Riasat Sheikh

Riasat Sheikh

PhD Researcher
I am a PhD researcher in elementary particle theory at Kyushu University, with research interests in dark matter, Higgs physics, and particle phenomenology beyond the Standard Model.
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Two component pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone-boson dark matter

We study a two-component pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone-boson (pNGB) dark matter (DM) model motivated by boosted dark matter (BDM). The model is based on a complex scalar field charged under a dark $\text{U}(1)_V$ gauge symmetry, with a softly broken global $\text{SU}(3)_g$ symmetry that is spontaneously …

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Riasat Sheikh

Awarded a 2026 Research Encouragement Grant from Fujukai (風樹会)

Awarded a 2026 research encouragement grant from Fujukai (風樹会) in support of my research on methods to probe pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone dark matter.

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Awarded the 2026 Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant

Awarded the 2026 Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant from The Japan Science Society for a project on methods to probe pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone dark matter.

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Invited talk at Jilin University Young Scientist Forum

Presented an invited seminar on ways to probe pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone boson dark matter at Jilin University's Young Scientist Forum.

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Oral presentation at the 131st JPS Kyushu Branch Meeting

Delivered my first physics presentation in Japanese on ways to probe pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone boson dark matter at the 131st JPS Kyushu Branch Meeting.

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Completed CDHE certification at Kyushu University

Completed Kyushu University's Preparing Future Faculty Program and earned certification in Course Design in Higher Education (CDHE).

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Oral presentation at SI2025 in Yeosu

Presented a talk on probing pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone boson dark matter at the 29th International Summer Institute on Phenomenology of Elementary Particle Physics and Cosmology.

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Pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone-boson Dark Matter from Three Complex Scalars

This study explores a dark matter model in which a pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone boson arises as a viable dark matter candidate from the spontaneous and soft breaking of global $\mathrm U(1)$ symmetries and stabilized by a residual $\mathbb{Z}_3$ discrete symmetry. The model introduces three complex scalar …

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Poster presentation and honorable mention at HPNP2025

Presented a poster on pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone boson dark matter and received a Best Poster Honorable Mention at HPNP2025.

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Oral presentation at Kyushu University Virtual Fair, 2025

With Leonardo Laksamana, shared our MEXT scholarship journey at the Kyushu University Virtual Fair.

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