10005-10005 , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Adjoint SU(2) with Four Fermion Interactions' Proceedings of 34th annual International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory — PoS(LATTICE2016) , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Rho meson decay width in SU(2) gauge theories with 2 fundamental flavours' Proceedings of 34th annual International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory — PoS(LATTICE2016) , DOI Open access
(2016) 'SU(2) gauge theory with two fundamental flavors: A minimal template for model building' Physical Review D 94, (9) 0-0 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Approximating the Ising model on fractal lattices of dimension less than two' Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 2015, (11) P11008-P11008 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Lattice calculation of parton distributions' Physical Review D 92, (1) 0-0 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'First moment of the flavour octet nucleon parton distribution function using lattice QCD' JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS (6) , DOI
(2015) 'First moment of the flavour octet nucleon parton distribution function using lattice QCD' Journal of High Energy Physics 2015, (6) , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Strangeness of the nucleon from lattice QCD' Physical Review D 91, (9) 0-0 , DOI Open access
(2014) 'Baryon spectrum with<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msub><mml:mi>N</mml:mi><mml:mi>f</mml:mi></mml:msub><mml:mo>=</mml:mo><mml:mn>2</mml:mn><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mo>+</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn></mml:math>twisted mass fermions' Physical Review D 90, (7) , DOI Open access
(2014) 'Evaluation of disconnected quark loops for hadron structure using GPUs' Computer Physics Communications 185, (5) 1370-1382 , DOI Open access
(2014) 'Disconnected quark loop contributions to nucleon observables in lattice QCD' Physical Review D 89, (3) , DOI Open access
(2014) 'A stochastic method for computing hadronic matrix elements' The European Physical Journal C 74, (1) , DOI Open access
(2013) 'Nucleon form factors and moments of generalized parton distributions using<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:msub><mml:mi>N</mml:mi><mml:mi>f</mml:mi></mml:msub><mml:mo mathvariant="bold">=</mml:mo><mml:mn>2</mml:mn><mml:mo mathvariant="bold">+</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:mo mathvariant="bold">+</mml:mo><mml:mn>1</mml:mn></mml:math>twisted mass fermions' Physical Review D 88, (1) , DOI Open access
(2013) 'Overlap valence quarks on a twisted mass sea: A case study for mixed action lattice QCD' Nuclear Physics B 869, (2) 131-163 , DOI Open access
(2012) 'Strange and charm baryon masses with two flavors of dynamical twisted mass fermions' Physical Review D 86, (11) , DOI Open access
(2012) 'Sigma terms and strangeness content of the nucleon with N
f
= 2 + 1 + 1 twisted mass fermions' Journal of High Energy Physics 2012, (8) , DOI Open access
(2011) 'Precision study of excited state effects in nucleon matrix elements' Physics Letters B 704, (1-2) 89-93 , DOI Open access
(2011) 'Computing K and D meson masses with twisted mass lattice QCD' Computer Physics Communications 182, (2) 299-316 , DOI Open access
(2010) 'From strange to charmed baryons using two-flavour QCD' Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements 207-208, 367-370 , DOI
(2010) 'Light hadrons from lattice QCD with light (u, d), strange and charm dynamical quarks' Journal of High Energy Physics 111, (n/a) , DOI Open access
(2009) 'Low-lying baryon spectrum with two dynamical twisted mass fermions' Physical Review D 80, (11) , DOI Open access
(2008) 'Light baryon masses with dynamical twisted mass fermions' Physical Review D 78, (1) , DOI Open access
Conference Papers
(2020) 'Composite electroweak sectors on the lattice' 37th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/20196-/-0/2019Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Resonance study of SU(2) model with 2 fundamental flavours of fermions' 37th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/20196-/-0/2019Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2017) 'The scalar sector of $SU(2)$ gauge theory with $N_F=2$ fundamental flavours' 34th annual International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 7-/-0/2016Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2016) 'A simple method to optimize HMC performance' 34th annual International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 7-/-0/2016Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Conformal symmetry vs. chiral symmetry breaking in the SU(3) sextet model' The 33rd International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 7-/-0/2015Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Template Composite Dark Matter : SU(2) gauge theory with 2 fundamental flavours' The 33rd International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 7-/-0/2015Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Wilson Fermions with Four Fermion Interactions' The 33rd International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 7-/-0/2015Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Baryon spectrum with Nf=2+1+1 twisted mass fermions' The 32nd International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/2014Sissa Medialab , DOI
(2015) 'Composite (Goldstone) Higgs Dynamics on the Lattice: Spectrum of SU(2) Gauge Theory with two Fundamental Fermions' The 32nd International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/2014Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2015) 'News from hadron structure calculations with twisted mass fermions' The 32nd International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/2014Sissa Medialab , DOI
(2015) 'Results on the disconnected contributions for hadron structure' The 32nd International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/2014Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Scattering lengths in SU(2) Gauge Theory with two Fundamental Fermions' The 32nd International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/2014Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2014) 'Computation of disconnected contributions to nucleon observables' 31st International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory LATTICE 2013 7-/-0/2013Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2014) 'Looking at the gluon moment of the nucleon with dynamical twisted mass fermions' 31st International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory LATTICE 2013 7-/-0/2013Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2014) 'Nucleon structure with twisted mass fermions' 31st International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory LATTICE 2013 7-/-0/2013Sissa Medialab , DOI
(2014) 'The quark contents of the nucleon and their implication for dark matter search' 31st International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory LATTICE 2013 7-/-0/2013Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2014) 'First results with twisted mass fermions towards the computation of parton distribution functions on the lattice' Open access
(2012) 'Disconnected contributions from GPU's' The 30th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/2012Sissa Medialab , DOI
(2012) 'Properties of Pseudoscalar Flavor- Singlet Mesons from 2+1+1 Twisted Mass Lattice QCD' The 30th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/2012Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2012) 'Sigma terms and strangeness content of the nucleon with Nf=2+1+1 twisted mass fermions' The 30th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/2012Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2012) 'Strangeness of the nucleon from lattice QCD' Sixth International Conference on Quarks and Nuclear Physics 4-/-0/2012Sissa Medialab , DOI
(2012) 'Excited state Effects in Nucleon Matrix Element Calculations' XXIX International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 7-/-0/2011Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2012) 'Nucleon scalar matrix elements with N_f=2+1+1 twisted mass fermions' XXIX International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 7-/-0/2011Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2012) 'Topological susceptibility and chiral condensate with $N_f=2+1+1$ dynamical flavors of maximally twisted mass fermions' XXIX International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 7-/-0/2011Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2011) 'DARK MATTER SEARCH AND THE SCALAR QUARK CONTENTS OF THE NUCLEON' World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt 110-117 , DOI Open access
(2011) 'From strange to charmed baryons using Nf=2 twisted mass QCD' The XXVIII International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/2010Sissa Medialab , DOI
(2011) 'Kaon and D meson masses with N_f = 2+1+1 twisted mass lattice QCD' The XXVIII International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/2010Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2011) 'Light hadrons from Nf=2+1+1 dynamical twisted mass fermions' The XXVIII International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/2010Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2011) 'Low lying baryon spectrum with Nf=2+1+1 dynamical twisted quarks' The XXVIII International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/2010Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2011) 'Nucleon matrix elements with maximally twisted fermions' The XXVIII International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/2010Sissa Medialab , DOI
(2011) 'Overlap Valence Quarks on a Twisted Mass Sea' The XXVIII International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/2010Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2010) 'First results of ETMC simulations with Nf=2+1+1 twisted mass fermions' The XXVII International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 7-/-0/2009Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2010) 'Nucleon matrix elements with N<inf>f</inf> = 2 + 1 + 1 maximally twisted fermions' Open access
(2009) 'Nucleon axial coupling constant with Nf = 2 twisted mass fermions and other 3 point functions' The XXVI International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 7-/-0/2008Sissa Medialab , DOI
(2009) 'Nucleon form factors with dynamical twisted mass fermions' The XXVI International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 7-/-0/2008Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2009) 'Partially quenched study of strange baryon with Nf = 2 twisted mass fermions' The XXVI International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 7-/-0/2008Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2009) 'Status of ETMC simulations with Nf=2+1+1 twisted mass fermions' The XXVI International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 7-/-0/2008Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2008) 'Baryon masses with dynamical twisted mass fermions' The XXV International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 7-/-0/2007Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
(2008) 'The nucleon axial charge and lowest moment (x) with Nf = 2 dynamical twisted mass fermions'