BTP - Sagar Adepalli

Respondent: Sagar Adepalli

What project were you working on?

I worked on an analysis based on the CMS experiment at CERN. Higgs boson to diphoton decay observation was one of the fundamental sources of Higgs boson discovery in 2012. To make the study possible, a lot of new statistical frameworks were developed which can be used for further studies as well. My study is based on the Higgs to dimuon decay channel. Although we do not have enough data at the moment from the LHC to clearly saw that we have observed the Higgs boson through this specific channel, we are trying to increase the statistical significance using the statistical frameworks developed during previous analyses which are more robust and non arbitrary. If it works, we will be able to show that the Higgs boson indeed exists and this specific decay channel is observed exactly as predicted.

Name of the Guide

Someone from outside the institute. 


Is the professor still taking students under the same project?

No

Courses that were part of the curriculum/ additional courses that helped you? Any other tools/softwares that helped you during your project?

Data Analysis, Elementary Particle Physics

Any feedback or further details you'd like to add?

Might not be the best idea to work with someone far away from the institute as it gets difficult to get in touch at times (separate timezones, work commitment clashes etc.) but as experimental HEP is not very prominent in our insti I decided to work with a professor from outside.

Contact: sagar.samarth@gmail.com