Norbert Neumeister
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Assistant Professor of Physics contact me Office: Physics 374 Telephone: (765) 494-5198 (Purdue) +41 22 767 1681 (CERN) Fax: (765) 494-0706 (Purdue) +41 22 767 8940 (CERN) Personal Homepage |
M.S., Physics, University of Technology Vienna, 1992
Ph.D., Physics, University of Technology Vienna, 1996
Research Interests
Prof. Neumeister's research focus is on experimental particle physics. His main areas of interest include the phenomenon of electro-weak symmetry breaking, the origin of the matter anti-matter asymmetry in the Universe, and the search for new physics beyond the established Standard Model of particle physics. In order to answer the main questions in these areas, high-energy particle accelerators, innovative detectors and powerful computers are required.
Current Projects:
Currently Prof. Neumeister is a member of the CMS collaboration, where he is active in the fields of event selection and reconstruction, computing, software development and data analysis.
The CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) experiment at the LHC at CERN will study proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 14 TeV. CMS, currently in the construction phase, is expected to run in 2007. The main goal of CMS is to understand the mechanism via which the symmetry between the electromagnetic and weak interaction is broken. In addition, most new theories of fundamental interactions (e.g. Supersymmetry) predict that the LHC will observe a host of new particles. For the next two decades the LHC will probe the TeV frontier of energies to search for new phenomena and will be the ultimate machine to discover and begin to study the origin of electroweak symmetry breaking.
Awards and Honors
· CERN research fellowship (1999-2001)
Professional Experience
· Assistant Professor, Purdue University, 2005-present
· Scientific Associate, CERN, 2002-2004
· Scientific Staff, Institute for High Energy Physics, Vienna, Austria, 2002-2004
· Research Fellow, CERN, 1999-2001
· Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute for High Energy Physics Vienna, Austria, 1996-1999
