7 PM Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Grove Theater, Oak Ridge
Search for the Higgs Particle with the Large Hadron Collider
Presented by Dr. Stefan Spanier
Abstract:
The Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) searches or the elusive Higgs particle. It is a cornerstone in the well-established Standard Model of particle physics, which describes extremely well a wide range of observed phenomena and has made successful predictions that have been observed at particle accelerator facilities over the past few decades.
Last year, the experiment collected enough data to train its capability on well-known signals and reveal a first glimpse at potential evidence. The experiment and search strategies with a look at the very first data will be presented.
Bio:
Education:
1994 Ph.D. Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany;
1991 Physics Diploma, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany;
Employment:
2008 – present, Associate Professor (tenured) at the University of Tennessee;
2002 – 2008, Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee;
1998 – 2002, Research Associate, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford, CA
1994 – 1998, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Zurich, Switzerland, and CERN;
1991 – 1994, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Mainz, Germany;
1989 CERN Summer Student;
1988/1989, Summer employment at IBM, Mainz, Germany;
see also: http://hep.phys.utk.edu
