Zurich PhD seminar 2011

29 Aug 2011, 09:00 → 30 Aug 2011, 18:00 Europe/Zurich

HPV G5 (ETH Zurich)

Christoph Grab (ETH Zurich), Rainer Wallny (ETH Zurich)

Joint PhD seminar of Physics departments of ETH Zurich and University of Zurich

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Monday, 29 August

09:00 → 10:40 SESSION 1

09:00 Antenna Subtraction for the Production Heavy Fermions at Hadron Colliders

Speaker: Mr Gabriel Alejandro Abelof (ETH Zurich - Inst. for Theoretical Physics)

Slides Abelof.pdf

09:25 Studies of the Background in Run 10 of the XENON100 Dark Matter Experiment

Speaker: Ms Annika Behrens (Uni Zurich)

Slides ABehrensDokSem2011.pdf

09:50 Optimizing the Signal Processing for GERDA's Phase I ... shifted to Tuesday 11:00

Speaker: Mr Francis Froborg (Uni Zurich)

Slides froborg_phdsem11_v2.pdf

10:15 Skyrmions in Composite Higgs Models

Speaker: Mr Marc Gillioz (Uni Zurich)

abstract abstract.pdf abstract.txt

Slides ETH_handout.pdf

10:40 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:40 SESSION 2

11:00 Improvements of the Hg Cohabiting Magnetometer for the nEDM Experiment

Speaker: Mr Martin Fertl (PSI)

abstract AbstractMFPhDETHZ2011.pdf

Slides FertlETHZ2011V2.pdf FertlETHZ2011V2.ppt

11:25 Muonium Production in Silica thin Film of Porous Material

Speaker: Mr Siang Khaw Kim (Inst. for Particle Physics - ETH Zurich)

abstract Abstract for Zurich PhD Seminar 2011

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11:50 Radiocarbon AMS at 45 keV

Speaker: Martin Seiler (Inst. for Particle Physics - ETH Zurich)

Abstract Abstract Abstract.pdf

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12:15 Actinide Measurements at the TANDY AMS Facility

Speaker: Mr Johannes Lachner (Inst. for Particle Physics - ETH Zurich)

abstract abstract

Slides lachner-ipp-ds11.pdf lachner-ipp-ds11.pptx

12:40 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:40 SESSION 3

14:00 ArDM: A 1 ton Liquid Argon Detector for direct Dark Matter Search

Speaker: Ms Ursina Lucretia Degunda (ITP - Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Zuerich (ETHZ))

Slides Doktorandenseminar2011_UDegunda.pdf

14:25 Development of Liquid Argon TPCs at CERN

Speaker: Lukas Epprecht (Institut fuer Teilchenphysik-Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Z)

Slides TalkPhD_Seminary.pdf

14:50 Results from Lar TPC Exposed to Tagged low-p charged Particle Beam (T32 @ J-PARC)

Speaker: Devis Orlando Lussi (Institut fuer Teilchenphysik-Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Z)

Abstract abstractPhDSeminarDLUSSI.pdf

Slides PHDseminaryDLUSSI.pdf

15:15 New Results from the MEG Experiment

Speaker: Jeanine Adam (ETH Zürich)

Abstract Abstract_Adam.pdf

Slides 2011_08_PhDSeminar_Adam.ppt

15:40 → 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 → 17:40 SESSION 4

16:00 Recent Results from the Magic Telescopes

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Speaker: Ms Andrea Boller (Inst. for Particle Physics - ETH Zurich)

16:25 Magic

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Speaker: Ms Dorothee Hildebrand (Inst. for Particle Physics - ETH Zurich)

abstract abstract_drandenseminar_2011.rtf

16:50 MSSM Higgs Selbstkopplungen

Speaker: Mr Mathias Brucherseifer (ETH Zurich)

abstract abstract.pdf

Slides PhdVortragII.pdf

17:15 Performance of WaveDREAM DAQ System for Noble Gas Scintillation Detectors

Speaker: Mr Friederich Hannes (Inst. for Particle Physics - ETH Zurich)

abstract abstract.pdf

18:00 → 21:00 Common BBQ

Tuesday, 30 August

09:00 → 10:40 SESSION 5

09:00 Resummation of the Thrust Distribution

Speaker: Mr Pier Francesco Monni (Uni Zurich)

Slides monni.pdf (Protected)

09:25 Lambda_b baryon at CMS: Lifetime and cross-section

Speaker: Frank Meier (Nuclear and Particle Physics Dept.-Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI))

abstract abstractPhDseminar2011.txt

Slides praesDoktorandensemi2011.pdf

09:50 b-baryon Searches at CMS

Speaker: Mirena Ivova Rikova (Physik-Institut-Universitaet Zuerich)

Abstract Doktorandenseminar_2011_abstract.pdf

Slides PhD_seminar_Mirena_Ivova.pdf

10:15 An Inquiry into the Nature and Distribution of Proton Partons

Speaker: Mr Nicola Chiapolini (Uni Zurich)

abstract abstract-chiapolini.pdf

Slides chiapolini.pdf

10:40 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:40 SESSION 6

11:00 Optimizing the Signal Processing for GERDA's Phase I

Speaker: Ms Francis Froborg (Uni Zurich)

Slides froborg_phdsem11_v2.pdf

11:25 Status of H--> b bbar Search in CMS

Speaker: Mr Pierluigi Bortignon (Inst. for Particle Physics - ETH Zurich)

Slides 20110829_PhDSeminar_Bortignon.pdf

11:50 Combining NLO corrections to production and decay in the WH process

Speaker: Mr Julian Cancino (Inst. for Theor. Physics - ETH Zurich)

Abstract 110830_PhDtalks_abstract.pdf

Slides 110830_PhDtalks.pdf

12:15 Search for the Higgs boson Decaying into tau+tau-

Speaker: Mr Mauro Verzetti (Uni Zurich)

Slides DocSem.pdf

12:40 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:40 SESSION 7

14:00 MT2 Susy Searches

Speaker: Pascal Nef (Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Zuerich (ETHZ))

Abstract Abstract.pdf

Slides PhDSeminar_Hadronic_SUSY_with_MT2.pdf

14:25 ttbar Asymmetry

Speaker: Mr Romain Mueller (ETH Zurich)

Slides talk_phd_slides.pdf

14:50 Diffraction at CMS

Speaker: Ann-Karin Sanchez (Institut fuer Teilchenphysik-Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Z)

Abstract Abstract.pdf

Slides Diffraction_AnnKarinSanchez.pdf

15:15 FLUKA benchmark study of radiation environment inside CMS cavern

Speaker: Christina Urscheler (Institut fuer Teilchenphysik-Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochsch Zuerich)

Abstract Abstract.pdf

Slides Doktorandenseminar2011.pdf Doktorandenseminar2011.pptx

15:40 → 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 → 17:40 SESSION 8

16:00 B_s → mumu in CMS

Speaker: Christoph Nageli (Institut fuer Teilchenphysik-Eidgenoessische Tech. Hochschule Z)

Abstract abstract.txt

Slides phd_seminar_naegeli.pdf

16:25 Increasing the energy - from bs to jets with W or Z in LHCb

Speaker: Albert Bursche (UZH)

Abstract abstract.pdf

Slides WZjets.pdf

16:50 Measuring B -> K*mumu at LHCb

Speaker: Mr Michel De Cian (Uni Zurich)

abstract abstract2.pdf

Slides phd_seminar_2011.pdf

17:15 Bs-lifetime from J/psi phi Decays at CMS

Speaker: Barbara Millan Mejias (Physik-Institut-Universitaet Zuerich)

Slides 2011_8_30_BMillan_PhDseminar.pdf