Gena Kukartsev
Research Associate, experimental particle physics
Received Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 2007.
LPC Fellow from 2011 - current.
I am interested in new physics phenomena searches in
collider experiments, with a focus on the topologies and
final states with leptons, jets and missing transverse
energy. Recently, together with the CMS colleagues,
we have published results of searches for a new fundamental
interaction (Z'), the fourth generation of quarks (t'),
and new high-mass di-jet resonances.
We search for a new Z-like gauge boson or similar signal
that manifests as a resonance (Z') decaying into a pair
of leptons. The search for a fourth-generation quark (t')
assumes its production in pairs, with subsequent decays
into an invisible particle and a top quark registered in
the semi-leptonic final state. Finally, we search for
di-jet resonances, as they are among the sensitive probes
for new physics, which may appear in a large number of
theoretical scenarios.
We have not observed a new phenomenon yet, so we set
the world's best limits. The search continues.
