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Faculty of Mathematics

 

Career

  • 2022-date: Professor of Theoretical Particle Physics and Phenomenology, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
  • 2020-date: PI of ERC Starting Grant "Physics Beyond the Standard Proton"
  • 2017-date: Sheila Edmonds Lecturer in Mathematics, Newnham College, Cambridge
  • 2017-2022: University Lecturer, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
  • 2016-2023: Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow
  • 2014-2017: Senior Research Fellow, Magdalene College, Cambridge
  • 2014-2016: Postdoc, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge
  • 2013-2014: Postdoc, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
  • 2010-2013: Postdoc, RWTH Aachen, Germany

Research 

Maria Ubiali is a member of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics High Energy Physics research group and The Cambridge SUSY Working Group based at the Cavendish Laboratory.

Maria is a particle phenomenologist. Her main research interests include Quantum Chromo Dynamics and Beyond Standard Model phenomenology, the precise determination of the structure of the proton using machine learning techniques and processes involving heavy particles.

Selected Publications

  • “Hide and seek: how PDFs can conceal New Physics”
     E. Hammou, Z. Kassabov, M. Madigan, L. Mantani, M. Mangano, J. Moore, M. Morales Alvarado, M.Ubiali
    JHEP 11 (2023) 090 arXiv
  • “On the coupling of axion-like particles to the top quark”
    F. Esser, M.Madigan, V. Sanz, M. Ubiali
    JHEP 09 (2023) 063 arXiv
  • “The top quark legacy of the LHC Run II for PDF and SMEFT analyses”
    (Z. Kassabov, M. Madigan, L. Mantani, J. Moore, Manuel Morales Alvarado, Juan Rojo, M.Ubiali
    JHEP 05 (2023) 205 arXiv
  • “Resummation effects in the bottom-quark fragmentation function”
    F. Maltoni, G. Ridolfi, M. Ubiali, M. Zaro
    JHEP 10 (2022) 027 arXiv
  • "Parton distributions with scale uncertainties: a MonteCarlo sampling approach"
    (Z. Kassabov, M.Ubiali, C. Voisey
    JHEP03(2023)148 arXiv
  • “The dark side of the proton”
    M. McCullogh, J. Moore, M. Ubiali
    JHEP 08 (2022) 019 arXiv
  • “A new generation of simultaneous fits to LHC data using deep learning”
    S. Iranipour, M. Ubiali
    JHEP 05 (2022) 032 arXiv
  • ”The Path to Proton Structure at One-Percent Accuracy”
    R. D. Ball, S. Carrazza, J. Cruz-Martinez, L. Del Debbio, S. Forte, T. Giani, S. Iranipour, Z. Kassabov, J. I. Latorre, E. R. Nocera, R. L. Pearson, J. Rojo, C. Schwan, R. Stegeman, M. Ubiali, C. Voisey,  M. Wilson
    Eur.Phys.J.C 82 (2022) 5, 428  arXiv
  • “An open-source machine learning framework for global analyses of parton distributions”
    R. D. Ball, S. Carrazza, J. Cruz-Martinez, L. Del Debbio, S. Forte, T. Giani, S. Iranipour, Z. Kassabov, J. I. Latorre, E. R. Nocera, R. L. Pearson, J. Rojo, C. Schwan, R. Stegeman, M. Ubiali, C. Voisey,  M. Wilson
    The European Physical Journal C 81, Article number: 958 (2021) arXiv
  • “Parton distributions in the SMEFT from high energy Drell-Yan tails”
     A. Greljo, S. Iranipour, Z. Kassabov, M. Madigan, J. Moore, J. Rojo, M. Ubiali, C. Voisey
    JHEP 07 (2021) 122 arXiv
  • “The strangest proton?”
    F. Faura, S. Iranipour, E. Nocera, J. Rojo, M. Ubiali
    Eur.Phys.J.C 80 (2020) 12  arXiv
  • “Single top in PDF fits”
    E. Nocera, M. Ubiali, C. Voisey
    JHEP 05 (2020) 067 arXiv
  • “A fragmentation-based study of heavy quark production”
    G. Ridolfi, M. Ubiali, M. Zaro
    arXiv: 1911.09075 - JHEP 01 (2020) 196 arXiv
  • “Parton Distributions with Theory Uncertainties: General Formalism and First Phenomenological Studies”
    R. Abdul Khalek, R. D. Ball, S. Carrazza, S. Forte, T. Giani, Z. Kassabov, E. R. Nocera, R. L. Pearson, J. Rojo, L. Rottoli, M. Ubiali, C. Voisey,  M. Wilson
    Eur. Phys. J. C79 (2019) no.11, 931 arXiv
  • “Can New Physics hide inside the proton?”
    S. Carrazza, C. Degrande, S. Iranipour, J. Rojo, M. Ubiali
    Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol. 123, No. 13 Pg. 2001 arXiv

Publications

Combined PDF and strong coupling uncertainties at the LHC with NNPDF2.0
M Ubiali, RD Ball, LD Debbio, S Forte, A Guffanti, JI Latorre, J Rojo
– Proceedings of the 45th Rencontres De Moriond 2010 Qcd and High Energy Interactions
(2010)
291
Precision determination of electroweak parameters and the strange content of the proton from neutrino deep-inelastic scattering
N Collaboration, RD Ball, L Del Debbio, S Forte, A Guffanti, JI Latorre, A Piccione, J Rojo, M Ubiali
– Nuclear Physics B
(2009)
823,
195
Parton distributions with LHC data
N Collaboration, RD Ball, V Bertone, S Carrazza, CS Deans, L Del Debbio, S Forte, A Guffanti, NP Hartland, JI Latorre, J Rojo, M Ubiali
– Nuclear Physics B
(2009)
867,
189
Proceedings of the workshop: HERA and the LHC workshop series on the implications of HERA for LHC physics
H Jung, AD Roeck, ZJ Ajaltouni, S Albino, G Altarelli, F Ambroglini, J Anderson, G Antchev, M Arneodo, P Aspell, V Avati, M Bahr, A Bacchetta, MG Bagliesi, RD Ball, A Banfi, S Baranov, P Bartalini, J Bartels, F Bechtel, V Berardi, M Berretti, G Beuf, M Biasini, I Bierenbaum et al.
– Proceedings, HERA and the LHC Workshop Series on the implications of HERA for LHC physics: 2006-2008
(2009)
A determination of parton distributions with faithful uncertainty estimation
N Collaboration, RD Ball, L Del Debbio, S Forte, A Guffanti, JI Latorre, A Piccione, J Rojo, M Ubiali
– Nuclear Physics B
(2009)
809,
1
The NNPDF1.2 parton set: Implications for the LHC
J Rojo, M Ubiali, A Guffanti
– Proceedings of the XVII International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Topics
(2009)
NNPDF1.0 parton set for the LHC
M Ubiali
– Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings
(2009)
186,
62
The NNPDF1.2 parton set: Implications for the LHC
J Rojo, M Ubiali, A Guffanti
– DIS 2009 Proceedings of the 17th International Workshop on Deep Inelastic Scattering and Related Topics
(2009)
Benchmarking of parton distributions and their uncertainties
RD Ball, L Del Debbio, J Feltesse, S Forte, A Glazov, A Guffanti, JI Latorre, A Piccione, V Radescu, J Rojo, RS Thorne, M Ubiali, G Watt
– Proceedings of the Workshop Hera and the Lhc Workshop Series on the Implications of Hera for Lhc Physics Hera Lhc 2006 2008
(2009)
53
Recent progress on nnpdf for LHC
M Ubiali, RD Ball, L Del Debbio, S Forte, A Guffanti, JI Latorre, A Piccione, J Rojo
– DIS 2008 Proceedings of the 16th International Workshop on Deep Inelastic Scattering and Related Topics
(2008)
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Research Group

High Energy Physics

Room

B1.16

Telephone

01223 766870