Dr. Erik Gerwick
Friday, May 11, 2012
2pm-3pm
HP 3230B (Faculty of Science Board Room)
Abstract:
Multi-jet rates are one of the most coveted LHC observables. In this seminar I present recent work developing a statistical understanding based on ratios of exclusive jet multiplicities. As analogies for the full QCD evolution, I relate a toy model for an iterated Poisson process, the final state cascade in the generating functional language, and the complete parton shower. Finally, I will mention possible experimental tests and applications for these methods highlighting improved jet veto predictions in Higgs searches.