Ariel Rock
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
Ariel Rock researches theoretical particle physics. He recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Jockey Club Institute of Advanced Study in Hong Kong, where his work investigated the potential of future particle collider experiments in searching for new theories of physics. Before that, he received his Ph.D, in physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he researched the use of finite, non-Abelian group theory to aid in the construction of beyond the Standard Model theories of supersymmetry breaking and neutrino mixing.
Recent Courses Taught
Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
The Mechanical Universe (lab)
Selected Publications
- Yuexin Wang et al. Flavor Physics at the CEPC: a General Perspective. Chin. Phys. C, 10.1088/1674-1137/adf1f0, 2025
- Tsz Hong Kwok, Lingfeng Li, Tao Liu, and Ariel B. Rock. Searching for Heavy Neutral Leptons at a Future Muon Collider. Phys. Rev. D, 110:075009, 2024.
- Lisa L. Everett, Raymundo Ramos, Ariel B. Rock, and Alexander J. Stuart. Predictions for the Leptonic Dirac CP-Violating Phase. Int. J. Mod. Phys. A, 36(30):2150228, 2021.
- Lisa L. Everett, Todd S. Garon, and Ariel B. Rock. Generating the Cabibbo Angle in Flavored Gauge Mediation Models with Discrete Non-Abelian Symmetries. Phys. Rev. D, 101(11):115003, 2020.
- Lisa L. Everett, Todd S. Garon, and Ariel B. Rock. Sizable Stop Mixing in Flavored Gauge Mediation Models with Discrete Non-Abelian Symmetries. Phys. Rev. D, 100(1):015039, 2019.
- D.A. Schaffner, M.R. Brown, and A.B. Rock. Possible signatures of dissipation from time-series analysis techniques using a turbulent laboratory magnetohydrodynamic plasma. Physics of Plasmas, 23(5):055709, 2016.
Appointed to the Faculty
2025Educational Background
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A., Swarthmore College
