Professor Malcolm Fairbairn
Professor
Research interests
- Physics
Biography
Research
My research lies at the boundary between cosmology, particle physics and astrophysics. In particular I am interested in dark matter, dark energy, cosmological inflation and particle astrophysics. I have been awarded an ERC consolidator grant running from 2015-2020 to study dark matter and particle physics in the early Universe.
Research
Theoretical Particle Physics & Cosmology
The research focus of the TPPC Group is on tests of new models of particle physics beyond the Standard Model, including supersymmetry, large extra dimensions and strings.
News
“When theorists ask something you don't know, try something new” - Nobel laureate inspires at annual Higgs Lecture
Professor David Gross was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2004 for seminal contributions to theoretical and particle physics
Meet the submariner: lockdown tips from a King's Physics alumnus
Professor Malcolm Fairbairn interviews former Physics undergraduate Chris Tuckley, now a submariner with the Royal Navy, about life underwater, tips for...
DARK MATTER: Imagining the unseen and questioning the invisible
'DARK MATTER: 95% of the Universe is Missing' now open at Science Gallery London
Changing the way we search for Dark Matter
You may have heard that 95% of the universe is missing. It’s not truly missing but it is currently not directly detectable. This is what is known as dark...
Spotlight
Dark matter inspires artists
An exhibition on Dark Matter inspires artists
Research
Theoretical Particle Physics & Cosmology
The research focus of the TPPC Group is on tests of new models of particle physics beyond the Standard Model, including supersymmetry, large extra dimensions and strings.
News
“When theorists ask something you don't know, try something new” - Nobel laureate inspires at annual Higgs Lecture
Professor David Gross was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2004 for seminal contributions to theoretical and particle physics
Meet the submariner: lockdown tips from a King's Physics alumnus
Professor Malcolm Fairbairn interviews former Physics undergraduate Chris Tuckley, now a submariner with the Royal Navy, about life underwater, tips for...
DARK MATTER: Imagining the unseen and questioning the invisible
'DARK MATTER: 95% of the Universe is Missing' now open at Science Gallery London
Changing the way we search for Dark Matter
You may have heard that 95% of the universe is missing. It’s not truly missing but it is currently not directly detectable. This is what is known as dark...
Spotlight
Dark matter inspires artists
An exhibition on Dark Matter inspires artists