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David Hitlin
Professor of
Physics
Experimental High Energy Physics
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Contact Information Office: 367
Lauritsen Mail Stop:
356-48 Telephone:
(626) 395 6694 Mobile:
(626) 484 0222 Fax: (626)
395 8728 Email: hitlin@caltech.edu HEP Administrator:
Tracy Mikuriya Phone: (626)
395 2340 Email: tmikuriy@caltech.edu |
Our current program comprises two novel and extremely sensitive probes of physics beyond the Standard Model: the Mu2e experiment at Fermilab, a search for evidence of charged lepton flavor violation in muon-to-electron conversion and the nascent LDMX experiment at SLAC, a very sensitive search for hidden sector dark matter particles, as well as continued analysis of BABAR data. |
Caltech is
working on the design and construction of the crystal calorimeter system
of Mu2e. We have responsibilities in the area of
calorimeter geometry, photosensor development, crystal and readout
specification and testing, modeling, the calibration system and the online
and data analysis systems. |
LDMX has a straightforward apparatus design, utilizing existing technologies to avoid a lengthy development phase, and to allow the experiment to begin when the LESA beamline is complete. The experiment has unrivaled sensitivity to many types of dark matter force carriers; it will be able to test a great variety of dark matter models down to the thermal relic limit. |
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