Hunting the Higgs Boson with Matrix Element Methods
Project Information
- Discipline
- Physics (203)
- Orientation
- Research
This project is performing a search for evidence of a Standard Model Higgs boson in date from proton-antiproton collisions at the Fermilab Tevatron accelerator. This computing project performs a series of Matrix Element calculations representing production and decay mechanisms for Higgs and background processes. These calculations used to generate probability maps to in multivariate analyses designed to optimize signal sensitivity.
Intellectual MeritProvides evidence of a Standard Model Higgs boson in date from proton-antiproton collisions
Broader ImpactsProvides evidence of a Standard Model Higgs boson in date from proton-antiproton collisions
Project Contact
- Project Lead
- Katherine Holcomb (kholcomb)
- Project Manager
- Katherine Holcomb (kholcomb)
Resource Requirements
- Hardware System
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- I don't care (what I really need is a software environment and I don't care where it runs)
Using Genesis II software already configured on FutureGrid resources to perform computation.
Scale of UseBatches of 1000-2000 jobs run every few months. Each job takes several minutes to several hours to complete
Project Timeline
- Submitted
- 03/24/2011 - 12:53