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Conference

The Search for New States and Forces of Nature

Oct 26, 2009 - Oct 30, 2009



Abstract
As we enter the LHC era, a wide range of data will craft our thinking of physics at the weak scale. The leap forward from the LHC will be accompanied by the ongoing search for the Higgs boson and other new states at the Tevatron. Altogether, this promises to unlock the nature of electroweak symmetry breaking and the hierarchy problem. Simultaneously, cosmic ray experiments may provide clues to the nature of dark matter, while direct detection experiments will probe a broad range of WIMP parameter space. New proposals for low-energy experiments can explore the possibility of lighter, weakly coupled states. On the eve of this major transition, we aim to bring together scientists pursuing the reach of these experiments from a variety of directions to consider the broad range of signals that may await us. The conference will be a concluding event for the "Searching for New Physics at the LHC" workshop at GGI.

Topics
* Solutions to the hierarchy problem, including SUSY, RS and little Higgs models
* Higgs physics
* Collider searches and techniques for discovering/measuring new physics
* Models of flavor and implications for upcoming experiments
* Theories of dark matter and their signatures
* New forces, and their signals at high- and low- energy experiments
* Hidden valleys and long-lived states


The number of participants is limited to 60 and they are supposed to arrange their accommodation by themselves. A list of hotel is can be found at the accomodation list. There is a conference fee of 50 Euros to help defray costs of coffee breaks and the conference dinner.

Organizers
Roberto Contino, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, IT (contact person), Tilman Plehn, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, D, Jay Wacker, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Stanford, CA, USA,
Neal Weiner, New York University, New York, NY, USA

Main event
Searching for New Physics at the LHC (Workshop) - Aug 31, 2009






Talks
Date Speaker Title Type Useful Links
Oct 26, 2009 - 14:30 M. Luty Beyond the Higgs seminar Slides
Oct 26, 2009 - 15:25 R. Tenchini The present LHC roadmap seminar Slides
Oct 26, 2009 - 16:40 M. Schmaltz New Physics at Early LHC and Supermodels seminar Slides
Oct 27, 2009 - 09:30 D. Hooper Indirect searches for Dark Matter seminar Slides
Oct 27, 2009 - 10:25 K. Choi Mass and Spin Measurement with MT2 and MAOS Momentum seminar Slides
Oct 27, 2009 - 11:40 A. Belyaev Dark Matter motivated collider signatures at the LHC seminar Slides
Oct 27, 2009 - 14:30 C. Cheung Simple Theories of Dark Matter seminar Slides
Oct 27, 2009 - 15:25 P. Schuster Dark Forces at New Experiment Frontiers seminar Slides
Oct 27, 2009 - 16:40 C. Bauer New ideas in SM predictions for the LHC seminar Slides
Oct 27, 2009 - 17:35 L. Fitzpatrick Form Factor Dark Matter seminar Slides
Oct 28, 2009 - 09:30 A. Nisati Preparing for SM Higgs searches at the LHC with ATLAS seminar Slides
Oct 28, 2009 - 10:25 B. Mele Higgs with high pT seminar Slides
Oct 28, 2009 - 11:40 R. Rattazzi Inside the Higgs: Dark Matter overview on Higgs ‘compositeness’ seminar Slides
Oct 29, 2009 - 09:30 N.Toro Unlocking the structure of new physics at the LHC seminar Slides
Oct 29, 2009 - 10:25 R. Barbieri Some potential LHC physics without detailed models seminar Slides
Oct 29, 2009 - 11:40 I. Yavin Searching for lepton jets seminar Slides
Oct 29, 2009 - 14:30 M. Moretti Montecarlo tools for SM physics at the LHC seminar Slides
Oct 29, 2009 - 15:25 A. Wulzer Top partners in same--sign dileptons: a strong sector at the LHC seminar Slides
Oct 29, 2009 - 16:40 C. Englert Higgsless vector boson fusion at the LHC beyond leading order seminar Slides
Oct 29, 2009 - 17:35 J. Santiago The Leptonic Spectrum in Composite Higgs Models seminar Slides
Oct 30, 2009 - 09:30 M. Carena The Supersymmetric Higgs seminar Slides
Oct 30, 2009 - 10:25 K. Cranmer Searching for Exotic Higgs Decays at LEP seminar Slides
Oct 30, 2009 - 11:40 M. Peskin Summary and perspective seminar Slides