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* Difference between **LHC**, **LEP**, and **Tevatron**; | * Difference between **LHC**, **LEP**, and **Tevatron**; | ||
* Higgs physics | * Higgs physics | ||
- | * In particular the different **Higgs production mechanism** at the LHC or LEP. See e.g. [[https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LHCPhysics/CrossSections# | + | * In particular the different **Higgs production mechanism** at the LHC or LEP. See e.g. [[https://cds.cern.ch/record/578154/files/0208045.pdf|this article on LEP]], [[https:// |
* If you are very unlucky the **Higgs mechanism**. | * If you are very unlucky the **Higgs mechanism**. | ||
* Especially for PhD exams: | * Especially for PhD exams: | ||
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* **Hadronization** (formation of jet). | * **Hadronization** (formation of jet). | ||
* **Neutrinos**: | * **Neutrinos**: | ||
- | * Statistics at the LHC: type of test statistics, how to get **exclusion limits** (upper limits), ... | + | |
* Details about your object reconstruction & identification algorithms (taus, jets, b tagging, ...) | * Details about your object reconstruction & identification algorithms (taus, jets, b tagging, ...) | ||
- | * How is **luminosity** measured? See e.g. [[https:// | + | * How is **luminosity** measured? See e.g. [[https:// |
* For what was the **Nobel Prize** in Physics awarded this/last year? See [[https:// | * For what was the **Nobel Prize** in Physics awarded this/last year? See [[https:// | ||
* ... | * ... |