Name: Berkeley Workshop on Physics Opportunities with Early LHC Data
Start: 2009-05-06T08:00:00-07:00
End: 2009-05-08T18:00:00-07:00
Location: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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) - 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) - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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) - 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

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