Adrian Thompson

Education

• Ph.D. Physics, Texas A&M University, 2023
  Advisor: Dr. Bhaskar Dutta
  
• B.S. Physics & B.A. Mathematics, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2015
  Advisor: Dr. Jason Nielsen
  

Research Appointments

• Neutrino Theory Network Fellow, University of California, Irvine, 2026 – present
  
• Postdoctoral Scholar, Northwestern University, 2023 – 2026
  
• Graduate Student Researcher, Texas A&M University, 2017 – 2023
  

Primary Contributions

1. T. Cheng, M. Hostert, P. A. N. Machado, N. Mishra, A. T. “Standard Candles for Supernova Neutrino Detection at DUNE.” arXiv:2606.18337
2. B. Dutta, D. Goswami, A. Karthikeyan, V. Pandey, Z. Tabrizi, A. T., R. G. Van de Water “Prying Open the Dark Sector Window with SBND Off-Target Mode.” arXiv:2603.25818
3. M. Hostert, M. Pospelov, A. T. “Kaon decay constraints on vector bosons coupled to nonconserved currents.” Phys. Rev. D 113 (2026) 11, 115003. arXiv:2602.19479
4. J. Gehrlein, A. Thapa, A. T. “Enhanced active-sterile neutrino polarizability at the intensity frontier.” Phys. Rev. D 113 (2026) 11, 115062. arXiv:2512.07691
5. V. Brdar, B. Dutta, W. Jang, D. Kim, I. M. Shoemaker, Z. Tabrizi, A. T., J. Yu “Finding BSM Needles in Electromagnetic Haystacks at DUNE.” Phys. Rev. D 113 (2026) 3, 035023. arXiv:2507.21228 Axions
6. A. de Gouvêa, A. T. “Electroweak Observables in Neutrino-Electron Scattering from a Muon Storage Ring.” JHEP 12 (2025) 098. arXiv:2505.00152 Muon Colliders Neutrinos
7. F. Capozzi, B. Dutta, G. Gurung, W. Jang, I. M. Shoemaker, A. T., J. Yu “Enhancing the Sensitivity to Seesaw Predictions in Gauged B-L Scenarios.” Phys. Rev. D 111 (2025) 5, 055036. arXiv:2410.08981 Heavy Neutral Leptons
8. R. Allahverdi, A. T., M. Zakeri “Insights from binary pulsars and laboratories into baryon number violation: Implications for GeV dark matter.” Phys. Rev. D 110 (2024) 11, 115010. arXiv:2409.08178 B Violation
9. B. Dutta, S. Ghosh, K. J. Kelly, T. Li, A. T., A. Verma “Non-standard neutrino interactions mediated by a light scalar at DUNE.” JHEP 07 (2024) 213. arXiv:2401.02107 Neutrino NSI
10. B. Dutta, J. B. Dent, A. T. “Bragg-Primakoff Axion Photoconversion in Crystal Detectors.” JHEP 02 (2024) 190. arXiv:2307.04861 Axions
11. F. Capozzi, B. Dutta, G. Gurung, W. Jang, I. M. Shoemaker, A. T., J. Yu “New Constraints on ALP Electron and Photon Couplings from ArgoNeuT and the MiniBooNE Beam Dump.” Phys. Rev. D 108 (2023) 075019. arXiv:2307.03878 Axions
12. B. Dutta, S. Ghosh, T. Li, A. T., A. Verma “Non-standard neutrino interactions in light mediator models at reactor experiments.” JHEP 03 (2023) 163. arXiv:2209.13566 Neutrino NSI
13. L. Waites, A. T., A. Bungau, J. M. Conrad, B. Dutta, W-C. Huang, D. Kim, M. Shaevitz, J. Spitz “Axion-Like Particle Production at Beam Dump Experiments with Distinct Nuclear Excitation Lines.” Phys. Rev. D 107 (2023) 9, 095010. arXiv:2207.13659 Axions
14. A. Bhattarai, V. Brdar, B. Dutta, W. Jang, D. Kim, I. M. Shoemaker, Z. Tabrizi, A. T., J. Yu “Probing new physics at DUNE operating in a beam-dump mode.” Phys. Rev. D 107 (2023) 5, 055043. arXiv:2206.06380 Axions
15. J. Alonso et al. “Neutrino physics opportunities with the IsoDAR source at Yemilab.” Phys. Rev. D 105 (2022) 5, 052009. arXiv:2111.09480
16. B. Dutta, D. Kim, A. T., R. T. Thornton, R. Van de Water “Solutions to the MiniBooNE Anomaly from New Physics in Charged Meson Decays.” Phys. Rev. Lett. 129 (2022) 11, 111803. arXiv:2110.11944
17. F. Capozzi, B. Dutta, G. Gurung, W. Jang, A. T., J. Yu, I. M. Shoemaker “Extending the Reach of Leptophilic Boson Searches at DUNE and MiniBooNE with Bremsstrahlung and Resonant Production.” Phys. Rev. D 104 (2021) 11, 115010. arXiv:2108.03262
18. J. B. Dent, B. Dutta, A. Jastram, D. Kim, A. Kubik, R. Mahapatra, S. Rajendran, H. Ramani, A. T., S. Verma “Pathfinder for a High Statistics Search for Missing Energy in Gamma Cascades.” Phys. Rev. D 105 (2022) 1, 115030. arXiv:2105.07007
19. V. Brdar, B. Dutta, W. Jang, D. Kim, I. M. Shoemaker, Z. Tabrizi, A. T., J. Yu “Axion-like Particles at Future Neutrino Experiments: Closing the Cosmological Triangle.” Phys. Rev. Lett. 126 (2021) 20, 201801. arXiv:2006.15118 Axions
20. J. B. Dent, B. Dutta, J. L. Newstead, A. T. “Inverse Primakoff Scattering as a Probe of Solar Axions at Liquid Xenon Direct Detection Experiments.” Phys. Rev. Lett. 125 (2020) 13, 131805. arXiv:2006.15118 Solar Axions
21. B. Dutta, D. Kim, S. Liao, J-C. Park, S. Shin, L. E. Strigari, A. T. “Searching for Dark Matter Signals in Timing Spectra at Neutrino Experiments.” JHEP 01 (2022) 144. arXiv:2006.09386 Dark Matter
22. B. Dutta, R. F. Lang, S. Liao, S. Sinha, L. E. Strigari, A. T. “A global analysis strategy to resolve neutrino NSI degeneracies with scattering and oscillation data.” JHEP 09 (2020) 106. arXiv:2002.03066 Neutrino NSI
23. J. B. Dent, B. Dutta, D. Kim, S. Liao, R. Mahapatra, K. Sinha, A. T. “New Directions for Axion Searches via Scattering at Reactor Neutrino Experiments.” Phys. Rev. Lett. 124 (2020) 21, 211804. arXiv:1912.05733 Axions
24. M. Abdullah, M. Dalchenko, T. Kamon, D. Rathjens, A. T. “A heavy neutral gauge boson near the Z boson mass pole via third generation fermions at the LHC.” Phys. Lett. B 803 (2020) 135326. arXiv:1912.00102

CCM Collaboration

I led the analysis effort for the following Coherent CAPTAIN Mills (CCM) collaboration papers.

1. CCM Collaboration “Testing Meson Portal Dark Sector Solutions to the MiniBooNE Anomaly at CCM.” Phys. Rev. D 109 (2024) 9, 095017. arXiv:2309.02599
2. CCM Collaboration “Axion-Like Particles at Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills.” Phys. Rev. D 107 (2023) 095036. arXiv:2112.09979

Secondary Contributions

Advisory or non-leading author contributions.

1. B. Dutta, A. Karthikeyan, D. Kim, A. T., R. G. Van de Water “Photon Excess from Dark Matter and Neutrino Scattering at MiniBooNE and MicroBooNE.” In review for Phys. Rev. Lett. arXiv:2504.08071
2. S. Sahoo, S. Verma, M. Mirzakhani, N. Mishra, A. T., S. Maludze, R. Mahapatra, M. Platt “Reactor-based Search for Axion-Like Particles using CsI(Tl) Detector.” In review. arXiv:2407.14704
3. A. Kaur Kalsi, T. Kamon, S. Kim, J. S. H. Lee, D. Rathjens, Y. J. Roh, A. T., I. J. Watson “Probing bottom-associated production of a TeV scale scalar decaying to a top quark and dark matter at the LHC.” JHEP 09 (2024) 203. arXiv:2404.14844
4. M. Toups et al. “PIP2-BD: GeV Proton Beam Dump at Fermilab’s PIP-II Linac.” Snowmass 2022 contribution. arXiv:2203.08079
5. M. A. Acero et al. “White Paper on Light Sterile Neutrino Searches and Related Phenomenology.” NF02, Snowmass 2022. arXiv:2203.07323
6. M. Abdullah, M. Dalchenko, B. Dutta, R. Eusebi, P. Huang, T. Kamon, D. Rathjens, A. T. “Bottom-quark Fusion Processes at the LHC for Probing Z′ Models and B-meson Decay Anomalies.” Phys. Rev. D 97 (2018) 075035. arXiv:1707.07016

PhD Dissertation

1. A. T. “On Coherence in Bragg-Primakoff Axion Photoconversion.” Texas A&M University, 2023. arXiv:2309.01767