D0 Experiment
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I am currently working on
the D0 experiment. D0 is an experiment
which studies proton-anti-proton interactions at the Tevatron.
New Phenomena Physics Group Convener
(2007-present)
- I am responsible for organizing the activities of the D0 New Phenomena physics group.
- Measurement of the Top Pair
Production Cross-section in e/mu + tau + 2b + MET Final State
(2006-present)
- Analysis is carried out with Suharyo Sumowidagdo. This is the last major final state to measure the top cross-section. The t->b+tau+nu is a pure 3rd generation process and is a probe of the possible charged Higgs via t->Hb->tau+nu+b. Preliminary results were presented at Lepton-Photon 2007.
- Member of Computing Planning Board
(2007-present)
Search for Neutral, Long-lived
Particles (2004-2006)
- see above
- Simulation Group Convener
(2006-2007)
- I was responsible for organizing the activities of the D0 simulation group. This includes creating and maintaining the programs needed to simulation the physics and detector.
- Monte Carlo Request Coordinator
(2005-2007):
- I was responsible for ensuring the generation of most of the simulation needs of the experiment. We have achieved full GEANT simulation of more than 100,000,000 events which are used by every physics analysis.
- Chair of the D0 GEANT Improvement
Task Force (2007)
- The task force is investigating ways to improve the use of GEANT3 in the D0 simulation to get better modeled response or an improvement in speed.
- Chair of Editorial Board 19
(2006-2007):
- This EB is responsible for reviewing and approving searches for new phenomena in the jets + missing transverse energy channel.
- Member of Editorial Board 19
(2004-2006):
L1Cal trigger upgrade for Run2B
(2002-present):
- Responsible for code development for unpacking L3 data and shifter online monitoring.
- Simulation of Silicon Track Trigger
(2001-2004)
Event display development (2001-2003)
I have performed a search for a neutral, long-lived particle decaying to two muons which was featured as Fermilab's Result of the Week on March 2, 2006. The result was published in Physical Review Letters 97, 161802 (2006) (Copyright 2006 The APS).
My activities on D0 can be summarized as:
CMS Experiment
- Level 3 Task responsible for
issues related to the interface between generators and
detector simulation.
Searches for New Phenomena
Searches for Heavy, Stable,
Charged Particles (HSCPs)
ECAL timing studies
I also work on the CMS experiment. CMS is an experiment which studies proton-proton interactions at the LHC at CERN.
My activities on CMS can be summarized as:
Conference Presentations
Hadron Collider Physics Symposium 2008
- SUSY Searches at the Tevatron
- APS April Meeting 2007
- Searches for Long-lived Particles in Hadron Colliders
- Recontres de Moriond Electroweak (Invited)
- Searches for New Phenomena with Lepton Final States at the Tevatron
- DPF06 (Invited)
- Searches for R-Parity Violating Supersymmetry with the D0 Detector
- SUSY05 (Invited)
- Search for Long-Lived Particles at D0
- APS April Meeting 2005
- Search for Long-Lived Neutral
Particles with the D0 Detector
- Search for Quark-Lepton Compositeness in the Dimuon Channel
- Lake Louise Winter Institute 2004 (Invited)
- New Phenomena at D0
Invited Seminars and Colloquia
University of Manchester HEP Seminar, May, 2007
University of Sheffield HEP Seminar, May, 2007
Oxford University HEP Seminar, May, 2007
IPPP Durham HEP Seminar, May, 2007
Florida International University Colloquium, April, 2007
University of Colorado HEP Seminar, August, 2006
University of California, Davis HEP Seminar, May, 2006
Southern Methodist University HEP Seminar, May, 2006
Columbia University HEP Seminar, April, 2006
Duke University HEP Seminar, April, 2006
(slides)
FSU Physics Department Colloquim, March, 2006
Fermilab URA/GSA Career Night, September, 2005
FSU Chemical Engineering Seminar, September, 2004
FSU Nuclear Theory Seminar, January, 2003
A page giving some info on my post-doc work is available.
A page giving some simple info on my thesis work is available.