Michael Peskin
Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics
Bio
I am a theoretical physicist interested in elementary particles and the fundamental interactions. My main research interests are:
* consequences of the "Standard Model of particle physics"
* precision study of the heaviest known elementary particles - the W and Z bosons, the top quark, and the Higgs boson - to search for clues to new fundamental interactions beyond the Standard Model
* models of such new interactions, especially models with composite or strongly interacting Higgs bosons
* models for the particle that composes the dark matter of the universe
I am the author of a leading theoretical textbook in this area, "An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory", with Daniel Schroeder. Recently, I have written another textbook that emphasizes our experimental knowledge, "Concepts of Elementary Particle Physics".
For further information about my research activities, interests, Stanford courses, and related subjects, please see my web page: http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~mpeskin/
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Particle Physics and Astrophysics
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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member, Board of Directors, Annual Reviews, and (currently) co-editor of AR Nuclear and Particle Science, Annual Review, Inc. (1997 - Present)
2024-25 Courses
- Quantum Field Theory I
PHYSICS 330 (Aut) -
Independent Studies (2)
- Research
PHYSICS 490 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Senior Thesis Research
PHYSICS 205 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Research
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Prior Year Courses
2022-23 Courses
- Statistical Mechanics
PHYSICS 212 (Aut)
2021-22 Courses
- Statistical Mechanics
PHYSICS 212 (Aut)
- Statistical Mechanics
All Publications
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A “Cool” route to the Higgs boson and beyond. The Cool Copper Collider
JINST - Journal of Instrumentation
2023; 18 (07)
View details for DOI 10.1088/1748-0221/18/07/P07053
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Dark Matter benchmark models for early LHC Run-2 Searches: Report of the ATLAS/CMS Dark Matter Forum
PHYSICS OF THE DARK UNIVERSE
2020; 27
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.dark.2019.100371
View details for Web of Science ID 000515668000008
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Dissection of an SO(5) x U(1) gauge-Higgs unification model
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2019; 100 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.015001
View details for Web of Science ID 000474373500002
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Why the angular distribution of the top decay lepton is unchanged by anomalous tbW couplings
PHYSICS LETTERS B
2019; 790: 322–25
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.physletb.2019.01.022
View details for Web of Science ID 000460118200037
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Improved formalism for precision Higgs coupling fits
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2018; 97 (5)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.97.053003
View details for Web of Science ID 000427817900001
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Model-independent determination of the triple Higgs coupling at e(+)e(-) colliders
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2018; 97 (5)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.97.053004
View details for Web of Science ID 000427817900002
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Analysis of long-lived particle decays with the MATHUSLA detector
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2018; 97 (1)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.97.015006
View details for Web of Science ID 000419475900010
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Competing forces in five-dimensional fermion condensation
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2017; 96 (11)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.96.115030
View details for Web of Science ID 000418756000003
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Revision of the LHCb limit on Majorana neutrinos
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2016; 94 (11)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.94.113007
View details for Web of Science ID 000390275600003
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On the Trail of the Higgs Boson
ANNALEN DER PHYSIK
2016; 528 (1-2): 20-34
View details for DOI 10.1002/andp.201500225
View details for Web of Science ID 000374041200003
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Supersymmetric dark matter in the harsh light of the Large Hadron Collider
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
2015; 112 (40): 12256-12263
Abstract
I review the status of the model of dark matter as the neutralino of supersymmetry in the light of constraints on supersymmetry given by the 7- to 8-TeV data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.1308787111
View details for Web of Science ID 000363125400028
View details for PubMedID 25331902
View details for PubMedCentralID PMC4603471
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Ken Wilson: Solving the Strong Interactions
JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS
2014; 157 (4-5): 651-665
View details for DOI 10.1007/s10955-014-1048-1
View details for Web of Science ID 000344081500007
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Summary of Lepton-Photon 2011
PRAMANA-JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
2012; 79 (5): 1169-1214
View details for DOI 10.1007/s12043-012-0424-0
View details for Web of Science ID 000312435600015
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Simplified models for LHC new physics searches
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS G-NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS
2012; 39 (10)
View details for DOI 10.1088/0954-3899/39/10/105005
View details for Web of Science ID 000309548000005
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Antenna splitting functions for massive particles
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2011; 84 (3)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.034034
View details for Web of Science ID 000294058600003
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Top quark anomalous couplings at the International Linear Collider
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2011; 84 (3)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.034029
View details for Web of Science ID 000293975400001
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Top quark amplitudes with an anomalous magnetic moment
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2011; 83 (3)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.83.034012
View details for Web of Science ID 000287368200003
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Spin-dependent antenna splitting functions
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2010; 81 (5)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.054010
View details for Web of Science ID 000276194200041
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Dark matter and particle physics
JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
2007; 76 (11)
View details for DOI 10.1143/JPSJ.76.111017
View details for Web of Science ID 000251121900018
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Determination of dark matter properties at high-energy colliders
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2006; 74 (10)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.74.103521
View details for Web of Science ID 000242409800029
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Leptogenesis from gravity waves in models of inflation
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
2006; 96 (8)
Abstract
We present a new mechanism for creating the observed cosmic matter-antimatter asymmetry which satisfies all three Sakharov conditions from one common thread, gravitational waves. We generate lepton number through the gravitational anomaly in the lepton number current. The source term comes from elliptically polarized gravity waves that are produced during inflation if the inflaton field contains a CP-odd component. The amount of matter asymmetry generated in our model can be of realistic size for the parameters within the range of some inflationary scenarios and grand unified theories.
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.081301
View details for Web of Science ID 000235736200009
View details for PubMedID 16606163
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Contribution from neutrino Yukawa couplings to lepton electric dipole moments
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2004; 70 (9)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.70.095001
View details for Web of Science ID 000225440600090
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Top quarks and electroweak symmetry breaking in little Higgs models
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2004; 69 (7)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.69.075002
View details for Web of Science ID 000221253900064
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Supersymmetry: the next spectroscopy
FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS - HEISENBERG AND BEYOND
2004: 99-133
View details for Web of Science ID 000223400800007
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Numerical problem solving for undergraduate core courses
COMPUTING IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
2003; 5 (6): 92-97
View details for Web of Science ID 000186243600016
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Selectron studies at e(-)e(-) and e(+)e(-) colliders
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2001; 64 (11)
View details for DOI 10.1103/PhysRevD.64.115002
View details for Web of Science ID 000172450600064
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How can a heavy Higgs boson be consistent with the precision electroweak measurements? art. no. 093003
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2001; 64 (9)
View details for Web of Science ID 000171852100010
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TeV strings and collider probes of large extra dimensions
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2000; 62 (5)
View details for Web of Science ID 000089022500080
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Scalar top quark as the next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
2000; 61 (5)
View details for Web of Science ID 000085685600039
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Collider signatures of new large space dimensions
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
1999; 82 (11): 2236-2239
View details for Web of Science ID 000079107000004
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Transmission of supersymmetry breaking from a four-dimensional boundary
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
1998; 58 (6)
View details for Web of Science ID 000076007900042
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Systematics of slepton production in e(+)e(-) and e(-)e(-) collisions
Electron-Electron Linear Collider Workshop (e(minus) e(minus) 97)
WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD. 1998: 2299–2305
View details for Web of Science ID 000074344900009
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Beyond the standard model
1996 European School of High-Energy Physics
C E R N. 1997: 49–142
View details for Web of Science ID A1997BJ43G00002
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Physics opportunities of e(+)e(-) linear colliders
ANNUAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE SCIENCE
1996; 46: 533-608
View details for Web of Science ID A1996VX11200014
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The experimental investigation of supersymmetry breaking
PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS SUPPLEMENT
1996: 507-537
View details for Web of Science ID A1996VJ96300048
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EXOTIC NONSUPERSYMMETRIC GAUGE DYNAMICS FROM SUPERSYMMETRIC QCD
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
1995; 52 (10): 6157-6174
View details for Web of Science ID A1995TF80200076
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TESTING SUPERSYMMETRY AT THE NEXT LINEAR COLLIDER
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
1995; 52 (3): 1418-1432
View details for Web of Science ID A1995RM61700011
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VIOLATION OF CPT AND QUANTUM-MECHANICS IN THE K-0-(K)OVER-BAR-0 SYSTEM
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B
1995; 434 (1-2): 3-38
View details for Web of Science ID A1995QC23000001
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PRODUCTION, DECAY, AND POLARIZATION OF EXCITED HEAVY HADRONS
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
1994; 49 (7): 3320-3332
View details for Web of Science ID A1994NG11500026
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HADRON-PRODUCTION IN GAMMA-GAMMA-COLLISIONS AS A BACKGROUND FOR E+E- LINEAR COLLIDERS
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
1994; 49 (7): 3209-3227
View details for Web of Science ID A1994NG11500018
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COMPUTATION OF MINIJET INCLUSIVE CROSS-SECTIONS
PHYSICS LETTERS B
1993; 306 (1-2): 151-157
View details for Web of Science ID A1993LD88400026
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PROBE OF CP VIOLATION IN TOP QUARK PAIR PRODUCTION AT HADRON SUPERCOLLIDERS
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
1992; 69 (3): 410-413
View details for Web of Science ID A1992JD95500005
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ESTIMATION OF OBLIQUE ELECTROWEAK CORRECTIONS
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
1992; 46 (1): 381-409
View details for Web of Science ID A1992JA85200038
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THRESHOLD PRODUCTION OF HEAVY TOP QUARKS - QCD AND THE HIGGS BOSON
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
1991; 43 (5): 1500-1514
View details for Web of Science ID A1991EZ72600006
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NEW CONSTRAINT ON A STRONGLY INTERACTING HIGGS SECTOR
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
1990; 65 (8): 964-967
View details for Web of Science ID A1990DV27600007
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N=2 SUPERCONFORMAL SYMMETRY AND SO(2,1) CURRENT-ALGEBRA
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B
1989; 325 (2): 329-355
View details for Web of Science ID A1989AW53600003
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STRING FIELD-THEORY ON THE CONFORMAL PLANE .2. GENERALIZED GLUING
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B
1989; 317 (2): 464-508
View details for Web of Science ID A1989U756900008
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STRING FIELD-THEORY ON THE CONFORMAL PLANE .1. KINEMATICAL PRINCIPLES
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B
1989; 317 (2): 411-463
View details for Web of Science ID A1989U756900007
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COOPER-PAIR MASS
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
1989; 39 (10): 6425-6430
View details for Web of Science ID A1989T985400018
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DELAYED UNITARITY CANCELLATION AND HEAVY PARTICLE EFFECTS IN E+E--]W+W-
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B
1988; 309 (2): 221-258
View details for Web of Science ID A1988Q857500001
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ALL FREE STRING THEORIES ARE THEORIES OF FORMS
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B
1986; 274 (1): 71-92
View details for Web of Science ID A1986D629100004
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EQUIVALENCE OF THE LIGHT-CONE FORMULATION AND THE GAUGE-INVARIANT FORMULATION OF STRING DYNAMICS
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B
1986; 269 (3-4): 509-529
View details for Web of Science ID A1986C550700001
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PHYSICS OF E+-E- COLLIDERS - PRESENT, FUTURE, AND FAR FUTURE
AIP CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1985: 122-167
View details for Web of Science ID A1985AYU2400004
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EXOTIC PROCESSES IN HIGH-ENERGY E-P COLLISIONS
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
1985; 31 (9): 2211-2222
View details for Web of Science ID A1985AGD4400004
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SYSTEMATICS OF PI-N SCATTERING IN CHIRAL SOLITON MODELS
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
1985; 32 (1): 58-73
View details for Web of Science ID A1985AKX6000007
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AN EFFECTIVE LAGRANGIAN FOR SUPERSYMMETRIC QCD
AIP CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1984: 127-134
View details for Web of Science ID A1984SW22700012
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DIFFICULTIES FOR THE EVOLUTION OF PURE STATES INTO MIXED STATES
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B
1984; 244 (1): 125-134
View details for Web of Science ID A1984TK13200006
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BOUND-STATE EFFECTS IN UPSILON-]GAMMA + RESONANCE
PHYSICS LETTERS B
1984; 149 (1-3): 225-233
View details for Web of Science ID A1984TX55500053
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NEW TESTS FOR QUARK AND LEPTON SUBSTRUCTURE
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
1983; 50 (11): 811-814
View details for Web of Science ID A1983QF14300007
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RAISING THE AXION MASS
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B
1982; 208 (3): 397-412
View details for Web of Science ID A1982PU37200003