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Particle Physics Seminar Programme
2016–2017
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Welcome to the University of Birmingham Particle Physics group seminars page.
Particle Physics Seminars are held on Wednesdays at 1:30pm
in the Poynting Small Lecture Theatre (room S06).
The Poynting Building is at R13 on the
campus map.
Tea, coffee and biscuits are served at 1:15pm.
The agenda is also available at Talks@bham (but this page is updated first).
Speaker suggestions, offers of talks or enquires are very welcome!
Please contact
Tonino Sergi or
Ian Kenyon.
Autumn Term 2016
| Date |
Speaker |
Institute |
Title |
Information |
| 28th September |
Tony Price |
Birmingham University |
Applications of Particle Physics to Medicine in UK |
[abs]
[pdf] |
| 5th October |
Jennifer Thomas |
University College |
MINOS+, NOVA and CHIPS |
[abs]
[pdf] |
| 12th October |
Miriam Watson |
Birmingham University |
ICHEP Review |
[abs]
[pdf] |
| 19th October |
Dinesh Srivastava |
VECC Kolkata |
Discovery of the Quark-Gluon Plasma |
[abs]
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| 26th October |
Vitaly Kudryavtsev |
Sheffield University |
Dark Matter Searches with LUX-ZEPLIN |
[abs]
[pdf] |
| 2nd November |
Evgueni Goudzovski |
Birmingham University |
Kaon Experiments at CERN: Recent Results and Prospects |
[abs]
[pdf] |
| 9th November |
Jaap Velthuis |
Bristol University |
Volcanoes and other things that go boom... applications of muon tomography |
[abs]
[ppt] |
| 16th November |
Marco Gersabeck |
CERN |
Recent Highlights and Prospects for Quark Flavour Physics at LHCb |
[abs]
[pdf] |
| 23rd November |
Vasiliki Kouskoura |
BNL |
Search for Scalar Partner of Top in Jets+ETmiss Final State with ATLAS |
[abs]
[pdf] |
| 30th November |
Dan Saunders |
Bristol University |
SoLid: Search for neutrino
oscillations using a Lithium-6 Detector at a nuclear reactor |
[abs]
[pdf] |
| 7th December |
Giulio D'Agostini |
Cambridge and Rome Universities |
Claims of Discoveries based on Sigmas |
[abs]
[pdf] |
Spring Term 2017
| Date |
Speaker |
Institute |
Title |
Information |
| 11th January 1300 start |
Rhys Owen |
Birmingham University |
Searches at ATLAS for Rare Higgs' Decays |
[abs]
[pdf] |
| 18th January |
Jens Dopke |
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
High Luminosity ATLAS and CMOS Sensors |
[abs]
[pdf] |
| 25th January Physics West 117 |
Sneha Malde |
Oxford University |
Precision Measurements of the CKM Angle γ |
[abs]
[pdf] |
| 8th February Physics West 117 |
Randolph Pohl |
Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics |
Shrinking the Proton |
[abs]
[pdf] |
| 15th February |
Tim Burns |
Swansea University |
Nuclear Physics with Heavy Hadrons |
[abs]
[pdf] |
| 22nd February |
David Berman |
Queen Mary, London |
String Theory: Ideology or Toolbox? |
[abs]
[ppt] |
| 1st March |
Neil Spooner |
Sheffield University |
Galactic Signatures and Directional
Detection of Particle Dark Matter:
the CYGNUS Project and Probing below
the Neutrino Floor |
[abs]
[pdf] |
| 8th March |
Tony Weidberg |
Oxford University |
The ATLAS Tracker Upgrade |
[abs]
[pdf] |
| 15th March |
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Reserved for C4 Talks |
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| moved to May 3rd |
Nansi Andari |
Birmingham University |
Determination of W mass |
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Summer Term 2017
| Date |
Speaker |
Institute |
Title |
Information |
| 26th April |
Nicolas Lurkin |
Birmingham University |
π0 Dalitz Transition Form factor and other news from NA62 |
[abs]
[pdf] |
| 3rd May |
Nansi Andari |
Birmingham University |
Determination of W-Boson Mass with the ATLAS Detector |
[abs]
[pdf] |
| 10th May |
Andrzej Szelc |
Manchester University |
Shining Light on Neutrino Interactions |
[abs]
[pdf] |
| 17th May |
Steve Watts |
Manchester University |
Information Theoretic Multivariate Analysis |
[abs]
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| 24th May |
Jon Butterworth |
University College, London |
Making Measurements and Constraining New Physics at the LHC |
[abs]
[pdf] |
| 7th June In Physics West 117 |
Jorge Casalderrey-Solana |
Oxford University |
A Strongly Coupled View of the Quark-Gluon Plasma |
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| 14th June |
Steve Worm |
Birmingham University |
Dark Matter at the LHC |
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