Summer Vacation Research Scholarship 2018-2019Fourier Analysis of Radiation from Short-lived Heavy Particles |
Main Supervisor: Dr Helen Brooks Co-supervisor: Prof Peter Skands Prerequisites: MTH 2032, PHS 2061 Desirable:Fourier analysis, experience with plotting software |
Heavy particles (resonances) produced in high energy collisions at the Large Hadron Collider are unstable and decay exponentially. During their lifetime such particles can emit radiation that will affect, for example, the reconstruction of their masses. Thus, to make accurate determinations of mass parameters it is important to have accurate modelling of this radiation. In this project, you will use Fourier analysis methods to characterise the allowed momentum modes of the radiation from short-lived heavy particles. |
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