Michigan REU Summer Student Program

Thursday Jul 17, 2014, 2:00 PM → 4:30 PM Europe/Zurich

3162/1-K01 (CERN)

Steven Goldfarb (CERN)

Presentations by the University of Michigan REU Summer Students

Slides Pres2.pdf

2:00 PM → 2:15 PM Opening Remarks

Speakers: Christoph Emanuel Gull (University of Michigan (US)), Junjie Zhu (University of Michigan (US)), Steven Goldfarb (University of Michigan (US))

Slides GoldfarbOutreach.pdf GoldfarbOutreach.pptx

2:15 PM → 2:20 PM Extension and Consolidation of Mathematical Packages for Accelerator Beam Optics and LHC Optics Data

Speaker: Alexandra Marie Demaio (R)

Slides Demaio.pdf

2:20 PM → 2:25 PM Characterization of HV-CMOS Sensors for HL-LHC Upgrades

Speaker: Brett Larsen (C)

Slides UM_CERN_REU_Presentation_2.pdf

2:25 PM → 2:30 PM Determining the Efficiency of the ALICE TOF Detector

Speaker: William Bergan

Slides bergan_presentation_2.pdf

2:30 PM → 2:35 PM Background reduction in quark-antiquark pair production analysis

Speaker: Joshua Mckenney

Slides 2ndPresentation.pdf Background reduction in quark-antiquark pair production analysis

2:35 PM → 2:40 PM Methods in ALFA Alignment

Speaker: Jordan Melendez (CERN)

Slides methods-alfa-alignment.pdf

2:40 PM → 2:45 PM Run II Upgrade of the ATLAS Minimum Bias Trigger Scintillators

Speaker: Rachel Hyneman (CERN)

Slides Update2.pdf Update2.pptx

2:45 PM → 2:50 PM FCC Detector Benchmarks from Top Physics

Speaker: Herbie Smith (CERN)

Slides CERN_Presentation_17-7-14.pdf CERN_Presentation_17-7-14.pptx

Video CERN_Presentation_17-7-14.wmv

2:50 PM → 2:55 PM Search for Resonant S-Channel Higgs at FCC-ee

Speaker: George Wojcik (CERN)

Slides CERN_REU_Presentation_2.pdf

2:55 PM → 3:00 PM Measuring Jet v2

Speaker: Jason Mueller

Slides Presentation2.pptx

3:00 PM → 3:05 PM ALPHA: Quench Protection System

Speaker: Melissa Hutcheson

Slides Presentation2.pdf Presentation2.pptx

3:05 PM → 3:10 PM Upgrades to the CMS HCAL Run Control System

Speaker: Bennett James Marsh (University of Maryland (US))

Slides marsh_pres_2.pdf

3:10 PM → 3:15 PM Study of anomalous Quartic Gauge Coupling discovery potential for the same-sign WW + jj -> lvlv + jj channel at the LHC

Speaker: Mauricio Gonzalez-Aranda (U)

Slides Second_Presentation.pdf Second_Presentation.pptx

3:15 PM → 3:20 PM Calorimeter Precision Timing Update

Speaker: Taylor Brunton Smith (California Institute of Technology (US))

Slides CPT_Update_17-07-14,_Caltech_Group,_Taylor_Brunton_Smith.pdf

3:20 PM → 3:25 PM ISOLDE Yield Database: Progress Report

Speaker: Hayley Renae Osman (University of Michigan (US))

Slides ISOLDE_Project_Progress_Report.pdf ISOLDE_Project_Progress_Report.pptx

3:25 PM → 3:30 PM Lifetime difference of $B^0$ and $B^0_s$ mesons

Speaker: Thomas Julian Boettcher (University of Michigan (US))

Slides boettcher_presentation2.pdf

3:30 PM → 3:40 PM AOB

Speakers: Jennifer Kathryn Roloff (University of Michigan (US)), Steven Goldfarb (University of Michigan (US))