Joint LPC-Theory Seminar

3:30-4:30 p.m. Jack Gunion (UC Davis):
 
Title: Accurate Mass Determinations in Decay Chains with Missing Energy

Abstract: Many beyond the Standard Model theories include a stable dark
matter candidate that yields missing / invisible energy in collider
detectors. If observed at the Large Hadron Collider, we must determine
if its mass and other properties (and those of its partners) predict
the correct dark matter relic density.  I will discuss new procedures
for determining its mass and the masses of its decay chain partners
with small errors.