Recent Works
Hello! I am a graduate student at UCSB working on experimental high-energy (particle) physics. I am a member of two different particle physics experiments: the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC), and the MilliQan experiment at the CERN LHC.
My work primarily focuses on analysis of CMS data to search for rare processes in the Standard Model (SM) as well as production of exotic particles that are beyond the SM. In addition, I am also involved in timing performance monitoring of the CMS Cathode Strip Chamber (CSC) detector subsystem, and have aided in the development of the trigger system and offline reconstruction software for the MilliQan experiment.
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Skills (Work in Progress)
Through my research, I have become fluent in C++ and python programming languages, and am currently learning VHDL for FPGA programming. I am familiar with software packages such as ROOT, a C++ based framework for analyzing LHC data, Qutip, python's library for quantum-mechanical calculations and simulations, and many others. I have experience dealing with large datasets (the LHC produces Exabytes of data per year!) and the techniques for compute-intensive tasks, such as batch submission with Condor. I have taught advanced laboratory classes in experimental physics at UCSB, complete with lessons on ____________
Work
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FEATURED PROJECTS
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CMS Cathode Timing
Derived and implemented new timing constants for the CSC subdetector of CMS.
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Skills
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Positions Held
Below are a list of my academic positions
March 2022 - June 2025 (expected)
- WWZ analysis
- Z' analysis
- CSC Timing (detector operations and measurements)
- MilliQan Experiment
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September 2020 - March 2022
- Physics 128 - Advanced Experimental Physics (Winter 2022)
- Physics 128 - Advanced Experimental Physics (Fall 2021)
- Physics 141 - Optics (Spring 2021)
- Physics 6CL - Introductory Experimental Physics (Spring 2021)
- Physics 128 - Advanced Experimental Physics (Winter 2021)
- Physics 128 - Advanced Experimental Physics (Fall 2020)
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April 2018 - July 2020
- Senior Thesis: Survey of Vector Boson Scattering Processes at the CMS detector (CERN)
- Data analysis using C++/python
- Advisor: Prof. Matthew F. Herndon
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October 2016 - December 2017
- MTU Environmental Optics Lab
- Design of Apparatus for Nephelometric Spectroscopy Experiment (Cloud Chamber)
- Design and testing of Optical Hygrometer for Cloud Chamber Experiment
- Advisor: Prof. Claudio Mazzoleni
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Contact Information
Broida HallOffice 5310 University of California, Santa Barbara Goleta, CA
Phone: (920) 470-9927
UCSB: kdownham@ucsb.edu
CERN: keegan.everett.downham@cern.ch
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