▾ Career
- Postdoc (Helmholz Alliance 'Physics at the Terascale' Fellow) at Bonn University, Oct 2008-Sep 2011, in the research group of H. Dreiner
- Ph.D student at the IPPP, Durham University, UK, Sep 2004-Sep 2008, supervised by G. Weiglein
▾ Research Areas
- Particle Physics Phenomenology: in particular, Higgs and Beyond the Standard Model Physics
▾ Codes
- HiggsBounds: a quick and convenient way to compare Higgs sector predictions with exclusion bounds from LEP and the Tevatron.
- FeynHiggs: calculation of the masses, mixings and much more of the Higgs sector of the (real or complex) MSSM, including Higgs decays and production cross sections.
▾ Seminars and Conference Talks
- Higgs Mass Comparisons in the Complex MSSM, Fundamental Interactions Seminar, Freiburg, Germany 07/06/11
- HiggsBounds: New Developments, HDays 2010, Santander, Spain 15/10/10
- HiggsBounds: Using results from the Higgs searches at LEP and the Tevatron to constrain extensions to the Standard Model, SUSY10, Bonn, Germany 23/08/10
- HiggsBounds: Using results from the Higgs searches at LEP and the Tevatron to constrain extensions of the Standard Model, TOOLS 2010, Southampton, UK 30/06/10
- HiggsBounds: Using results from the Higgs searches at LEP and the Tevatron to constrain extensions to the Standard Model, Poster Session at the Mid-term Review of the Helmholtz Alliance "Physics at the Terascale", DESY, Hamburg, 01/12/09
- HiggsBounds: Confronting arbitrary Higgs sectors with exclusion bounds from LEP and the Tevatron, 3rd Annual Workshop of the Helmholtz Alliance 'Physics at the Terascale', DESY, Germany 11/11/09
- HiggsBounds - using results from the Higgs searches at LEP and the Tevatron to constrain extensions to the Standard Model, 1st Bethe Center Workshop, Bad Honnef, Germany, 09/10/09
- CP-violating Loop Effects in the Higgs Sector of the MSSM, Theory Seminar, Max Planck Institute of Physics, Munich, 25/05/09
- HiggsBounds: Confronting Arbitrary Higgs Sectors with Exclusion Bounds from LEP and the Tevatron, Moriond QCD and High Energy Interactions, La Thuile, Italy 15/03/09
- CP-violating Loop Effects in the Higgs Sector of the MSSM, 2nd Annual Workshop of the Helmholtz Alliance 'Physics at the Terascale', Aachen, Germany 27/11/08
- CP-violating Loop Effects in the Higgs Sector of the MSSM, HEP Theory Seminar, Aachen, Germany 13/11/08
- CP-violating Loop Effects in the Higgs Sector of the MSSM, Theory Seminar, Bonn, Germany 05/05/08
- CP-violating Loop Effects in the Higgs Sector of the MSSM, open presentation to the IPPP Steering Committee, Durham, UK 14/12/07
- Higgs boson decays in the Complex MSSM, SUSY07, Karsruhe, Germany 27/07/07
- H2->H1+H1 decays in the Complex MSSM, IOP Particle Physics 2006, Warwick, UK 12/04/06
- Group Seminar & Student Seminar, IPPP, Durham, UK 03/03/06 & 03/05/06
▾ Publications
- Higher order corrections to Higgs boson decays in the MSSM with complex parameters, Karina E. Williams, Heidi Rzehak, Georg Weiglein, accepted for publication in European Physical Journal C, arXiv:1103.1335
- HiggsBounds 2.0.0: Confronting Neutral and Charged Higgs Sector Predictions with Exclusion Bounds from LEP and the Tevatron, P. Bechtle, O. Brein, S. Heinemeyer, G. Weiglein, K.E. Williams, submitted to Computer Physics Communications, Feb 2011, arXiv:1102.1898
- Introducing HiggsBounds 2.0.0, P. Bechtle, O. Brein, S. Heinemeyer, G. Weiglein, K.E. Williams, proceedings for CHARGED2010, Sep 2010, arXiv:1012.5170
- New HiggsBounds from LEP and the Tevatron, P. Bechtle, O. Brein, S. Heinemeyer, G. Weiglein, K. Williams, proceedings for SUSY09, Sep 2009, arXiv:0909.4664
- HiggsBounds: Confronting arbitrary Higgs sectors with exclusion bounds from LEP and the Tevatron, P. Bechtle, O. Brein, S. Heinemeyer, G. Weiglein, K.E. Williams, proceedings for Moriond QCD 2009, May 2009, arXiv:0905.2190
- HiggsBounds: Confronting arbitrary Higgs sectors with exclusion bounds from LEP and the Tevatron, P. Bechtle, O. Brein, S. Heinemeyer, G. Weiglein, K.E. Williams, Nov 2008, Comput.Phys.Commun.181:138-167,2010, arXiv:0811.4169
- CP-violating Loop Effects in the Higgs Sector of the MSSM, T. Hahn, S. Heinemeyer, W. Hollik, H. Rzehak, G. Weiglein, K.E. Williams, proceedings for LCWS/ILC 2007, Nov 2007, hep-ph/0711.2020
- Higgs boson decays in the Complex MSSM, K.E. Williams, G. Weiglein, proceedings for SUSY07, Oct 2007, hep-ph/0710.5331
- Precise predictions for h_a --> h_b h_c decays in the complex MSSM, K.E. Williams, G. Weiglein, Oct 2007, Phys.Lett.B660:217-227,2008, hep-ph/0710.5320
- Higher-Order Corrected Higgs Bosons in FeynHiggs 2.5, T. Hahn, S. Heinemeyer, W. Hollik, H. Rzehak, G. Weiglein, K. Williams, Pramana 69:861-870,2007, proceedings for LCWS06, Nov 2006, hep-ph/0611373
- CP Studies and Non-Standard Higgs Physics, E. Accomando et al., CERN Yellow Report, CERN-2006-009, Aug 2006, hep-ph/0608079
PhD Thesis:
- The Higgs Sector of the Complex Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, Karina E. Williams, Sep 2008. For a summary, see the preface (non-technical) or abstract (technical).
For a wider audience - science/environment:
- Mini monsters, 1st prize, Royal Astronomical Society Science Writing Competition. A slightly edited version was subsequently published in Astronomy & Geophysics 47 (3), 3.36-3.37 (2006).
- Durham Physics Funding Cuts, Palatinate, issue 694, p2, 25/02/08
- The lost two and a half, Durham21, 09/02/08
- Observations column, Interactions (member newspaper of the IOP), Nov 2007
- Splitting the God from the particle, Durham21, 20/08/07
- Durham gets a 2:2, Durham21, 13/06/07
- Peat - increasing the heat?, Durham21, 24/05/07
- Rubbish Mountain on Palace Green, Durham21, 29/04/07
- A Small Story, Durham21, 19/03/06
- A Cube of Creation, Durham21, 09/10/05
- Tales from Dublin, Durham University Journal of Student Writing (D.I.S.S.E.N.T.), issue #6 (Epiphany term 2006), pp19-20
- Book reviews in Nexus News (student newsletter of the IOP), March 2003 & October 2002 issues
Miscellaneous:
- Durham and the Chained-Up Chancellor, Durham21, 05/07/07
▾ Outreach
- Teilchenphysikshow, a particle physics show for the general public, troupe member, CERN, Geneva (in french) 21/09/10, 22/09/10, Bonn, Germany (in german) 08/12/10, 11/12/10
- Junior Cafe Scientifique, speaker 2006-8
- Big Bang exhibition at the Centre for Life, volunteer, 20/02/08
- CERN art @ the Ogden, participant, 24/01/08
- visit to CERN with EDAN artists, 25/09/07-27/09/07
- Physics in the Field, Newcastle Mela, volunteer, 27/07/07
- The Bluffer's Guide to Particle Physics and the LHC, a talk at Trevelyan College as part of the first Trevs MCR Academic Seminar, 07/07/07
- Life as a Particle Physicist, a talk at Belvoir High School, Nottinghamshire, 21/05/07
- Durham University Masterclass Study Support Programme, particle physics session, 2005,2006,2007
- Durham University Particle Physics Masterclass, volunteer, 2005,2006,2007,2008
- NAGTY Summer School, particle physics session, 2006,2007
- ScienceLive@NETPark 2006, volunteer, 18/07/06
- Researcher in Residence (with Communicator's Award) at Tudhoe Grange School, Spennymoor, 2005-06
- Perspectives finalist, BA Festival of Science 2005
My 'contribution' to the CERN art @ the Ogden Exhibition