Abstract: Quantum interference between signal and background Feynman diagrams produce non-linear effects that challenge core assumptions going into the statistical analysis methodology in particle physics. I show that for such cases, no single observable can capture all the relevant information …
Research Progress Meeting Date: February 25, 2025 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 Speaker: Atsushi J. Nishizawa (Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University) Title: Subaru HSC medium band filter survey and photometric redshift of galaxies Abstract: Photometric redshift (photo-z) is a well-known technique for …
Research Progress Meeting Date: February 27, 2025 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 Speaker: Ryan Bouabid (Duke) Title: COHERENT: Using Small Recoils to Look for Big Discoveries Abstract: The COHERENT collaboration is pioneering the study of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CEvNS), a …
Research Progress Meeting Date: March 13, 2025 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 Speaker: Isobel Ojalvo (Princeton) Title: Real-time Anomaly Detection at the CMS Experiment Abstract: During Run-3 at the LHC, the search for new physics has significantly expanded. Development of advanced …
Research Progress Meeting Date: March 19, 2025 Time: 3:00- 4:00 pm Location: B50 Auditorium Speaker: Andrei Cuceu (LBNL) Title: DESI DR2 results: Measurements of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations and Cosmological Constraints Abstract: The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is conducting a 5-year redshift survey …
Research Progress Meeting Date: March 20, 2025 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 Speaker: Dean Robinson (LBNL) Title: New Theory Tools for the Next Generation of Precision Flavor Abstract: The interpretation of upcoming precision flavor data will require a suite of higher-order …
Research Progress Meeting Date: March 27, 2025 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 Speaker: Daniela Köck (University of Oregon) Title: Exploring Electroweak Paths Beyond the Standard Model with ATLAS Abstract: Phenomenological observations such as dark matter in the universe have long hinted …
Research Progress Meeting Date: April 8, 2025 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 Speaker: Harry Teplitz (Caltech/IPAC) Title: Euclid: an ESA Mission with NASA Involvement to Study the Dark Universe Abstract: Euclid is a European Space Agency mission with NASA involvement to …
Research Progress Meeting Date: April 17, 2025 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 Speaker: Victoria Xu (UCB) Title: Broadband quantum enhancement of the LIGO detectors with frequency-dependent squeezing Abstract: Quantum noise imposes a fundamental limitation on the sensitivity of laser-interferometric gravitational-wave detectors …
Research Progress Meeting Date: April 24, 2025 Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 Speaker: Michael Williams (LBNL) Title: First Above-Ground Dark Matter Search Results from the TESSERACT Collaboration Abstract: The TESSERACT collaboration will search for dark matter particles with masses below that …