High Energy Particle Physics Workshop 2017

1 Feb 2017, 09:00 → 3 Feb 2017, 15:00 Africa/Johannesburg

iThemba LABS - North

Alan Cornell, Bruce Mellado Garcia (University of Wisconsin), Deepak Kar (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

The goal of this workshop is to give opportunity for students and young researchers to give presentations and to write proceedings. A morning plenary session, followed 15+5 minute presentations, shall be the format across our three days. The topics to be covered will be high-energy theory and phenomenology (heavy ions, pp, ep, ee collisions), ATLAS physics and ALICE physics. Given the format, it is expected that all MSc and PhD students will have a chance to present to their peers and senior physicists. It is envisioned to provide Honors and undergraduate students with the opportunity to perform poster presentations.

Flyer_HEPPW2017.pdf

Wednesday, 1 February

09:00 → 10:00 Opening Session

09:00 Welcome from the Dean of the Faculty of Sciences

Speaker: Prof. Helder Marques (University of the Witwatersrand)

09:20 Welcome from the Chair of the SA-CERN Consortium

Speaker: Jean Cleymans (University of Cape Town (ZA))

cleymans_hepp2017.pdf

09:40 Structure of the workshop

Speakers: Alan Cornell, Bruce Mellado Garcia (University of the Witwatersrand)

HEPP010217.pdf

HEPP010217.ppt

10:00 → 10:20 Tea

10:20 → 13:00 Session I

10:20 Introduction to Collider Physics

Speaker: Dr Jong Soo Kim (IBS)

collider_introduction.pdf

ufo_models.zip

11:50 Astrophysical Constraints on Dark Matter

Speaker: Prof. Sergio Colafrancesco (University of the Witwatersrand)

gc_HEPPSA_2017.pdf

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Session II

14:00 Overview of Experimental Techniques I

Speaker: Andrea Helen Knue (Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik (DE))

SM_and_DataAnalysis_PartI.pdf

15:30 → 15:50 Tea

15:50 → 17:10 Session III

15:50 Thermal Field Theory in Small System

Speaker: William Horowitz (University of Cape Town)

16:20 The anisotropy effect on jet using AdS/CFT Correspondence

Speaker: Razieh Morad

16:35 A pQCD sized problem in small systems

Speaker: Isobel Kolbe (University of Cape Town (ZA))

HEPP17_Kolbe.pdf

16:55 Initial State Factorization and the Kinoshita-Lee-Nauenberg Theorem

Speaker: Mr Abdullah Khalil Hassan Ibrahim (University of Cape Town)

Thursday, 2 February

09:00 → 10:30 Session IV

09:00 Madgraph Tutorial

Speaker: Dr Jong Soo Kim

10:30 → 11:00 Tea

11:00 → 13:00 Session V

11:00 Overview of Experimental Techniques II

Speaker: Andrea Helen Knue (Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik (DE))

Searches_And_DataAnalysis_PartII.pdf

12:30 Particle Physics in Space (Dark Matter and the LHC)

Speaker: Dr Beck Geoff (University of the Witwatersrand)

gbeck_HEPPSA_2017.pdf

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Session VI

14:00 Performance of a resistive plate chamber equipped with a new prototype of amplified front-end electronics

Speaker: Massimiliano Marchisone (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

14:30 Measurement of visible cross sections at the LHC

Speaker: Sibaliso Mhlanga (University of Cape Town (ZA))

14:45 AdS/CFT predictions for partonic and fragmented momentum, azimuthal, and rapidity correlations of heavy flavors in heavy ion collisions

Speaker: Robert Hambrock (University of Cape Town)

15:00 Computing the qg to qg cross section using BCFW on-shell recursion

Speaker: Tanjona Radonirina Rabemananjara (CERN)

15:15 Evolution of gauge couplings and Weinberg angle in 5-dimension for G2 gauge group

Speaker: Mr Mohammed Omer Khojali (University of the Witwatersrand)

15:30 → 15:50 Tea

15:50 → 17:20 Session VII

15:50 Non abelian correction to the induced gluon radiation

Speaker: Andriniaina Narindra Rasoanaivo (University of Cape Town)

16:05 Absorption probabilities and QNMs associated with spin-3/2 particles near N-dimensional Schwarzschild black holes

Speaker: Gerhard Harmsen (University of the Witwatersrand)

16:20 Quasinormal modes for a spin-3/2 field in a 4-dimensional Reissner-Nordstrom background

Speaker: Mr Xolane Ngcobo (University of the Witwatersrand)

16:35 Two Higgs doublet model in future colliders

Speaker: Chuene Johannes Mosomane (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

16:50 Studies of the b-tagged control region for same sign WW production in proton-proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS Detector

Speaker: Raynette Van Tonder (University of Cape Town (ZA))

Friday, 3 February

09:00 → 10:30 Session VIII

09:00 The Madala hypothesis

Speaker: Mukesh Kumar (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

hepp2017_mk.pdf

09:15 The Madala Hypothesis with Run I and Run II data at the LHC

Speaker: Stefan Erich Von Buddenbrock (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

svb_hepp2017.pdf

09:30 Physics with 4 leptons at the LHC

Speaker: Yesenia Hernandez Jimenez (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

HEPP_4leptons_3Feb2017.pdf

09:45 Search for new physics with di-photon events with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

Speakers: Robert Graham Reed (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)), Tshidiso Sydwell Molupe (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

10:00 Search for Higgs in association with MET with the ATLAS detector

Speaker: Kehinde Gbenga Tomiwa (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

Hepp2017.pdf

10:15 The search for WW gamma gamma with the ATLAS detector

Speaker: Abdualazem Fadol

10:30 → 10:50 Tea

10:50 → 12:20 Session IX

10:50 A characterisation of the ATLAS ITk high rapidity modules in Allpix and EUTelescope

Speaker: Ryan Justin Atkin (University of Cape Town (ZA))

HEPPW2017_RyanAtkin.pdf

11:05 High fluence neutron radiation of plastic scintillators for the Tile Calorimeter of the ATLAS detector

Speaker: Joyful Elma Mdhluli (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

Joyful_Mdhluli_HEPPW2017-1.pdf

11:20 Light yield studies with the plastic scintillators radiated with neutrons

Speaker: Skhathisomusa Mthembu (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

Scotty_Presentation_final.pdf

11:35 Raman Spectroscopy analysis of plastic scintillators radiated with neutrons

Speaker: Humphry Tlou

11:50 Low consumption RF devices and applications in system control

Speaker: Mr Roger Ven Rensburg (University of the Witwatersrand)

Low Power Consumption RF Devices and Applications in System Control.pdf

12:05 Status of the TileCal phase-II upgrade Electronics

Speaker: Mr Dingane Hlaluku (University of the Witwatersrand (ZA))

Status of the TileCal Phase-II upgrade electronics2.pdf

12:20 → 13:20 Lunch