CHRISTOPH M. E. PAUS, Associate
Professor of Physics
Research Interests
Professor Paus' research focuses on the understanding
of elementary particle physics from the experimental point of view.
For the past 30 years, the Standard Model of particle physics has
been successful in describing a huge variety of experiments performed
in this field.
During his time at the L3 Experiment—one
of the four LEP experiments at the international particle physics
research center CERN—Paus was deeply involved in the most precise
and complete tests of the Standard Model done to date. Although
the measurement of electroweak quantities from decays of the Z boson
did not reveal any problems in the model, its parameters were determined
to a high precision. The measurements, in fact, reached a precision
of several tens of PPMs and confirmed several levels of quantum
corrections of the Standard Model.
Professor Paus' new project within the CDF
experiment at the elementary particle research center, Fermilab,
is to probe another not very well measured nor understood aspect
of the Standard Model. The structure of matter generally follows
certain symmetries but the Standard Model predicts small amounts
of violation of those symmetries. With the CDF experiment, Prof.
Paus is presently preparing important measurements for understanding
the phenomena of CP symmetry violation. The violation of this symmetry
is essential for the presently observed asymmetry of matter and
antimatter in our visible universe.
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Biographical Sketch
Education
1985–87 Soldier
at the German Bundeswehr
1987 Interrogation Officer in Polish language
Rheinisch Westfälische
Technische Hochschule, Aachen (1987–96):
1989 Pre-Diploma Mechanical Engineering
1990 Pre-Diploma Physics
1990 Pre-Diploma Mathematics
1992 Diploma Mechanical Engineer
1996 Ph.D. Physics
Honors
Borchers Medal of Honor for Ph.D. Thesis
Research Positions
2004–present Associate Professor of Physics, MIT
2000–present Co-Convener
of the B Reconstruction and Tagging Group at CDF
1999–present Co-Leader of the Time-of-Flight Project
at CDF
1998–present Co-Leader of the Level3 PC Farm Project
at CDF
1994–present Member of the LEP Electroweak Working
Group
1999–2004 Assistant Professor of Physics, MIT
1999–2000 Co-Convener
of the Mixing and Lifetime Working Group at CDF
1997–98 Co-Convener of the LEP Fermion Pair Working
Group
1997–98 CERN Fellow
1996–98 Member of the Scientific Publication Committee
of the L3 Experiment
1996–98 Co-Convener of the Fermion Pair Production
Analysis Group at L3 Experiment
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Selected Publications
"Event Builder and Level 3 Trigger at
the CDF Experiment," K.Anikeev et al., Comput. Phys. Commun.140:110-116,
2001.
"Design and Performance Tests of the
CDF Time-of-Flight System," C.Paus et al., Nucl. Instrum.
Meth. A 461:579-581, 2001.
"B Physics at the Tevatron: Run II
and Beyond," K.Anikeev et al., hep-ph/0201071.
"A Combination of Preliminary Electroweak
Measurements and Constraints on the Standard Model," ALEPH
Collaboration and DELPHI Collaboration and L3 Collaboration and
OPAL Collaboration and LEP Electroweak Working Group and SLD Heavy
Flavor and Electroweak Groups, hep-ex/0112021.
"Determination of Gamma / Z Interference
in e+ e- Annihilation at LEP," L3 Collaboration, M. Acciarri
et al., Phys.Lett.B 489:93-101, 2000.
"Measurements of Cross-Sections and
Forward Backward Asymmetries at the Z Resonance and Determination
of Electroweak Parameters," L3 Collaboration, M. Acciarri et
al., Eur.Phys.J.C 16:1-40, 2000.
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