Physics beyond the Standard Model at the LHC and beyond
Lead Research Organisation:
Durham University
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
The experiments at the LHC are probing an energy regime never tested directly before. Due to the limitations of the Standard Model in describing several observations in nature, e.g. Matter-Anti-Matter asymmetry or Dark Matter, we hope to find new particles within the reach of the LHC.
The project will focus on understanding the signals of new physics at the LHC and on constructing theoretical models able to explain the data in a coherent picture. In many scenarios that have been proposed, the new particles are very difficult to find because the cross section for making them is small and the structure of new physics signal events looks rather similar to that of Standard Model events that have larger cross sections. Thus one needs to distinguish signal events corresponding to a new physics scenario that one is trying to find from similar Standard Model background events. To best do this, we need to use differences between signal and background in the detailed substructure of the events. For this purpose novel reconstruction techniques will be proposed and developed.
The project will focus on understanding the signals of new physics at the LHC and on constructing theoretical models able to explain the data in a coherent picture. In many scenarios that have been proposed, the new particles are very difficult to find because the cross section for making them is small and the structure of new physics signal events looks rather similar to that of Standard Model events that have larger cross sections. Thus one needs to distinguish signal events corresponding to a new physics scenario that one is trying to find from similar Standard Model background events. To best do this, we need to use differences between signal and background in the detailed substructure of the events. For this purpose novel reconstruction techniques will be proposed and developed.
Organisations
Publications
Blance A
(2019)
Adversarially-trained autoencoders for robust unsupervised new physics searches
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Chala M
(2019)
Mapping the shape of the scalar potential with gravitational waves
in International Journal of Modern Physics A
Hays C
(2017)
Prospects for new physics in t ? lµµ at current and future colliders
in Journal of High Energy Physics
Khoze V
(2019)
Precision measurements for the Higgsploding standard model
in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Kribs G
(2017)
Electroweak oblique parameters as a probe of the trilinear Higgs boson self-interaction
in Physical Review D
Piscopo M
(2019)
Solving differential equations with neural networks: Applications to the calculation of cosmological phase transitions
in Physical Review D
Ruiz R
(2017)
Heavy neutrinos from gluon fusion
in Physical Review D
Schichtel P
(2019)
Constraining strongly coupled new physics from cosmic rays with machine learning techniques
in EPL (Europhysics Letters)
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
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ST/N50404X/1 | 30/09/2015 | 30/03/2021 | |||
1630523 | Studentship | ST/N50404X/1 | 30/09/2015 | 30/08/2019 | Philip Waite |
ST/P006744/1 | 30/09/2017 | 29/09/2024 | |||
1630523 | Studentship | ST/P006744/1 | 30/09/2015 | 30/08/2019 | Philip Waite |