Physics analysis with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC (CERN)
Collaboration with:
NIKHEF, The University of Michigan, University of Wuppertal
Direct tests of lepton universality
Search for new physics beyond the standard model in dilepton+X final states (heavy resonances, contact interactions, clockwork-like signals, lepton flavour violation)
Upgrade of the ATLAS muon spectrometer
Collaboration with:
Multiple institutions (mostly from Canada, Chile, Russia, China and the USA)
Construction and integration of the sTGC detectors in the New Small Wheel of ATLAS
Collaboration with:
DESY, Albert-Ludwig Universitaet Freiburg, Max-Planck Institute of Structure and Matter, Helmholtz-Zentrum Jena, Friedrich-Schiller Universitaet Jena, Queens University Belfast, University College London, University of Plymouth, Tel Aviv University, Technion
Unparalleled tests of strong-field QED in collisions between high-energy electron/photon beam and high-intensity laser pulses.
The Schwinger limit is expected to be reached (at the collision centre of mass frame) for the first time in a clean environment.
Development of solid-state detectors for tracking and calorimetry
Design, simulation and analysis of the entire experimental setup
Probing novel beyond the standard model physics which may be enhanced in the presence of strong-fields, e.g. production of axion-like particles which are associated with solution to many of the outstanding problems in particle physics, and which can be furthermore linked to the origin of dark matter.
