Contact
Anna Benecke
Position
Academic staff
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
Office
UCL member card
Research statement
I specialize in pileup mitigation and jet reconstruction, with expertise in the PUPPI algorithm and jet calibration, particularly in the boosted regime. My research in CMS has focused on high-energy jets for new physics searches. I currently serve as co-convener of the CMS Jet and MET subgroup and received the 2023 CMS Award for key contributions to boosted object development and subgroup leadership. While I’ve worked extensively on searches in the boosted regime, I’m now applying these skills to top quark physics. I’m also dedicated to outreach, organizing Physics Project Days and contributing to the Women in Physics conference. As one of Belgium’s Early Career Representatives to ECFA, I help advocate for the next generation of physicists.
Projects
Research directions:
Experiments and collaborations:
Active projects
Data analysis in HEP, astroparticle and GW experiments
Particle Physics
Research and development of new detectors
Particle Physics
Research and development of new detectors
Experiments and collaborations:
Active projects
Properties of ttW and ttH production
Anna Benecke, Andrea Giammanco, Oguz Guzel, 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.
The CMS silicon strip tracker upgrade
Anna Benecke, Agni Bethani, Laurent Bruniaux, Jérôme de Favereau, Christophe Delaere, Noemie Deplechin, Majid Hussain, Paul Malek, Nicolas Szilasi, Semra Turkcapar
Development of the "phase II" upgrade for the CMS silicon strip stracker.
More precisely, we are involved in the development of the uTCA-based DAQ system and in the test/validation of the first prototype modules. We take active part to the various test-beam campaigns (CERN, DESY, ...)
This activity will potentially make use of the cyclotron of UCL, the probe stations and the SYCOC setup (SYstem de mesure de COllection de Charge) to test the response to laser light, radioactive sources and beams.
The final goal is to take a leading role in the construction of part of the CMS Phase-II tracker.
External collaborators: CRC and CMS collaboration.
Development of the "phase II" upgrade for the CMS silicon strip stracker.
More precisely, we are involved in the development of the uTCA-based DAQ system and in the test/validation of the first prototype modules. We take active part to the various test-beam campaigns (CERN, DESY, ...)
This activity will potentially make use of the cyclotron of UCL, the probe stations and the SYCOC setup (SYstem de mesure de COllection de Charge) to test the response to laser light, radioactive sources and beams.
The final goal is to take a leading role in the construction of part of the CMS Phase-II tracker.
External collaborators: CRC and CMS collaboration.
Publications in IRMP
All my publications on Inspire
Number of publications as IRMP member: 2
Number of publications as IRMP member: 2
2025
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.