Characterization of new physics at the LHC, II

from Friday, 5 November 2010 (08:00) to Saturday, 6 November 2010 (18:30)
CERN (TH Theory Conference Room)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
5 Nov 2010
6 Nov 2010
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09:00 Introduction - Michelangelo Mangano (CERN)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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09:10 ATLAS: overview of ongoing efforts - Amir Farbin (University of Texas at Arlington)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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09:40 CMS: overview of ongoing efforts - Dr Fedor Ratnikov (KIT, Karlsruhe)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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10:10 The "LHC New Physics Project" and Topologies Workshop at SLAC - Jacob Wacker Prof. Jacob Wacker (SLAC)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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10:40 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 An Illustration of Simplified Models in Searches - Natalia Toro NATALIA TORO (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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11:40 Simplified Models for 50 pb-1 - Ms Mariangela Lisanti (Princeton University)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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09:00 Managing Multilepton Topologies: The Tau Trouble - Sunil Somalwar (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy-Rutgers, State Univ. of New Jerse)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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09:30 Setting limits with simplified model spectra - Mariarosaria D'Alfonso (UCSB)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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10:00 Same-sign and Multi-lepton signatures - Xin Chen (University of Wisconsin)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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10:30 Simplified SUSY Model with MadGraph ~For Same-Sign Dilepton Search - Hideki Okawa (University of California, Irvine)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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10:50 --- Coffee break ---
11:10 Optimizing the separation of supersymmetry from background - Jonathan R. Ellis (CERN)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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11:40 SUSY parameters fits with LHC data - Michael Kraemer (Particle Physics)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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12:20 Implementing simplified models in PYTHIA, and parameter space sampling - Dr Stephen Mrenna (FERMILAB) Steve Mrenna (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (Fermilab))   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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12:40 --- Lunch break ---
14:00 Characterizing a new signal:Initial thoughts on how to go about it - Sue Ann Koay (University of California, Santa Barbara)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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14:40 Simplified models for early SUSY searches in CMS - Dr Sanjay Padhi (UCSD)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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15:10 The Mapping from Collider Data to Theory Through Production and Decay Topologies - Scott Thomas (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy-Rutgers, State Univ. of New Jerse)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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15:40 --- Coffee break ---
16:00 Signals of new particle resonant production with early LHC data - Riccardo Torre (Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN, Pisa)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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16:30 ATLAS: setting limits on dijet signatures - Dr Georgios Choudalakis (University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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17:00 CMS: setting limits on dijets signatures - Jim Hirschauer (Fermilab)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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12:10 --- Lunch break ---
13:30 Bringing it all together: statistical interpretation of new physics - Kyle Cranmer (NYU)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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14:10 Exploring the SUSY param space with a new Bayesian approach - Harrison Prosper (Particle Physics)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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14:40 Publishing non-interpreted (model-independent) experimental results - David Cote (CERN)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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15:10 RECAST - Extending the impact of existing analyses - Dr itay Yavin (New-York University)   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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15:40 Discussion and plans   (TH Theory Conference Room)
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