11 Feb 2025
Seminars and colloquia
Time
Venue
Dennis Sciama Lecture Theatre
Denys Wilkinson Building, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH
Denys Wilkinson Building, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH
Speaker(s)
Dr Klaus Rabbertz, KIT
Seminar series
Experimental particle physics seminar
Abstract
Proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider provide an ideal opportunity to probe the running of the strong coupling alpha_s.
Investigating the production of jets with large transverse momenta, the scale dependence of alpha_s can be tested over a wide range up to the yet unexplored multi-TeV regime. Moreover, significant advances in theory and experimental techniques enable more precise determinations of the strong coupling at the mass of the Z boson, alpha_s(M_Z), than anticipated.
Including ideas for novel observables a plethora of new results have appeared in the last two years. I will try to give an overview of these latest results with an emphasis on a few selected topics.