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High Energy Physics at Rutgers

Large Hadron Collider - Experiment + Theory :

Discover and Explain New Physics

• Extracting Hadronic Resonances Using Jet Ensemble Correlations . Lath, Halkiadakis, Hidas, Duggan, Bavier, Lou, Patel, Thomas, Essig

• Solving the Model Independent Inverse Problem – Trileptons . Somalwar, Dube, Glatzer, Sood, Thomas

• Muon b-tagging . Schnetzer, Hits, Lin, Ronan, Graesser, Shelton, Ruderman

• Dark Photons - Hidden Valley

Indirect SUSY Production . Gershtein, Atramentov, Thomas, Shih, Strassler

Direct Production . Somalwar, Sood, Thomas

• Leptonic Gauge Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking Signatures . Somalwar, Gray, Thomas

• Higgs Boson Decay to Gluinos . Lath, Thomas, Graesser

• Di-Jet Extinction from Non-Perturbative Quantum Gravity . Lath, Rose, Thomas, Kilic

Experiment + Theory Collaborations at Rutgers

• Consistent On-Shell Effective Theory for Cascade Decay Correlations . Thomas, Graesser, Shelton

• Discerning Supersymmetry in Cascade Decay Correlations . Thomas, Graesser, Shelton

• Top Quark Leptonic Invariant Mass Distributions

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 . Thomas, Park • • Using Object Correlations to Discover Cascade Decay Signatures . Lath, Thomas, Park

• Shotgun Sequencing of Cascade Decay Signals . Lath, Thomas, Park

All of These Collaborations Either Have or Will Result in

• Tevatron Analysis + Publication

• LHC Analysis + Publication

• Theory Publication

+ Many, Many Discussions, Suggestions . Theory <-> Experiment . That Have Benefited Research

Dark Photons – Indirect SUSY Production Gershtein, Altamentov, Thomas, Shih, Strassler

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Extracting Hadronic Resonances Using Jet Ensemble Correlations

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CMS CDF

Theory Study

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

Precision Top Mass

New Physics in Top Interactions

Charged Higgs in Top Decays

Theory Study

CDF

NNOMET Particle Masses and Spins

Using Object Correlations to Discover Cascade Decay Signatures

Lath, Thomas, Park

SUSY Cascade Decay Sequence

Theory Study / CMS

CMS

• Mass Parameters to O(few-many%) with 100 Signal Events, S/B » 1 , 100 pb-1

• Extend to Discovery Level …

Jets+Leptons+MET

High Energy Physics at Rutgers

. Experiment + Theory Collaboration Will Continue to Be Put to Good Use in the LHC Era

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 …

Extra Slides

Dark Photons – Direct Production Somalwar, Sood, Thomas

Top Decay b - lepton . Distribution

Dark Photon Longitudinal . Decay Distribution