Research Group: Particle Physics Research Centre Number of Students: 1 Length of Study in Years: 3-4 Full-time Project: no
The search for Z boson-like resonances aims to search for signals of new physics beyond the Standard Model in non supersymmetric models for example. The Z' boson is expected to have identical properties to the Z with larger mass. Current searches have excluded such particle for masses above a few TeV. Analysis of larger data sets being collected at the LHC will allow higher exclusion limits to be obtained, or the discovery of something new! The particle will appear as a resonance on a steeply falling Drell-Yan continuum background. Understanding detector resolution effects and backgrounds from Standard Model processes is essential in these searches.
Previous published work: http://inspirehep.net/record/1296830
Search for Quantum Black Holes and ADD Extra Dimensions in the opposite sign dimuon channel in proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS Detector at √=8 TeV [PDF 9,796KB]
Student expected to travel frequently to Geneva, and possibly spent 1 year at CERN depending on funding.Excellent programming skills in C++, python, linux/unix
SPCS Academics: Eram Rizvi