Brent D. Nelson

Contact Information

Mailing Address :
Department of Physics
Northeastern University
110 Forsyth Street
Boston, MA 02115

Campus Office :
225 Dana Research Center

Campus Phone : (617) 373-2956

E-mail Address :
b.nelson.AT.neu.edu

Courses for Fall 2007

Previous Papers
• Mary K. Gaillard, Brent D. Nelson and Yi-Yen Wu, Gaugino Masses in Modular Invariant Supergravity
Physics Letters, B459 (1999) 549. (hep-th/9905122)
• Mary K. Gaillard and Brent D. Nelson, Constraints on Hidden Sector Gaugino Condensation
Nuclear Physics, B571 (2000) 3. (hep-ph/9909563)
• Mary K. Gaillard and Brent D. Nelson, Quantum-Induced Soft Supersymmetry Breaking in Supergravity
Nuclear Physics, B588 (2000) 197. (hep-th/0004170)
• Pierre Binetruy, Mary K. Gaillard and Brent D. Nelson, One Loop Soft Supersymmetry Breaking Terms in Superstring Effective Theories
Nuclear Physics, B604 (2001) 32. (hep-ph/0011081)
• Andreas Birkedal-Hansen and Brent D. Nelson, The Role of W-ino Content in Neutralino Dark Matter
Physical Review, D64 (2001) 015008. (hep-ph/0102075)
• G. L. Kane, J. Lykken, B. D. Nelson, L. Wang and T. T. Wang, Re-examination of Electroweak Symmetry Breaking in Supersymmetry and Implications for Light Superpartners
Physics Letters, B551 (2003) 146. (hep-ph/0207168)
• G. L. Kane, J. Lykken, S. Mrenna, B. D. Nelson, L. Wang and T. T. Wang, Theory-Motivated Benchmark Models and Superpartners at the Tevatron
Physical Review, D67 (2003) 045008. (hep-ph/0209061)
• Andreas Birkedal-Hansen and Brent D. Nelson, Relic Neutralino Densities and Detection Rates with Nonuniversal Gaugino Masses
Physical Review, D67 (2003) 095006. (hep-ph/0211071)
• Joel Giedt and Brent D. Nelson, Instanton Effects and Linear-Chiral Duality
JHEP, 05 (2004) 069. (hep-th/0307224)
• P. Binetruy, A. Birkedal-Hansen, Y. Mambrini and B. D. Nelson, Phenomenological Aspects of Heterotic Orbifold Models at One Loop
European Journal of Physics, C47 (2006) 481. (hep-ph/0308047)
• P. Binetruy, G. L. Kane, B. D. Nelson, L. Wang and T. T. Wang, Relating Incomplete Data to Incomplete Theory
Physical Review, D70 (2004) 095006. (hep-ph/0312248)
• G. L. Kane, B. D. Nelson, L. Wang and T. T. Wang, Theoretical Implications of the LEP Higgs Search
Physical Review, D71 (2005) 035006. (hep-ph/0407001)
• J. Giedt, G. L. Kane, P. Langacker and B. D. Nelson, Massive Neutrinos and Heterotic String Theory
Physical Review, D71 (2005) 115013. (hep-th/0502032)
• P. Langacker and B. D. Nelson, String-Inspired Triplet See-Saw from Diagonal Embedding of SU(2)_L in SU(2)_A x SU(2)_B
Physical Review, D72 (2005) 053013. (hep-ph/0507063)
• P. Binetruy, G. L. Kane, J. Lykken and B. D. Nelson, Twenty-Five Questions for String Theorists
Journal of Physics, G32 (2006) 129. (hep-th/0509157)
• J. Gray, Y.-H. He, V. Jejjala and B. D. Nelson, The Geometry of Particle Physics
Physics Letters, B638 (2006) 253. (hep-th/0511062)
• Mary K. Gaillard and Brent D. Nelson, On Quadratic Divergences in Supergravity, Vacuum Energy and the Supersymmetric Flavor Problem
Nuclear Physics B751 (2006) 75. (hep-ph/0511234)
• J. Gray, Y.-H. He, V. Jejjala and B. D. Nelson, Exploring the Vacuum Geometry of N=1 Gauge Theories
Nuclear Physics, B750 (2006) 1. (hep-th/0604208)
• Mary K. Gaillard and B. D. Nelson, Kahler Stabilized, Modular Invariant Heterotic String Models
International Journal of Modern Physics, A22 (2007) 1451. (hep-th/0703227)
• Junhai Kang, Paul Langacker and B. D. Nelson, Theory and Phenomenology of Exotic Isosinglet Quarks and Squarks
Physical Review, D77 (2008) 035003. (hep-ph/0708.2701)
Selected Conference Talks
• Hidden Sector Gaugino Condensation and the Observable World: PASCOS 99
7th International Symposium on Particles, Strings and Cosmology, Lake Tahoe, California, December 10-16, 1999.

Proceedings: (hep-ph/0009277)

• Fine-Tuning, Dilaton Stabilization and Nonuniversal Gaugino Masses: SUSY 2002
10th International Conference on Supersymmetry and Unification of Fundamental Interactions DESY, Hamburg, Germany, June 17-23, 2002.

Transparencies: Postscript File

• Anomaly-Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking From a String Theory Perspective: String Pheno 2002
The First International Conference on String Phenomenology, Oxford, United Kingdom, July 6-11, 2002.

Proceedings: (hep-ph/0211087)

Trasnparencies: Postscript File

• Experimental Signatures of Kahler Stabilization of the Dilaton: Sugra20
International Conference: 20 Years of Supergravity, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, March 17-20, 2003.

Proceedings: (hep-ph/0307255)

Transparencies: Postscript File

• What Do LEP Higgs Results Tell Us About String-Based Models?: SUSY 2003
11th Annual International Conference On Supersymmetry And The Unification Of Fundamental Interactions, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, June 5-10, 2003.

Transparencies: Postscript File

• What Does LHC Data Have to Do with String Phenomenology?: String Pheno 2004
Third International Conference on String Phenomenoloy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 1-6, 2004.

Transparencies: PDF File

• The Search for Neutrino Masses in Heterotic String Models: Fields/Perimeter Thematic Program on String Theory
Workshop on String Phenomenoloy, Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, March 28 - April 1, 2005.

Transparencies: PDF File

• Identifying the Geometry of the MSSM: String Pheno 2006
Fifth International Conference on String Phenomenoloy, KITP, UC Santa Barbara, August 28 - September 1, 2006.

Transparencies: PDF File

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