Topic of the Week
Liantao Wang
March 27th and 28th
| Day | Speaker | Topic | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27th at 3pm | Liantao Wang (UChicago) | Searching for light dark matter at colliders | WH11 NE (Sunrise) |
| Mar 28th at 2pm | Liantao Wang (UChicago) | Higgs signal and new physics implications | WH11 NE (Sunrise) |
Descriptions / About the scientists
Guest: Liantao Wang
Date: March 27th and 28th
Time: 2pm and 3:30pm respectively
Topic: Searching for light dark matter at colliders / Higgs signal and new physics implications.
Where: WH11 NE (Sunrise)
Description
Searching for light dark matter at colliders
I will review the potential of searching for light dark matter at the LHC. It has been pointed out that monojet + MET can provide a stronger probe than the direct detection experiments. I will also argue that the force mediator between the dark matter and the Standard Model sector is usually within the reach of high energy colliders. As an example, I will describe combining the collider searchs of di-jet resonances and the monojet+MET to give a better discovery potential.
Higgs signal and new physics implications
I will give an overview of implications of current Higgs searches on new physics scenarios, such as supersymmetry. I will also describe model independent approaches to probe new physics with Higgs phenomenology.
About the scientists
I got my PhD from University of Michigan, then went on to postdoc positions at University of Wisconsin and Harvard. I was on the faculty of Princeton university, and I am now an assistant professor at the university of Chicago.
