Name: Top at Twenty
Start: 2015-04-09T08:00:00-05:00
End: 2015-04-10T17:00:00-05:00
Location: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Top at Twenty

from Thursday, 9 April 2015 (08:00) to Friday, 10 April 2015 (17:00)

Monday, 6 April 2015
Tuesday, 7 April 2015
Wednesday, 8 April 2015
Thursday, 9 April 2015

08:00 Registration
Registration
08:00 - 09:00
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
09:00 Welcome - Dmitri Denisov (Fermilab)
Welcome
- Dmitri Denisov (Fermilab)
09:00 - 09:10
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
09:10 Overview and history - Nigel Lockyer (Fermilab)
Overview and history
- Nigel Lockyer (Fermilab)
09:10 - 09:30
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
09:30 The role of top in the standard model - Ulrich Haisch (Oxford University)
The role of top in the standard model
- Ulrich Haisch (Oxford University)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
10:00 Experimental techniques in top studies - Oleg Brandt (Goettinggen)
Experimental techniques in top studies
- Oleg Brandt (Goettinggen)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
10:30 Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
11:00 Top pair inclusive and differential cross sections at the Tevatron - Evelyn Thomson (University of Pennsylvania)
Top pair inclusive and differential cross sections at the Tevatron
- Evelyn Thomson (University of Pennsylvania)
11:00 - 11:20
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
11:20 Top pair inclusive and differential cross sections at the LHC - Jie Yu (Oklahoma State University)
Top pair inclusive and differential cross sections at the LHC
- Jie Yu (Oklahoma State University)
11:20 - 11:40
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
11:40 ttbar + X cross sections - Andrew Brinkerhoff (Notre Dame University)
ttbar + X cross sections
- Andrew Brinkerhoff (Notre Dame University)
11:40 - 12:00
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
12:00 Top pair production theory - Alex Mitov (Cambridge University)
Top pair production theory
- Alex Mitov (Cambridge University)
12:00 - 12:30
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
12:30 Workshop photo
Workshop photo
12:30 - 12:40
Room: Wilson Hall Atrium

12:40 Lunch
Lunch
12:40 - 14:00
Room: Wilson Hall Atrium
14:00 Top (and b-quark) asymmetries at the Tevatron - Ziqing Hong (Texas A&M University)
Top (and b-quark) asymmetries at the Tevatron
- Ziqing Hong (Texas A&M University)
14:00 - 14:30
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
14:30 Top (and b-quark) asymmetries at the LHC - Michele Pinamonti (Univ. Udine)
Top (and b-quark) asymmetries at the LHC
- Michele Pinamonti (Univ. Udine)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
15:00 Single top cross sections and Vtb at the Tevatron - Reinhard Schwienhorst (Michigan State University)
Single top cross sections and Vtb at the Tevatron
- Reinhard Schwienhorst (Michigan State University)
15:00 - 15:25
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
15:25 Single top cross sections and Vtb at the LHC - Matthias Komm (Universite Catholique de Louvain)
Single top cross sections and Vtb at the LHC
- Matthias Komm (Universite Catholique de Louvain)
15:25 - 15:50
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
15:50 Break
Break
15:50 - 16:20
Room: Wilson Hall Atrium
16:20 Single top, Vtb, polarization theory - Zack Sullivan (Illinois Institute of Technology)
Single top, Vtb, polarization theory
- Zack Sullivan (Illinois Institute of Technology)
16:20 - 16:45
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
16:45 Spin correlations and top polarization at Tevatron and LHC - Frederic Deliot (CEA/Irfu/SPP Saclay)
Spin correlations and top polarization at Tevatron and LHC
- Frederic Deliot (CEA/Irfu/SPP Saclay)
16:45 - 17:15
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
17:15 Reception -- 2nd floor crossover
Reception -- 2nd floor crossover
17:15 - 18:45
Room: Wilson Hall, 2nd floor crossover
Friday, 10 April 2015
09:00 Top mass theory and connection with experiment - Stefan Weinzierl (University of Mainz)
Top mass theory and connection with experiment
- Stefan Weinzierl (University of Mainz)
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
09:30 Top mass at the Tevatron - Andreas Jung (Fermilab)
Top mass at the Tevatron
- Andreas Jung (Fermilab)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
10:00 Top mass at the LHC - Meenakshi Narain (Brown University)
Top mass at the LHC
- Meenakshi Narain (Brown University)
10:00 - 10:30
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
10:30 Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Wilson Hall Atrium
11:00 Top properties (excluding mass) at the Tevatron - Camilla Galloni (University of Zurich)
Top properties (excluding mass) at the Tevatron
- Camilla Galloni (University of Zurich)
11:00 - 11:30
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
11:30 Top properties (excluding mass) at the LHC - James Howarth (DESY)
Top properties (excluding mass) at the LHC
- James Howarth (DESY)
11:30 - 12:00
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
12:00 Top couplings at the Tevatron and LHC - Andrey Popov (Universite Catholique de Louvain)
Top couplings at the Tevatron and LHC
- Andrey Popov (Universite Catholique de Louvain)
12:00 - 12:30
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Wilson Hall Atrium
14:00 Models of testable new physics in the top sector - Roni Harnik (Fermilab)
Models of testable new physics in the top sector
- Roni Harnik (Fermilab)
14:00 - 14:30
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
14:30 Searches for new physics in the top sector at the Tevatron - Florencia Canelli (University of Zurich)
Searches for new physics in the top sector at the Tevatron
- Florencia Canelli (University of Zurich)
14:30 - 15:00
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
15:00 Searches for new physics in the top sector at the LHC - Davide Gerbaudo (University of California, Irvine)
Searches for new physics in the top sector at the LHC
- Davide Gerbaudo (University of California, Irvine)
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Wilson Hall, One West
15:30 Wine and Cheese reception -- 2nd floor crossover
Wine and Cheese reception -- 2nd floor crossover
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Wilson Hall,2nd floor crossovert
16:00 Wine and Cheese seminar -- Perspectives in top physics - John Campbell (Fermilab)
Wine and Cheese seminar -- Perspectives in top physics
- John Campbell (Fermilab)
16:00 - 17:00
Room: Wilson Hall, One West