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Theoretical Particle Physics (aka hep-phenomenology) in Israel in Israel Yael Shadmi Technion groups (mainly) at three institutions (alphabetically) Technion Tel Aviv University Weizmann Institute of Science + Ben Gurion (QCD) Yael Shadmi,

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Theoretical Particle Physics

(aka hep-phenomenology)

in Israel in Israel

Yael Shadmi Technion

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groups (mainly) at three institutions (alphabetically) Technion Tel Aviv University Weizmann Institute of Science + Ben Gurion (QCD)

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focus:

theory exp: LHC measurements

+ intensity frontier (flavor, B-physics, neutrinos..) + DM searches the standard model and extensions: the standard model and extensions: supersymmetry RS compositeness flavor

RECFA---Israel visit Yael Shadmi, Technion

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focus:

theory exp: LHC measurements

+ intensity frontier (flavor, B-physics, neutrinos..) + DM searches the standard model and extensions: the standard model and extensions: supersymmetry RS compositeness flavor + model-independent tools/searches (jet-substructure, long lived particles)

RECFA---Israel visit Yael Shadmi, Technion

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+ lattice gauge theory (TAU) + QCD (TAU, Technion, BGU)

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Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS): 2 faculty: Nir, Perez (joined about 5 yrs ago, returning from 3 years as CERN fellow) a 3rd (Blum) scheduled to join in August 2015 6 postdocs students : 7 PhD (3 female) 9 MSc (4 female) students : 7 PhD (3 female) 9 MSc (4 female) grants: EU-IRG: 100K Euros 2 Minerva grants: 75K Euros + 75K Euros GIF: 76K Euros BSF: $54K with Shadmi 3 ISF: 1200K NIS ERC starting 7/2014 (consolidator---Perez)

RECFA---Israel visit Yael Shadmi, Technion

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90 publications:

  • flavor physics
  • collider phenomenology
  • astroparticle physics

Higgs physics

  • Higgs physics
  • model building
  • perturbative QCD
  • jet substructure

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Tel Aviv University (TAU) 3 faculty: Karliner, Volansky (joined 3 years ago) + Nussinov (now retired) 1 postdoc students: 2 MSc 1 PhD students: 2 MSc 1 PhD grants: ISF $223K BSF $112K (with Shadmi) Marie Curie 100K Euro (Volansky)

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97 publications:

  • Dark Matter
  • Higgs Physics
  • Collider Phenomenology
  • Supersymmetry
  • QCD

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Technion

3 faculty: Shadmi + Eilam, Groanu (now retired) no postdocs (2 are scheduled to start in Fall) students: 4 PhD 5 MSc (1 female) students: 4 PhD 5 MSc (1 female) grants: 2 ISFs (764K NIS) 2 BSF's (112K with Volansky + 54K USD with Nir) + newly established Technion Center for Particle Physics: visitor program $30K (to $50K)/year emphasis on particle theory and experiment (incl astroparticle)

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63 publications:

  • LHC physics
  • Supersymmetry
  • Model Building
  • Dark Matter

Flavor

  • Flavor
  • CP violation
  • B-physics
  • Higgs physics Composite Higgs
  • top physics
  • 4th generation

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The 3 groups all part of The Quantum Universe Israeli Center of Research Excellence (I-CORE)

  • 45million NIS for 5 years (starting 2013)
  • representatives: Nir (scientific director)
  • representatives: Nir (scientific director)

Shadmi Volansky

  • main objective: recruiting new faculty

+ maintain and enhance collaboration between Institutes and disciplines (theory, collider experiment, astrophysics)

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Lattice at TAU: faculty: Svetitsky + 1 staff: Shamir students: 2 MSc (1 female) grants: 3 ISF: $417K 12 publications: properties of lattice gauge theories of interest for technicolor

  • properties of lattice gauge theories of interest for technicolor

models

  • composite Higgs models on the lattice
  • Lattice QCD with mixed sea-valence actions
  • Renormalization of supersymmetric gauge theories
  • Equivariant gauge fixing and the construction of chiral lattice

gauge theory

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high-E / low-x QCD: Ben Gurion U (Beer Sheva): Lublinsky (joined 4.5 yrs ago) 2 postdocs students: 1 PhD 2 MSc grants: ISF 158K NIS EU FP7 IRG: 100K Euro grants: ISF 158K NIS EU FP7 IRG: 100K Euro EU FP7 IRSES: 39.9K Euro BSF: 67.7K USD (with Levin CI) 18 publications: High energy QCD; applications to heavy ion collisions at the LHC

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TAU: Frankfurt Gotsman Levin Maor (all retired) 1 PhD student 123 publications Technion: Blok 13 publications QCD soft interactions: applications to cross sections (total, elastic and diffractive) at LHC nucleus-nucleus and hadron-nucleus collisions, proton-air showers at cosmic-ray energies, Reggeons and Pomerons, DIS multi-parton collisions at LHC

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small but strong community

  • many international collaborations
  • close interaction between institutes
  • close experiment-theory interaction:

– jet-substructure (Perez, ATLAS search for resonances decaying into tops) displaced muonic jets (Volansky, ATLAS) – displaced muonic jets (Volansky, ATLAS) – Shadmi-Tarem: long lived charged particles – Nir, Perez WIS Higgs group – Volansky WIS XENON group + developing new DM detectors

…

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  • excellent students (strong undergraduate physics programs at

research universities)

  • growing number of postdocs:

next year: 4 new PDs from US, Europe, Japan

  • PhD graduates: postdocs at top groups:

– Nir: Blum (IAS—returning to WIS) Hochberg (Miller Fellow at Berkeley) Shadmi: Katz (2nd PD & Harvard) Galon (UC Irvine in Fall 2014) – Shadmi: Katz (2nd PD & Harvard) Galon (UC Irvine in Fall 2014)

2 others (WIS): industry and finance (in Israel)

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zooming in (a few highlights): LHC (DM covered by Budnik) LHC (DM covered by Budnik)

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Higgs physics: main theme: this is ``new physics”:

  • use of effective field theory approach to quantify

signatures and deviations from standard model (Volansky et al) flavor structure of Higgs couplings to fermions

  • flavor structure of Higgs couplings to fermions

(Nir et al)

  • measurements of Higgs self couplings (Nir et al)

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flavor and the search for supersymmetry:

superpartner masses may be flavor dependent

(and governed by whatever determines fermion masses)

affects searches for supersymmetry:

both production and decays both production and decays different aspects: (Nir, Shadmi, Perez) model building : hybrid models, Flavored Gauge Mediation LHC searches

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in summary:

with Israel becoming a CERN member state with funding on the rise with the exciting and vibrant research going on this is a great place to do particle physics! this is a great place to do particle physics!

plans for future: help in making new discoveries at the LHC!

and thanks to everyone for their input for this talk