Speaker: Thiago Tomei, UNESP

When/Where: 4:30 PM, April 25, 2018 (Sala F-210)

Abstract: The Large Hadron Collider is currently the leading particle accelerator in the world, a very powerful tool that allows a comprehensive study of the structure of matter. The CMS experiment is one of two-general purpose experiments that the LHC serves, studying the collisions of
protons at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV and of heavy ions at various TeV energies.
The São Paulo Research and Analysis Center (SPRACE) works on the
analyses of the data collected by CMS, searching both for hints of
beyond standard model physics, as well as a for a better understanding
of the dense matter produced in high-energy heavy ion collisions. In
this talk we will present some of the physics studies that are being
pursued at SPRACE, as well as briefly touch some of the spinoffs that
came from the group.