Experimental high-energy physics focuses on experiments that probe the building blocks of our universe and how those building blocks interact. Our researchers use beams of charged and neutral particles to produce exotic forms of matter and ultra-rare processes. The identification and detailed study of these phenomena can help us understand important open questions we have about the origin, condition, and fate of our universe.
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Dukes: Professor Dukes’ research is in experimental Elementary Particle Physics where he has worked on experiments at several major accelerator laboratories in the world, and held visiting positions at: Brookhaven National Laboratory, CERN Lab in Geneva, Switzerland, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the SSC. He is currently the head of the Frontier Physics Group at the University of Virginia. More>
Group: What are the most fundamental pieces of our Universe? What are their properties and how do they interact with each other to form the structure and the phenomena that we observe? More>
Hirosky: Bob’s research explores questions in Elementary Particle Physics on the CMS Experiment (http://cms.cern.ch) at the CERN LHC Collider in Geneva Switzerland. Our group explores the limits of the Standard Model of particle physics on multiple fronts, including studies of the Higgs boson, searches for new physics signatures, and precision measurement. We are also actively engaged in R&D for detector design and the development of high performance electronics for detector systems. Our hardware efforts include electronics upgrades for the CMS Hadron ... More>
Keller:Professor Keller conducts research in spin physics at the intersection of high-energy, nuclear, and condensed matter physics, with interests in hadron spin structure, physics beyond the standard model, spin-sensitive phenomena, and mapping the inner structure of composite spin systems. This research involves the study of quark and gluon dynamics as well as the study of spin degrees of freedom to probe polarized observables. This research could also be ... More>
Mantilla-Suarez: Cristina Mantilla-Suarez is an experimental particle physicist seeking to understand the properties and interactions of the Higgs boson and the particle nature of dark matter. She is a member of the CMS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. Her research also explores the use of low cost but high intensity accelerator beam-lines to expand the search for new physics, in particular to search for dark matter particles with masses below the proton mass. Mantilla-Suarez is a Lederman postdoctoral fellow at Fermilab and will be joining UVA in the Fall of 2024. More>
Neu:Prof. Neu's research program focuses on the building blocks of the Universe and how those building blocks interact. He studies exotic forms of matter produced at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN as a collaborator on the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment.
His specific interests focus on the characterization of the Higgs boson. The recent discovery of the Higgs boson has solved a significant open question in modern physics: How do the fundamental particles obtain mass? The discovery of ... More>
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