E391a seminar

HOMEWORK: Statistical Techniques in Particle Physics

• "Blind Analysis in Particle Physics" by Aaron Roodman (SLAC), physics/0312102.
• "Blind Analysis" by P. F. Harrison (Queen Mary Univ of London), Proceedings of the Conference on Advanced Statistical Techniques in Particle Physics (Durham, March 2002) [ pdf file ].
  
• "Pathological Science" by Sheldon Stone (Syracuse), hep-ph/0010295.

Since the beam time for physics has come,
the E391a seminar has been SUSPENDED;
no seminar is scheduled until the end of Run-2.

• Instrumentation
  • "Calorimetry for particle physics" by Christian W. Fabjan and Fabiola Gianotti (CERN) Rev. Mod. Phys. 75 (2003) pp.1243-1286 [pdf file].
  • "Instrumentation" by Jurgen Engelfried (IF-UASLP, Mexico), physics/0312061.

In the next time we start from the page 1249,
"II-C. Main techniques and examples of facilities" in "Calorimetry for particle physics"

• list of suggested documents on Kaon Physics:
  • Latest theoretical review:
    • "Beyond the Standard Model with B and K Physics" by Y. Grossman (Technion-Israel), hep-ph/0310229
      Invited talk at the Lepton Photon 2003.
  • KL -> pi0 nu nubar at DAFNE ??:
    • "Searching for K0L -> pi0 nu nubar at a Phi-factory" by F. Boss et.al (INFN-Frascati), Eur.Phys.J. C6 (1999) 109-119, hep-ph/9802345.
  • KOPIO at BNL:
    • "K0L -> pi0 nu nubar at the AGS (E926)" by A. Konaka (TRIUMF), hep-ex/9903016.
  • Grossman-Nir limit:
    • "K0L -> pi0 nu nubar beyond the Standard Model" by Y. Grossman and Y.Nir, Phys. Lett. B398 (1997) 163.
  • K+->pi+nunubar by BNL-E787:
    • "Evidence for the Decay K+ -> pi+ nu nubar" by S. Adler et al. (E787 Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 79 (1997), 2204 [pdf file] and
      "Plain English translation of the preprint of Evidence for K+ -> pi+ nu nubar" by P. Meyers (Princeton) [ps file].
      
  • "Greenlee background" to K0L->pi0e+e-:
    • "Background to K0L->pi-ee from K0L->gamma gamma ee" by H.B.Greenlee (Yale), Phys. Rev. D42 (1990), 3724 [pdf file] and
      "Observation of the decay mode K0L-> gamma gamma ee" by W.M.Morse et al.(BNL-E845 collaboration), Phys. Rev. D45 (1992), 36 [pdf file].
      
  • Latest results on K0->pi0 e+ e-:
    • "Search for the Rare Decay KL->pi0e+e-" by KTeV Collaboration at FNAL, hep-ex/0309072.
    • "Observation of the rare decay KS->pi0e+e-" by NA48/1 Collaboration at CERN, hep-ex/0309075.
    • "New Results in Kaon Physics from NA48 and KTeV" by R. Wanke (Univ. of Mainz), hep-ex/0309078.
  • Recent theoretical discussions on K -> pi nu nubar:
    • "K -> pi nu nubar decays and CKM fits" by G. Isidori (INFN), hep-ph/0307014.
    • "Estimate of B(K -> pi nu nubar) from Standard Model fits to lambda_t" by S. H. Kettell (BNL), L. G. Landsberg (IHEP), H. Nguyen (FNAL), hep-ph/0212321.
  • Thoretical Reviews
    • "Recent developments in rare kaon decays" by G. D'Ambrosio (INFN), hep-ph/0305249.

Suggestions to the upcoming topics (newly-arrived lecture notes)

• Nuclear Physics and Chemical Evolution of Universe
  • "Notes on Nuclear Physics" by Hitoshi Murayama (UC Berkeley), prepared for his course 221B
    [ pdf file ].
• Statistical Techniques in Particle Physics
  • "Blind Analysis in Particle Physics" by Aaron Roodman (SLAC), physics/0312102.
  • "Blind Analysis" by P. F. Harrison (Queen Mary Univ of London), Proceedings of the Conference on Advanced Statistical Techniques in Particle Physics (Durham, March 2002) [ pdf file ].
    
  • "Pathological Science" by Sheldon Stone (Syracuse), hep-ph/0010295.
• Instrumentation
  • "Introduction to Subatomic-Particle Spectrometers" by Daniel M. Kaplan, Kenneth S. Nelson, physics/9805026.
    (This textbok is a little bit too easy to read ...)
• Astro-Particle Physics
  • "The cosmological constant and dark energy" by P. J. E. Peebles (Princeton) and Bharat Ratra (Kansas State), Rev. Mod. Phys. 75 (2003) pp.559-606 [pdf file].
  • A combination of:
    • "Chapter 10 Particle physics and cosmology" of "Introduction to High Energy Physics (4th edition)" by D.H.Perkins, 2000.
    • "Chapter 19 Nuclear Astrophysics" of "Subatomic Physics (Second Edition)" by H.Frauenfelder and E.M.Henley, 1991.
  • "Status of Observational Cosmology and Inflation" by Laura Covi (DESY), hep-ph/0309238.
  • "Early Cosmology and Fundamental Physics" by Hector De Vega (Caltech), astro-ph/0307477.
  • "Cosmology and Astrophysics" by V.A.Rubakov (INR-Moscow), in the Proceedings of the 2001 European School of High-Energy Physics.
  • "New Views of Cosmology and the Microworld" by Marc Kamionkowski (Caltech), hep-ph/0210370.
• B Experiments
  • "Mixing and Time-dependent CP Asymmetries in e+e- annihilation" by David B. MacFarlane (UC San Diego, BaBar), Proceedings of the SLAC Summer Institute 2002.
  • "Rare B Meson Decays" by T. E. Browder (Hawaii, Belle), Proceedings of the SLAC Summer Institute 2002.
• Particle Theories
  • "Radiative Corrections and the Standard Model of Elementary Particles" by A. Sirlin (New York), hep-ph/0312242.
    (This textbok is a little bit too easy to read ...)
  • "The Standard Model in 2001" by Jonathan L. Rosner (EFI-Chicago), hep-ph/0108195.
  • "The Electroweak Theory" by Chris Quigg (FNAL), hep-ph/0204104.
  • From the Proceedings of the 2001 European School of High-Energy Physics:
    • "Field Theory and the Standard Model" by I.J.R. Aitchison.
    • "Supersymmetry for Alp Hikers" by J. Ellis.
• Conference/Workshop Summaries: latest achievements in Particle Physics
  • "Summary of the 2003 Moriond Workshop on Electroweak Interactionsand Unified Theories" by B. Kayser (FNAL), hep-ph/0312095.
  • "Outlook: The Next Twenty Years" by H. Murayama (UC Berkeley), hep-ph/0312096.
    (This review includes the latest trends in Particle Phenomenology and is a little bit difficult for us to understand all, but might be useful to smell a flavor of them ...)

Summer/Winter Schools of High Energy Physics

• SLAC Summer Institute
• European School of High Energy Physics
• Lake Louise Winter Institute
• NATO Advanced Study Institute on Techniques and Concepts of High Energy Physics
  (I cannot find the Web site ... but the lectures in the series of Proceedings: "Techniques and concepts of high energy physics" edited by T. Ferbel are highly recommended.)

Past topics

• Details on Kaon Physics (1): Publications on KL -> pi0 nu nubar

• Hadron Collider Physics

• Neutrino Physics

• B Physics and CP Violation

• Kaon Physics