Yonit Hochberg

 
Yonit Hochberg
Associate Professor
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel2022 – present
Senior Lecturer (Asst. Prof.)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel2017 – 2022
LHC Theory Initiative Fellowship
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY2016-2017
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of California – Berkeley, Berkeley, CA2013-2016
Education
Ph.D., Physics
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel2008-2013

– Advisors: Yossi Nir & Micha Berkooz

M.Sc., Physics
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel2005-2008

– Advisors: Yossi Nir & Micha Berkooz

B.Sc., Electrical Engineering
Technion, Haifa, Israel2001-2005
Teaching
Introduction to Particle Physics (77609)
Hebrew University2018 –
Elementary Particles II (77669)
Hebrew University2021
Publications

1) Determining Dark Matter-Electron Scattering Rates from the Dielectric Function.By Yonit Hochberg, Yonatan Kahn, Noah Kurinsky, Benjamin V. Lehmann, To Chin Yu, Karl K. Berggren.[arXiv:2101.08263 [hep-ph]].2) SiC Detectors for Sub-GeV Dark Matter.By Sinéad M. Griffin, Yonit Hochberg, Katherine Inzani, Noah Kurinsky, Tongyan Lin, To Chin Yu.[arXiv:2008.08560 [hep-ph]].3) Axion-like Relics: New Constraints from Old Comagnetometer Data.By Itay M. Bloch, Yonit Hochberg, Eric Kuflik, Tomer Volansky.[arXiv:1907.03767 [hep-ph]].10.1007/JHEP01(2020)167.JHEP 2001 (2020) 167.4) Detecting Sub-GeV Dark Matter with Superconducting Nanowires.By Yonit Hochberg, Ilya Charaev, Sae-Woo Nam, Varun Verma, Marco Colangelo, Karl K. Berggren.[arXiv:1903.05101 [hep-ph]].10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.151802.Phys.Rev.Lett. 123 (2019) no.15, 151802.5) Neutrino physics with the PTOLEMY project: active neutrino properties and the light sterile case.By PTOLEMY Collaboration (M.G. Betti et al.).[arXiv:1902.05508 [astro-ph.CO]].10.1088/1475-7516/2019/07/047.JCAP 1907 (2019) 047.6) Diamond Detectors for Direct Detection of Sub-GeV Dark Matter.By Noah Alexander Kurinsky, To Chin Yu, Yonit Hochberg, Blas Cabrera.[arXiv:1901.07569 [hep-ex]].10.1103/PhysRevD.99.123005.Phys.Rev. D99 (2019) no.12, 123005.7) Dark Matter in Very Supersymmetric Dark Sectors.By Avital Dery, Jeff A. Dror, Laurel Stephenson Haskins, Yonit Hochberg, Eric Kuflik.[arXiv:1901.02018 [hep-ph]].10.1103/PhysRevD.99.095023.Phys.Rev. D99 (2019) no.9, 095023.8) A design for an electromagnetic filter for precision energy measurements at the tritium endpoint.By M.G. Betti et al..[arXiv:1810.06703 [astro-ph.IM]].10.1016/j.ppnp.2019.02.004.Prog.Part.Nucl.Phys. 106 (2019) 120-131.9) Inflating to the Weak Scale.By Michael Geller, Yonit Hochberg, Eric Kuflik.[arXiv:1809.07338 [hep-ph]].10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.191802.Phys.Rev.Lett. 122 (2019) no.19, 191802.10) PTOLEMY: A Proposal for Thermal Relic Detection of Massive Neutrinos and Directional Detection of MeV Dark Matter.By PTOLEMY Collaboration (E. Baracchini et al.).[arXiv:1808.01892 [physics.ins-det]].11) Strongly interacting massive particles through the axion portal.By Yonit Hochberg, Eric Kuflik, Robert Mcgehee, Hitoshi Murayama, Katelin Schutz.[arXiv:1806.10139 [hep-ph]].10.1103/PhysRevD.98.115031.Phys.Rev. D98 (2018) no.11, 115031.12) Long-Lived Particles at the Energy Frontier: The MATHUSLA Physics Case.By David Curtin et al..[arXiv:1806.07396 [hep-ph]].10.1088/1361-6633/ab28d6.Rept.Prog.Phys. 82 (2019) no.11, 116201.13) Twin Higgs model with strongly interacting massive particle dark matter.By Yonit Hochberg, Eric Kuflik, Hitoshi Murayama.[arXiv:1805.09345 [hep-ph]].10.1103/PhysRevD.99.015005.Phys.Rev. D99 (2019) no.1, 015005.14) Detection of sub-MeV Dark Matter with Three-Dimensional Dirac Materials.By Yonit Hochberg et al..[arXiv:1708.08929 [hep-ph]].10.1103/PhysRevD.97.015004.Phys.Rev. D97 (2018) no.1, 015004.15) US Cosmic Visions: New Ideas in Dark Matter 2017: Community Report.By Marco Battaglieri et al..[arXiv:1707.04591 [hep-ph]].16) Vector SIMP dark matter.By Soo-Min Choi, Yonit Hochberg, Eric Kuflik, Hyun Min Lee, Yann Mambrini, Hitoshi Murayama, Mathias Pierre.[arXiv:1707.01434 [hep-ph]].10.1007/JHEP10(2017)162.JHEP 1710 (2017) 162.17) Dark spectroscopy at lepton colliders.By Yonit Hochberg, Eric Kuflik, Hitoshi Murayama.[arXiv:1706.05008 [hep-ph]].10.1103/PhysRevD.97.055030.Phys.Rev. D97 (2018) no.5, 055030.18) Dark Sectors 2016 Workshop: Community Report.By Jim Alexander et al..[arXiv:1608.08632 [hep-ph]].19) Absorption of light dark matter in semiconductors.By Yonit Hochberg, Tongyan Lin, Kathryn M. Zurek.[arXiv:1608.01994 [hep-ph]].10.1103/PhysRevD.95.023013.Phys.Rev. D95 (2017) no.2, 023013.20) Directional detection of dark matter with two-dimensional targets.By Yonit Hochberg, Yonatan Kahn, Mariangela Lisanti, Christopher G. Tully, Kathryn M. Zurek.[arXiv:1606.08849 [hep-ph]].10.1016/j.physletb.2017.06.051.Phys.Lett. B772 (2017) 239-246.21) Detecting Ultralight Bosonic Dark Matter via Absorption in Superconductors.By Yonit Hochberg, Tongyan Lin, Kathryn M. Zurek.[arXiv:1604.06800 [hep-ph]].10.1103/PhysRevD.94.015019.Phys.Rev. D94 (2016) no.1, 015019.22) SIMP Spectroscopy.By Yonit Hochberg, Eric Kuflik, Hitoshi Murayama.[arXiv:1512.07917 [hep-ph]].10.1007/JHEP05(2016)090.JHEP 1605 (2016) 090.23) Detecting Superlight Dark Matter with Fermi-Degenerate Materials.By Yonit Hochberg, Matt Pyle, Yue Zhao, Kathryn M. Zurek.[arXiv:1512.04533 [hep-ph]].10.1007/JHEP08(2016)057.JHEP 1608 (2016) 057.24) Superconducting Detectors for Superlight Dark Matter.By Yonit Hochberg, Yue Zhao, Kathryn M. Zurek.[arXiv:1504.07237 [hep-ph]].10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.011301.Phys.Rev.Lett. 116 (2016) no.1, 011301.25) Model for Thermal Relic Dark Matter of Strongly Interacting Massive Particles.By Yonit Hochberg, Eric Kuflik, Hitoshi Murayama, Tomer Volansky, Jay G. Wacker.[arXiv:1411.3727 [hep-ph]].10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.021301.Phys.Rev.Lett. 115 (2015) no.2, 021301.26) Displaced Vertices from X-ray Lines.By Adam Falkowski, Yonit Hochberg, Joshua T. Ruderman.[arXiv:1409.2872 [hep-ph]].10.1007/JHEP11(2014)140.JHEP 1411 (2014) 140.27) Mechanism for Thermal Relic Dark Matter of Strongly Interacting Massive Particles.By Yonit Hochberg, Eric Kuflik, Tomer Volansky, Jay G. Wacker.[arXiv:1402.5143 [hep-ph]].10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.171301.Phys.Rev.Lett. 113 (2014) 171301.28) Higgs couplings to fermions: 2HDM with MFV.By Avital Dery, Aielet Efrati, Gudrun Hiller, Yonit Hochberg, Yosef Nir.[arXiv:1304.6727 [hep-ph]].10.1007/JHEP08(2013)006.JHEP 1308 (2013) 006.29) A tale of two Higgs.By Aielet Efrati, Daniel Grossman, Yonit Hochberg.[arXiv:1302.7215 [hep-ph]].10.1007/JHEP09(2013)118.JHEP 1309 (2013) 118.30) What if $BR(htomumu)$ $BR(htotautau) not= m_mu^2/m_tau^2$?.By Avital Dery, Aielet Efrati, Yonit Hochberg, Yosef Nir.[arXiv:1302.3229 [hep-ph]].10.1007/JHEP05(2013)039.JHEP 1305 (2013) 039.31) Implications of LHCb measurements and future prospects.By LHCb Collaboration (R Aaij et al.).[arXiv:1208.3355 [hep-ex]].10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2373-2.Eur.Phys.J. C73 (2013) no.4, 2373.32) Predictions from Heavy New Physics Interpretation of the Top Forward-Backward Asymmetry.By Cedric Delaunay, Oram Gedalia, Yonit Hochberg, Yotam Soreq.[arXiv:1207.0740 [hep-ph]].10.1007/JHEP12(2012)053.JHEP 1212 (2012) 053.33) Supersymmetric $Delta A_{CP}$.By Gudrun Hiller, Yonit Hochberg, Yosef Nir.[arXiv:1204.1046 [hep-ph]].10.1103/PhysRevD.85.116008.Phys.Rev. D85 (2012) 116008.34) Relating direct CP violation in D decays and the forward-backward asymmetry in $tbar t$ production.By Yonit Hochberg, Yosef Nir.[arXiv:1112.5268 [hep-ph]].10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.261601.Phys.Rev.Lett. 108 (2012) 261601.35) Scalar-mediated $tbar t$ forward-backward asymmetry.By Kfir Blum, Yonit Hochberg, Yosef Nir.[arXiv:1107.4350 [hep-ph]].10.1007/JHEP10(2011)124.JHEP 1110 (2011) 124.36) Implications of the CDF $t bar{t}$ Forward-Backward Asymmetry for Hard Top Physics.By Cedric Delaunay, Oram Gedalia, Yonit Hochberg, Gilad Perez, Yotam Soreq.[arXiv:1103.2297 [hep-ph]].10.1007/JHEP08(2011)031.JHEP 1108 (2011) 031.37) Implications of the CDF $tbar{t}$ forward–backward asymmetry for boosted top physics.By Kfir Blum, Cedric Delaunay, Oram Gedalia, Yonit Hochberg, Seung J. Lee, Yosef Nir, Gilad Perez, Yotam Soreq.[arXiv:1102.3133 [hep-ph]].10.1016/j.physletb.2011.07.020.Phys.Lett. B702 (2011) 364-369.38) Implications of large dimuon CP asymmetry in $B_{d,s}$ decays on minimal flavor violation with low tan $beta$.By Kfir Blum, Yonit Hochberg, Yosef Nir.[arXiv:1007.1872 [hep-ph]].10.1007/JHEP09(2010)035.JHEP 1009 (2010) 035.39) Flavor in Supersymmetry: Anarchy versus Structure.By Gudrun Hiller, Yonit Hochberg, Yosef Nir.[arXiv:1001.1513 [hep-ph]].10.1007/JHEP03(2010)079.JHEP 1003 (2010) 079.40) Inverted Sparticle Hierarchies from Natural Particle Hierarchies.By Ofer Aharony, Leon Berdichevsky, Micha Berkooz, Yonit Hochberg, Daniel Robles-Llana.[arXiv:1001.0637 [hep-ph]].10.1103/PhysRevD.81.085006.Phys.Rev. D81 (2010) 085006.41) Vacuum (Meta)Stability Beyond the MSSM.By Kfir Blum, Cedric Delaunay, Yonit Hochberg.[arXiv:0905.1701 [hep-ph]].10.1103/PhysRevD.80.075004.Phys.Rev. D80 (2009) 075004.42) Flavor Changing Processes in Supersymmetric Models with Hybrid Gauge- and Gravity-Mediation.By Gudrun Hiller, Yonit Hochberg, Yosef Nir.[arXiv:0812.0511 [hep-ph]].10.1088/1126-6708/2009/03/115.JHEP 0903 (2009) 115.43) Splitting the Wino Multiplet by Higher-Dimensional Operators in Anomaly Mediation.By Micha Berkooz, Yonit Hochberg.[arXiv:0809.4832 [hep-ph]].10.1103/PhysRevD.79.035008.Phys.Rev. D79 (2009) 035008.