Dr Vincent Drach
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Dr Vincent Drach

Lecturer in Theoretical Physics

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)

Lecturer in Theoretical Physics

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

Bussone A, Della Morte M, Drach V & Pica C 2018 'Tuning the hybrid Monte Carlo algorithm using molecular dynamics forces’ variances' Computer Physics Communications , DOI Open access
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Teaching interests

My courses:

  • MATH2607: Mathematical Programming - (Introduction to parallel programming) 
  • PHYS051: A foundation year course in basic physics 
  • MATH3511 : Electrodynamics and Relativity   

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 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

Key publications

Bussone A, Della Morte M, Drach V & Pica C 2018 'Tuning the hybrid Monte Carlo algorithm using molecular dynamics forces’ variances' Computer Physics Communications , DOI Open access

Key publications are highlighted

Journals
Articles
Drach V, Janowski T, Pica C & Prelovsek S 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
Janowski T, Drach V & Prelovsek S 2019 'Resonance study of SU(2) model with 2 fundamental flavours of fermions' Proceedings of Science 363, Open access
Bussone A, Della Morte M, Drach V & Pica C 2018 'Tuning the hybrid Monte Carlo algorithm using molecular dynamics forces’ variances' Computer Physics Communications , DOI Open access
Drach V, Janowski T & Pica C 2018 'Update on SU(2) gauge theory with NF = 2 fundamental flavours' EPJ Web of Conferences 175, 08020-08020 , DOI Open access
Hansen M, Drach V & Pica C 2017 'SU(3) sextet model with Wilson fermions' Physical Review D 96, (3) 0-0 , DOI Open access
Rantaharju J, Drach V, Pica C & Sannino F 2017 'Nambu–Jona-Lasinio model with Wilson fermions' Physical Review D 95, (1) , DOI Open access
Pica C, Drach V, Hansen M & Sannino F 2017 'Composite Higgs Dynamics on the Lattice' EPJ Web of Conferences 137, 10005-10005 , DOI Open access
Rantaharju J, Drach V, Pica C & Sannino F 2016 'Adjoint SU(2) with Four Fermion Interactions' Proceedings of 34th annual International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory — PoS(LATTICE2016) , DOI Open access
Janowski T, Drach V & Pica C 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
Arthur R, Drach V, Hansen M, Hietanen A, Pica C & Sannino F 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
Arthur R, Drach V, Hietanen A, Pica C & Sannino F 2016 '$SU(2)$ Gauge Theory with Two Fundamental Flavours: Scalar and Pseudoscalar Spectrum' Author Site Open access
Codello A, Drach V & Hietanen A 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
Alexandrou C, Cichy K, Drach V, Garcia-Ramos E, Hadjiyiannakou K, Jansen K, Steffens F & Wiese C 2015 'Lattice calculation of parton distributions' Physical Review D 92, (1) 0-0 , DOI Open access
Alexandrou C, Constantinou M, Dinter S, Drach V, Hadjiyiannakou K, Jansen K, Koutsou G & Vaquero A 2015 'First moment of the flavour octet nucleon parton distribution function using lattice QCD' JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS (6) Author Site , DOI
Alexandrou C, Constantinou M, Dinter S, Drach V, Hadjiyiannakou K, Jansen K, Koutsou G & Vaquero A 2015 'First moment of the flavour octet nucleon parton distribution function using lattice QCD' Journal of High Energy Physics 2015, (6) , DOI Open access
Alexandrou C, Constantinou M, Dinter S, Drach V, Hadjiyiannakou K, Jansen K, Koutsou G & Vaquero A 2015 'Strangeness of the nucleon from lattice QCD' Physical Review D 91, (9) 0-0 , DOI Open access
Alexandrou C, Drach V, Jansen K, Kallidonis C & Koutsou G 2014 'Baryon spectrum withNf=2+1+1twisted mass fermions' Physical Review D 90, (7) , DOI Open access
Alexandrou C, Constantinou M, Drach V, Hadjiyiannakou K, Jansen K, Koutsou G, Strelchenko A & Vaquero A 2014 'Evaluation of disconnected quark loops for hadron structure using GPUs' Computer Physics Communications 185, (5) 1370-1382 , DOI Open access
Abdel-Rehim A, Alexandrou C, Constantinou M, Drach V, Hadjiyiannakou K, Jansen K, Koutsou G & Vaquero A 2014 'Disconnected quark loop contributions to nucleon observables in lattice QCD' Physical Review D 89, (3) , DOI Open access
Alexandrou C, Constantinou M, Dinter S, Drach V, Jansen K, Hadjiyiannakou K & Renner DB 2014 'A stochastic method for computing hadronic matrix elements' The European Physical Journal C 74, (1) , DOI Open access
Alexandrou C, Constantinou M, Dinter S, Drach V, Jansen K, Kallidonis C & Koutsou G 2013 'Nucleon form factors and moments of generalized parton distributions usingNf=2+1+1twisted mass fermions' Physical Review D 88, (1) , DOI Open access
Cichy K, Drach V, García-Ramos E, Herdoíza G & Jansen K 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
Alexandrou C, Carbonell J, Christaras D, Drach V, Gravina M & Papinutto M 2012 'Strange and charm baryon masses with two flavors of dynamical twisted mass fermions' Physical Review D 86, (11) , DOI Open access
Dinter S, Drach V, Frezzotti R, Herdoiza G, Jansen K & Rossi G 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
Dinter S, Alexandrou C, Constantinou M, Drach V, Jansen K & Renner DB 2011 'Precision study of excited state effects in nucleon matrix elements' Physics Letters B 704, (1-2) 89-93 , DOI Open access
Baron R, Boucaud P, Carbonell J, Drach V, Farchioni F, Herdoiza G, Jansen K, Michael C, Montvay I & Pallante E 2011 'Computing K and D meson masses with twisted mass lattice QCD' Computer Physics Communications 182, (2) 299-316 , DOI Open access
Carbonell J, Drach V & Papinutto M 2010 'From strange to charmed baryons using two-flavour QCD' Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements 207-208, 367-370 , DOI
Baron R, Boucaud P, Carbonell J, Deuzeman A, Drach V, Farchioni F, Gimenez V, Herdoiza G, Jansen C & McNeile C 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
Alexandrou C, Baron R, Carbonell J, Drach V, Guichon P, Jansen K, Korzec T & Pène O 2009 'Low-lying baryon spectrum with two dynamical twisted mass fermions' Physical Review D 80, (11) , DOI Open access
Alexandrou C, Baron R, Blossier B, Brinet M, Carbonell J, Dimopoulos P, Drach V, Farchioni F, Frezzotti R & Guichon P 2008 'Light baryon masses with dynamical twisted mass fermions' Physical Review D 78, (1) , DOI Open access
Conference Papers
Drach V 2020 'Composite electroweak sectors on the lattice' Open access
Drach V, Janowski T, Pica C, Rantaharju J & Sannino F 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
Bussone A, Della Morte M, Drach V, Hansen M, Hietanen A, Rantaharju J & Pica C 2016 'A simple method to optimize HMC performance' 34th annual International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 7-/-0/2016Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
Hansen M, Drach V, Hietanen A, Pica C & Sannino F 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
Drach V, Hietanen A, Pica C, Rantaharju J & Sannino F 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
Rantaharju J, Drach V, Hietanen A, Pica C & Sannino F 2016 'Wilson Fermions with Four Fermion Interactions' The 33rd International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 7-/-0/2015Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
Kallidonis C, Alexandrou C, Drach V, Hadjiyiannakou K, Jansen K & Koutsou G 2015 'Baryon spectrum with Nf=2+1+1 twisted mass fermions' The 32nd International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/2014Sissa Medialab , DOI
Hietanen A, Arthur R, Drach V, Hansen M, Lewis R, Pica C & Sannino F 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
Wiese C, Alexandrou C, Cichy K, Drach V, Garcia-Ramos E, Hadjiyiannakou K, Jansen K & Steffens F 2015 'News from hadron structure calculations with twisted mass fermions' The 32nd International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/2014Sissa Medialab , DOI
Vaquero Avilés-Casco A, Alexandrou C, Constantinou M, Drach V, Hadjiyiannakou K, Jansen K & Koutsou G 2015 'Results on the disconnected contributions for hadron structure' The 32nd International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/2014Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
Drach V, Arthur R, Hietanen A, Pica C, Sannino F, Hietanen A, Pica C & Hansen M 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
Alexandrou C, Drach V, Hadjiyiannakou K, Jansen K, Kallidonis C & Koutsou G 2014 'Baryon spectrum using Nf=2+1+1 ensembles of twisted mass fermions' Open access
Vaquero Avilés-Casco A, Alexandrou C, Drach V, Jansen K & Koutsou G 2014 'Computation of disconnected contributions to nucleon observables' 31st International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory LATTICE 2013 7-/-0/2013Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
Wiese C, Alexandrou C, Drach V, Hadjiyiannakou K, Jansen K & Kostrzewa B 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
Alexandrou C, Constantinou M, Drach V, Jansen K, Kallidonis C & Koutsou G 2014 'Nucleon structure with twisted mass fermions' 31st International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory LATTICE 2013 7-/-0/2013Sissa Medialab , DOI
Drach V, Alexandrou C, Constantinou M, Hadjiyiannakou K, Jansen K, Koutsou G, Strelchenko A & Vaquero A 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
Alexandrou C, Cichy K, Drach V, Garcia-Ramos E, Hadjiyiannakou K, Jansen K, Steffens F & Wiese C 2014 'First results with twisted mass fermions towards the computation of parton distribution functions on the lattice' Open access
Alexandrou C, Constantinou M, Drach V, Jansen K, Kallidonis C & Koutsou G 2013 'Nucleon generalized form factors with twisted mass fermions' Open access
Alexandrou C, Constantinou M, Drach V, Hadjiyiannakou K, Jansen K, Kallidonis C, Koutsou G, Leontiou T & Vaquero A 2013 'Nucleon structure using lattice QCD' 111-120 , DOI Open access
Vaquero Avilés-Casco A, Alexandrou C, Drach V, Hadjiyiannakou K, Jansen K, Koutsou G & Strelchenko A 2012 'Disconnected contributions from GPU's' The 30th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/2012Sissa Medialab , DOI
Ottnad K, Michael C, Urbach C, Zimmerman F, Cichy K, Drach V, Garcia-Ramos E & Jansen K 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
Drach V, Alexandrou C, Constantinou M, Dinter S, Hadjiyiannakou K, Jansen K, Koutsou G, Vaquero A & Strelchenko A 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
Dinter S, Drach V & Jansen K 2012 'Strangeness of the nucleon from lattice QCD'
Drach V, Jansen K & Dinter S 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
Garcia-Ramos E, Cichy K, Drach V & Jansen K 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
Dinter S, Alexandrou C, Constantinou M, Drach V, Jansen K, Leontiou T & Renner D 2012 'Excited state Effects in Nucleon Matrix Element Calculations' XXIX International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 7-/-0/2011Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
Alexandrou C, Drach V, Hadjiyiannakou K, Jansen K, Koutsou G, Strelchenko A & Vaquero A 2012 'Evaluation of disconnected contributions using GPUs' Open access
DINTER S, DRACH V & JANSEN K 2011 'DARK MATTER SEARCH AND THE SCALAR QUARK CONTENTS OF THE NUCLEON' World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt 110-117 , DOI Open access
Wagner M 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
Reker S, Baron R, Blossier B, Boucaud P, Carbonell J, Deuzeman A, Drach V, Farchioni F, Gimenez V & Herdoiza G 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
Drach V, Jansen K, Papinutto M, Carbonell J & Alexandrou C 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
Cichy K, Drach V, Garcia-Ramos E, Herdoiza G & Jansen K 2011 'Overlap Valence Quarks on a Twisted Mass Sea' The XXVIII International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 6-/-0/2010Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
Papinutto M, Carbonell J, Drach V & Alexandrou C 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
Reker S, Baron R, Blossier B, Boucaud P, Deuzeman A, Drach V, Farchioni F, Gimenez V, Herdoiza G & Jansen K 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
Dinter S, Alexandrou C, Constantinou M, Drach V, Jansen K & Renner D 2010 'Nucleon matrix elements with N<inf>f</inf> = 2 + 1 + 1 maximally twisted fermions' Open access
Papinutto M, Carbonell J, Drach V & Alexandrou C 2010 'Strange and charmed baryons using N<inf>f</inf> = 2 twisted mass QCD' Open access
Baron R, Guichon P, Brinet M, Carbonell J, Drach V, Harraud P-A, Liu Z, Pene O, Morenas V & Alexandrou C 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
Drach V 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
Reker S, Baron R, Boucaud P, Deuzeman A, Drach V, Farchioni F, Gimenez V, Herdoiza G, Jansen K & Montvay I 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
Korzec T, Alexandrou C, Koutsou G, Brinet M, Carbonell J, Drach V, Harraud P-A & Baron R 2009 'Nucleon form factors with dynamical twisted mass fermions' The XXVI International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 7-/-0/2008Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
Alexandrou C 2008 'Baryon masses with dynamical twisted mass fermions' The XXV International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory 7-/-0/2007Sissa Medialab , DOI Open access
Baron R, Guichon P, Brinet M, Carbonell J, Drach V, Harraud PA, Liu Z, Pène O, Morenas V & Alexandrou C 2008 'The nucleon axial charge and lowest moment (x) with Nf = 2 dynamical twisted mass fermions'