Abstract: The discovery of the Higgs in Run 1 of the LHC provided a more complete picture of the Standard Model and also gave particle physicists a new tool to use in the search for Beyond the Standard Model physics. …

Tomo Lazovich (Harvard) "One Higgs, Two Higgs, Old Higgs, New Higgs: the Higgs boson from discovery to new physics with the ATLAS experiment" Read More »

Abstract: The inference of cosmological parameters requires the construction of a likelihood function that acts as an interface between theory and observational data. Using the CMB experiment Planck as a worked example, I provide an overview of the challenges associated …

Franz Elsner (UCL) "Parameter estimation in cosmology – The Planck likelihood" Read More »

Abstract: Dark matter constitutes 85% of the matter in the universe, yet despite its abundance, very little is known about it. One popular theory is that dark matter is made of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, or WIMPs. Due to the …

Shawn Westerdale (PRINCETON) "Detecting Dark Matter with DarkSide-50" Read More »

Abstract: DM-Ice is a phased program towards the first direct detection search for dark matter in the Southern Hemisphere with a quarter ton scale NaI(Tl) crystal array.  It will provide an understanding of the modulation signal reported by DAMA by …

Walter Pettus (YALE/WISCONSIN) "The DM-Ice Dark Matter Experiment" Read More »

Abstract: The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment is designed to measure the neutrino mixing angle with unprecedented precision. The experiment utilizes multiple pairs of identical antineutrino detectors (ADs) at different baselines from three pairs of reactor cores to minimize systematic …

Gaosong Li (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) – "Daya Bay Experiment" Read More »