Search for Heavy WZ Resonances Decaying Leptonically and Jet Tagging Online

Speaker: Clint Richardson

When: January 14, 2014 (Tue), 01:00PM to 02:00PM (add to my calendar)
Location: PRB 365

This event is part of the Preliminary Oral Exam.

Examining Committee: Tulika Bose, Ken Lane, Kevin Black, Shyam Erramilli

Abstract: The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is currently at a turning point in its operation. With the LHC currently shut down and not expected to turn back on until 2015, CMS is focusing on both finishing up analyses of the 2012 data as well as upgrading the detector for the run in 2015. This talk will focus on a search for exotic WZ resonances using the 2012 data as well as work on an upgrade of the CMS High Level Trigger (HLT).