LHC Physics Center

What I will be working on:

In 2016 I will focus on searches for new physics. I will continue my work on the signature with missing transverse momentum, one lepton and jets. The 8 TeV version of the search will be extended together with collaborators.

Also in other channels I will work on broadening the CMS search portfolio. In the context of searches for compressed higgsinos , I will work on improving strategies that use monojet or VBF topologies with soft leptons. The aim is to go already in 2016 beyond the LEP limits also in this sector. Furthermore, compressed spectra in the stop sector also will be hunted by using new techniques in the soft sector (soft btags and very soft leptons).

I also intend to launch new efforts at the Standard Model (SM) precision frontier by measuring precisely a forward backward asymmetry. This asymmetry is present purely due to virtual QCD corrections and has not been measured before. In context of using tiny SM asymmetries for searches in the future, such measurements will be vital.

My role in CMS past and present:

I contributed significantly to the CMS tracker, especially in the fields of quality control and alignment. I introduced to CMS alignment algorithm MillePede II and developed an according alignment strategy that is used since the start of CMS and is still in use today. My physics analysis focus around two fields, SUSY searches and precision SM measurements. In both fields I launched and realized several major analyses. The search with leading sensitivity to gluino induced stops, the leading search for stops that are very compressed to the LSP (4-body decay), the search with leading sensitivity to compressed electroweakinos, and the most precise PT(Z) measurement of CMS are among the more recent results. Currently I am also convening the inclusive SUSY searches subgroup together with Seema.