NYU Experimental Particle Physics GroupWelcome
The Experimental Particle Physics Group at New York University is thriving! After the termination of the MECO experiment, our group joined the ATLAS experiment. We recently hired a new faculty member, two research assistants, and now have several key roles in the ATLAS experiment. We are also active in the MILAGRO experiment and the LHC upgrade. Please have a look at our group.
The LHC is closing in on the Higgs!
On July 22, 2011 ATLAS and CMS presented the first major results from their respective searches for the Higgs boson at the EPS conference in Grenoble. Our own Kyle Cranmer presented the combined results from ATLAS, which showed an intriguing excess of events beyond the background and excluded a large range of possibilities for the Higgs boson mass in the Standard Model. By August the LHC had doubled the data, and on November 18, 2011 the results from first-ever combination of ATLAS+CMS Higgs searches were presented (image above). With it, our attention turned to a narrow range of Higgs boson masses between 114-140 GeV.
On December 13, 2011 ATLAS and CMS will present updated results with the remainder of the 2011 data. This will be an exciting development in the hunt for the Higgs as the additional data brings with it sensitivity to the entire mass range and the potential to see evidence for a this elusive particle.
Recent News
- December 5, 2011, The beta version of the RECAST website goes live! https://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1399599?ln=en
- November 18, 2011, The results of the first ATLAS+CMS Higgs combination are shown at the HCP conference in Paris [paper]
- November 4, 2011, The results of the APEX test run are published in PRL [paper]
- October 21, 2011, Kyle Cranmer joins the INSPIRE advisory board.
- September 13, 2011, Our group invites applications for an ATLAS research associate. [job posting]
- September 6, 2011, Andy Haas joins NYU as an assistant professor and newest member of the experimental particle physics group
- July 22, 2011, Kyle Cranmer presented the combined results from ATLAS at the EPS conference, sparking excitement over an intriguing excess of events.
- June, 2011, Grant Christopher and Long Zhao graduate with their Ph.D.s. Congratulations!
- March, 2011, Allen Mincer takes over coordination of the Missing ET Trigger in ATLAS.
- December, 2010, Kirill Prokofiev joins our NYU ATLAS group as a post-doctoral research associate. Kirill brings expertise in tracking and vertexing.
- June 17, 2010, Kyle joins CDF in a search for the Z' that is highlighted as the Fermilab "result of the week". [article]
- March 30, 2010, Kyle Cranmer and Lisa Randall are interviewed on Charlie Rose to discuss the potential of the LHC. [watch interview]
- March 30, 2010, the LHC begins collisions at 7 TeV! [event displays]
- March, 2010, Kyle Cranmer recieves a 5-year CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation
- March, 2010, NYU together with the other NSF-funded ATLAS groups receive a Major Research Initiative grant to build the ATLAS Analysis Instrument, a large network of Tier-3 computing facilities.
- February, 2010, Kyle Cranmer and graduate student James Beacham present results of a new search for the Higgs boson with archived LEP data at Moriond EW and Moriond QCD. [article]
- February, 2010, Akira Shibata leaves our group for Japan, good luck Akira!
- December 14, 2009, the LHC becomes the highest energy collider in history, reaching 2.36 TeV. [event displays]
- November 23, 2009 the ATLAS sees its first collisions ever! [event displays]
- November 13, 2009 Attila is interviewed on Hungarian TV. [watch interview]
- August, 2009, Attila Krasznahorkay joins our group as a post-doctoral research associate. Attila brings expertise in the muon systems, trigger, and analysis tools.
- March 11, 2009, Our group invites applications for an ATLAS research associate. [job posting]
- January 16, 2009, Our group will be hosting the 2009 ATLAS Physics Workshop of the Americas. [workshop homepage]
- December 22, 2008, Our MILAGRO publication in Phys.Rev.Lett. was included in the APS/AIP top 10 physics news stories of 2008. [article]
- September 29, 2008, Our group is featured on front page of NYU Today (Vol 22, Issue 2). [article]
- September 19, 2008, an incident stops running until spring 2009.
- September 15, 2008, Akira Shibata's article in ATLAS news published. [article]
- September 10, 2008, the LHC first beam event! [more]
- September 2008, Allen Mincer is appointed as a Collegiate Professor at NYU until August 2011.
- May 2008, Akira Shibata appointed co-convener US-ATLAS Top Physics Analysis Forum
- May 2008, Kyle Cranmer appointed co-convener US-ATLAS Standard Model and Higgs Analysis Forum
- December 2007, Diego Casadei appointed co-coordinator of ATLAS MissingET Trigger slice.
- November 2007, Kyle Cranmer wins the Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering from the Department of Energy's Office of Science (BNL | NYU)
- September 2007, Akira Shibata joins NYU as a Research Assosciate.
- September 2007, Kyle Cranmer joins NYU as an Assistant Proffessor.
- February 2007, Diego Casadei joins ATLAS group.
- July 2006, The NYU group became an official member of ATLAS.
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