High Energy Physics
Theory-Experiment
Collaboration at Rutgers
High Energy Physics at Rutgers
Large Hadron Collider - Experiment + Theory :
Discover and Explain New Physics
Experiment + Theory Collaborations at Rutgers
• Extracting Hadronic Resonances Using Jet Ensemble Correlations
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Lath, Halkiadakis, Hidas, Duggan, Bavier, Lou, Patel, Thomas, Essig
• Solving the Model Independent Inverse Problem – Trileptons
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Somalwar, Dube, Glatzer, Sood, Thomas
• Muon b-tagging
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Schnetzer, Hits, Lin, Ronan, Graesser, Shelton, Ruderman
• Dark Photons - Hidden Valley
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Indirect SUSY Production
Gershtein, Atramentov, Thomas, Shih, Strassler
Direct Production
Somalwar, Sood, Thomas
• Leptonic Gauge Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking Signatures
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Somalwar, Gray, Thomas
• Higgs Boson Decay to Gluinos
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Lath, Thomas, Graesser
• Di-Jet Extinction from Non-Perturbative Quantum Gravity
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Lath, Rose, Thomas, Kilic
• Consistent On-Shell Effective Theory for Cascade Decay Correlations
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Thomas, Graesser, Shelton
• Discerning Supersymmetry in Cascade Decay Correlations
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Thomas, Graesser, Shelton
• Top Quark Leptonic Invariant Mass Distributions
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Precision Top Quark Mass
Halkiadakis, Schnetzer, Thomas, Graesser, Shelton
Charged Higgs in Top Decay
Halkiadakis, Hare, Thomas, Graesser, Shelton
New Physics in Top Interactions
Lath, Thomas, Graesser
• NNOMET Particle Masses and Spins
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Thomas, Park
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• Using Object Correlations to Discover Cascade Decay Signatures
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Lath, Thomas, Park
• Shotgun Sequencing of Cascade Decay Signals
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Lath, Thomas, Park
All of These Collaborations Either Have or Will Result in
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Tevatron Analysis + Publication
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LHC Analysis + Publication
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Theory Publication
+ Many, Many Discussions, Suggestions
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Theory <-> Experiment
. That Have Benefited Research
Dark Photons – Indirect SUSY Production
Theory Study
Gershtein, Altamentov,
Thomas, Shih, Strassler
D0
D0
Extracting Hadronic Resonances
Using Jet Ensemble Correlations
jet
jet
Theory Study
jet
jet
jet
Lath, Halkiadakis, Hidas, Duggan,
Bavier, Lou, Patel, Thomas, Essig
jet
Q= g~
pp  QQ
jjj
jjj
CMS
CDF
Consistent On-Shell Effective Theory
for Cascade Decay Correlations
Thomas, Graesser, Shelton
(Nearly) On-Shell Effective Theory
Very Wide Classes of Standard Model
. + New Physics
Invariant Mass Distributions in Generalized Dalitz Space –
Uniquely Determined by Masses and Spins
(No Arbitrary Couplings)
Top Quark Leptonic Invariant
Mass Distributions
Halkiadakis, Lath, Schnetzner
Hare, Thomas, Graesser, Shelton
Theory Study
Precision Top Mass
New Physics in Top Interactions
CDF
Charged Higgs in Top Decays
NNOMET Particle Masses and Spins
Using Object Correlations to Discover
Cascade Decay Signatures
Lath, Thomas, Park
Theory Study / CMS
SUSY Cascade Decay Sequence
Jets+Leptons+MET
CMS
• Mass Parameters to O(few-many%) with 100 Signal Events, S/B » 1 , 100 pb-1
• Extend to Discovery Level …
High Energy Physics at Rutgers
Unparalleled Culture of Collaboration at Rutgers …
Improves Physics on Both Theory + Experiment Side
Special Environment for Training Students/Postdocs
Recruiting Tool …
Growing Reputation …
Comments from Visitors …
. Experiment + Theory Collaboration Will
Continue to Be Put to Good Use in the LHC Era
Extra Slides
Dark Photons – Direct Production
Somalwar, Sood, Thomas
Dark Photon Longitudinal
. Decay Distribution
Top Decay b - lepton
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Distribution