Wednesday 23rd November
3.30pm in T125
Prof Freya Blekman
Particle
Physics
SEMINAR
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Exploring New Physics in the Top Quark
Sector with the Compact Muon Solenoid
ABSTRACT:
In many models of physics beyond the Standard model the coupling of new physics to third generation
quarks is enhanced or signatures are expected that mimic top production. I will present a review of mostly
non-Supersymmetry inspired searches for new physics beyond the standard model in final states
containing top quarks or bottom quarks performed by the CMS experiment. This includes searches for
heavy gauge bosons, excited quarks, sequential and vector-like top quark partners. The
analyses span a range of final states, from multi-leptonic to entirely hadronic, and many use
convoluted analysis techniques to reconstruct the highly boosted final states that are created in
these topologies.