Chaouki Boulahouache

Research Interests

Physics

Experimental Physics (Particle Physics/High Energy Physics) as well as High Energy Theoretical Physics

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy in Physics Syracuse University, 2002
• Master of Science in Physics Syracuse University, 2002
• Bachelor of Science in Theoretical High Energy Physics Constantine University, 1995

Courses Taught

• PHYS 201: Algebra-Based Physics I
• PHYS 202: Algebra-Based Physics II
• PHYS 218: Calculus-Based Physics I
• PHYS 208: Calculus-Based Physics II

Publications

• The performance of the CMS muon detector in proton-proton collisions at sqrt{s}=7 TeV at the LHC - CMS Collaboration. Jun 28, 2013. 101 pp. Published in JINST 8 (2013) P11002. CMS-MUO-11-001, CERN-PH-EP-2013-072.
• Performance of muon reconstruction and identification in pp collisions at sqrt{s}=7 TeV - CMS Collaboration,  JINST 7 (2012) P10002 arXiv:1206.4071 [physics.ins-det] CMS-MUO-10-004, CERN-PH-EP-2012-173.
• Combined results of searches for the standard model Higgs boson in pp collisions at sqrt{s}=7 TeV - CMS Collaboration, Feb 2012. 23 pp. Published in Phys.Lett. B710 (2012) 26-48. CMS-HIG-11-032, CERN-PH-EP-2012-023.
• C. Boulahouache, "The ATLAS LAr Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger Signal pre-Processing System: Installation, Commissioning and Calibration Results". Paper presented at the 16th IEEE NPSS Real Time Conference 2009, Beijing, China. ATLAS note: ATL-COM-LARG-2009-017, published in the April 2010 Issue of Transactions on Nuclear Science.  Vol. 57, Iss. 2, Part 1.
• C. Boulahouache, "Prospects for Early Discoveries in Final States with Dileptons and Jets: LRSM and Leptoquarks," Published in AIP Conf.Proc.1078:584-586,2009, proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Supersymmetry and the Unification of Fundamental Interactions (SUSY08), Seoul, Korea, 16-21 June 2008.
• N. J. Buchanan et al., "ATLAS liquid argon calorimeter front end electronics'', JINST 3 P09003 (2008), doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/3/09/P09003.
• M. Artuso et al., "Performance of a C(4)F(8)O gas radiator ring imaging Cerenkov detector using multi-anode photomultiplier tubes," Nucl. Intrum. Meth. A 558, 373-387 (2006). e-Print Archive: physics/0505110.
• A.H. Mahmood et al., "Measurement of lepton momentum moments in the decay \bar{B} à X e {\bar \nu} and determination of Heavy Quark Expansion parameters and |V_{cb}|", Phys. Rev. D 67,072001 (2003).
• M. Artuso et al., "Construction, Pattern Recognition And Performance Of The CLEO-III LIF-TEA RICH Detector," Nucl. Intrum. Meth. A 502, 91-100 (2003).
• Chaouki Boulahouache, George Thompson, "One Loop Effects In Various Dimensions And D-Branes," Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 13, 5409-5424 (1998).

Presentations

• March 2018: "Particles and our understanding of Matter: Latest Piece of the Puzzle," Seminar at Texas A&M at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA.
• January, 2013: "Trigger Primitives of the ATLAS Calorimeter and CMS Muon Endcap Detectors," Seminar at the Jefferson Lab,  Newport News, VA, USA.
• October - November 2012: "Beamstrahlung Radiation for Beam-Beam Instability," 2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Anaheim, CA, USA. Poster presentation.
• May 2009: "The ATLAS LAr Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger Signal pre-Processing System: Installation, Commissioning and Calibration Results," 16th IEEE NPSS Real Time Conference 2009, Beijing, China.
• March 2009: "Atlas LAr Calorimeter and Prospects for early discoveries of the Heavy Right-Handed W's and Majorana Neutrinos," Seminar at the Physics and Astronomy Dept. at Rice Univ., Houston, Texas, USA.
• February 2009: Two Talks: (1) Report on L1 Activities and (2) L1 CALO Trigger. LArg Week, Marrakech, Morocco.
• Signaling the Arrival of the LHC Era, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy: Tutor for the ATLAS analysis software prepared over 4 sessions.
• "Prospects for early discoveries in final states with dileptons, jets: LRSM and Leptoquarks," The 16th International Conf. on Supersymmetry and the Unification of Fundamental Inter., Seoul, Korea.
• May 2007: "The status of LRSM studies in dimuon channel," US ATLAS Analysis Jamboree, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY, USA.
• December 2004: "Lepton Energy Moments, Operator Product Expansion and CKM Element |V_{cb}|," Seminar at the Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
• April 2003: "Measurement of lepton momentum moments in the decay \bar{B} à X e {\bar \nu} and determination of Heavy Quark Expansion parameters and |V_{cb}|," APS Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
• April 2002: "The determination of Heavy Quark Expansion Parameters lambda_1 and \bar{Lambda}$ from the inclusive lepton spectrum in B meson decay," APS Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.