Contact
Andrea Giammanco
Position
Research scientist
Director of CP3
Director of CP3
Address
Centre for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology - CP3
Université catholique de Louvain
2, Chemin du Cyclotron - Box L7.01.05
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium
Université catholique de Louvain
2, Chemin du Cyclotron - Box L7.01.05
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium
Phone
+32 10 47 3221
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People responsibilities
Postdocs
PhD students
Former members
Hamid Basiri
(UCL-FSR)
(member since September 2025)
I am working on developing a hybrid subsurface imaging framework that combines cosmic-ray muon imaging (muography) with seismic tomography to monitor geological CO₂ storage. By uniting muography’s direct sensitivity to density with seismic elastic properties in a single joint-inversion workflow, I target sharper estimates of CO₂ saturation and earlier detection of geomechanical change. My work spans detector benchmarking, Monte Carlo modeling, and lab-to-field experiments to quantify sensitivity and validate at the reservoir scale, aiming for a practical, non-invasive, continuous monitoring approach that also extends to broader georesource and hazard imaging.
I am working on developing a hybrid subsurface imaging framework that combines cosmic-ray muon imaging (muography) with seismic tomography to monitor geological CO₂ storage. By uniting muography’s direct sensitivity to density with seismic elastic properties in a single joint-inversion workflow, I target sharper estimates of CO₂ saturation and earlier detection of geomechanical change. My work spans detector benchmarking, Monte Carlo modeling, and lab-to-field experiments to quantify sensitivity and validate at the reservoir scale, aiming for a practical, non-invasive, continuous monitoring approach that also extends to broader georesource and hazard imaging.
Alice Biolchini
(member since September 2025)
My research focuses on the study of Mount Vesuvius through cosmic muon imaging, in collaboration with the INFN of Naples. In parallel, I contribute to the characterisation and related studies of the portable muon detector developed by the Muography group at Louvain-la-Neuve, with the goal of supporting its future upgrade.
My research focuses on the study of Mount Vesuvius through cosmic muon imaging, in collaboration with the INFN of Naples. In parallel, I contribute to the characterisation and related studies of the portable muon detector developed by the Muography group at Louvain-la-Neuve, with the goal of supporting its future upgrade.
Luigi Favaro
(member since November 2024)
My research focus is on using modern machine learning techniques to enable new discoveries in High-Energy Physics. My work includes using generative networks for model-agnostic searches, fast detector simulation, and unfolding detector effects. I am also interested in uncertainty quantification and using predicted uncertainties in HEP.
My research focus is on using modern machine learning techniques to enable new discoveries in High-Energy Physics. My work includes using generative networks for model-agnostic searches, fast detector simulation, and unfolding detector effects. I am also interested in uncertainty quantification and using predicted uncertainties in HEP.
Zak Lawrence
(IISN - CMS, IISN - CMS)
(member since September 2024)
I'm a postdoctoral researcher working at UCLouvain on the CMS experiment at CERN. I study the interaction between the top quark and the Higgs boson in the multilepton decay channel. I'm also involved in work monitoring the condition of the CMS silicon strip tracker.
I'm a postdoctoral researcher working at UCLouvain on the CMS experiment at CERN. I study the interaction between the top quark and the Higgs boson in the multilepton decay channel. I'm also involved in work monitoring the condition of the CMS silicon strip tracker.
Jindrich Lidrych
(FNRS - Chargé de recherche)
(member since December 2022)
I am an experimental particle physicist, member of the CMS Collaboration at CERN. I am particularly interested in precision Standard Model measurements and Higgs physics.
I am an experimental particle physicist, member of the CMS Collaboration at CERN. I am particularly interested in precision Standard Model measurements and Higgs physics.
Gábor Nyitrai
(Other - UE - KINETIKA)
(member since October 2025)
Muography, detector physics, software development, mechanical engineering, absorption imaging and tomography.
Muography, detector physics, software development, mechanical engineering, absorption imaging and tomography.
Aitor Orio
Member of the CP3 muography group, in the development of algorithms for muon scattering tomography applications.
Member of the CP3 muography group, in the development of algorithms for muon scattering tomography applications.
PhD students
Sumaira Ikram
(Other - CAI, Other - CAI)
(member since September 2023)
Simulations and data analysis of a muon radiography experiment at Mt. Vesuvius, Italy.
Simulations and data analysis of a muon radiography experiment at Mt. Vesuvius, Italy.
Zahraa Zaher
(member since July 2023)
Machine-learning optimization of experiments in fundamental and applied physics.
Machine-learning optimization of experiments in fundamental and applied physics.
Former members
Hamed Bakhshiansohi
(Postdoc
in IRMP from January 2016 to August 2018)
Samuel Bein
(Postdoc
in IRMP from August 2024 to July 2025)
Luigi Cimmino
(Visitor
in IRMP)
Ishan Darshana
(PhD student
in IRMP from October 2019 to September 2023)
Pieter David
(Postdoc
in IRMP from February 2016 to September 2021)
Hesham El Faham
(PhD student
in IRMP from October 2018 to September 2022)
Mohammad Fakhredin
(Intern
in IRMP)
Oguz Guzel
(PhD student
in IRMP from September 2022 to September 2026)
Raveendrababu Karnam
(Postdoc
in IRMP from November 2020 to November 2022)
Matthias Komm
(PhD student
in IRMP from April 2013 to September 2017)
Current position: Postdoc at Imperial College, London (UK)
Current position: Postdoc at Imperial College, London (UK)
Georgios Konstantinos Krintiras
(PhD student
in IRMP from February 2015 to January 2019)
Vishal Kumar
(Postdoc
in IRMP from December 2022 to September 2025)
Maxime Lagrange
(Other - UE - Silentborder)
(PhD student
in IRMP from September 2021 to November 2025)
Giorgio Mauceri
(Intern
in IRMP)
Andrey Popov
(PhD student
in IRMP from November 2012 to October 2015)
Current position: Postdoc at IPNL (Lyon, France)
Current position: Postdoc at IPNL (Lyon, France)
Jad Saab
(Intern
in IRMP)
Mariam Safieldin
(Intern
in IRMP)
Hikaru Sato
(Intern
in IRMP)
Ahmet Ilker Topuz
(External collaborator
in IRMP from October 2020 to February 2022)
Tu Thong Tran
(Other - Pas de financement)
(PhD student
in IRMP from October 2018 to September 2022)
Sophie Wuyckens
(PhD student
in IRMP from July 2017 to September 2022)
Haitham Zaraket
(Visitor
in IRMP)
Research statement
I am a Research Director of FNRS, with 100% focus on research (no teaching).
Broadly speaking, I am interested into:
# Muography, i.e., the application of HEP detectors and techniques for mapping the interior of large structures using atmospheric muons from cosmic ray showers.
* Co-leading, with Eduardo Cortina, the Portable Muoscope project at CP3 (see https://cp3-git.irmp.ucl.ac.be/muographycp3).
* Member of the MUon RAdiography of VESuvius (MURAVES) collaboration.
* Member of the EU-funded SilentBorder consortium, aiming at building practical and cheap muon scanners for border controls.
# Analysis of CMS data at LHC; more specifically:
* Top quark physics: the sixth quark is quite unusual (who ordered that 175 GeV monster?). Could it be the key to unlock the mystery of what's beyond the Standard Model? In the past (Sep.2014-Aug.2016) I coordinated the CMS group devoted to that.
* Higgs boson couplings (with the top quark and with new particles): being the last particle to have been discovered, and by far the most crucial of them all, it is rather natural to check if that famous 125 GeV resonance tells us something that we did not expect. I was one of the coordinators of the work package "Higgs coupling determination and interpretation" of the be.h Belgian HEP consortium (2018-2022).
* Unusual signatures of new physics: our multi-purpose detectors were optimized for as many interesting signatures as possible, but I like when someone proposes original ways to use them, that can actually cover some blind spot of traditional searches. This includes unusual datasets such as heavy ions.
# Parametric detector simulations.
# Some forays into HEP phenomenology, in collaboration with theorists.
# Applied statistics (machine learning, unfolding, etc.)
Broadly speaking, I am interested into:
# Muography, i.e., the application of HEP detectors and techniques for mapping the interior of large structures using atmospheric muons from cosmic ray showers.
* Co-leading, with Eduardo Cortina, the Portable Muoscope project at CP3 (see https://cp3-git.irmp.ucl.ac.be/muographycp3).
* Member of the MUon RAdiography of VESuvius (MURAVES) collaboration.
* Member of the EU-funded SilentBorder consortium, aiming at building practical and cheap muon scanners for border controls.
# Analysis of CMS data at LHC; more specifically:
* Top quark physics: the sixth quark is quite unusual (who ordered that 175 GeV monster?). Could it be the key to unlock the mystery of what's beyond the Standard Model? In the past (Sep.2014-Aug.2016) I coordinated the CMS group devoted to that.
* Higgs boson couplings (with the top quark and with new particles): being the last particle to have been discovered, and by far the most crucial of them all, it is rather natural to check if that famous 125 GeV resonance tells us something that we did not expect. I was one of the coordinators of the work package "Higgs coupling determination and interpretation" of the be.h Belgian HEP consortium (2018-2022).
* Unusual signatures of new physics: our multi-purpose detectors were optimized for as many interesting signatures as possible, but I like when someone proposes original ways to use them, that can actually cover some blind spot of traditional searches. This includes unusual datasets such as heavy ions.
# Parametric detector simulations.
# Some forays into HEP phenomenology, in collaboration with theorists.
# Applied statistics (machine learning, unfolding, etc.)
Projects
Research directions:
Experiments and collaborations:
Active projects
Non-active projects
Data analysis in HEP, astroparticle and GW experiments
Detector commissioning, operation and data processing
Particle Physics
Phenomenology of elementary particles
Research and development of new detectors
Technology Transfer
Theories of the fundamental interactions
Detector commissioning, operation and data processing
Particle Physics
Phenomenology of elementary particles
Research and development of new detectors
Technology Transfer
Theories of the fundamental interactions
Experiments and collaborations:
Active projects
Development of a framework for fast simulation of a generic collider experiment: Delphes
Jérôme de Favereau, Christophe Delaere, Pavel Demin, Luigi Favaro, Andrea Giammanco, Vincent Lemaitre
Observability of new phenomenological models in High Energy experiments is delicate to evaluate, due to the complexity of the related detectors, DAQ chain and software. Delphes is a new framework for fast simulation of a general purpose experiment. The simulation includes a tracking system, a magnetic field, calorimetry and a muon system, and possible very forward detectors arranged along the beamline. The framework is interfaced to standard file format from event generators and outputs observable analysis data objects. The simulation takes into account the detector resolutions, usual reconstruction algorithms for complex objects (FastJet) and a simplified trigger emulation. Detection of very forward scattered particles relies on the transport in beamlines with the Hector software.
Observability of new phenomenological models in High Energy experiments is delicate to evaluate, due to the complexity of the related detectors, DAQ chain and software. Delphes is a new framework for fast simulation of a general purpose experiment. The simulation includes a tracking system, a magnetic field, calorimetry and a muon system, and possible very forward detectors arranged along the beamline. The framework is interfaced to standard file format from event generators and outputs observable analysis data objects. The simulation takes into account the detector resolutions, usual reconstruction algorithms for complex objects (FastJet) and a simplified trigger emulation. Detection of very forward scattered particles relies on the transport in beamlines with the Hector software.
Imaging with cosmic-ray muons
Hamid Basiri, Alice Biolchini, Eduardo Cortina Gil, Pavel Demin, Khalil El Achi, Andrea Giammanco, Sumaira Ikram, Gábor Nyitrai, Aitor Orio, Nicolas Szilasi, Ayman Youssef, Zahraa Zaher
The general goal of this project is to develop muon-based radiography or tomography (“muography”), an innovative multidisciplinary approach to study large-scale natural or man-made structures, establishing a strong synergy between particle physics and other disciplines, such as geology and archaeology.
Muography is an imaging technique that relies on the measurement of the absorption of muons produced by the interactions of cosmic rays with the atmosphere.
Applications span from geophysics (the study of the interior of mountains and the remote quasi-online monitoring of active volcanoes) to archaeology and mining.
We are using the local facilities at CP3 for the development of high-resolution portable detectors based on Resistive Plate Chambers.
We also participate to the MURAVES collaboration through simulations (including the coordination of the Monte Carlo group), data-analysis developments (an example of the latter is the implementation and in-situ calibration of time-of-flight capabilities), and development of a new database.
We have contributed the EU projects SilentBorder / SilentBorder2, aiming at developing new muon scanners at border controls. Our role in this project is to develop a parametric simulation and a ML-based detector optimization procedure, and of KINETIKA where our task is to apply muography to cultural heritage preservation.
External collaborators: EU projects INTENSE, SilentBorder/SilentBorder2, KINETIKA.
The general goal of this project is to develop muon-based radiography or tomography (“muography”), an innovative multidisciplinary approach to study large-scale natural or man-made structures, establishing a strong synergy between particle physics and other disciplines, such as geology and archaeology.
Muography is an imaging technique that relies on the measurement of the absorption of muons produced by the interactions of cosmic rays with the atmosphere.
Applications span from geophysics (the study of the interior of mountains and the remote quasi-online monitoring of active volcanoes) to archaeology and mining.
We are using the local facilities at CP3 for the development of high-resolution portable detectors based on Resistive Plate Chambers.
We also participate to the MURAVES collaboration through simulations (including the coordination of the Monte Carlo group), data-analysis developments (an example of the latter is the implementation and in-situ calibration of time-of-flight capabilities), and development of a new database.
We have contributed the EU projects SilentBorder / SilentBorder2, aiming at developing new muon scanners at border controls. Our role in this project is to develop a parametric simulation and a ML-based detector optimization procedure, and of KINETIKA where our task is to apply muography to cultural heritage preservation.
External collaborators: EU projects INTENSE, SilentBorder/SilentBorder2, KINETIKA.
Machine-learning Optimized Design of Experiments
Luigi Favaro, Andrea Giammanco, Aitor Orio, Zahraa Zaher
We are among the founders of MODE (Machine-learning Optimized Design of Experiments, https://mode-collaboration.github.io/), a multi-disciplinary consortium of European and American physicists and computer scientists who target the use of differentiable programming in design optimization of detectors for particle physics applications, extending from fundamental research at accelerators, in space, and in nuclear physics and neutrino facilities, to industrial applications employing the technology of radiation detection.
We also participate to the very closely related activities of the "Codesign" work package in the EUCAIF network.
We aim to develop a modular, customizable, and scalable, fully differentiable pipeline for the end-to-end optimization of articulated objective functions that model in full the true goals of experimental particle physics endeavours, to ensure optimal detector performance, analysis potential, and cost-effectiveness.
The main goal of our activities is to develop an architecture that can be adapted to the above use cases but will also be customizable to any other experimental endeavour employing particle detection at its core. We welcome suggestions, as well as interest in joining our effort, by researchers focusing on use cases for which this technology can be of benefit.
External collaborators: See updated list here: https://mode-collaboration.github.io/ For EUCAIF, see: https://eucaif.org/.
We are among the founders of MODE (Machine-learning Optimized Design of Experiments, https://mode-collaboration.github.io/), a multi-disciplinary consortium of European and American physicists and computer scientists who target the use of differentiable programming in design optimization of detectors for particle physics applications, extending from fundamental research at accelerators, in space, and in nuclear physics and neutrino facilities, to industrial applications employing the technology of radiation detection.
We also participate to the very closely related activities of the "Codesign" work package in the EUCAIF network.
We aim to develop a modular, customizable, and scalable, fully differentiable pipeline for the end-to-end optimization of articulated objective functions that model in full the true goals of experimental particle physics endeavours, to ensure optimal detector performance, analysis potential, and cost-effectiveness.
The main goal of our activities is to develop an architecture that can be adapted to the above use cases but will also be customizable to any other experimental endeavour employing particle detection at its core. We welcome suggestions, as well as interest in joining our effort, by researchers focusing on use cases for which this technology can be of benefit.
External collaborators: See updated list here: https://mode-collaboration.github.io/ For EUCAIF, see: https://eucaif.org/.
Properties of ttW and ttH production
Anna Benecke, Andrea Giammanco, Zak Lawrence, Jindrich Lidrych
We take advantage of the large statistics already recorded in Run 2 and being recorded in Run 3 by the CMS experiment to launch a systematic study of cross section, angular asymmetries and other properties in the ttW and ttH processes, which have a potentially large sensitivity to non-SM effects.
In synergy with the CP3 phenomenology group, we aim at reporting our results in a form that can be easily translated in EFT constraints.
External collaborators: CMS collaboration.
We take advantage of the large statistics already recorded in Run 2 and being recorded in Run 3 by the CMS experiment to launch a systematic study of cross section, angular asymmetries and other properties in the ttW and ttH processes, which have a potentially large sensitivity to non-SM effects.
In synergy with the CP3 phenomenology group, we aim at reporting our results in a form that can be easily translated in EFT constraints.
External collaborators: CMS collaboration.
Top quarks in Heavy Ion collisions and other non-standard LHC datasets
Andrea Giammanco
The top quark, being the heaviest known elementary particle, is a powerful tool to test QCD.
The study of top quark pair production in Heavy Ion collisions at the LHC, making use of the dedicated Pb-Pb and p-Pb runs, will open a new road in the investigation of the Quark-Gluon Plasma.
This research project started with the first measurement of top-pair cross section in pp collisions at 5.02 TeV, taking advantage of a "reference run" in Nov.2015. We then update the result with a new publication making use of the larger statistics collected at the end of 2017. This measurement, in addition to being useful as a reference for measurements in Pb-Pb and p-Pb collisions at the same center-of-mass energy per nucleon, also provides a significant broadening of the lever arm for global PDF fits making use of top-quark data.
We then reported the first observation of top quark production in p-Pb collisions, using the data at 8.16 TeV taken in Nov.2016, testing the models of nuclear modification of the gluon PDF at high Bjorken-x. Finally, we provided evidence of top quark production also in Pb-Pb collisions.
We are interested in using future PbPb collision data to probe the time evolution of the QGP using top quarks.
External collaborators: David D'Enterria, Pedro Silva (CERN), Georgios Krintiras (Kansas U.).
The top quark, being the heaviest known elementary particle, is a powerful tool to test QCD.
The study of top quark pair production in Heavy Ion collisions at the LHC, making use of the dedicated Pb-Pb and p-Pb runs, will open a new road in the investigation of the Quark-Gluon Plasma.
This research project started with the first measurement of top-pair cross section in pp collisions at 5.02 TeV, taking advantage of a "reference run" in Nov.2015. We then update the result with a new publication making use of the larger statistics collected at the end of 2017. This measurement, in addition to being useful as a reference for measurements in Pb-Pb and p-Pb collisions at the same center-of-mass energy per nucleon, also provides a significant broadening of the lever arm for global PDF fits making use of top-quark data.
We then reported the first observation of top quark production in p-Pb collisions, using the data at 8.16 TeV taken in Nov.2016, testing the models of nuclear modification of the gluon PDF at high Bjorken-x. Finally, we provided evidence of top quark production also in Pb-Pb collisions.
We are interested in using future PbPb collision data to probe the time evolution of the QGP using top quarks.
External collaborators: David D'Enterria, Pedro Silva (CERN), Georgios Krintiras (Kansas U.).
Non-active projects
Advanced Multi-Variate Analysis for New Physics Searches at the LHC
Agni Bethani, Christophe Delaere, Luigi Favaro, Andrea Giammanco, Vincent Lemaitre, Fabio Maltoni
With the 2012 discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider, LHC, the Standard Model of particle physics has been completed, emerging as a most successful description of matter at the smallest distance scales. But as is always the case, the observation of this particle has also heralded the dawn of a new era in the field: particle physics is now turning to the mysteries posed by the presence of dark matter in the universe, as well as the very existence of the Higgs. The upcoming run of the LHC at 13 TeV will probe possible answers to both issues, providing detailed measurements of the properties of the Higgs and extending significantly the sensitivity to new phenomena.
Since the LHC is the only accelerator currently exploring the energy frontier, it is imperative that the analyses of the collected data use the most powerful possible techniques. In recent years several analyses have utilized multi-variate analysis techniques, obtaining higher sensitivity; yet there is ample room for further improvement. With our program we will import and specialize the most powerful advanced statistical learning techniques to data analyses at the LHC, with the objective of maximizing the chance of new physics discoveries.
We have been part of AMVA4NewPhysics, a network of European institutions whose goal is to foster the development and exploitation of Advanced Multi-Variate Analysis for New Physics searches. The network offered between 2015 and 2019 extensive training in both physics and advanced analysis techniques to graduate students, focusing on providing them with the know-how and the experience to boost their career prospects in and outside academia. The network develops ties with non-academic partners for the creation of interdisciplinary software tools, allowing a successful knowledge transfer in both directions. The network studies innovative techniques and identifies their suitability to problems encountered in searches for new physics at the LHC and detailed studies of the Higgs boson sector.
External collaborators: University of Oxford, INFN, University of Padova, Université Blaise Pascal, LIP, IASA, CERN, UCI, EPFL, B12 Consulting, SDG Consulting, Yandex, MathWorks.
With the 2012 discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider, LHC, the Standard Model of particle physics has been completed, emerging as a most successful description of matter at the smallest distance scales. But as is always the case, the observation of this particle has also heralded the dawn of a new era in the field: particle physics is now turning to the mysteries posed by the presence of dark matter in the universe, as well as the very existence of the Higgs. The upcoming run of the LHC at 13 TeV will probe possible answers to both issues, providing detailed measurements of the properties of the Higgs and extending significantly the sensitivity to new phenomena.
Since the LHC is the only accelerator currently exploring the energy frontier, it is imperative that the analyses of the collected data use the most powerful possible techniques. In recent years several analyses have utilized multi-variate analysis techniques, obtaining higher sensitivity; yet there is ample room for further improvement. With our program we will import and specialize the most powerful advanced statistical learning techniques to data analyses at the LHC, with the objective of maximizing the chance of new physics discoveries.
We have been part of AMVA4NewPhysics, a network of European institutions whose goal is to foster the development and exploitation of Advanced Multi-Variate Analysis for New Physics searches. The network offered between 2015 and 2019 extensive training in both physics and advanced analysis techniques to graduate students, focusing on providing them with the know-how and the experience to boost their career prospects in and outside academia. The network develops ties with non-academic partners for the creation of interdisciplinary software tools, allowing a successful knowledge transfer in both directions. The network studies innovative techniques and identifies their suitability to problems encountered in searches for new physics at the LHC and detailed studies of the Higgs boson sector.
External collaborators: University of Oxford, INFN, University of Padova, Université Blaise Pascal, LIP, IASA, CERN, UCI, EPFL, B12 Consulting, SDG Consulting, Yandex, MathWorks.
Advanced Techniques for Fast Simulation and Data Analysis in High Energy Physics (ASAP)
Giacomo Bruno, Jérôme de Favereau, Christophe Delaere, Pavel Demin, Andrea Giammanco, Vincent Lemaitre, Fabio Maltoni, Olivier Mattelaer
The discovery of the 125GeV Higgs boson by the LHC experiments has finally opened a new era in the exploration of the TeV scale. The physics programs of CMS and ATLAS aim far beyond the simple discovery, and vigorously pursue the full characterization of the newly discovered state and the full exploration of the TeV scale in search of new phenomena. A key lesson drawn from first two years of LHC running is that most probably first discoveries and then identification of new states/interactions will not be easy. On the one hand, model-independent searches in simple topologies such as single/multi lepton at high transverse momenta have not shown any hint of new physics so far. On the other, topologies with jets and/or missing transverse energies, much more challenging experimentally, do strongly depend on the underlying theoretical models so that efficiently identifying signal enhanced regions of the phase space is quite involved. In this context, multi-variate techniques have become more and more central in the analysis of data from hadron collider experiments, to maximally exploit the information available on the signal and on the backgrounds. Amongst the most advanced techniques and certainly the most powerful one from the theoretical point of view, the so called matrix element method stands out. The main goal of this proposal is to advance the use and the scope of the matrix-element method so to significantly extend the range of physics applications at the LHC to the search of new physics. First we aim at providing the experimental HEP community with complete and automatic simulation tools, such as MadWeight/MoMEMta and Delphes, that overcome the technical limitations of the method. Second we propose to test and apply the new tools to current analyses in signatures that involve final state leptons and b-jets. Finally, we explore new and original applications of the method to both model-dependent or model-independent searches of new physics at the LHC.
External collaborators: CMS collaboration.
The discovery of the 125GeV Higgs boson by the LHC experiments has finally opened a new era in the exploration of the TeV scale. The physics programs of CMS and ATLAS aim far beyond the simple discovery, and vigorously pursue the full characterization of the newly discovered state and the full exploration of the TeV scale in search of new phenomena. A key lesson drawn from first two years of LHC running is that most probably first discoveries and then identification of new states/interactions will not be easy. On the one hand, model-independent searches in simple topologies such as single/multi lepton at high transverse momenta have not shown any hint of new physics so far. On the other, topologies with jets and/or missing transverse energies, much more challenging experimentally, do strongly depend on the underlying theoretical models so that efficiently identifying signal enhanced regions of the phase space is quite involved. In this context, multi-variate techniques have become more and more central in the analysis of data from hadron collider experiments, to maximally exploit the information available on the signal and on the backgrounds. Amongst the most advanced techniques and certainly the most powerful one from the theoretical point of view, the so called matrix element method stands out. The main goal of this proposal is to advance the use and the scope of the matrix-element method so to significantly extend the range of physics applications at the LHC to the search of new physics. First we aim at providing the experimental HEP community with complete and automatic simulation tools, such as MadWeight/MoMEMta and Delphes, that overcome the technical limitations of the method. Second we propose to test and apply the new tools to current analyses in signatures that involve final state leptons and b-jets. Finally, we explore new and original applications of the method to both model-dependent or model-independent searches of new physics at the LHC.
External collaborators: CMS collaboration.
CMS Tracker commissioning at the Magnet Test Cosmic Challenge
Giacomo Bruno, Andrea Giammanco
The so called Magnet Test Cosmic Challenge (MTCC) was the first comprehensive operational and functional test of the CMS experiment. the MTCC took place in the first months of 2006 and was a slice test in which a small fraction of all the CMS detection equipment was operated in the 4 T solenoid of the experiment. Cosmic rays detected in the muon chambers were used to trigger the readout of all detectors in the global CMS data acquisition system. Prior to data taking, the detectors and their readout electronics were tuned and synchronized with dedicated software procedures. Local reconstruction was carried out online and offline in all sub-detectors for event selection and monitoring purposes. Global reconstruction, linking different sub-detectors, was performed mainly offline. A number of monitoring and visualization tools were also used for validation purposes and monitoring. One of the main goals of the MTCC was the validation of the hardware alignment system functionality.
At the MTCC, UCL had a leading role in the preparation, operation and offline data analysis related to the silicon strip tracker detector.
The so called Magnet Test Cosmic Challenge (MTCC) was the first comprehensive operational and functional test of the CMS experiment. the MTCC took place in the first months of 2006 and was a slice test in which a small fraction of all the CMS detection equipment was operated in the 4 T solenoid of the experiment. Cosmic rays detected in the muon chambers were used to trigger the readout of all detectors in the global CMS data acquisition system. Prior to data taking, the detectors and their readout electronics were tuned and synchronized with dedicated software procedures. Local reconstruction was carried out online and offline in all sub-detectors for event selection and monitoring purposes. Global reconstruction, linking different sub-detectors, was performed mainly offline. A number of monitoring and visualization tools were also used for validation purposes and monitoring. One of the main goals of the MTCC was the validation of the hardware alignment system functionality.
At the MTCC, UCL had a leading role in the preparation, operation and offline data analysis related to the silicon strip tracker detector.
Early observation of top quark pairs in the dileptonic final state
Andrea Giammanco, Vincent Lemaitre
The top quark is the heaviest elementary particle discovered so far, and many properties related to this quark are still to be understood.
Its observation and mass measurement at Tevatron highlighted the uncommon nature of this quark. The fact that its electroweak decay is faster than the hadronization time scale implies that the top quark exists only as a free quark, so that the effects from new physics should show up very clearly by comparing measurements with the precise Standard Model preditions.
Its "re-discovery" at LHC will be a major milestone for the experiments, since the complexity of the final state demands a fairly good knowledge of the experimental apparatus and a certain degree of control of the backgrounds. Its expected large coupling to Higgs bosons will also be relevaant for the searches for higgs sectors beyond the Standard Model.
External collaborators: CMS collaboration.
The top quark is the heaviest elementary particle discovered so far, and many properties related to this quark are still to be understood.
Its observation and mass measurement at Tevatron highlighted the uncommon nature of this quark. The fact that its electroweak decay is faster than the hadronization time scale implies that the top quark exists only as a free quark, so that the effects from new physics should show up very clearly by comparing measurements with the precise Standard Model preditions.
Its "re-discovery" at LHC will be a major milestone for the experiments, since the complexity of the final state demands a fairly good knowledge of the experimental apparatus and a certain degree of control of the backgrounds. Its expected large coupling to Higgs bosons will also be relevaant for the searches for higgs sectors beyond the Standard Model.
External collaborators: CMS collaboration.
Fast Simulation of the CMS experiment
Andrea Giammanco
A framework for Fast Simulation of particle interactions in the CMS detector (FastSim) has been developed and implemented in the overall simulation, reconstruction and analysis framework of CMS. It produces data samples in the same format as the one used by the Geant4-based (henceforth Full) Simulation and Reconstruction chain; the output of the Fast Simulation of CMS can therefore be used in the analysis in the same way as data and Full Simulation samples. FastSim is used in several physics analyses in CMS, in particular those requiring a generation of many samples to scan an extended parameter space of the physics model (e.g. SUSY) or for the purpose of estimating systematic uncertainties. It is also used by several groups to design future sub-detectors for the Phase-II CMS upgrades.
Related activities at UCL include the integration with the Full Simulation in the simulation of the electronic read-out ("digitization") and of the pileup of events from other proton-proton collisions, both in-time and out-of-time; the performance monitoring; and the overall maintenance and upgrade of the tracking-related code. Matthias Komm is current L3 convener of Tracking in FastSim, and Andrea Giammanco has been main responsible of the FastSim project from 2011 to 2013.
A framework for Fast Simulation of particle interactions in the CMS detector (FastSim) has been developed and implemented in the overall simulation, reconstruction and analysis framework of CMS. It produces data samples in the same format as the one used by the Geant4-based (henceforth Full) Simulation and Reconstruction chain; the output of the Fast Simulation of CMS can therefore be used in the analysis in the same way as data and Full Simulation samples. FastSim is used in several physics analyses in CMS, in particular those requiring a generation of many samples to scan an extended parameter space of the physics model (e.g. SUSY) or for the purpose of estimating systematic uncertainties. It is also used by several groups to design future sub-detectors for the Phase-II CMS upgrades.
Related activities at UCL include the integration with the Full Simulation in the simulation of the electronic read-out ("digitization") and of the pileup of events from other proton-proton collisions, both in-time and out-of-time; the performance monitoring; and the overall maintenance and upgrade of the tracking-related code. Matthias Komm is current L3 convener of Tracking in FastSim, and Andrea Giammanco has been main responsible of the FastSim project from 2011 to 2013.
Luminosity calibration of the CMS detector
Andrea Giammanco
We contribute to the offline absolute calibration of the luminometry system of the CMS detector, by analysing the dedicated "Van der Meer scan" data at different center-of-mass energies and collision types (p-p, p-Pb, Pb-Pb).
As a related task, we also contribute to the data-driven inference of the true amount of "pile-up" collisions.
External collaborators: CMS Luminosity Physics Object Group.
We contribute to the offline absolute calibration of the luminometry system of the CMS detector, by analysing the dedicated "Van der Meer scan" data at different center-of-mass energies and collision types (p-p, p-Pb, Pb-Pb).
As a related task, we also contribute to the data-driven inference of the true amount of "pile-up" collisions.
External collaborators: CMS Luminosity Physics Object Group.
New Paths to Hidden Sectors
Marco Drewes, Andrea Giammanco
We study the perspectives to search for new long lived particles with existing accelerator facilities. This includes searches for non-standard signatures at the LHC main detectors, fixed target experiments and searches in heavy ion collisions.
We study the perspectives to search for new long lived particles with existing accelerator facilities. This includes searches for non-standard signatures at the LHC main detectors, fixed target experiments and searches in heavy ion collisions.
Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson to a pair of new light bosons with two muons and two b jets in final states
Andrea Giammanco
We search for exotic decays of a Higgs boson to a pair of new light bosons, H->a1a1, where one of the light bosons decays to a pair of muons and the other one decays to a pair of b quarks. Such signatures are predicted in a number of well motivated extensions of the standard model, including the next-to-minimal supersymmetry and generic two Higgs doublet models with an additional scalar singlet.
We search for exotic decays of a Higgs boson to a pair of new light bosons, H->a1a1, where one of the light bosons decays to a pair of muons and the other one decays to a pair of b quarks. Such signatures are predicted in a number of well motivated extensions of the standard model, including the next-to-minimal supersymmetry and generic two Higgs doublet models with an additional scalar singlet.
Search for Higgs boson(s) in CMS at the LHC in the llbb+MET topology
Christophe Delaere, Andrea Giammanco, Vincent Lemaitre
Search for Higgs boson(s) within the Standard Model and beyond and also withing a minimal extension of the scalar sector (2HDM).
The final state under study is a lepton pair associated with two b-jets and missing transverse energy. This topology is sensitive to a light SM Higgs via the H(bb)H(WW) production (via loop or Higgs self-coupling diagrams) and via the associated production of ttbar pairs and invisible particles. Requiring additional b jets (thus defining the llbbbb+MET final state) allows also the very interesting studies of a standard model Higgs produced in association with a top quark pair and It is also sensitive to the production of non standard heavy Higgs bosons decaying into ZA or WA, in the WAWA and ZAZA channels.
In particular, we are studying both resonant and non-resonant Higgs-pair production.
External collaborators: CMS collaboration.
Search for Higgs boson(s) within the Standard Model and beyond and also withing a minimal extension of the scalar sector (2HDM).
The final state under study is a lepton pair associated with two b-jets and missing transverse energy. This topology is sensitive to a light SM Higgs via the H(bb)H(WW) production (via loop or Higgs self-coupling diagrams) and via the associated production of ttbar pairs and invisible particles. Requiring additional b jets (thus defining the llbbbb+MET final state) allows also the very interesting studies of a standard model Higgs produced in association with a top quark pair and It is also sensitive to the production of non standard heavy Higgs bosons decaying into ZA or WA, in the WAWA and ZAZA channels.
In particular, we are studying both resonant and non-resonant Higgs-pair production.
External collaborators: CMS collaboration.
Simulation of the CMS silicon tracker
Giacomo Bruno, Christophe Delaere, Andrea Giammanco
The Tracker Simulation group is responsible for the Geant-based simulation of the Pixel and Strip Tracker response, material budget and geometry description.
Members from CP3 are concentrating on various aspects of the validation with data. We also share the convenership of the group.
External collaborators: CMS tracker collaboration.
The Tracker Simulation group is responsible for the Geant-based simulation of the Pixel and Strip Tracker response, material budget and geometry description.
Members from CP3 are concentrating on various aspects of the validation with data. We also share the convenership of the group.
External collaborators: CMS tracker collaboration.
Single top studies at LHC
Andrea Giammanco
The electroweak production cross section of single top quarks is an important measurement for LHC, being a potential window on "new physics" effects.
Past achievements of this group include the very first measurement at 7 TeV (in t channel) with 2010 data, followed by the most precise inclusive cross section measurements of t-channel cross section at 7, 8 and 13 TeV, and the first differential measurements at 13 TeV; the most precise |Vtb| extraction from single top in the world; the first measurement of W-helicity fractions in a single-top topology; the first observation of the tW production mode; the first measurement of single-top polarization in t channel; stringent limits on anomalous tWb, tgu, tgc couplings.
External collaborators: CMS collaboration.
The electroweak production cross section of single top quarks is an important measurement for LHC, being a potential window on "new physics" effects.
Past achievements of this group include the very first measurement at 7 TeV (in t channel) with 2010 data, followed by the most precise inclusive cross section measurements of t-channel cross section at 7, 8 and 13 TeV, and the first differential measurements at 13 TeV; the most precise |Vtb| extraction from single top in the world; the first measurement of W-helicity fractions in a single-top topology; the first observation of the tW production mode; the first measurement of single-top polarization in t channel; stringent limits on anomalous tWb, tgu, tgc couplings.
External collaborators: CMS collaboration.
Testing the sign of the coupling of the new H(125) boson to top quarks with the CMS data
Andrea Giammanco
During 2012, the CMS and ATLAS collaborations independently reported unambiguous evidence of the existence of a new particle of mass around 125 GeV.
Several analyses are ongoing to challenge the hypothesis that the new particle is the SM Higgs. We focus on the search for its production in association with a single top quark. Due to an effect of quantum interference, this process is strongly suppressed in the Standard Model while it gets enhanced if its couplings to the top quark and to the W boson have opposite sign. An observation of this production mode would therefore be a convincing proof that this new particle does not belong to the Standard Model.
We published the first search for this process using 8 TeV data, and we expect to achieve sensitivity to anomalous values of the top Yukawa phase during the LHC Run-II.
External collaborators: CMS collaboration.
During 2012, the CMS and ATLAS collaborations independently reported unambiguous evidence of the existence of a new particle of mass around 125 GeV.
Several analyses are ongoing to challenge the hypothesis that the new particle is the SM Higgs. We focus on the search for its production in association with a single top quark. Due to an effect of quantum interference, this process is strongly suppressed in the Standard Model while it gets enhanced if its couplings to the top quark and to the W boson have opposite sign. An observation of this production mode would therefore be a convincing proof that this new particle does not belong to the Standard Model.
We published the first search for this process using 8 TeV data, and we expect to achieve sensitivity to anomalous values of the top Yukawa phase during the LHC Run-II.
External collaborators: CMS collaboration.
Triggers for top quark physics
Andrea Giammanco
Our group is involved in the trigger design and maintenance for the LHC Run II in order to select the most interesting collision events for topologies with a lepton and a b quark with the CMS detector. Given the final state, this trigger is of particular interest for top quark physics, but it is also relevant to many other analyses (including the single top plus Higgs search ongoing in our group). Studies are carried out to implement the latest CMS developments in physics object definitions into the trigger path as well as to optimize the selections for the best efficiency and the rate possible. Our group is responsible for the b-tagging part together with organizing the whole activities within the CMS top quark group. Andrey Popov is official contact person between the Top Quark group and the Trigger group.
External collaborators: CMS TOP PAG, CMS TSG.
Our group is involved in the trigger design and maintenance for the LHC Run II in order to select the most interesting collision events for topologies with a lepton and a b quark with the CMS detector. Given the final state, this trigger is of particular interest for top quark physics, but it is also relevant to many other analyses (including the single top plus Higgs search ongoing in our group). Studies are carried out to implement the latest CMS developments in physics object definitions into the trigger path as well as to optimize the selections for the best efficiency and the rate possible. Our group is responsible for the b-tagging part together with organizing the whole activities within the CMS top quark group. Andrey Popov is official contact person between the Top Quark group and the Trigger group.
External collaborators: CMS TOP PAG, CMS TSG.
Validation of a fully automatic matrix element technique for CMS data analyses
Giacomo Bruno, Jérôme de Favereau, Andrea Giammanco, Vincent Lemaitre
The matrix element reweighting method attempts to compute the full likelihood of an observed event given a theoretical model. The method therefore measures the degree of compatibility of the event with the given model using as much information as available. MadWeight is a tool that fully automatize the computation of the event likelihood for any model implemented in MadGraph, by performing phase-space integration and providing a framework for taking into account the experimental resolution on the observed final state objects.
This project aims at validating the matrix element reweighting technique implemented in MadWeight on a number of benchmark searches. In some cases, the final goal is the efficient identification of background events. The final states that are being considered are: Zbb, single top, ttbar resonances and dimuon resonances.
The matrix element reweighting method attempts to compute the full likelihood of an observed event given a theoretical model. The method therefore measures the degree of compatibility of the event with the given model using as much information as available. MadWeight is a tool that fully automatize the computation of the event likelihood for any model implemented in MadGraph, by performing phase-space integration and providing a framework for taking into account the experimental resolution on the observed final state objects.
This project aims at validating the matrix element reweighting technique implemented in MadWeight on a number of benchmark searches. In some cases, the final goal is the efficient identification of background events. The final states that are being considered are: Zbb, single top, ttbar resonances and dimuon resonances.
Publications in IRMP
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Number of publications as IRMP member: 152
Last 5 publications
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Number of publications as IRMP member: 152
Last 5 publications
2026
IRMP-CP3-26-37: Real-time dual-telescope normalization for improved density estimation in absorption muography
Hamid Basiri, Jun Matsushima, Masashi Kodama, Toshiyuki Yokota, Mohammed Y. Ali, Fateh Bouchaala, Ahmed Eleslambouly, Hiroyuki K. M. Tanaka, Eduardo Cortina Gil & Andrea Giammanco
[Full text]
Nature Communications Physics volume 9, Article number: 335 (2026)
Refereed paper. November 3.
[Full text]
Nature Communications Physics volume 9, Article number: 335 (2026)
Refereed paper. November 3.
IRMP-CP3-26-36: Muography Simulations for Carbon Capture and Storage Monitoring
IRMP-CP3-26-19: Protocol for cosmic-ray muon detection using plastic scintillators and photomultiplier tubes
Hamid Basiri, Jun Matsushima, Eduardo Cortina Gil, Mohammed Y. Ali, Fateh Bouchaala, Ahmed Eleslambouly, Hiroyuki K.M. Tanaka, Andrea Giammanco
[Full text]
Published in STAR Protocols 7 (2026) 104692
Refereed paper. July 8.
[Full text]
Published in STAR Protocols 7 (2026) 104692
Refereed paper. July 8.
IRMP-CP3-26-12: Investigation of Muography for CO2 plume detection and monitoring in geological formations: A feasibility study
Hamid Basiri, Jun Matsushima, Masashi Kodama, Toshiyuki Yokota, Mohammed Y. Ali, Fateh Bouchaala, Ahmed Eleslambouly, Hiroyuki K.M. Tanaka, Eduardo Cortina Gil, Andrea Giammanco
[Full text]
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
Volume 154, July 2026, 104683
Refereed paper. May 13.
[Full text]
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
Volume 154, July 2026, 104683
Refereed paper. May 13.
More publications
2026
IRMP-CP3-26-01: A universal vision transformer for fast calorimeter simulations
Favaro, Luigi and Giammanco, Andrea and Krause, Claudius
[Abstract] [PDF] [Local file] [Journal]
Published in: Mach.Learn.Sci.Tech. 7 (2026) 3, 035052
Refereed paper. January 5.
[Abstract] [PDF] [Local file] [Journal]
Published in: Mach.Learn.Sci.Tech. 7 (2026) 3, 035052
Refereed paper. January 5.
2025
IRMP-CP3-25-39: Optimization of a cosmic muon tomography scanner for cargo border control inspection
Z. Zaher; H. Lay; T. Dorigo; A. Giammanco; V. Gulik; C. Hrytsiuk; V. A. Kudryavtsev; M. Lagrange; T. Metspalu; G. C. Strong; C. Turkoglu; P. Vischia
[Full text]
J. Appl. Phys. 138, 194903 (2025)
Proceedings of Muographers'24
Refereed paper. Contribution to proceedings. November 20.
[Full text]
J. Appl. Phys. 138, 194903 (2025)
Proceedings of Muographers'24
Refereed paper. Contribution to proceedings. November 20.
IRMP-CP3-25-35: Muons for Cultural Heritage
Andrea Giammanco
[Full text]
Invited article.
Europhysics News, Volume 56, Number 4, 2025
Special issue: Cultural heritage
Page(s): 19 - 22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2025410
October 30.
[Full text]
Invited article.
Europhysics News, Volume 56, Number 4, 2025
Special issue: Cultural heritage
Page(s): 19 - 22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2025410
October 30.
IRMP-CP3-25-32: Operation and performance of the CMS silicon strip tracker with proton-proton collisions at the CERN LHC
Hayrapetyan, Aram and others
[Abstract] [PDF] [Local file] [Journal] [Dial]
Published in INST 20 (2025) P08027
Refereed paper. September 22.
[Abstract] [PDF] [Local file] [Journal] [Dial]
Published in INST 20 (2025) P08027
Refereed paper. September 22.
IRMP-CP3-25-31: Muon tomography for cultural heritage objects
Maxime Lagrange, Marwa Al Moussawi, Matthieu Boone, Tim De Kock, Judy De Roy, Andrea Giammanco, Sam Huysmans, Michael Tytgat
[Full text]
Proceedings of the International Workshop on Cosmic-Ray Muography (Muographers 2024)
Refereed paper. Contribution to proceedings. September 8.
[Full text]
Proceedings of the International Workshop on Cosmic-Ray Muography (Muographers 2024)
Refereed paper. Contribution to proceedings. September 8.
IRMP-CP3-25-16: Optimisation of Muon Tomography Scanners for Border Control Using TomOpt
Z. Daher, S. Alvarez, T. Dorigo, A. Giammanco, M. Lagrange, G. C. Strong, P. Vischia, H. Zaraket
[Full text]
Proceedings of the MODE workshop.
Published in Particles 2025, 8(2), 53
Contribution to proceedings. May 2.
[Full text]
Proceedings of the MODE workshop.
Published in Particles 2025, 8(2), 53
Contribution to proceedings. May 2.
2024
IRMP-CP3-24-37: Optimisation of muon portals for border controls using TomOpt
Z. Daher, M. Lagrange, S. Alvarez, G. C. Strong, F. Bury, T. Dorigo, A. Giammanco, A. Orio, P. Vischia, H. Zaraket
[Full text]
Proceedings of the MARESEC workshop. Public on Zenodo.
Contribution to proceedings. November 25.
[Full text]
Proceedings of the MARESEC workshop. Public on Zenodo.
Contribution to proceedings. November 25.
IRMP-CP3-24-34: Characterization and stability tests of gas-tight RPC for muography application
Vishal Kumar, Samip Basnet, Eduardo Cortina Gil, R.M.I.D. Gamage, Andrea Giammanco, Marwa Moussawi, Amrutha Samalan, Michael Tytgat, Raveendrababu Karnam
[Full text]
Peer-reviewed proceedings.
Refereed paper. November 11.
[Full text]
Peer-reviewed proceedings.
Refereed paper. November 11.
IRMP-CP3-24-14: Toward using cosmic rays to image cultural heritage objects
Andrea Giammanco, Marwa Al Moussawi, Matthieu Boone, Tim De Kock, Judy De Roy, Sam Huysmans, Vishal Kumar, Maxime Lagrange, Michael Tytgat
[Abstract] [PDF] [Full text]
Submitted to a special issue of iScience about "Cosmic-Ray Muography and Applications".
Full reference:
iScience 28 (2025) 112094.
Refereed paper. May 20.
[Abstract] [PDF] [Full text]
Submitted to a special issue of iScience about "Cosmic-Ray Muography and Applications".
Full reference:
iScience 28 (2025) 112094.
Refereed paper. May 20.
IRMP-CP3-24-08: A Simulation of a Cosmic Ray Tomography Scanner for Trucks and Shipping Containers
Anzori Georgadze, Andrea Giammanco, Vitaly Kudryavtsev, Maxime Lagrange, Cenk Turkoglu
[Full text]
Proceedings of the International Workshop on Cosmic-Ray Muography (Muography2023), Naples, Italy
Refereed paper. Contribution to proceedings. March 11.
[Full text]
Proceedings of the International Workshop on Cosmic-Ray Muography (Muography2023), Naples, Italy
Refereed paper. Contribution to proceedings. March 11.
2023
IRMP-CP3-23-73: Performance testing of gas-tight portable RPC for muography applications
V. Kumar, S. Basnet, E. Cortina Gil, P. Demin, R. M. I. D. Gamage, A. Giammanco, R. Karnam, M. Moussawi, A. Samalan, M. Tytgat, A. Youssef
[Abstract] [PDF] [Full text]
Proceedings of the Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors 2023 (IPRD23) workshop.
Published in JINST 19 (2024) C04027
DOI 10.1088/1748-0221/19/04/C04027
Contribution to proceedings. December 13.
[Abstract] [PDF] [Full text]
Proceedings of the Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors 2023 (IPRD23) workshop.
Published in JINST 19 (2024) C04027
DOI 10.1088/1748-0221/19/04/C04027
Contribution to proceedings. December 13.
IRMP-CP3-23-68: Muography
H. K. M. Tanaka, C. Bozza, A. Bross, E. Cantoni, O. Catalano, G. Cerretto, A. Giammanco, J. Gluyas, I. Gnesi, M. Holma, T. Kin, I. Lázaro Roche, G. Leone, Z. Liu, D. Lo Presti, J. Marteau, J. Matsushima, L. Oláh, N. Polukhina, S. S. V. S. Ramakrishna, M. Sellone, A. Hideki Shinohara, S. Steigerwald, K. Sumiya, L. Thompson, V. Tioukov, Y. Yokota & D. Varga
[Full text]
Nature Reviews Methods Primers volume 3, Article number: 88 (2023)
Refereed paper. November 23.
[Full text]
Nature Reviews Methods Primers volume 3, Article number: 88 (2023)
Refereed paper. November 23.
IRMP-CP3-23-61: Investigation of the Impact of Magnetic Fields on Scattering Muography Images
IRMP-CP3-23-57: Progress in End-to-End Optimization of Detectors for Fundamental Physics with Differentiable Programming
Max Aehle, Lorenzo Arsini, R. Belén Barreiro, Anastasios Belias, Florian Bury, Susana Cebrian, Alexander Demin, Jennet Dickinson, Julien Donini, Tommaso Dorigo, Michele Doro, Nicolas R. Gauger, Andrea Giammanco, Lindsey Gray, Borja S. González, Verena Kain, Jan Kieseler, Lisa Kusch, Marcus Liwicki, Gernot Maier, Federico Nardi, Fedor Ratnikov, Ryan Roussel, Roberto Ruiz de Austri, Fredrik Sandin, Michael Schenk, Bruno Scarpa, Pedro Silva, Giles C. Strong, Pietro Vischia
[Abstract] [PDF] [Journal] [Dial]
Refereed paper. October 11.
[Abstract] [PDF] [Journal] [Dial]
Refereed paper. October 11.
IRMP-CP3-23-51: TomOpt: Differential optimisation for task- and constraint-aware design of particle detectors in the context of muon tomography
IRMP-CP3-23-50: Muons for cultural heritage
Moussawi, Marwa and Giammanco, Andrea and Kumar, Vishal and Lagrange, Maxime
[Abstract] [PDF] [Local file] [Full text]
Published reference: PoS(Muon4Future2023)029.
Contribution to proceedings. September 15.
[Abstract] [PDF] [Local file] [Full text]
Published reference: PoS(Muon4Future2023)029.
Contribution to proceedings. September 15.
IRMP-CP3-23-16: Cosmic-Ray Tomography for Border Security
Sarah Barnes, Anzori Georgadze, Andrea Giammanco, Madis Kiisk, Vitaly A. Kudryavtsev, Maxime Lagrange and Olin Lyod Pinto
[Full text]
Published in Instruments 2023, 7(1), 13
Invited review paper for the special issue "Muography, Applications in Cosmic-Ray Muon Imaging"
Refereed paper. March 20.
[Full text]
Published in Instruments 2023, 7(1), 13
Invited review paper for the special issue "Muography, Applications in Cosmic-Ray Muon Imaging"
Refereed paper. March 20.
IRMP-CP3-23-13: Magnetic field imaging by cosmic-ray muons (Magic-\ensuremath{\mu}) -- First feasibility simulation for strong magnetic fields
2022
IRMP-CP3-22-48: Muon Imaging: Present Status and Emerging Applications
International Atomic Energy Agency
[Full text]
Ref.: IAEA-TECDOC-2012
Technical Document of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
52 contributors, editorial work coordinated by A. Giammanco for the muon imaging community and Ian Peter Swainson for IAEA.
Public experimental note. October 14.
[Full text]
Ref.: IAEA-TECDOC-2012
Technical Document of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
52 contributors, editorial work coordinated by A. Giammanco for the muon imaging community and Ian Peter Swainson for IAEA.
Public experimental note. October 14.
CP3-22-45: Portable Resistive Plate Chambers for Muography in confined environments
Gamage, R. M. I. D. and Basnet, Samip and Cortina Gil, Eduardo and Giammanco, Andrea and Demin, Pavel and Moussawi, Marwa and Samalan, Amrutha and Tytgat, Michael and Karnam, Raveendrababu and Youssef, Ayman
[Abstract] [PDF] [Full text]
Proceedings of the inter-Disciplinary Underground Science and Technology conference (i-DUST 2022).
E3S Web of Conferences 357, 01001 (2022)
Contribution to proceedings. September 21.
[Abstract] [PDF] [Full text]
Proceedings of the inter-Disciplinary Underground Science and Technology conference (i-DUST 2022).
E3S Web of Conferences 357, 01001 (2022)
Contribution to proceedings. September 21.
CP3-22-34: Search for CP violation in ttH and tH production in multilepton channels at sqrt(s)=13 TeV
CMS Collaboration
[Local file] [Full text]
HIG-21-006, to be submitted to JHEP
Refereed paper. Public experimental note. June 7.
[Local file] [Full text]
HIG-21-006, to be submitted to JHEP
Refereed paper. Public experimental note. June 7.
CP3-22-27: Toward the end-to-end optimization of particle physics instruments with differentiable programming
Dorigo, Tommaso and others
[Abstract] [PDF] [Local file] [Journal] [Dial]
109 pages, 32 figures. To be submitted to Reviews in Physics
Refereed paper. March 29.
[Abstract] [PDF] [Local file] [Journal] [Dial]
109 pages, 32 figures. To be submitted to Reviews in Physics
Refereed paper. March 29.
CP3-22-26: Measurement of the cross section of top quark-antiquark pair production in association with a W boson in proton-proton collisions at √s=13TeV
CMS collaboration
[Full text]
Public Analysis Summary CMS-PAS-TOP-21-011, presented at Moriond.
Public experimental note. March 22.
[Full text]
Public Analysis Summary CMS-PAS-TOP-21-011, presented at Moriond.
Public experimental note. March 22.
CP3-22-07: Towards a portable high-resolution muon detector based on Resistive Plate Chambers
Basnet, S. and Gil, E. Cortina and Demin, P. and Gamage, R. M. I. D. and Giammanco, A. and Karnam, R. and Moussawi, M. and Samalan, A. and Tytgat, M.
[Abstract] [PDF]
Proceeding for the International Workshop on Cosmic-Ray Muography (Muography2021), submitted to Journal for Advanced Instrumentation in Science (JAIS)
Contribution to proceedings. February 2.
[Abstract] [PDF]
Proceeding for the International Workshop on Cosmic-Ray Muography (Muography2021), submitted to Journal for Advanced Instrumentation in Science (JAIS)
Contribution to proceedings. February 2.
CP3-22-04: Resistive Plate Chambers in Muography
2021
CP3-21-56: A portable muon telescope for multidisciplinary applications
CP3-21-55: A portable muon telescope for exploration geophysics in confined environments
M. Moussawi, S. Basnet, E. Cortina Gil, P. Demin, R. M. I. D. Gamage, A. Giammanco, R. Karnam, A. Samalan and M. Tytgat
[Full text]
Presented at the First International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy (SEG2021), 26 September - 1 October 2021, Denver (USA).
DOI: 10.1190/segam2021-3581267.1
Contribution to proceedings. September 28.
[Full text]
Presented at the First International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy (SEG2021), 26 September - 1 October 2021, Denver (USA).
DOI: 10.1190/segam2021-3581267.1
Contribution to proceedings. September 28.
CP3-21-10: Toward Machine Learning Optimization of Experimental Design
CP3-21-07: Measurement of the inclusive tt production cross section in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=5.02TeV
CMS Collaboration
[Full text]
Physics Analysis Summary for the Spring'21 conferences. To be superseded by the corresponding paper.
Public experimental note. March 21.
[Full text]
Physics Analysis Summary for the Spring'21 conferences. To be superseded by the corresponding paper.
Public experimental note. March 21.
2020
CP3-20-33: Test beam demonstration of silicon microstrip modules with transverse momentum discrimination for the future CMS tracking detector
CMS Tracker Collaboration
[Journal] [Full text]
Published in: JINST 13 (2018) 03, P03003, Report number: FERMILAB-PUB-18-385-CMS, CERN-CMS-NOTE-2017-010
O. Bondu5, S. Brochet5, A. Caudron5, S. De Visscher5, B. Francois5, A. Jafari5, J. Cabrera Jamoulle5, M. Komm5, G. Krintiras5, A. Magitteri5, A. Mertens5, D. Michotte5, M. Musich5,, L. Quertenmont5, M. Vidal Marono5,
Refereed paper. July 2.
[Journal] [Full text]
Published in: JINST 13 (2018) 03, P03003, Report number: FERMILAB-PUB-18-385-CMS, CERN-CMS-NOTE-2017-010
O. Bondu5, S. Brochet5, A. Caudron5, S. De Visscher5, B. Francois5, A. Jafari5, J. Cabrera Jamoulle5, M. Komm5, G. Krintiras5, A. Magitteri5, A. Mertens5, D. Michotte5, M. Musich5,, L. Quertenmont5, M. Vidal Marono5,
Refereed paper. July 2.
CP3-20-23: Towards portable muography with small-area, gas-tight glass Resistive Plate Chambers
Basnet, S. and Cortina Gil, E. and Demin, P. and Gamage, R.M.I.D. and Giammanco, A. and Moussawi, M. and Tytgat, M. and Wuyckens, S.
[Abstract] [PDF] [Journal] [Dial]
Proceedings of the XV Workshop on Resistive Plate Chambers and Related Detectors
Refereed paper. Contribution to proceedings. May 21.
[Abstract] [PDF] [Journal] [Dial]
Proceedings of the XV Workshop on Resistive Plate Chambers and Related Detectors
Refereed paper. Contribution to proceedings. May 21.
2019
CP3-19-50: Evidence for top quark production in nucleus-nucleus collisions
2018
CP3-18-80: New physics searches with heavy-ion collisions at the LHC
CP3-18-75: Constraining nuclear parton distributions with heavy ion collisions at the HL-LHC with the CMS experiment
CMS Collaboration
[Full text]
Physics Analysis Note CMS-PAS-FTR-18-027, Used as Input to the Yellow Report 2018 on the HL-LHC and HE-LHC
December 17.
[Full text]
Physics Analysis Note CMS-PAS-FTR-18-027, Used as Input to the Yellow Report 2018 on the HL-LHC and HE-LHC
December 17.
CP3-18-74: Future physics opportunities for high-density QCD at the LHC with heavy-ion and proton beams
CP3-18-44: Search for the associated production of a Higgs boson and a single top quark in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=13 TeV
CMS Collaboration
[Full text]
Physics Analysis Summary HIG-18-009, Presented at the XXXIX International Conference on High Energy Physics, ICHEP 2018, Seoul, South Korea, 4-11 July, 2018
Public experimental note. July 6.
[Full text]
Physics Analysis Summary HIG-18-009, Presented at the XXXIX International Conference on High Energy Physics, ICHEP 2018, Seoul, South Korea, 4-11 July, 2018
Public experimental note. July 6.
CP3-18-36: A portable muon telescope based on small and gas-tight Resistive Plate Chambers
Wuyckens, Sophie and Giammanco, Andrea and Demin, Pavel and Cortina Gil, Eduardo
[Abstract] [PDF] [Journal] [Dial]
Proceedings of the "Cosmic-Ray Muography" meeting of the Royal Society, 14-15 May 2018 at the Kavli Royal Society Centre, Chicheley Hall, Newport Pagnell (UK).
Refereed paper. Contribution to proceedings. June 18.
[Abstract] [PDF] [Journal] [Dial]
Proceedings of the "Cosmic-Ray Muography" meeting of the Royal Society, 14-15 May 2018 at the Kavli Royal Society Centre, Chicheley Hall, Newport Pagnell (UK).
Refereed paper. Contribution to proceedings. June 18.
2017
CP3-17-56: The Phase-2 Upgrade of the CMS Tracker
CP3-17-42: Working Group 5: Physics with Heavy Flavours
CP3-17-16: Object definitions for top quark analyses at the particle level
CP3-17-10: Inclusive tt cross section at sqrt(s)=5.02 TeV using final states with at least one charged lepton
CMS collaboration
[Full text]
CMS Physics Analysis Note TOP-16-023, presented at the 25th edition of DIS, Birmingham
April 4.
[Full text]
CMS Physics Analysis Note TOP-16-023, presented at the 25th edition of DIS, Birmingham
April 4.
2016
CP3-16-46: Cross section measurement of $t$-channel single top quark production in pp collisions at $sqrt s =$ 13 TeV
CP3-16-33: First measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s)=5.02 TeV
CMS collaboration
[Full text]
CMS Physics Analysis Note TOP-16-015, presented at LHCP2016
Public experimental note. June 16.
[Full text]
CMS Physics Analysis Note TOP-16-015, presented at LHCP2016
Public experimental note. June 16.
CP3-16-22: Combination of cross-section measurements of associated production of a single top quark and a W boson at sqrt(s)=8 TeV with the ATLAS and CMS experiments
ATLAS and CMS collaborations
[Full text]
ATLAS-CONF-2016-023 and CMS-PAS-TOP-15-019 (double reference, as it is a joint note)
Public experimental note. May 24.
[Full text]
ATLAS-CONF-2016-023 and CMS-PAS-TOP-15-019 (double reference, as it is a joint note)
Public experimental note. May 24.
CP3-16-17: Measurement of the differential cross section for t-channel single-top-quark production at sqrt(s)=13 TeV
CMS Collaboration
[Full text]
CMS Physics Analysis Summary CMS-TOP-16-004
Public experimental note. April 27.
[Full text]
CMS Physics Analysis Summary CMS-TOP-16-004
Public experimental note. April 27.
CP3-16-10: Measurement of the inclusive cross section of single top-quark production in the t-channel at 13 TeV
CP3-16-05: Search for exotic decays of the Higgs boson to a pair of new light bosons with two muon and two b jets in final states
2015
CP3-15-31: Measurement of the t-channel single top-quark cross section at 13 TeV
CMS collaboration
[Full text]
Physics Analysis Summary TOP-15-004
Public experimental note. September 14.
[Full text]
Physics Analysis Summary TOP-15-004
Public experimental note. September 14.
CP3-15-30: First measurement of the differential cross section for ttbar production in the dilepton final state at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV
CMS collaboration
[Full text]
Physics Analysis Summary CMS-TOP-15-010
Public experimental note. September 1.
[Full text]
Physics Analysis Summary CMS-TOP-15-010
Public experimental note. September 1.
CP3-15-29: Measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV with the CMS detector
CMS collaboration
[Full text]
Physics Analysis Summary CMS-TOP-15-003
Public experimental note. September 1.
[Full text]
Physics Analysis Summary CMS-TOP-15-003
Public experimental note. September 1.
CP3-15-22: First look at top-quark selections with 13 TeV data
CMS collaboration
[Full text]
CMS Detector Performance Note released in occasion of the EPS-HEP 2015 conference
Public experimental note. July 24.
[Full text]
CMS Detector Performance Note released in occasion of the EPS-HEP 2015 conference
Public experimental note. July 24.
2014
CP3-14-65: Search for $H\to b\bar b$ in association with single top quarks as a test of Higgs couplings
CMS Collaboration
[Full text]
CMS Physics Analysis Summary HIG-14-015
Public experimental note. September 30.
[Full text]
CMS Physics Analysis Summary HIG-14-015
Public experimental note. September 30.
CP3-14-35: Analysis of t-channel single top-quark production with Bayesian neural networks in CMS experiment at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with L = 5/fb
E. Boos, V. Bunichev, L. Dudko, N. Tsirova, A. Markina, M. Perfilov, A. Popov, I. Myagkov, I. Shvetsov, G. Vorotnikov, S. Bitioukov, D. Konstantinov, A. Giammanco, J. Hansen, J. Komaragiri, D. Martschei, Th. Muller, J. Ott, T. Peiffer, S. Rocker, J. Wagner-Kuhr, A. O. M. Iorio, M. Merola, L. Lista, A. Jafari
[Full text]
Analysis Note AN-2012/291 in support of CMS-TOP-14-007
Private experimental note. June 12.
[Full text]
Analysis Note AN-2012/291 in support of CMS-TOP-14-007
Private experimental note. June 12.
CP3-14-31: Measurements of top-quark properties at the LHC
Andrea Giammanco
[Full text]
Conference Report CMS CR-2013/259.
Contribution to proceedings. June 9.
[Full text]
Conference Report CMS CR-2013/259.
Contribution to proceedings. June 9.
CP3-14-30: The Fast Simulation of the CMS Experiment
Andrea Giammanco
[Full text]
Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP2013)
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 513 (2014) 02201
Contribution to proceedings. June 9.
[Full text]
Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP2013)
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 513 (2014) 02201
Contribution to proceedings. June 9.
CP3-14-29: Update to the measurement of top quark polarization in t-channel single-top production
T. Chwalek, A. Giammanco, M. Kadastik, M. Komm, D. Konstantinov, J. Pata, S. Rocker, A. Tiko, F. Roscher, J. Wagner-Kuhr
[Full text]
Analysis Note AN-2014/001 in support of the paper for CMS-TOP-13-001. Update of AN-2012-448.
Private experimental note. June 9.
[Full text]
Analysis Note AN-2014/001 in support of the paper for CMS-TOP-13-001. Update of AN-2012-448.
Private experimental note. June 9.
CP3-14-27: W-helicity measurement in single-top event topology with lepton+jets final states using 19.7 fb^{-1} of LHC data collected by CMS at sqrt(s)=8 TeV
A. Jafari, A. O. Iorio, J. D'Hondt, J. Wagner Kuhr, L. Lista, R. Gonzalez Suarez, A. Giammanco
[Full text]
CMS internal document supporting TOP-12-020 paper draft
Private experimental note. June 7.
[Full text]
CMS internal document supporting TOP-12-020 paper draft
Private experimental note. June 7.
CP3-14-26: Search for H->bb in association with single top quarks as a test of Higgs boson couplings
A. Anuar, A. Bean, K. Bloom, C. Boeser, T. Chwalek, S. Fink, A. Giammanco, R. Gonzalez Suarez, D. Knowlton, J. Komaragiri, M. Komm, B. Maier, D. Noonan, A. Popov, J. Wagner-Kuhr
[Full text]
Analysis Note AN-2013/113 in support of CMS-HIG-14-015
Private experimental note. June 7.
[Full text]
Analysis Note AN-2013/113 in support of CMS-HIG-14-015
Private experimental note. June 7.
2013
CP3-13-48: Measurement of top quark polarization in t-channel single-top production
T. Chwalek, A. Giammanco, A. O. M. Iorio, M. Kadastik, M. Komm, D. Konstantinov, J. Pata, M. Piibeleht, A. Popov, L. Rebane, A. Remm, S. Roecker, A. Tiko, F. Roscher, J. Wagner-Kuhr
[Full text]
Supporting note for CMS-TOP-13-001
Private experimental note. September 23.
[Full text]
Supporting note for CMS-TOP-13-001
Private experimental note. September 23.
CP3-13-47: Measurement of top quark polarization in t-channel single-top production
CP3-13-07: Measurement of W-helicity fractions in single top events topology
CP3-13-05: Single Top as Window on Heavy Quarks and Other New Physics
Andrea Giammanco
[Full text]
Advances in High Energy Physics
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 848491, 8 pages
Refereed paper. February 14.
[Full text]
Advances in High Energy Physics
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 848491, 8 pages
Refereed paper. February 14.
2012
CP3-12-43: Fast Simulation of the CMS Detector at the LHC
Rahmat Rahmat and Andrea Giammanco
[Full text]
Presented at CHEP 2012: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics
Contribution to proceedings. September 28.
[Full text]
Presented at CHEP 2012: International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics
Contribution to proceedings. September 28.
CP3-12-42: Measurement of the single-top t-channel cross section in pp collisions at centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV
2011
CP3-11-30: Search for single top tW associated production in the dilepton decay channel in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV
CMS collaboration
[Full text]
Physics Analysis Summary TOP-11-022
Public experimental note. September 28.
[Full text]
Physics Analysis Summary TOP-11-022
Public experimental note. September 28.
CP3-11-06: Search for High-Mass Resonances Decaying to Muon Pairs with 40 pb-1 of Collisions Gathered at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV
CP3-11-04: Studies of Tracker Material
2010
CP3-10-46: Latest results from the CMS experiment
CP3-10-45: Particle identification by ionization energy loss in the CMS Silicon Strip Tracker
A. Giammanco
[Full text]
CERN-CMS-CR-2010/177. In: JET2010: Jets in proton-proton and heavy-ion collisions, 12-14 Aug 2010, Czech Technical University, Prague (Czech Republic).
Contribution to proceedings. December 31.
[Full text]
CERN-CMS-CR-2010/177. In: JET2010: Jets in proton-proton and heavy-ion collisions, 12-14 Aug 2010, Czech Technical University, Prague (Czech Republic).
Contribution to proceedings. December 31.
CP3-10-44: Measurement of the ttbar cross section in the dileptonic channels with track-jets at 7 TeV
J. Caudron, A. Giammanco, A. Pin, V. Lemaitre
[Full text]
Analysis Note 2010/195
Private experimental note. December 31.
[Full text]
Analysis Note 2010/195
Private experimental note. December 31.
CP3-10-42: Selection of Top-Like Events in the Dilepton and Lepton-plus-Jets Channels in Early 7 TeV Data
CP3-10-29: Track-Jets Results with √s=7 TeV pp Collisions
J. Caudron, A. Giammanco, A. Hinzmann, T. Klimkovich, P. Azzurri, S. Lowette, D. Dobur
[Full text]
CMS Analysis Note
Private experimental note. July 29.
[Full text]
CMS Analysis Note
Private experimental note. July 29.
CP3-10-28: Commissioning of TrackJets in pp Collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 7 TeV
2009
CP3-09-29: Expectations for observation of top quark pair production in the dilepton final state with the early CMS data at $\sqrt{s} =$ 10 TeV
CP3-09-28: Track-based measurement of top-quark pair events in the dileptonic channels with the first data of CMS
J. Caudron, A. Giammanco, V. Lemaitre
[Full text]
CMS Analysis Note
Private experimental note. July 8.
[Full text]
CMS Analysis Note
Private experimental note. July 8.
CP3-09-27: Prospects for the measurement of the single-top $t$-channel cross section in the muon channel with 200~pb$^{-1}$ of CMS data at 10 TeV
CP3-09-26: Towards a measurement of single-top cross section in the t-channel, with the first inverse femtobarn of CMS data at 14 TeV
A. Giammanco, J. Weinelt, T. Mueller, J. Wagner-Kuhr, P. Sturm, W. Wagner, D. Konstantinov, V. Molchanov, A. Jafari, M. Mohammadi Najafabadi, E. Boos, L. Dudko, A. Markina
[Full text]
CMS Analysis Note
Private experimental note. July 8.
[Full text]
CMS Analysis Note
Private experimental note. July 8.
2008
CP3-08-73: The Top Quark Analysis Framework
Maria Hansen et al.
[Full text]
Release note on CMS software.
Private experimental note. December 22.
[Full text]
Release note on CMS software.
Private experimental note. December 22.
CP3-08-69: Silicon Strip Tracker Detector Performance with Cosmic Ray Data at the Tracker Integration Facility
J.-L. Bonnet, G. Bruno, B. De Callatay, B. Florins, A. Giammanco, G. Gregoire, Th. Keutgen, D. Kcira, V. Lemaitre, D. Michotte, O. Militaru, K. Piotrzkowski, L. Quertermont, V. Roberfroid, X. Rouby, D. Teyssier et al. (>100 authors)
[Full text]
W. Adam et al., "Silicon Strip Tracker Detector Performance with Cosmic Ray Data at the Tracker Integration Facility", CMS NOTE-2008/032.
Public experimental note. December 10.
[Full text]
W. Adam et al., "Silicon Strip Tracker Detector Performance with Cosmic Ray Data at the Tracker Integration Facility", CMS NOTE-2008/032.
Public experimental note. December 10.
CP3-08-68: The CMS tracker operation and performance at the Magnet Test and Cosmic Challenge
S. Assouak, J.-L. Bonnet, G. Bruno, B. de Callatay, S. de Visscher, D. Favart, B. Florins, E. Forton5, A. Giammanco, G. Gregoire, S. Kalinin, D. Kcira, Th. Keutgen, V. Lemaitre, D. Michotte, O. Militaru, S. Ovyn, K. Piotrzkowski, X. Rouby, D. Teyssier, O. Van der Aa et al. (> 100 authors)
[Journal] [Full text]
W. Adam et al., “The CMS tracker operation and performance at the Magnet Test and Cosmic Challenge”, 2008 JINST 3 P07006. doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/3/07/P07006.
G. Bruno co-editor
Refereed paper. December 10.
[Journal] [Full text]
W. Adam et al., “The CMS tracker operation and performance at the Magnet Test and Cosmic Challenge”, 2008 JINST 3 P07006. doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/3/07/P07006.
G. Bruno co-editor
Refereed paper. December 10.
CP3-08-67: Status and expectations for the first physics with the CMS detector at LHC
Andrea Giammanco
[Full text]
CMS Conference Report (CMS CR-2008/104)
Contribution to proceedings. December 9.
[Full text]
CMS Conference Report (CMS CR-2008/104)
Contribution to proceedings. December 9.
CP3-08-56: Particle Identification with Energy Loss in the CMS Silicon Strip Tracker
2007
CP3-07-16: Tevatron-for-LHC Report: Top and Electroweak Physics
C.E.Gerber, P.Murat, T.M.P.Tait, D.Wackeroth, A.Arbuzov, D.Bardin, U.Baur, J.A.Benitez, S.Berge, S.Bondarenko, E.E.Boos, M.T.Bowen, R.Brock, V.E.Bunichev, J.Campbell, F.Canelli, Q.-H.Cao, C.M.Carloni Calame, F.Chevallier, P.Christova, C.Ciobanu, S.Dittmaier, L.V.Dudko, S.D.Ellis, A.I.Etienvre, F.Fiedler, A.Garcia-Bellido, A.Giammanco, D.Glenzinski, P.Golonka, C.Hays, S.Jadach, S.Jain, L.Kalinovskaya, M.Kramer, A.Lleres, J.Luck, A.Lucotte, A.Markina, G.Montagna, P.M.Nadolsky, O.Nicrosini, F.I.Olness, W.Placzek, R.Sadykov, V.I.Savrin, R.Schwienhorst, A.V.Sherstnev, S.Slabospitsky, B.Stelzer, M.J.Strassler, Z.Sullivan, F.Tramontano, A.Vicini, W.Wagner, Z.Was, G.Watts, M.Weber, S.Willenbrock, U.K.Yang, C-P.Yuan, J.Zhu
[Abstract] [PDF]
TeV4LHC-Top and Electroweak Working Group collaboration (2007)
Contribution to proceedings. May 24.
[Abstract] [PDF]
TeV4LHC-Top and Electroweak Working Group collaboration (2007)
Contribution to proceedings. May 24.
CP3-07-12: Fast simulations of the ATLAS and CMS experiments at LHC
2006