My research is primarily focused on direct searches for new physics
with the Belle II experiment, including dark photons and axion-like
particles. I also work on calorimeter calibration and
reconstruction, and am responsible for developing trigger
algorithms. Belle II will provide excellent opportunities for
students to work on the development, commission, and initial physics
analysis of a cutting edge particle physics detector.
Students
Here are the students I have worked with
recently. I am looking for a new graduate student, and
occasionally supervise undergraduate theses; a few possible projects
are listed below. Please contact
me for additional information.
Thesis Topics
Dark baryons in B decay
True muonium
Search for axion-like particles
Search for dark photon
Development of triggers for low-multiplicity physics
Systematic uncertainties on single crystal calibration of a
CsI(Tl) calorimeter
Calorimeter calibration using pi0 decays
Pi0 particle reconstruction efficiency and systematic errors
M. Duerr, T. Ferber, C. Garcia-Cely, C. Hearty, and K.
Schmidt-Hoberg, Long-lived Dark Higgs and Inelastic Dark Matter
at Belle II, arXiv:2012.08595
[hep-ph] (2020).
M. Duerr, T. Ferber, C. Hearty, F. Kahlhoefer, K.
Schmidt-Hoberg and P. Tunney. Invisible and displaced dark
matter signatures at Belle II. J.
High Energy Physics (2020). 2020: 39.
Belle II collab., Search for an invisibly decaying Z' boson at
Belle II in e+e- → μ+μ- (e+μ-) plus missing energy final states,
Phys.
Rev. Lett 124 (2020) 141801.
M. J. Dolan, T. Ferber, C. Hearty, F. Kahlhoefer, K.
Schmidt-Hoberg, Revised constraints and Belle II sensitivity for
visible and invisible axion-like particles. J.
High Energy Phys. (2017) 2017: 94.
J.F. Caron et al, Improved particle identification using
cluster counting in a full-length drift chamber prototype, Nucl.
Instrum. Meth. A 735 (2014) 169.