Prof Smith\u2019s research uses rare beauty decays, measured with the LHCb detector at CERN, to search for new fundamental particles at mass scales above the collision energy of the LHC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Standard Model of particle physics describes all known fundamental particles and their interactions. However, there are many aspects of our universe that the Standard Model fails to explain, pointing to the existence of physics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Heavy BSM particles can mediate known Standard Model decays, altering their properties. Comparing the decay properties of these known particles to their predictions therefore provides sensitivity to BSM effects. This approach probes very heavy BSM energy scales, which would otherwise be inaccessible at the LHC.
Her group\u00a0will also contribute to R&D for the next upgrade of the LHCb detector, due to\u00a0 start data-taking in around 10 years time. Her group will focus on developing fast Machine Learning algorithms to reduce data throughput to more manageable levels in real time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prof. Smith completed her undergraduate and PhD at Imperial College London, graduating in 2017. She did her first post-doc at RWTH Aachen before winning an Ambizione Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation at the University of Z\u00fcrich. Since 2021, she has led the Rare Decays physics program within the LHCb experiment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","faculty_labs_and_centers":[48],"faculty_divisions":[37],"cpt_people":[],"faculty_titles":[41],"class_list":["post-15543","faculty","type-faculty","status-publish","hentry","faculty_labs_and_centers-lns","faculty_divisions-experimental-nuclear-particle-physics","faculty_titles-assistant-professor"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n