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High Energy Physics at Rutgers
Large Hadron Collider - Experiment + Theory :
Discover and Explain New Physics
• Extracting Hadronic Resonances Using Jet Ensemble Correlations . Lath, Halkiadakis, Hidas, Duggan, Bavier, Lou, Patel, Thomas, Essig
• Solving the Model Independent Inverse Problem – Trileptons . Somalwar, Dube, Glatzer, Sood, Thomas
• Muon b-tagging . Schnetzer, Hits, Lin, Ronan, Graesser, Shelton, Ruderman
• Dark Photons - Hidden Valley
Indirect SUSY Production . Gershtein, Atramentov, Thomas, Shih, Strassler
Direct Production . Somalwar, Sood, Thomas
• Leptonic Gauge Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking Signatures . Somalwar, Gray, Thomas
• Higgs Boson Decay to Gluinos . Lath, Thomas, Graesser
• Di-Jet Extinction from Non-Perturbative Quantum Gravity . Lath, Rose, Thomas, Kilic
Experiment + Theory Collaborations at Rutgers
• Consistent On-Shell Effective Theory for Cascade Decay Correlations . Thomas, Graesser, Shelton
• Discerning Supersymmetry in Cascade Decay Correlations . Thomas, Graesser, Shelton
• Top Quark Leptonic Invariant Mass Distributions
Precision Top Quark Mass . Halkiadakis, Schnetzer, Thomas, Graesser, Shelton
Charged Higgs in Top Decay . Halkiadakis, Hare, Thomas, Graesser, Shelton
New Physics in Top Interactions . Lath, Thomas, Graesser
• NNOMET Particle Masses and Spins . Thomas, Park • • Using Object Correlations to Discover Cascade Decay Signatures . Lath, Thomas, Park
• Shotgun Sequencing of Cascade Decay Signals . Lath, Thomas, Park
All of These Collaborations Either Have or Will Result in
• Tevatron Analysis + Publication
• LHC Analysis + Publication
• Theory Publication
+ Many, Many Discussions, Suggestions . Theory <-> Experiment . That Have Benefited Research
Dark Photons – Indirect SUSY Production Gershtein, Altamentov, Thomas, Shih, Strassler
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Extracting Hadronic Resonances Using Jet Ensemble Correlations
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Lath, Halkiadakis, Hidas, Duggan, Bavier, Lou, Patel, Thomas, Essig
CMS CDF
Theory Study
Consistent On-Shell Effective Theory for Cascade Decay Correlations
Thomas, Graesser, Shelton
(Nearly) On-Shell Effective Theory
Very Wide Classes of Standard Model . + New Physics
Invariant Mass Distributions in Generalized Dalitz Space – Uniquely Determined by Masses and Spins (No Arbitrary Couplings)
Top Quark Leptonic Invariant Mass Distributions
Halkiadakis, Lath, Schnetzner Hare, Thomas, Graesser, Shelton
Precision Top Mass
New Physics in Top Interactions
Charged Higgs in Top Decays
Theory Study
CDF
NNOMET Particle Masses and Spins
Using Object Correlations to Discover Cascade Decay Signatures
Lath, Thomas, Park
SUSY Cascade Decay Sequence
Theory Study / CMS
CMS
• Mass Parameters to O(few-many%) with 100 Signal Events, S/B » 1 , 100 pb-1
• Extend to Discovery Level …
Jets+Leptons+MET
High Energy Physics at Rutgers
. Experiment + Theory Collaboration Will Continue to Be Put to Good Use in the LHC Era
Unparalleled Culture of Collaboration at Rutgers …
Improves Physics on Both Theory + Experiment Side
Special Environment for Training Students/Postdocs
Recruiting Tool …
Growing Reputation …
Comments from Visitors …
Extra Slides
Dark Photons – Direct Production Somalwar, Sood, Thomas
Top Decay b - lepton . Distribution
Dark Photon Longitudinal . Decay Distribution