2012 Michigan REU Student Program - Final Presentations

The efficiency of jet algorithms is studied especially in relation to pile-up.

Final results for child particle studies and first steps in parametrizing SCT and inner pixel layers for the Integrated Simulation Framework (ISF)

Whether the decay chain of the Λc (2595) * can provide a tag that is precise enough and has a low enough background to count the total number of Λc + baryons in the data sample

A brief presentation on my examination of corrupted data from TileCal.

Final presentation of my summer research into new and improved methods for identifying top quarks in 6+ jet events with missing transverse energy. Specifically, I will discuss methods I have developed to reconstruct tops, and my future plans for my project in the future.

I will present the last nine weeks of work on building a class that efficiently produces trending physics selection of various trigger classes for the purposes of quality assurance.  This class is easily generalizable and will be used for live monitoring via a webpage.

A condensed talk about the neutrino ambiguity and the methods applied, both traditional and regression based, to solving it in single top quark reconstruction.

A brief description of my work on AEgIS and their scintillating fiber detector.

I will sum up my project about inclusive jet and dijet cross section from sqrt(s)=7 TeV pp collision, and also present other important things I learned at CERN.