About Me
I am a PhD candidate at Stanford University / SLAC studying experimental particle physics. I work on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider.
My PhD research has focused on HH searches with ATLAS. If you are interested in learning a little bit more about the projects that I have worked on, you can either scroll down, or take a look at my CV.
If you are wondering how to pronounce my name, it is "Yannika" and comes from Norway.
Research
ATLAS Experiment (2015-present)
HH Searches
My research in the past few years has primarily been focused on HH searches with a focus on the bbγγ channel. For a broad overview please see my SLAC Experimental Seminar (2022).
HH to bbγγ Search
Our paper: ATLAS-CONF-2021-016
Internal note: ATL-COM-PHYS-2020-148 (ATLAS Internal)
My talk at Higgs 2021
HH Combination
Our paper: ATLAS-CONF-2021-052
Internal note: ATLAS-COM-PHYS-2021-443 (ATLAS Internal)
My talk in Aspen "New Methods and Ideas in Particle Physics" (2022)
HH @ HL-LHC Projections
Our paper: ATL-PHYS-PUB-2022-005
Summary in ATLAS Upgrade Meeting (ATLAS internal)
My ICHEP 2022 Poster
Inner Tracker Upgrade (ITk)
Pixel Module Testing at SLAC (2021) (ATLAS Internal)
Pixel Module Testing at CERN Overview (2018) (ATLAS Internal)
ITk Production Database Summary Presentation (ATLAS Internal)
ITk Production Database Tutorial (ATLAS Internal)
ITk Production Database Pixel Module Sample Scripts (ATLAS Internal)
ITk Production Database Final Report
(ATLAS Internal)
Fast TracKer (FTk)
Data Formatter Commissioning and Rate Tests (2017) (ATLAS Internal)Boosted Top Quark Tagging
Paper: The Machine Learning Landscape of Top Taggers (2019)Paper: Performance of top-quark and W-boson tagging with ATLAS in Run 2 of the LHC (2018)
Paper: Jet constituents for deep neural network based top quark tagging (2017)
Paper: Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks with jet constituents for boosted top tagging at the LHC (2017)
Presentation at Inter-experimental Machine Learning Workshop (2017)
Z' to Di-Lepton Analysis
Paper: Search for high-mass new phenomena in the dilepton final state using proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV with the ATLAS detector (2016)Final Report BumpHunter Studies: ATL-COM-PHYS-2016-107 (ATLAS Internal)
Multivariate methods for the MET Trigger
Talk at APS Northwest Meeting (2016)
CMS Experiment (2014)
FPGA programming and testing of high speed electronics for the CMS HCAL Upgrade
DESY Final Presentation
DESY Final Report
Hyper Kamiokande Experiment (2015)
Capstone project involving simulation of PMT pulse shaping and readout electronics in LTSpice
Final Presentation
EMMA Experiment (2014)
Surface preparation and analysis of Ultra High Voltage Electrodes
Talk at APS CUWiP - UC Santa Cruz (2015)
TITAN Experiment (2013)
Precision mass measurements with the TITAN Penning Trap
Paper: Mass measurements of neutron-rich Rb and Sr isotopes Phys. Rev. C 93, 045807 (2016)
Paper: First direct mass measurement of the neutron-deficient nucleus Al24 Phys. Rev. C 92, 045803 (2015)
Outreach
Discotracker
An ITk inspired art installation
Symmetry Magazine article (written by Emily Driehaus),
twitter thread
ATLAS Physics Briefing
I co-authored the following physics briefing covering the HH combination.
ATLAS bbγγ summary video
Teaching
PHYSICS 108 Advanced Physics Laboratory - Teaching Assistant (2020) Student report on Dark Photon Searches with Mu3ePHYSICS 62 Mechanics Laboratory - Teaching Assistant (2019)
PHYSICS 67 Introduction to Laboratory Physics - Teaching Assistant (2018) My introductory data analysis in python tutorial
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