Graduate Lectures (School Year 2023-24) – Centre for Precision Studies in Particle Physics

NOTE: This is a series of lectures on related topics

Intro: Passage of particles through matter
- Lectures:
  - Lecturer: Oleg Brandt
  - 23 Feb (Fri) 11:00
  - 26 Feb (Mon) 11:00
- Problems: passage of particles through matter
  - Lecturer: Oleg Brandt
  - 28 Feb (Wed) 11:00
Calorimeters
- Lectures:
  - Lecturer: David Petyt
  - 01 Mar (Fri) 11:00
- Problems:
  - Lecturer: David Petyt and Oleg Brandt
  - 6 Mar (Wed) 11:00
Gaseous detectors
- Lectures:
  - Lecturer: Giulio Aielli
  - 11 Mar (Mon) 11:00
- Problems:
  - Lecturer: Giulio Aielli
  - 13 Mar (Wed) 11:00
Semiconductor detectors
- Lectures:
  - Lecturer: Bart Hommels
  - 15 Mar (Fri) 11:00
- Problems:
  - Lecturer: Bart Hommels
  - 22 Mar (Wed) 11:00
Trackers vs calorimeters, PFlow
- Lectures:
  - Lecturer: TBD
  - 18 Mar (Mon) 11:00
- Problems:
  - Lecturer: TBD
  - 25 Mar (Mon) 11:00
Reconstruction algorithms and DAQ systems
- Lecturer: Chris Jones
- Lectures:
  - 20 Mar (Wed) 11:00
- Problems:
  - Lecturer: Chris Jones
  - 27 Mar (Wed) 11:00

- Mon, 29 Jan 11am – noon <– Location: Ryle Seminar room
- Wed 31 Jan 11am – noon <– Location: HEP Library

Problem sheet No 1 and Problem sheet No 2.
Syllabus: Hypothesis testing, the CLs method (central to understanding searches at the LHC) using the hunt for the Higgs boson at LEP, Tevatron, and the LHC for illustration, followed by representative examples how searches are designed.
Important information:
- In order to follow and fully benefit from the lecture, the students are expected read two papers beforehand:
  - The famous overview paper on the CLs method by Alex Read
  - The original ATLAS Higgs observation paper
- Additional reading for the students (may be helpful for the understanding):
  - #12 – CLs iteslf,
  - #11 – hypothesis testing

- Tuesday 6th Feb 2pm – 4pm
- Wednesday 7th Feb 2pm – 4pm
- Thursday 8th Feb 2pm – 4pm
- Friday 9th Feb 2pm – 4pm