40th SLAC Summer Institute

US/Pacific
Kavli Auditorium (SLAC)

Kavli Auditorium

SLAC

Dong Su (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)), JoAnne Hewett (SLAC), Stefan Funk (SLAC), Thomas Rizzo (SLAC)
Description
The SLAC Summer Institute is an annual event held at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in July-August. The Institute is a two-week-long Summer School. Lectures are given Monday through Friday each morning. The afternoons contain a mixture of topical talks, discussion sessions, and tours. In the evenings, there are social activities and student poster sessions. The attendance is typically a mixture from graduate students to senior researchers.
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    • 8:30 AM
      Regisrtation and Light Refreshments Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

    • Lectures Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

      • 1
        Historical Perspective
        Speaker: Chris Quigg (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (Fermilab))
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        Morning Break
      • 2
        EWSB Basics (I)
        Speaker: Howard Haber (University of California,Santa Cruz (US))
        Slides
      • 3
        Hadron Collider Environment
        Speaker: Chris Tully (Princeton University (US))
        Slides
    • 12:45 PM
      Lunch Harvest Cafe

      Harvest Cafe

      SLAC

      on your own

    • Topical Conference Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

      • 4
        Heavy Flavor Physics Results from LHC
        Speaker: Niels Tuning (NIKHEF (NL))
        Slides
      • 5
        New Results from BaBar
        Speaker: Bertrand Echenard (Caltech)
        Slides
      • 4:00 PM
        Afternoon Break
      • 6
        Search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay with EXO-200
        Speaker: Michelle Dolinski (Stanford University)
        Slides
      • 7
        Neutrino Mixing Angle Theta13
        Speaker: Daniel Dwyer (LBNL)
        Slides
    • 6:00 PM
      Reception ROB Patio

      ROB Patio

      SLAC

    • 8:30 AM
      Light Refreshments Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

    • Lectures Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

      • 8
        EWSB Basics (II)
        Speaker: Howard Haber (University of California,Santa Cruz (US))
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        Morning Break
      • 9
        Statistics for Discovery (I)
        Speaker: Eilam Gross (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))
        Slides
      • 10
        LHC: The Detectors
        Speaker: Chris Tully (Princeton University (US))
        Slides
    • 12:45 PM
      Lunch Harvest Cafe

      Harvest Cafe

      SLAC

      on your own

    • Q & A ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

      SLAC

      • 11
        Q & A
      • 4:00 PM
        Afternoon Break
      • 12
        Q & A
    • 6:00 PM
      Dinner Panofsky Breezeway

      Panofsky Breezeway

      SLAC

      Pre-registration required

    • 8:30 AM
      Light Refreshments Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

    • Lectures Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

      • 13
        Precision Higgs Theory (I)
        Speaker: Frank Petriello (Northwestern University)
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        Morning Break
      • 14
        Statistics for Discovery (II)
        Speaker: Eilam Gross (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))
        Slides
      • 15
        Higgs Searches (I)
        Speaker: Prof. Vivek Sharma (Univ. of California San Diego (US))
        Slides
    • 12:45 PM
      Lunch Harvest Cafe

      Harvest Cafe

      SLAC

      on your own

    • Topical Conference Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

      • 16
        Higher Order QCD for LHC
        Speaker: Zvi Bern (Univ. of California Los Angeles (US))
        Slides
      • 17
        Higgs Searches at Tevatron
        Speaker: Kyle Knoepfel (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 4:00 PM
        Afternoon Break
      • 18
        Higgs Search at ATLAS
        Speaker: Sau Lan Wu (University of Wisconsin (US))
        Slides
      • 19
        Higgs Search at CMS
        Speaker: Dr Daniela Bortoletto (Purdue University (US))
        Slides
    • 20
      Poster Social Panofsky Breezeway

      Panofsky Breezeway

      SLAC

    • 8:30 AM
      Light Refreshments Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

    • Lectures Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

      • 21
        Precision Higgs Theory (II)
        Speaker: Frank Petriello (Northwestern University)
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        Morning Break
      • 22
        LHC: The Machine
        Speaker: Dr Frank Zimmermann (CERN)
        Slides
      • 23
        Higgs Searches (II)
        Speaker: Prof. Vivek Sharma (Univ. of California San Diego (US))
        Slides
    • 12:45 PM
      Lunch Harvest Cafe

      Harvest Cafe

      SLAC

      on your own

    • Q & A ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

      SLAC

      • 24
        Q &A
      • 4:00 PM
        Afternoon Break
      • 25
        Q &A
    • 26
      Poster Social Panofsky Breezeway

      Panofsky Breezeway

      SLAC

    • 8:30 AM
      Light Refreshments Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

    • Lectures Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

      • 27
        BSM Higgs Theory
        Speaker: Marcela Carena Lopez (FNAL)
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        Morning Break
      • 28
        Precicion Higgs Theory (III)
        Speaker: Frank Petriello (Northwestern University)
        Slides
      • 29
        Higgs Searches (III)
        Speaker: Prof. Vivek Sharma (Univ. of California San Diego (US))
        Slides
    • 12:45 PM
      Lunch Harvest Cafe

      Harvest Cafe

      SLAC

      on your own

    • The 40th Anniversary of SSI Panofsky Auditorium

      Panofsky Auditorium

      SLAC

      Convener: Fred Gilman
      Historical Photos
      • 30
        How the SSI Began Panofsky Auditorium

        Panofsky Auditorium

        SLAC

        Speaker: Prof. David Leith (SLAC)
        Slides
      • 31
        40 Years of QCD Panofsky Auditorium

        Panofsky Auditorium

        SLAC

        Speaker: Prof. LANCE Dixon (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
        Slides
      • 32
        40 Years of Higgs Boson Panofsky Auditorium

        Panofsky Auditorium

        SLAC

        Speaker: Michael Peskin (SLAC)
        Slides
      • 4:00 PM
        Afternoon Break and Group Photo Panofsky Breezeway (SLAC)

        Panofsky Breezeway

        SLAC

      • 33
        The Precision Electroweak Measurements Panofsky Auditorium

        Panofsky Auditorium

        SLAC

        Speakers: Morris Swartz (Johns Hopkins University (JHU)), Morris Swartz (Johns Hopkins University (US))
        Slides
      • 34
        12 Best Reasons to Like CP Violation Panofsky Auditorium

        Panofsky Auditorium

        SLAC

        Speaker: Yosef Nir (Weizmann Institute of Science (IL))
        Slides
    • 8:30 AM
      Light Refreshments Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

    • Lectures Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

      • 35
        Supersymmetry Basics (I)
        Speaker: JoAnne Hewett (SLAC)
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        Morning Break
      • 36
        Supersymmetry Searches (I)
        Speaker: Pascal Pralavorio (Universite d'Aix - Marseille II (FR))
        Slides
      • 37
        The Dark Matter Zoo
        Speaker: Dr dan hooper (fermilab)
    • 12:45 PM
      Lunch Harvest Cafe

      Harvest Cafe

      SLAC

      on your own

    • Topical Conference Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

      • 38
        Standard Model Measurements at LHC
        Speaker: Thomas Le Compte (Argonne National Laboratory (US))
        Slides
      • 39
        Beyond Standard Model Searches at LHC
        Speaker: Ulrich Heintz (Brown University (US))
        Slides
      • 4:20 PM
        Afternoon Break
      • 40
        Dark Photon
        Speaker: Mathew Thomas Graham (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 41
        Photon Line from the Galactic Center as Signals of Dark Matter Annihilation
        Speakers: Tim Tait (UC Irvine), Tim Tait (University of California, Irvine)
        Slides
    • 6:15 PM
      Dinner Panofsky Breezeway

      Panofsky Breezeway

      SLAC

      Pre-registration is required

    • 8:30 AM
      Light Refreshments Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

    • Lectures Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

      • 42
        Supersymmetry Basics (II)
        Speaker: JoAnne Hewett (SLAC)
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        Morning Break
      • 43
        Supersymmetry Searches (II)
        Speaker: Pascal Pralavorio (Universite d'Aix - Marseille II (FR))
        Slides
      • 44
        Dark Matter Indirect Detection
        Speaker: Dr dan hooper (fermilab)
    • 12:45 PM
      Lunch Harvest Cafe

      Harvest Cafe

      SLAC

      on your own

    • Q & A ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

      SLAC

      • 46
        Q & A
      • 4:00 PM
        Afternoon Break
      • 47
        Q&A
    • 8:30 AM
      Light Refreshments Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

    • Lectures Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

      • 48
        The BSM Zoo
        Speaker: Thomas Rizzo (SLAC)
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        Morning Break
      • 49
        Implications of Higgs Searches and Discovery (I)
        Speaker: Michele Papucci (LBNL)
        Slides
      • 50
        Dark Matter Direct Detection
        Speaker: Juan Collar Colmenero (Enrico Fermi Institute)
    • 12:45 PM
      Lunch Harvest Cafe

      Harvest Cafe

      SLAC

      on your own

    • Topical Conference Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

      • 51
        Dark Matter Search with CDMS
        Speaker: Tarek Saab (University of Florida)
        Slides
      • 52
        Dark Matter Search with XENON
        Speaker: Ranny Budnick (Columbia University)
      • 4:00 PM
        Afternoon Break
      • 53
        New Results from Fermi
        Speaker: Eric Charles (SLAC)
        Slides
    • 54
      Soccer SLAC Green

      SLAC Green

      SLAC

    • 8:30 AM
      Light Refreshments Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

    • Lectures Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

      • 55
        Implications of Higgs Searches and Discovery (II)
        Speaker: Michele Papucci (LBNL)
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        Morning Break
      • 56
        LHC Detector Upgrades
        Speaker: Dong Su (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
        Slides
      • 57
        Dark Matter Properties from LHC
        Speaker: Patrick Fox (FNAL)
    • 12:45 PM
      Lunch Harvest Cafe

      Harvest Cafe

      SLAC

    • Q & A ROB Redwood Room

      ROB Redwood Room

      SLAC

      • 58
        Q & A
      • 4:00 PM
        Afternoon Break
      • 59
        Q & A
    • 60
      Visulization Lab Tour (Pre-registration required) Kavli Building Vis Lab

      Kavli Building Vis Lab

      SLAC

    • 6:00 PM
      Dinner Panofsky Breezeway

      Panofsky Breezeway

      SLAC

      Pre-registration required

    • 61
      Session EVO setup Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

      EVO setup
    • 8:30 AM
      Light Refreshments Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

    • Lectures Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC

      • 62
        Vector Boson Scattering
        Speaker: Dieter Zeppenfeld (KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE))
        Slides
      • 10:00 AM
        Morning Break
      • 63
        Higgs at Linear Collider
        Speaker: Tim Barklow (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US))
        Slides
      • 64
        The View Ahead
        Speaker: Joseph David Lykken (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US))
        Slides
    • 12:45 PM
      - Adjourn - Kavli Auditorium

      Kavli Auditorium

      SLAC