Introduction to data analysis in high energy Physics I

• Grant number: 21/09513-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2021
• End date: December 31, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Elementary Particle Physics and Fields
• Principal Investigator: Pedro Galli Mercadante
• Grantee: Matheus Pereira Coelho
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas (CCNH). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/25225-9 - São Paulo Research and Analysis Center, AP.ESP

Abstract

This research project aims to introduce the student to the techniques and fundamental concepts of High Energy Physics. At the end of this project, the student should be able to use event generators to simulate the production of New Physics signals in reactions involving particle accelerators, particularly in the CERN LHC collider. These reactions should be simulated using event generators such as Pythia and MadGraph and later analyzed using the ROOT framework. Due to the introductory character of the study, the proposal is to have a common program for the students, only with a different choice of new physics model. (AU)