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| Description | Joint Theory Seminar Speaker: Vikram Rentala Title: Identifying physics Beyond the Standard Model at the LHC Host: Luty Room: 432 Many BSM theories predict new heavy particle states that are identical to their SM counterparts but are heavier. In SUSY, the superpartners differ in spin by a half-integer from their SM counterparts, whereas Kaluza-Klein resonances have the same spin as the SM zero modes. Measuring spin thus provides a crucial handle on distinguishing new physics models at the LHC. The first part of this talk is about spin measurement of new particles at the LHC using the azimuthal angular distribution of decay products from a parent particle whose spin we wish to measure. This technique is model independent and relies only on simple angular momentum rules and quantum mechanics. In the second part of the talk we discuss WZ scattering at the LHC. We find that the same azimuthal angle can be used as a probe of a strongly coupled Higgs sector. |
| Date | Mon, April 18, 2011 |
| Time | 6:00am-7:00am PDT |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Access | Public |
| Created by | High-Energy Seminars |
| Updated | Fri, April 8, 2011 9:40am PDT |
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