Research Group
FACULTY
Dr. Alfredo Martín Castañeda Hernández
PhD in Particle Physics (UASLP/Wisconsin University)
Member of CMS collaboration (CERN)
- Searches for beyond Standard Model physics (Dark matter, exotica)
- Monte Carlo simulation for the optimization of new detector technolgy
- Integration of Machine Learning algorithms in Particle Physics experiments
Dr. Javier Alberto Murillo Quijada
Ph.D in Particle Physics (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Former member of the ATLAS Experiment at CERN
Member of the CMS Experiment at CERN
Research interests:
- Forward physics (Ultraperiperal colisions, photoinduced events in pp, pPb and PbPb collisions).
- Rare production modes and decays (Photo-induced events, Higgs tHq production mode).
- Particle correlations in small systems (photon-proton, pomeron-lead ..).
- Top/Higgs properties.
- Medical Physics: Cancer research, Neural networks, thermography, flash therapy
- Luminometers:
- performance in high pileup environment.
- Luminosity measurements CMS-Scouting system, Drift Tubes (DT), MTD (timing detector).
- VDM and Beam Imaging scan analysis.
Teaching:
- Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
- Group Theory
- Particle Physics
- Relativistic Quantum mechanics
- Experimental analysis techniques
- Electromagnetism
- Physics
Dr. José Feliciano Benítez Rubio
Ph.D. Stanford University
Experimental Particle Physics
Research topics:
- Higgs measurements & Dark Matter searches at the LHC
- Particle detector R&D
- Luminosity measurements
Teaching:
- Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
Ph.D. Université de Paris-Sud
Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physics
Research interests:
- High energy heavy ion collisions
- Quark Gluon Plasma
- Heavy quark production
- High multiplicity proton-proton collisions