http://www.jthaler.net/ 2008-08-27T11:55:45-07:00 http://www.jthaler.net/ http://www.jthaler.net/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-08-08T13:23:03-07:00 Jesse Thaler http://www.jthaler.net/doku.php?id=natural_unnatural&rev=1218226983&do=diff The principle of naturalness asserts that quantum corrections should be not much larger than semi-classical expectations. Naturalness is not needed for the theoretical consistency of particle physics, but in the past, apparent breakdowns of naturalness have often been resolved by discovering new natural theories of the universe. text/html 2008-08-08T13:22:38-07:00 Jesse Thaler http://www.jthaler.net/doku.php?id=cv&rev=1218226958&do=diff Wires Email : <jthaler@jthaler.net> Web : <http://www.jthaler.net/> Office (LBL) : 510.486.4468 Office (Campus) : 510.666.2616 Cell : 617.642.8622 Snails Home : Jesse Thaler 2125 Channing Way Apt 2 Berkeley, CA 94704 LBNL Office : Jesse Thaler (Rm. 50-5056G) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Theoretical Physics Group 1 Cyclotron Rd. Mail Stop 50A-5104 Berkeley, CA 94720-8162 text/html 2008-07-21T07:29:54-07:00 Jesse Thaler http://www.jthaler.net/doku.php?id=lhc_inverse&rev=1216650594&do=diff We eagerly await data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and we anticipate that LHC data will provide hints for what physics lies beyond the Standard Model (BSM). In studies that explore how accurately the LHC can determine the parameters of a specific BSM scenario, it is found that the LHC can often achieve a remarkable level of precision. text/html 2008-06-27T17:24:23-07:00 Jesse Thaler http://www.jthaler.net/doku.php?id=questions&rev=1214612663&do=diff Why a Wiki? Though I loved my old black and white webpage, I never got around to editting it much. In the wiki format, editing and viewing pages take the same amount of work, so my innate narcissism will drive me to actually make updated content. Or at least that's the hope... text/html 2008-06-27T16:59:57-07:00 Jesse Thaler http://www.jthaler.net/doku.php?id=backgrounds&rev=1214611197&do=diff Signals of physics beyond the standard model (BSM) can often be masked by standard model (SM) processes. In tandem with my continuing work on model building and model interpretation for the LHC, I have started to study contemporary methods for estimating SM backgrounds. text/html 2008-06-27T16:15:49-07:00 Jesse Thaler http://www.jthaler.net/doku.php?id=research&rev=1214608549&do=diff [Early Career Trajectory] The dots above indicate publications on my cv. * Standard Model Backgrounds : Summer 2007 - Present * (Un)natural Model Building : Spring 2006 - Present * The LHC Inverse Problem : Summer 2005 - Present * Little Higgs Theories : Summer 2004 - Spring 2006 * Lorentz Violation : Spring 2004 - Fall 2005 * Past Projects : Pre-2004