Richard J. Van Kooten
Professor
Elementary Particle Physics (Experimental)
B.S., University of Toronto, 1984.
Ph.D., Stanford, 1990.
Postdoctoral positions: CERN Associate Scientist, DESY Research Scientist.
Phone: Swain West 244 (812)855-2650 | IUCF (812)855-4167
Email: rvankoot@indiana.edu
My primary research interests concentrate on the study of particles containing b quarks and searches for new particles not described by our current Standard Model, such as those predicted by Supersymmetry and the "missing link" of the Standard Model: the Higgs boson. I have pursued these studies at the highest energy electron-positron colliders in the world, and am now continuing these studies at the energy frontier of hadronic colliders. I am also participating in planning for experimentation at the next generation of linear electron-positron colliders.
I am currently working on the D0 Collaboration, a large international group of physicists collecting data from proton-antiproton collisions at center-of-mass energies of 2 TeV, the highest collision energy in the world, with the D0 Upgrade Detector at the Fermi National Laboratory outside of Chicago. Specifically, my group is involved in the scintillating fiber tracker, the identification of jets from b quarks, and studies of b hadron phyics. More details of my research interests can be found on the web.
Selected Publications:
List of selected publications (pdf).
