Marcela Carena
· ProfessorUniversity of Chicago · Physics
Active 1987–2025
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About
Professor Marcela Carena is a faculty member in the Department of Physics at The University of Chicago, holding positions in the Enrico Fermi Institute, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, and the College. Her research focuses on particle physics, cosmology, and related fields, contributing to the understanding of fundamental particles and forces. She has been recognized for her work, including being named a 2022 DOE Distinguished Scientist. Her contact information includes an office at MCP 335, phone number 630-840-4593, and email carena@fnal.gov.
Research topics
- Physics
- Particle physics
- Political Science
- Nuclear physics
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- Mathematics
- Engineering ethics
- Library science
- Statistics
Selected publications
Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics · 2022 · 6237 citations
Abstract The Review summarizes much of particle physics and cosmology. Using data from previous editions, plus 2,143 new measurements from 709 papers, we list, evaluate, and average measured properties of gauge bosons and the recently discovered Higgs boson, leptons, quarks, mesons, and baryons. We summarize searches for hypothetical particles such as supersymmetric particles, heavy bosons, axions, dark photons, etc. Particle properties and search limits are listed in Summary Tables. We give num…
Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics · 2020 · 5181 citations
Abstract The Review summarizes much of particle physics and cosmology. Using data from previous editions, plus 3,324 new measurements from 878 papers, we list, evaluate, and average measured properties of gauge bosons and the recently discovered Higgs boson, leptons, quarks, mesons, and baryons. We summarize searches for hypothetical particles such as supersymmetric particles, heavy bosons, axions, dark photons, etc. Particle properties and search limits are listed in Summary Tables. We give num…
Quantum Simulation for High-Energy Physics
PRX Quantum · 2023 · 298 citations
It is for the first time that quantum simulation for high-energy physics (HEP) is studied in the U.S. decadal particle-physics community planning, and in fact until recently, this was not considered a mainstream topic in the community. This fact speaks of a remarkable rate of growth of this subfield over the past few years, stimulated by the impressive advancements in quantum information sciences (QIS) and associated technologies over the past decade, and the significant investment in this area…
Higgs-mass predictions in the MSSM and beyond
The European Physical Journal C · 2021 · 91 citations
Abstract Predictions for the Higgs masses are a distinctive feature of supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model, where they play a crucial role in constraining the parameter space. The discovery of a Higgs boson and the remarkably precise measurement of its mass at the LHC have spurred new efforts aimed at improving the accuracy of the theoretical predictions for the Higgs masses in supersymmetric models. The “ Precision SUSY Higgs Mass Calculation Initiative ” (KUTS) was launched in 2014…
Electroweak Phase Transition with Spontaneous $Z_2$-Breaking
OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 2022-05-27 · 65 citations
articleOpen access1st authorCorrespondingThis work investigates a simple, representative extension of the Standard Model with a real scalar singlet and spontaneous $Z_2$ breaking, which allows for a strongly first-order phase transition, as required by electroweak baryogenesis. We perform analytical and numerical calculations that systematically include one-loop thermal effects, Coleman-Weinberg corrections, and daisy resummation, as well as evaluation of bubble nucleation. We study the rich thermal history and identify the conditions…
Frequent coauthors
- 299 shared
Carlos E. M. Wagner
- 48 shared
Nausheen R. Shah
- 40 shared
George F. Smoot
- 39 shared
S. Heinemeyer
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
- 33 shared
Yingying Li
Peng Huanwu Center for Fundamental Theory
- 33 shared
M. Quirós
Institute for High Energy Physics
- 32 shared
Stefania Gori
- 30 shared
Patrick Draper
Awards & honors
- 2022 DOE Distinguished Scientist
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