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UC Davis Particle Physics Seminars

This album features seminars on theoretical and experimental particle physics. Topics include supersymmetry, the Large Hadron Collider, electroweak symmetry breaking, cosmology and gravity.

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Quark/Gluon Tagger in Theory and Data

Quark/Gluon Tagger in Theory and Data

Jason Gallicchio explains how distinguishing light-quark jets from gluon jets on an event-by-event basis could significa... Read more

2 Oct 2012

1hr 4mins

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Precision measurement of the W boson mass at CDF

Precision measurement of the W boson mass at CDF

The W boson mass is a crucial parameter in the standard model of particle physics, providing constraints on the mass of ... Read more

4 Jun 2012

52mins

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Thoughts about Uncertainties on DM Production at Colliders

Thoughts about Uncertainties on DM Production at Colliders

Tim Tait examines uncertainties in dark matter production at particle colliders.

13 Apr 2012

1hr 10mins

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Summary of Fermilab Workshop

Summary of Fermilab Workshop

Dave Mason gives a summary of the dark matter workshop at Fermilab.

12 Apr 2012

43mins

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Solving the Simplest Theory of Quantum Gravity

Solving the Simplest Theory of Quantum Gravity

Sergey Dubovsky discusses the effective field theory of long relativistic strings such as confining flux tubes in QCD. W... Read more

13 Mar 2012

1hr 37mins

Ranked #6

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Fourth Generation Searches at ATLAS

Fourth Generation Searches at ATLAS

Katherine Copic discusses ATLAS's first searches for fourth generation quarks, including a preview of new results for th... Read more

31 Jan 2012

1hr 2mins

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Supersymmetry Prospects at ATLAS

Supersymmetry Prospects at ATLAS

Gordon Watts gives the status and prospects for supersymmetry searches with the ATLAS detector.

8 Nov 2011

1hr 5mins

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Supersymmetry Status Report

Supersymmetry Status Report

Stuart gives the status of searches for supersymmetry (SUSY) at the LHC.

8 Nov 2011

1hr 26mins

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Supersymmetry Searches with B-jets at CMS

Supersymmetry Searches with B-jets at CMS

Many models for Supersymmetry (SUSY) predict strong coupling to third-generation Standard Model particles. As part of a ... Read more

25 Oct 2011

1hr 1min

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Duality and Holography

Duality and Holography

Joe Polchinski discusses the idea that physics must be holographic and that the fundamental variables are nonlocal and l... Read more

16 May 2011

1hr 13mins

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Quantum Field Theory of an Accelerated Observer in Moyal Spacetime

Quantum Field Theory of an Accelerated Observer in Moyal Spacetime

Sachindeo Vaidya argues that an accelerating frame may be defined (i.e. as a sequence of instantaneous Lorentz transform... Read more

16 May 2011

1hr 11mins

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A Status Report on the Observability of Cosmic Bubble Collisions

A Status Report on the Observability of Cosmic Bubble Collisions

Anthony Aguirre gives a talk at the Bubbles in the Sky workshop.

1 Apr 2011

55mins

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Tensor Perturbation Constraint on Inflation Models with Non-Negligible Spatial Curvature

Tensor Perturbation Constraint on Inflation Models with Non-Negligible Spatial Curvature

Takahiro Tanaka gives a talk at Bubbles in the Sky workshop.

1 Apr 2011

43mins

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The Search for a Precise Formulation of Eternal Inflation

The Search for a Precise Formulation of Eternal Inflation

Leonard Susskind gives a talk at the Bubbles in the Sky workshop.

1 Apr 2011

1hr 6mins

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SuperTopcolor

SuperTopcolor

Ryuichiro Kitano considers a supersymmetric QCD with soft supersymmetry breaking terms as the dynamics for the electrowe... Read more

14 Feb 2011

1hr 2mins

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A Duality for the S-Matrix, or, What is Quantum Field Theory?

A Duality for the S-Matrix, or, What is Quantum Field Theory?

Nima Arkani-Hamed presents a new approach to quantum field theory that relies on dualities to avoid Feynman graphs.

2 Feb 2011

1hr 55mins

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Space-Time, Quantum Mechanics and The Large Hadron Collider

Space-Time, Quantum Mechanics and The Large Hadron Collider

Nima Arkani-Hamed discusses how fundamental physics started the 20th century with the twin revolutions of relativity and... Read more

2 Feb 2011

1hr 59mins

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Dynamical Supersymmetry Breaking and the Origins of Flavor

Dynamical Supersymmetry Breaking and the Origins of Flavor

Nathaniel Craig explores calculable models with low-energy supersymmetry where the flavor hierarchy is generated by quar... Read more

30 Nov 2010

1hr 4mins

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BSM Searches Using Weak Boson Pair Production

BSM Searches Using Weak Boson Pair Production

Christoph Englert discusses how the upcoming generation of colliders' weak boson production in association with hard jet... Read more

26 Oct 2010

1hr 13mins

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XENON100 Sensitivity to Light Dark Matter

XENON100 Sensitivity to Light Dark Matter

Rafael Lang gives a talk at the Light Dark Matter Workshop.

1 May 2010

2hr 2mins

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