Ben Kain

Professor

Areas of Expertise

Theoretical particle physics and cosmology -- dark matter; numerical relativity. Theoretical atomic and molecular physics -- ultracold atoms. Bose-Einstein condensation; superfluidity.

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Biography

Ben Kain is a theoretical physicist and has done research in the areas of particle physics, cosmology, numerical relativity and cold atomic physics. His current research focuses on numerical solutions of wormholes and star like systems mixed with dark matter.

Selected Publications

* = undergraduate coauthor

*J. Cronin, *X. Zhang, and B. Kain, “Rotating dark matter admixed neutron stars,” Phys. Rev. D 108, 103016 (2023) [arXiv:2311.07714]. 

B. Kain, “Einstein-Dirac-Maxwell wormholes in quantum field theory,” Phys. Rev. D 108, 084010 (2023) [arXiv:2308.00049]. 

B. Kain, “Probing the connection between entangled particles and wormholes in general relativity,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 101001 (2023) [arXiv:2309.03314]. 

B. Kain, “Are Einstein-Dirac-Maxwell wormholes traversable?,” Phys. Rev. D 108, 044019 (2023) [arXiv:2305.11217]. 

B. Kain, “Einstein-Dirac system in semiclassical gravity,” Phys. Rev. D 107, 124001 (2023) [arXiv:2304.10627]. *K. Calhoun, *B. Fay, and B. Kain, “Matter traveling through a wormhole,” Phys. Rev. D 106, 104054 (2022) [arXiv:2210.04905].