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, May 6, 2009 (8:00 AM) to Friday, May 8, 2009 (6:00 PM)

Monday, May 4, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
8:50 AM Welcome to Berkeley! - James Siegrist
Welcome to Berkeley!
- James Siegrist
8:50 AM - 8:55 AM
Room: Perseverance Hall
8:55 AM Logistical Information - Beate, Christian, Zoltan
Logistical Information
- Beate, Christian, Zoltan
8:55 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Perseverance Hall
9:00 AM ATLAS Detector Performance for 09/10 - Thorsten Wengler (University of Manchester)
ATLAS Detector Performance for 09/10
- Thorsten Wengler (University of Manchester)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Perseverance Hall
9:45 AM CMS Detector Performance for 09/10 - Nicola Bacchetta (INFN Padova)
CMS Detector Performance for 09/10
- Nicola Bacchetta (INFN Padova)
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Perseverance Hall
10:30 AM coffee break
coffee break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Perseverance Hall
11:00 AM 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 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Perseverance Hall
11:45 AM J/Psi and Upsilon Production Physics - Geoffrey Bodwin (Argonne National Lab)
J/Psi and Upsilon Production Physics
- Geoffrey Bodwin (Argonne National Lab)
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
12:30 PM lunch break
lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
2:00 PM Early minbias physics at Atlas - Prafulla Behera (University of Iowa)
Early minbias physics at Atlas
- Prafulla Behera (University of Iowa)
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
2:20 PM B tagging performance in ATLAS - Remi Zaidan (CPPM)
B tagging performance in ATLAS
- Remi Zaidan (CPPM)
2:20 PM - 2:35 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
2:40 PM 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)
2:40 PM - 2:55 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
3:00 PM coffee break
coffee break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
3:30 PM Early physics in LHCb - Tomasz Skwarnicki (Syracuse University)
Early physics in LHCb
- Tomasz Skwarnicki (Syracuse University)
3:30 PM - 3:55 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
4:00 PM 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)
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
4:20 PM J/Psi and Upsilon Production in ATLAS - Darren Price (Indiana University)
J/Psi and Upsilon Production in ATLAS
- Darren Price (Indiana University)
4:20 PM - 4:35 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
5:30 PM Welcome Reception
Welcome Reception
5:30 PM - 6:50 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
Thursday, May 7, 2009
9:00 AM Trigger Strategy and Early Physics at CMS - Christoph Paus (MIT)
Trigger Strategy and Early Physics at CMS
- Christoph Paus (MIT)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Perseverance Hall
9:45 AM Jet Cross Sections and Properties - Davison Soper (University of Oregon)
Jet Cross Sections and Properties
- Davison Soper (University of Oregon)
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Perseverance Hall
10:30 AM coffee break
coffee break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Perseverance Hall
11:00 AM 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 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Perseverance Hall
11:45 AM Soft Gluons and Gaps - Jeffrey Forshaw (University of Manchester)
Soft Gluons and Gaps
- Jeffrey Forshaw (University of Manchester)
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
12:30 PM lunch break
lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
2:00 PM Heavy Flavor Physics - Tom Mehen (Duke University)
Heavy Flavor Physics
- Tom Mehen (Duke University)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
2:45 PM 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)
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
3:05 PM 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)
3:05 PM - 3:20 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
3:20 PM coffee break
coffee break
3:20 PM - 3:50 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
3:50 PM W cross section with early CMS data - Philip Harris (MIT)
W cross section with early CMS data
- Philip Harris (MIT)
3:50 PM - 4:05 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
4:10 PM Leptonic fake rates from jets at ATLAS - Gemma Wooden (Oxford University)
Leptonic fake rates from jets at ATLAS
- Gemma Wooden (Oxford University)
4:10 PM - 4:25 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
4:30 PM Estimating Fake EWK Background in Early Data with kNN - Kristian Hahn (MIT)
Estimating Fake EWK Background in Early Data with kNN
- Kristian Hahn (MIT)
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
4:50 PM Azimuthal angular spin determination with early LHC data - William Klemm (UC Berkeley)
Azimuthal angular spin determination with early LHC data
- William Klemm (UC Berkeley)
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
5:30 PM BBQ
BBQ
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
Friday, May 8, 2009
9:00 AM Precision Measurements and Parton Distribution Functions - C.-P. Yuan (Michigan State University)
Precision Measurements and Parton Distribution Functions
- C.-P. Yuan (Michigan State University)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Perseverance Hall
9:45 AM Vector Bosons and Jets Early On - Lance Dixon (SLAC)
Vector Bosons and Jets Early On
- Lance Dixon (SLAC)
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Perseverance Hall
10:30 AM coffee break
coffee break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Perseverance Hall
11:00 AM 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 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: Perseverance Hall
11:20 AM 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 AM - 11:35 AM
Room: Perseverance Hall
11:40 AM 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 AM - 11:55 AM
Room: Perseverance Hall
12:00 PM lunch break
lunch break
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
1:30 PM 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)
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
2:15 PM Seeing Light Dark Sectors With Early Data - Lian-Tao Wang (Princeton)
Seeing Light Dark Sectors With Early Data
- Lian-Tao Wang (Princeton)
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
3:00 PM 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)
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
3:20 PM 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)
3:20 PM - 3:35 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
3:40 PM coffee break
coffee break
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
4:00 PM Searches for Supersymmetry without Requiring Missing Et - Jeffrey Haas (Florida State University)
Searches for Supersymmetry without Requiring Missing Et
- Jeffrey Haas (Florida State University)
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
4:20 PM Prospects for inclusive searches for supersymmetry in ATLAS - Florian Ahles (Freiburg University)
Prospects for inclusive searches for supersymmetry in ATLAS
- Florian Ahles (Freiburg University)
4:20 PM - 4:35 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall
4:40 PM 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)
4:40 PM - 4:55 PM
Room: Perseverance Hall