Michigan REU Summer Student Program

Thursday 17 Jul 2014, 14:00 → 16:30 Europe/Zurich

3162/1-K01 (CERN)

Steven Goldfarb (CERN)

Presentations by the University of Michigan REU Summer Students

Slides Pres2.pdf

14:00 → 14:15 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

14:15 → 14:20 Extension and Consolidation of Mathematical Packages for Accelerator Beam Optics and LHC Optics Data

Speaker: Alexandra Marie Demaio (R)

Slides Demaio.pdf

14:20 → 14:25 Characterization of HV-CMOS Sensors for HL-LHC Upgrades

Speaker: Brett Larsen (C)

Slides UM_CERN_REU_Presentation_2.pdf

14:25 → 14:30 Determining the Efficiency of the ALICE TOF Detector

Speaker: William Bergan

Slides bergan_presentation_2.pdf

14:30 → 14:35 Background reduction in quark-antiquark pair production analysis

Speaker: Joshua Mckenney

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

14:35 → 14:40 Methods in ALFA Alignment

Speaker: Jordan Melendez (CERN)

Slides methods-alfa-alignment.pdf

14:40 → 14:45 Run II Upgrade of the ATLAS Minimum Bias Trigger Scintillators

Speaker: Rachel Hyneman (CERN)

Slides Update2.pdf Update2.pptx

14:45 → 14:50 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

14:50 → 14:55 Search for Resonant S-Channel Higgs at FCC-ee

Speaker: George Wojcik (CERN)

Slides CERN_REU_Presentation_2.pdf

14:55 → 15:00 Measuring Jet v2

Speaker: Jason Mueller

Slides Presentation2.pptx

15:00 → 15:05 ALPHA: Quench Protection System

Speaker: Melissa Hutcheson

Slides Presentation2.pdf Presentation2.pptx

15:05 → 15:10 Upgrades to the CMS HCAL Run Control System

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

Slides marsh_pres_2.pdf

15:10 → 15:15 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

15:15 → 15:20 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

15:20 → 15:25 ISOLDE Yield Database: Progress Report

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

Slides ISOLDE_Project_Progress_Report.pdf ISOLDE_Project_Progress_Report.pptx

15:25 → 15:30 Lifetime difference of $B^0$ and $B^0_s$ mesons

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

Slides boettcher_presentation2.pdf

15:30 → 15:40 AOB

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