Dr Benjamin Roberts
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Mathematics and Physics
Physics Annexe (06), Room 427
Journal Articles
Dzuba, V. A., Flambaum, V. V. and Roberts, B. M. (2019) Calculations of the atomic structure for the low-lying states of actinium. Physical Review A, 100 2: . doi:10.1103/physreva.100.022504
Roberts, B. M., Blewitt, G., Dailey, C. and Derevianko, A. (2018) Search for transient ultralight dark matter signatures with networks of precision measurement devices using a Bayesian statistics method. Physical Review D, 97 8: . doi:10.1103/physrevd.97.083009
Roberts, Benjamin M., Blewitt, Geoffrey, Dailey, Conner, Murphy, Mac, Pospelov, Maxim, Rollings, Alex, Sherman, Jeff, Williams, Wyatt and Derevianko, Andrei (2017) Search for domain wall dark matter with atomic clocks on board global positioning system satellites. Nature Communications, 8 1: . doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01440-4
Roberts, B. M., Flambaum, V. V. and Gribakin, G. F. (2016) Comment on "Ionization of Atoms by Slow Heavy Particles, Including Dark Matter" Reply. Physical Review Letters, 117 8: . doi:10.1103/physrevlett.117.089302
Roberts, B. M., Dzuba, V. A., Flambaum, V. V., Pospelov, M. and Stadnik, Y. V. (2016) Dark matter scattering on electrons: Accurate calculations of atomic excitations and implications for the DAMA signal. Physical Review D, 93 11: . doi:10.1103/physrevd.93.115037
Roberts, B. M., Flambaum, V. V. and Gribakin, G. F. (2016) Ionization of Atoms by Slow Heavy Particles, Including Dark Matter. Physical Review Letters, 116 2: . doi:10.1103/physrevlett.116.023201
Roberts, B. M., Dzuba, V. A. and Flambaum, V. V. (2015) Parity and Time-Reversal Violation in Atomic Systems. Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science, Vol 65, 65 63-86. doi:10.1146/annurev-nucl-102014-022331
Roberts, B. M., Stadnik, Y. V., Dzuba, V. A., Flambaum, V. V., Leefer, N. and Budker, D. (2014) Parity-violating interactions of cosmic fields with atoms, molecules, and nuclei: Concepts and calculations for laboratory searches and extracting limits. Physical Review D, 90 9: . doi:10.1103/physrevd.90.096005
Stadnik, Y. V., Roberts, B. M. and Flambaum, V. V. (2014) Tests of CPT and Lorentz symmetry from muon anomalous magnetic dipole moment. Physical Review D, 90 4: . doi:10.1103/physrevd.90.045035
Roberts, B. M., Stadnik, Y. V., Dzuba, V. A., Flambaum, V. V., Leefer, N. and Budker, D (2014) Limiting P-odd interactions of cosmic fields with electrons, protons, and neutrons. Physical Review Letters, 113 8: 081601. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.113.081601
Roberts, B. M., Dzuba, V. A. and Flambaum, V. V. (2014) Strongly enhanced atomic parity violation due to close levels of opposite parity. Physical Review A, 89 4: . doi:10.1103/physreva.89.042509
Roberts, B. M., Dzuba, V. A. and Flambaum, V. V. (2014) Nuclear-spin-dependent parity nonconservation in s-d5/2 and s-d3/2 transitions. Physical Review A, 89 1: . doi:10.1103/physreva.89.012502
Roberts, B. M., Dzuba, V. A. and Flambaum, V. V. (2013) Double-core-polarization contribution to atomic parity-nonconservation and electric-dipole-moment calculations. Physical Review A, 88 4: . doi:10.1103/physreva.88.042507
Roberts, B. M., Dzuba, V. A. and Flambaum, V. (2013) Parity nonconservation in Fr-like actinide and Cs-like rare-earth-metal ions. Physical Review A, 88 1: . doi:10.1103/physreva.88.012510
Roberts, B. M., Dzuba, V. A. and Flambaum, V. V. (2013) Quantum electrodynamics corrections to energies, transition amplitudes, and parity nonconservation in Rb, Cs, Ba+, Tl, Fr, and Ra+. Physical Review A, 87 5: . doi:10.1103/physreva.87.054502
Dzuba, V. A., Flambaum, V. V. and Roberts, B. (2012) Calculation of the parity-violating 5s-6s E1 amplitude in the rubidium atom. Physical Review A, 86 6: . doi:10.1103/physreva.86.062512
Dzuba, V. A., Berengut, J. C., Flambaum, V. V. and Roberts, B. (2012) Revisiting Parity Nonconservation in Cesium. Physical Review Letters, 109 20: . doi:10.1103/physrevlett.109.203003
Conference Papers
Flambaum, V. V., Dzuba, V. A., Pospelov, M., Derevianko, A. and Roberts, B. (2015). Atomic ionization by dark matter particles. In: C. Diaz, I. Rabadan, G. Garcia, L. Mendez and F. Martin, 29th International Conference on Photonic, Electronic, and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC), Toledo, Spain, (). 22-28 July 2015. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/635/2/022012
Roberts, B. M., Stadnik, Y. V., Dzuba, V. A., Flambaum, V. V., Leefer, N. and Budker, D. (2015). New atomic methods for dark matter detection. In: XXIX International Conference on Photonic, Electronic, and Atomic Collisions, ICPEAC 2015 - Heavy Particle - Atom and Ion. 29th International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions, ICPEAC 2015, Toledo, Spain, (). 22-28 July 2015. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/635/2/022033