Dr. Yannick Ulrich has secured a €1.5 million European Research Council Starting Grant to refine particle physics predictions for experiments seeking evidence beyond the Standard Model. The five-year project, NLP-MC, will integrate next-to-leading power effects into Monte Carlo event generator simulations for the first time, promising a new level of precision in modeling particle interactions. Dr. Ulrich said that improving the modelling of photon emission will significantly enhance the quality of theoretical predictions. Techniques developed through this work could also prove vital for future high-energy facilities like the proposed FCC-ee at CERN in Switzerland.
NLP-MC Event Generator Advances Precision at Particle Physics Frontiers
This computational advancement centers around a new type of Monte Carlo event generator designed to simulate the physics under study in experiments, and will specifically improve the modelling of the photon spectrum by incorporating quantum corrections. Researchers anticipate this will allow for more precise theoretical predictions, ultimately extracting greater insight from experimental measurements; the project aims to create an extendable event generator capable of achieving next-to-leading-power precision.
Dr. Yannick Ulrich, a tenure-track lecturer specializing in theoretical particle physics, received the €1.5 million European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant to fund the five-year endeavor. Ulrich’s research focuses on highly precise theoretical predictions for low-energy experiments, including MUonE, and builds upon his work developing and maintaining the McMule framework.
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