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Experimental Physics
Institute of
Experimental Physics

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Personen

Prof. Dr. Peter Schleper

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Head of Group

Address

University of Hamburg
Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences
Fachbereich Physik
Institut für Experimentalphysik
Luruper Chaussee 149
22761 Hamburg

Office

Building 68
Room: 132

Contact

Tel: +49 40 8998-2957

I am interested in particle physics at smallest possible distances and highest possible energies. Currently, research is focused on the Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment (CMS) at the LHC collider.

We are working in particular on development and construction of silicon pixel tracking detectors, experimental techniques such as detector calibration and event reconstruction as well data analysis on top quark physics, higgs physics and searches for supersymmetry.

Earlier I have been working on QCD and new particles searches at the HERA experiments H1 and ZEUS, on trigger development for the LHCb experiment and on the FREJUS proton decay experiment.

Curriculum Vitae

Scientific topics

  • Searches for rare Higgs processes: Higgs self coupling, Resonance decays into higgs pairs, lepton flavour violating Higgs decays (CMS/LHC)
  • Measurement of the top quark mass (CMS/LHC)
  • Searches for Supersymmetry: Fully hadronic final states, displaced vertices, long lived particles, low mass final states (CMS/LHC)
  • Deep inelastic scattering at high momentum transfer (H1/HERA)
  • Searches for leptoquarks and other new phenomena (H1,ZEUS/HERA)
  • Proton decay and atmospheric neutrino background (Frejus)
  • Research and construction of silicon strip and pixel detectors (CMS/LHC)
  • Track trigger for b-physics (LHCb/LHC)

Academic career

  • Since 2006: Professor (W3) for Elementary Particle Physics, Universität Hamburg, Germany, Experiment CMS
  • 2003: Professor (W2), Universität Hamburg, Germany, Experiments ZEUS and CMS
  • 2001: Research staff, DESY, Hamburg, Germany, Experiment H1
  • 1997: Privatdozent (C1), Universität Heidelberg, Germany, Experiment H1
  • 1997: Habilitation in Physics, Universität Heidelberg, Germany, on Searches for Physics Beyond the Standard Model at HERA
  • 1996: Scientific Associate, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, Experiment LHCb
  • 1992: Research Associate, Universität Heidelberg, Germany, Experiment H1
  • 1992: Doctorate in Physics, RWTH Aachen, Germany, PhD thesis on Concepts for Leptoquark Searches at HERA
  • 1988: Degree in Physics, RWTH Aachen, Germany, Diploma thesis on Neutrino Background for Proton Decay with the Frejus Experiment

Institutional responsibilities

  • 2017-2024: Spokesperson of HAFUN initiative, Hamburg Fundamental Interactions Laboratory
  • 2019-2023: Co-Spokesperson Federal Excellence Cluster "Quantum Universe", Hamburg University
  • 2016-2022: Delegate for Germany in RECFA – Restricted European Committee for Future Accelerators
  • 2016-2019: Member of “Komitee für Elementarteilchenphysik” (KET), Germany
  • 2012–2015: Chair, Committee for Elementary Particle Physics in Germany (KET), Germany
  • 2011-2017: Member of BMBF grant selection committee
  • 2011–2014: Member of the PIER directorate, Hamburg, Germany
  • 2009–2012: Chair, Hamburg Excellence Cluster “Connecting Particles with the Cosmos”
  • 2009–2012: Chair, BMBF Forschungsschwerpunkt FSP-102 (Collaboration of the German Institutes working on the CMS Experiment)
  • 2009–2010: Chair, Jet and MET working group, CMS Collaboration
  • 2007–2009: Member, Analysis Board, HGF Alliance “Physics at the Terascale”
  • 2007–2009: Member, European Committee for Future Accelerators (ECFA)
  • 2006–2008: Member, Super Proton Synchrotron Committee (SPSC), CERN, Switzerland
  • 1999–2002: Physics Coordinator, H1 Experiment