| LES HOUCHES 2009 | ||||||
| BSM Working Group in Les Houches (update 29/05/09) | ||||||
| Nom de Famille | Prénom | Courriel | Groupe de travail | Sujet | Session | |
| 1 | AGASHE | Kaustubh | kagashe@umd.edu | bsm | LHC and other signals for the framework of warped extra dimension/composite Higgs | SESSION 2 |
| 2 | ASSAMAGAN | Ketevi | ketevi@bnl.gov | nlm bsm | Higgs searches at the LHC (ATLAS) | SESSION 1 |
| 3 | BASSO | Lorenzo | lb4x07@soton.ac.uk | mc bsm | LHC/LC signatures from Z' in U(1)_B-L extensions of SUSY and NON-SUSY extensions of the SM | SESSION 2 |
| 4 | BELANGER | Genevieve | belanger@lapp.in2p3.fr | bsm | Testing DM models at colliders | SESSION 2 |
| 5 | BELYAEV | Alexander | a.belyaev@phys.soton.ac.uk | mc bsm | Development of CalcHEP and CalcHEP-MC interface Study of Phenomenology of BSM models (SUSY -- MSSM and NMSSM, Higgsless models, Technicolor) and their cosmological connections. This should complete or study on "Dictionary of LHC Signatures" started in arXiv:0806.2838 | SESSION 2 |
| 6 | BLACK | Kevin | kblack@fas.harvard.edu | bsm | Technicolor, Z+jets | SESSION 2 |
| 7 | BOLZONI | Paolo | paolo.bolzoni@desy.de | mc bsm | NNLO infrared subtraction schemes | SESSION 2 |
| 8 | BOOS | Eduard | boos@theory.sinp.msu.ru | mc bsm | BSM via top quark, tools for extra dimensions | SESSION 2 |
| 9 | BOSE | Tulika | tulika@bu.edu | bsm | I am interested in searches involving di-boson resonances (WZ) and in particular Technicolor searches in collaboration with Ken Lane (Boston University). | SESSION 2 |
| 10 | BOUDJEMA | Fawzi | boudjema@lapp.in2p3.fr | nlm mc bsm | WG1, SM-NLO: EW NLO processes WG2, Tools: BSM automation (lanhep,..) WG3 (BSM): spin determination | SESSION 2 |
| 11 | BROOIJMANS | Gustaaf | gusbroo@nevis.columbia.edu | bsm | Signatures with tops or with signals similar to tops. | SESSION 2 |
| 12 | BRUNELIERE | Renaud | Renaud.Bruneliere@cern.ch | mc bsm | - New physics (BSM) : generic signatures, model independent searches for SUSY and other BSM models - Tools and Monte Carlos : Defining common LHC benchmark points for first data. | SESSION 2 |
| 13 | BUNICHEV | Viacheslav | bunichev@theory.sinp.msu.ru | mc bsm | 1) Tools for study models with extradimensions. 2) Tools for cascade processes simulation. | SESSION 2 |
| 14 | CACCIAPAGLIA | Giacomo | g.cacciapaglia@ipnl.in2p3.fr | bsm | Extra dimensional models and phenomenology, Rare decays of new particles, Tools for new models | SESSION 2 |
| 15 | CHIERICI | Roberto | Roberto.Chierici@cern.ch | nlm mc bsm | Top physics MC tools | SESSION 1 |
| 16 | DAS | Siba prasad | spdas@th.physik.uni-bonn.de | mc bsm | i) Generic Signatures at Colliders ii) Reconstruction techniques iii)Higgs Physics(CP-conserving and CP-violating) iv) Monte-Carlo techniques v) Jet reconstruction algorithm vi) Implementation of new models in existing event generators (Pythia, Herwig and etc.) and Matrix Element calculators ( MadGraph/MadEvent and etc.). | SESSION 2 |
| 17 | DATTA | Aseshkrishna | asesh@hri.res.in | mc bsm | BSM:generic signatures, reconstruction techniques Tools and MCs | SESSION 2 |
| 18 | DEANDREA | Aldo | deandrea@ipnl.in2p3.fr | bsm | 1) model independent approach in higgs physics 2) non-susy models (extra dimensions and strong higgs sector) | SESSION 2 |
| 19 | DEL DEBBIO | Luigi | luigi.del.debbio@ed.ac.uk | mc bsm | Fits
of parton distribution functions Non perturbative studies of dynamical electroweak symmetry breaking |
SESSION 2 |
| 20 | FERRAG | Samir | s.ferrag@physics.gla.ac.uk | nlm bsm | Min Bias, Dileptons in BSM | SESSION 1 |
| 21 | FICHET | Sylvain | fichet@lpsc.in2p3.fr | bsm | BSM phenomenology : Model discrimnation and bottom-up parameter determination. Alternatives for EWSB | SESSION 2 |
| 22 | FOX | Patrick | pjfox@fnal.gov | bsm | Beyond the Standard Model Physics e.g new gauge sectors, new heavy fermions, extra dimensional warped models, the LHC/dark matter connection, and model-independent search strategies | SESSION 2 |
| 23 | GASCON-SHOTKIN | Suzanne | smgascon@in2p3.fr | nlm mc bsm | SM and NLO Multi-leg: Kinematical implications/experimental sensitivity to NLO/NNLO predictions for Higgs observables. Implementation of these predictions in Monte Carlos Tools and Monte Carlos: ME/PS QED matching. Reweighting of Monte Carlos to NLO/NNLO predictions. New Physics (BSM): Non-standard Higgs boson production | SESSION 1 |
| 24 | GERSHTEIN | Yuri | gershtein@physics.rutgers.edu | bsm | Hidden Valleys / Long-lived particles / early LHC signals | SESSION 2 |
| 25 | GODBOLE | Rohini | rohini@cts.iisc.ernet.in | nlm bsm | 1)higgs physics : cp properties and cp violation 2)top physics as probes of BSM physics 3)mass and spin reconstruction | SESSION 1 |
| 26 | GOPALAKRISHNA | Shrihari | shri@quark.phy.bnl.gov | bsm | LHC signatures and probes of warped-space models, model independent probes of new physics, modified Higgs sector. Particle dark matter and LHC connection. | SESSION 2 |
| 27 | GRAY | Heather | heather.gray@cern.ch | bsm | I'm most interested on working on some sort of new physics decaying to top quarks. | SESSION 2 |
| 28 | GRIPAIOS | Ben | ben.matthew.gripaios@cern.ch | mc bsm | Mass/Spin Determination in New Physics Scenarios Theories Beyond the Standard Model Soft Collinear Effective Theory for Collider Physics | SESSION 2 |
| 29 | GROJEAN | Christophe | christophe.grojean@cern.ch | bsm | WW scattering Models of Electroweak Symmetry Breaking | SESSION 2 |
| 30 | GUCHAIT | Monoranjan | guchait@tifr.res.in | mc bsm | BSM | SESSION 2 |
| 31 | HARPER | Sam | sam.james.harper@cern.ch | bsm | early interpretation of new physics results, with new physics giving a heavy massive neutral gauge boson being of particular interest | SESSION 2 |
| 32 | HENDERSON | Conor | conor.henderson@cern.ch | bsm | 1. BSM searches with photon signatures, such as extra dimensions, diphoton resonances, etc... 2. Presentation of experimental results in ways that are more generally useful for theoretical consumption, ie trying to change the 'one model limit per paper' paradigm 3. Also interested in model-independent global BSM searches (my previous postdoc work was the Vista/Sleuth global search at CDF, under Bruce Knuteson) | SESSION 2 |
| 33 | JACKSON | James | james.jackson@cern.ch | bsm | Model independent searches for new physics in the di-electron channel | SESSION 2 |
| 34 | KARAGOZ UNEL | Muge | m.unel@physics.ox.ac.uk | bsm | interested in exotic quarks(e.g., decaying to top quarks) and extra dimensions | SESSION 2 |
| 35 | KAUER | Nikolas | n.kauer@rhul.ac.uk | nlm mc bsm | * NLO calculation of pp -> ZZj * event generator for gg -> Zg, gg -> WWZ * numerical methods for stable 1-loop multi-leg calculations * optimized model discrimination for jets + leptons + ETmiss signatures at the LHC | SESSION 1 |
| 36 | KRAML | Sabine | sabine.kraml@lpsc.in2p3.fr | bsm | Phenomenology of SUSY + extra dimensions, generic BSM signatures | SESSION 2 |
| 37 | KRIBS | Graham | kribs@uoregon.edu | bsm | (co-organizer of BSM session) | SESSION 2 |
| 38 | LANE | Kenneth | lane@physics.bu.edu | bsm | Low-Scale Technicolor (and other strong dynamics) at the LHC -- theoretical issues and experimental signatures | SESSION 2 |
| 39 | LARI | Tommaso | tommaso.lari@mi.infn.it | bsm | Searches for supersymmetry and model-independent searches at colliders | SESSION 2 |
| 40 | LEE | Seung | seung.lee@weizmann.ac.il | bsm | New Physics | SESSION 2 |
| 41 | LESSARD | Jean-raphael | jlessard@uvic.ca | bsm | New physics decaying to top quarks | SESSION 2 |
| 42 | LESTER | Christopher | Lester@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk | bsm | MT2? Mass reconstruction? | SESSION 2 |
| 43 | LLODRA-PEREZ | Jeremie | jllodra@ipnl.in2p3.fr | bsm | BSM Physics : Hdecay in two gammas Extra-dimension theories Dark matter Candidate/LHC phenomenology | SESSION 2 |
| 44 | MAHMOUDI | Farvah nazila | mahmoudi@in2p3.fr | mc bsm | - SUSY and non-SUSY BSM signals at the LHC - Indirect constraints on New Physics - SuperIso program | SESSION 2 |
| 45 | MARAVIN | Yurii | maravin@fnal.gov | bsm | I would like to work on preparation for searches for Higgs-less models and technicolor | SESSION 2 |
| 46 | MARTIN | Adam | adam.martin@yale.edu | bsm | Long lived particles, LHC dark matter I am especially interested in these topics within the context of the R-symmetric MSSM (MRSSM) I am also interested in EW-scale strong dynamics | SESSION 2 |
| 47 | MCELRATH | Bob | bob.mcelrath@cern.ch | mc bsm | Separation of SM missing energy from new physics missing energy using polynomial methods, codes for use by experiments that implement our polynomial methods. | SESSION 2 |
| 48 | MOREAU | Gregory | moreau@th.u-psud.fr | mc bsm | Extra dimension phenomenology | SESSION 2 |
| 49 | MORRISSEY | David | dmorriss@physics.harvard.edu | bsm | Non-minimal extensions of SUSY RS models | SESSION 2 |
| 50 | PERRIES | Stephane | s.perries@ipnl.in2p3.fr | nlm mc bsm | top physics ttbar resonnances | SESSION 1 |
| 51 | PRZYSIEZNIAK | Helenka | helenka@mail.cern.ch | mc bsm | Universal Extra Dimensions and Pythia Monte Carlo | SESSION 2 |
| 52 | PUKHOV | Alexander | pukhov@lapp.in2p3.fr | mc bsm | Dark matter, automatic calculation of Feynman diagrams. | SESSION 2 |
| 53 | RAKLEV | Are | A.Raklev@damtp.cam.ac.uk | bsm | Techniques for reconstructing New Physics scenarios, focusing in particular on using jets and their substructure. Also interested in the relation between New Physics at colliders and possible astrophysics signatures. | SESSION 2 |
| 54 | REUTER | Juergen | reuter@physik.uni-freiburg.de | mc bsm | Main focus: BSM models, Tools for BSM physics, Signatures and backgrounds, but will be also partially working on NLO multi-leg stuff (am not able to come for that slot due to teaching duties) | SESSION 2 |
| 55 | RICHARDSON | Peter | Peter.Richardson@durham.ac.uk | nlm mc bsm | Monte Carlo event generators both simulation of SM backgrounds and BSM signals | SESSION 2 |
| 56 | ROBENS | Tania | robens@physik.rwth-aachen.de | mc bsm | BSM physics at LHC, mass determination for decay chains, complete signal + background MC studies | SESSION 2 |
| 57 | ROGAN | Christopher | crogan@cern.ch | bsm | New Physics decaying to top quarks, LHC dark matter | SESSION 2 |
| 58 | ROSENFELD | Rogerio | rosenfel@ift.unesp.br | bsm | Production of new resonances at the LHC | SESSION 2 |
| 59 | ROY | Tuhin | tuhin@uoregon.edu | bsm | i) exotic signals of long lived particles - studies of models that have them and devise plans to extract as much information as possible. ii) topics in supersymmetry including - supersymmetry breaking, mediation mechanism, models and new signals. | SESSION 2 |
| 60 | SEKMEN | Sezen | sezen.sekmen@cern.ch | mc bsm | Model-independent BSM searches based on topologies, BSM-cosmology connection, dark matter searches at the LHC. | SESSION 2 |
| 61 | SEMENOV | Andrey | semenov@lapp.in2p3.fr | mc bsm | Automatic generation of Feynman rules | SESSION 2 |
| 62 | SERVANT | Geraldine | geraldine.servant@cern.ch | bsm | non-susy bsm, ttbar resonance | SESSION 2 |
| 63 | SHEPHERD-THEMISTOCLEOUS | Claire | claire.shepherd@cern.ch | bsm | Convenor of BSM working group | SESSION 2 |
| 64 | SINGH | Ritesh | singh@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de | mc bsm | top quarks, spins of new particles | SESSION 2 |
| 65 | SLAVICH | Pietro | slavich@lpthe.jussieu.fr | bsm | Flavour violation in the MSSM. Higgs sector of the NMSSM | SESSION 2 |
| 66 | SPIRA | Michael | michael.spira@psi.ch | nlm mc bsm | (N)NLO corrections to Higgs and SUSY particle production and decay Developing and improving tools including results at NLO and beyond | SESSION 2 |
| 67 | STRASSLER | Matthew | strassler@physics.rutgers.edu | bsm | Hidden sectors and techniques for finding them. I expect to interface with the "Tools and Monte Carlos" working group on this subject. | SESSION 2 |
| 68 | TOMALIN | Ian | I.R.Tomalin@rl.ac.uk | bsm | Hidden valleys & long-lived exotics | SESSION 2 |
| 69 | TYTGAT | Michael | michael.tytgat@cern.ch | bsm | Model independent susy searches, top-rich final states, searches without missing E_T. | SESSION 2 |
| 70 | VOS | Marcel andré | marcel.vos@ific.uv.es | bsm | reconstruction and identification of high pT top quarks searches for tt resonances searches for exotic physics with top quarks | SESSION 2 |
| 71 | WACKER | Jay | jgwacker@stanford.edu | bsm | Early discoveries of colored particles at the LHC. | SESSION 2 |
| 72 | ZEPPENFELD | Dieter | dieter.zeppenfeld@kit.edu | nlm mc bsm | Electroweak symmetry breaking and VBF processes, Higgs physics NLO calculations of multileg processes and Monte Carlo implementation (example: VBFNLO) | SESSION 1 |