Berkeley Workshop on Physics Opportunities with Early LHC Data
from
Wednesday 6 May 2009 (08:00)
to
Friday 8 May 2009 (18:00)
Monday 4 May 2009
Tuesday 5 May 2009
Wednesday 6 May 2009
08:50
Welcome to Berkeley!
-
James Siegrist
Welcome to Berkeley!
James Siegrist
08:50 - 08:55
Room: Perseverance Hall
08:55
Logistical Information
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Beate, Christian, Zoltan
Logistical Information
Beate, Christian, Zoltan
08:55 - 09:00
Room: Perseverance Hall
09:00
ATLAS Detector Performance for 09/10
-
Thorsten Wengler
(
University of Manchester
)
ATLAS Detector Performance for 09/10
Thorsten Wengler
(
University of Manchester
)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Perseverance Hall
09:45
CMS Detector Performance for 09/10
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Nicola Bacchetta
(
INFN Padova
)
CMS Detector Performance for 09/10
Nicola Bacchetta
(
INFN Padova
)
09:45 - 10:15
Room: Perseverance Hall
10:30
coffee break
coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Perseverance Hall
11:00
Physics of Minimum Bias and the Underlying Event
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Rick Field
(
University of Florida
)
Physics of Minimum Bias and the Underlying Event
Rick Field
(
University of Florida
)
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Perseverance Hall
11:45
J/Psi and Upsilon Production Physics
-
Geoffrey Bodwin
(
Argonne National Lab
)
J/Psi and Upsilon Production Physics
Geoffrey Bodwin
(
Argonne National Lab
)
11:45 - 12:15
Room: Perseverance Hall
12:30
lunch break
lunch break
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Perseverance Hall
14:00
Early minbias physics at Atlas
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Prafulla Behera
(
University of Iowa
)
Early minbias physics at Atlas
Prafulla Behera
(
University of Iowa
)
14:00 - 14:15
Room: Perseverance Hall
14:20
B tagging performance in ATLAS
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Remi Zaidan
(
CPPM
)
B tagging performance in ATLAS
Remi Zaidan
(
CPPM
)
14:20 - 14:35
Room: Perseverance Hall
14:40
Commissioning of the ATLAS calorimeters with perspective on early physics
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Dmitris Varouchas
(
L.A.L Orsay
)
Commissioning of the ATLAS calorimeters with perspective on early physics
Dmitris Varouchas
(
L.A.L Orsay
)
14:40 - 14:55
Room: Perseverance Hall
15:00
coffee break
coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Perseverance Hall
15:30
Early physics in LHCb
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Tomasz Skwarnicki
(
Syracuse University
)
Early physics in LHCb
Tomasz Skwarnicki
(
Syracuse University
)
15:30 - 15:55
Room: Perseverance Hall
16:00
Feasibility Study of the Measurement of the Differential Production Cross Section of JPsi to mu mu with the CMS detector in Early LHC Data
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Zoltan Gecse
(
Purdue University
)
Feasibility Study of the Measurement of the Differential Production Cross Section of JPsi to mu mu with the CMS detector in Early LHC Data
Zoltan Gecse
(
Purdue University
)
16:00 - 16:15
Room: Perseverance Hall
16:20
J/Psi and Upsilon Production in ATLAS
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Darren Price
(
Indiana University
)
J/Psi and Upsilon Production in ATLAS
Darren Price
(
Indiana University
)
16:20 - 16:35
Room: Perseverance Hall
17:30
Welcome Reception
Welcome Reception
17:30 - 18:50
Room: Perseverance Hall
Thursday 7 May 2009
09:00
Trigger Strategy and Early Physics at CMS
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Christoph Paus
(
MIT
)
Trigger Strategy and Early Physics at CMS
Christoph Paus
(
MIT
)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Perseverance Hall
09:45
Jet Cross Sections and Properties
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Davison Soper
(
University of Oregon
)
Jet Cross Sections and Properties
Davison Soper
(
University of Oregon
)
09:45 - 10:15
Room: Perseverance Hall
10:30
coffee break
coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Perseverance Hall
11:00
ATLAS Trigger Strategies and Early Physics Perspectives
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Tom LeCompte
(
Argonne National Lab
)
ATLAS Trigger Strategies and Early Physics Perspectives
Tom LeCompte
(
Argonne National Lab
)
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Perseverance Hall
11:45
Soft Gluons and Gaps
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Jeffrey Forshaw
(
University of Manchester
)
Soft Gluons and Gaps
Jeffrey Forshaw
(
University of Manchester
)
11:45 - 12:15
Room: Perseverance Hall
12:30
lunch break
lunch break
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Perseverance Hall
14:00
Heavy Flavor Physics
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Tom Mehen
(
Duke University
)
Heavy Flavor Physics
Tom Mehen
(
Duke University
)
14:00 - 14:30
Room: Perseverance Hall
14:45
b production studies with early data at CMS
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David Lopez Pegna
(
Princeton University
)
b production studies with early data at CMS
David Lopez Pegna
(
Princeton University
)
14:45 - 15:00
Room: Perseverance Hall
15:05
Cross Section Measurement of pp --> Z(e+e-) + X with First Data from the ATLAS Experiment
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Markus Bendel
(
University of Mainz
)
Cross Section Measurement of pp --> Z(e+e-) + X with First Data from the ATLAS Experiment
Markus Bendel
(
University of Mainz
)
15:05 - 15:20
Room: Perseverance Hall
15:20
coffee break
coffee break
15:20 - 15:50
Room: Perseverance Hall
15:50
W cross section with early CMS data
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Philip Harris
(
MIT
)
W cross section with early CMS data
Philip Harris
(
MIT
)
15:50 - 16:05
Room: Perseverance Hall
16:10
Leptonic fake rates from jets at ATLAS
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Gemma Wooden
(
Oxford University
)
Leptonic fake rates from jets at ATLAS
Gemma Wooden
(
Oxford University
)
16:10 - 16:25
Room: Perseverance Hall
16:30
Estimating Fake EWK Background in Early Data with kNN
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Kristian Hahn
(
MIT
)
Estimating Fake EWK Background in Early Data with kNN
Kristian Hahn
(
MIT
)
16:30 - 16:45
Room: Perseverance Hall
16:50
Azimuthal angular spin determination with early LHC data
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William Klemm
(
UC Berkeley
)
Azimuthal angular spin determination with early LHC data
William Klemm
(
UC Berkeley
)
16:50 - 17:00
Room: Perseverance Hall
17:30
BBQ
BBQ
17:30 - 19:30
Room: Perseverance Hall
Friday 8 May 2009
09:00
Precision Measurements and Parton Distribution Functions
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C.-P. Yuan
(
Michigan State University
)
Precision Measurements and Parton Distribution Functions
C.-P. Yuan
(
Michigan State University
)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Perseverance Hall
09:45
Vector Bosons and Jets Early On
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Lance Dixon
(
SLAC
)
Vector Bosons and Jets Early On
Lance Dixon
(
SLAC
)
09:45 - 10:15
Room: Perseverance Hall
10:30
coffee break
coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Perseverance Hall
11:00
Top quark pair production in di-leptonic decay channels at CMS
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Julien Caudron
(
UC Louvain
)
Top quark pair production in di-leptonic decay channels at CMS
Julien Caudron
(
UC Louvain
)
11:00 - 11:15
Room: Perseverance Hall
11:20
Top quark pair to dilepton cross-section using template fits to jet inclusive dilepton data (ATLAS)
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Karl Gellerstedt
(
Stockholm University
)
Top quark pair to dilepton cross-section using template fits to jet inclusive dilepton data (ATLAS)
Karl Gellerstedt
(
Stockholm University
)
11:20 - 11:35
Room: Perseverance Hall
11:40
The impact of ttbar cross-section measurement with the first LHC data (ATLAS)
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Akira Shibata
(
New York University
)
The impact of ttbar cross-section measurement with the first LHC data (ATLAS)
Akira Shibata
(
New York University
)
11:40 - 11:55
Room: Perseverance Hall
12:00
lunch break
lunch break
12:00 - 13:30
Room: Perseverance Hall
13:30
Supermodels - New Physics with the first LHC run
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Martin Schmaltz
(
Boston University and UC Berkeley
)
Supermodels - New Physics with the first LHC run
Martin Schmaltz
(
Boston University and UC Berkeley
)
13:30 - 14:00
Room: Perseverance Hall
14:15
Seeing Light Dark Sectors With Early Data
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Lian-Tao Wang
(
Princeton
)
Seeing Light Dark Sectors With Early Data
Lian-Tao Wang
(
Princeton
)
14:15 - 14:45
Room: Perseverance Hall
15:00
Searches in the Dilepton Final States with ATLAS
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Samir Ferrag
(
University of Toronto
)
Searches in the Dilepton Final States with ATLAS
Samir Ferrag
(
University of Toronto
)
15:00 - 15:15
Room: Perseverance Hall
15:20
Discovery Potential of R-hadrons with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC
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Christian Ohm
(
Stockholm University
)
Discovery Potential of R-hadrons with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC
Christian Ohm
(
Stockholm University
)
15:20 - 15:35
Room: Perseverance Hall
15:40
coffee break
coffee break
15:40 - 16:00
Room: Perseverance Hall
16:00
Searches for Supersymmetry without Requiring Missing Et
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Jeffrey Haas
(
Florida State University
)
Searches for Supersymmetry without Requiring Missing Et
Jeffrey Haas
(
Florida State University
)
16:00 - 16:15
Room: Perseverance Hall
16:20
Prospects for inclusive searches for supersymmetry in ATLAS
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Florian Ahles
(
Freiburg University
)
Prospects for inclusive searches for supersymmetry in ATLAS
Florian Ahles
(
Freiburg University
)
16:20 - 16:35
Room: Perseverance Hall
16:40
Prospects for Higss boson searches with first LHC data with the CMS detector (focusing on the H to WW channel)
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Joanna Weng
(
ETH Zuerich
)
Prospects for Higss boson searches with first LHC data with the CMS detector (focusing on the H to WW channel)
Joanna Weng
(
ETH Zuerich
)
16:40 - 16:55
Room: Perseverance Hall