Pedro Rocio Rodrigues Cal, PhD at Nikhef, will defend his thesis Wednesday 29 september 2021 at 14.00 at the University of Amsterdam.
“Jet substructure at the LHC with Soft Collinear Effective Theory”
This thesis investigated the use of Soft-Collinear effective theory (SCET) in order to obtain precise QCD predictions for jet substructure observables. We used SCET to obtain factorization theorems that allow us to resum towers of logarithms that become large in certain regions of phase space, improving the convergence of perturbation theory. Pushing for higher orders in logarithmic accuracy is a crucial part of having reliable predictions to be put up against data, and a necessary condition for precision.
“Jet substructure at the LHC with Soft Collinear Effective Theory” (pdf)
The PhD defense will take place Wednesday 29 September, at 14.00 (admission 13.45) at the Aula of the University of Amsterdam, Singel 411, 1012 XM Amsterdam
The defense will be broadcasted on the youtubechannel of the Universiteit of Amsterdam:
More information on the website of the UvA.
Supervisor: dr. W.J. Waalewijn
Co-supervisor: prof. dr. E.L.M.P. Laenen
contact: Pedro Rocio Rodrigues Cal