ATLAS HDBS and Exotic physics analysis groups workshop at Napoli, Italy was a big success!
ATLAS HDBS+Exotic joint workshop at Napoli
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A logo design for ATLAS HDBS (Higgs and Diboson searches) physics analysis group
A logo design for ATLAS HDBS (Higgs and Diboson Searches) physics analysis group: Herrison, which is French word for hedgehog, and close to the word of Higgs boson (H***son). The meaning stands for the searches of all these groups are strongly related to the Higgs boson discovered in 2012 at LHC. Physicsists believe that the Higgs boson will be a portal to the new physics. In the logo, the little hedgehog is trying to move the "H", as searching hidden secrets beneath the Standard-Model Higgs boson.
ATLAS Exotic Higgs decay summary plots
This note presents the most recent summary plots summarizing the results of the exotic Higgs decay searches from ATLAS HBSM Working Group. This is the first summary reports of low mass exotic Higgs decay searches from ATLAS. With more data being analyzed in Run2 of LHC, more results will be updated soon.
ATLAS searches for Higgs boson decays to beyond-the-Standard-Model light bosons in four-lepton events
The searches for Higgs boson decays to beyond-the-Standard-Model light bosons in four-lepton events with the ATLAS detector (arxiv:1802.03388) is published. Searches are perfomed for exotic decays of the Standard Model Higgs boson with a mass of 125 GeV to one or two new spin-1 particles, H→ZZd nd H→ZdZd, or spin-0 particles, H→Za and H→aa, using proton-proton collision data produced at center of mass energy at 13 TeV and recoreded by the ATLAS detector at the LHC in 2015 and 2016. The data are found to be globally consistent with the Standard-Model.
ATLAS DBL&HBSM joint workshop at Annecy
LAPP, Annecy hold ATLAS DBL&HBSM joint workshop in November, 2017. This workshop is a preparation for the end-of-Run-II physics publications, which will review the existing channels and discuss about the limitation, also identify the missing channels and opportunites for new people to be involved.
Young Scholars Program: local youth get hands-on with leading-edge research
— News at physics Illinois
The Young Scholars program is an opportunity for high school students to advance their goal of pursing higher education. Our scholars receive the opportunity to participate in an authentic research experience at world class research university, under the mentorship of a faculty member or graduate student. Scholars additionally receive one-on-one coaching and advising from a teacher mentor, who help coach the student through their research experience. Additionally, students participate in weekly seminars on various topics including research projects, college-readiness, and scientific communication. The ultimate goal of this program is to make students feel comfortable in a university setting, form a science identity and gain confidence in attending college. The summer of 2017 is our pilot year for the Young Scholars Program at the University of Illinois.
I served as the primary mentor of Shavan Patel in represent of Verena’s group. Shavan is an excellent young student interested in astrophysics. The knowledge and participation in particle physics experiment has helped him gained valuable experience in physics researches and build a strong fundamental for future studies.
More correlated news & info could be found at UIUC nuclear physics group.
Shavan and me in our lab (photo credit: Siv Schwink)
working in the lap (photo credit: Siv Schwink)
Shavan and his poster (photo credit: Mike Suchor)
Final poster session. Left to right: me, Shavan and Doug Beck (photo credit: Siv Schwink)
Lunch with Chancellor. Left to right: me, Chancellor Robert Jones, and Shavan (photo credit: Joe Bryant)
