Michael Begel

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Physics Department
Bldg. 510A, Room 1-69
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-3403
begel@bnl.gov

Research | Education | Appointments | Publications | Awards

Research Activities

2008-           CERN ATLAS Experiment
1999-2010  FNAL DZero Experiment
1991-2007  FNAL E706 Experiment

publications: INSPIRE

Education

2000 PhD University of Rochester
1993 MA University of Rochester
1991 BA Reed College

Professional Appointments

2020 Senior Physicist, Physics Department, BNL
2013 Physicist with tenure, Physics Department, BNL
2011 Physicist, Physics Department, BNL
2009 Associate Physicist, Physics Department, BNL
2007 Assistant Physicist, Physics Department, BNL
1999-2007 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Rochester
1989-1991 Reactor Operator, Reed College Reactor Facility

2016-present Group Leader of the Omega Group, Physics Department, BNL

Selected Publications

• Aad G, Abajyan T, Abbott B, Abdallah J, Abdel Khalek S, et al. (2012) Search for a Supersymmetric Partner to the Top Quark in Final States with Jets and Missing Transverse Momentum ats=7  TeVwith the ATLAS Detector. Physical Review Letters. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.211802
• Aad G, Abajyan T, Abbott B, Abdallah J, Abdel Khalek S, et al. (2012) Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Physics Letters B 716:1–29. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.020
• Aad G, Abbott B, Abdallah J, Abdelalim AA, Abdesselam A, et al. (2011) Measurement of Dijet Azimuthal Decorrelations inppCollisions ats=7  TeV. Physical Review Letters. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.106.172002
• Aad G, Abbott B, Abdallah J, Abdelalim AA, et al. (2011) Measurement of inclusive jet and dijet cross sections in proton-proton collisions at 7 TeV centre-of-mass energy with the ATLAS detector. The European Physical Journal C. doi: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1512-2
• Abazov VM, Abbott B, Abolins M, Acharya BS, Adams M, et al. (2010) Measurement of thett¯cross section using high-multiplicity jet events. Physical Review D. doi: 10.1103/physrevd.82.032002
• Abazov VM, Abbott B, Abolins M, Acharya BS, Adams M, et al. (2010) Dependence of the tt¯ production cross section on the transverse momentum of the top quark. Physics Letters B 693:515–521. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2010.09.011
• Abazov VM, Abbott B, Abolins M, Acharya BS, Adams M, et al. (2009) Observation of Single Top-Quark Production. Physical Review Letters. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.103.092001
• Abazov VM, Abbott B, Abolins M, Acharya BS, Adams M, et al. (2009) Measurement ofγ+b+Xandγ+c+XProduction Cross Sections inpp¯Collisions ats=1.96  TeV. Physical Review Letters. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.102.192002
• Abazov VM, Abbott B, Abolins M, Acharya BS, Adams M, et al. (2006) Measurement of the isolated photon cross section in pp¯ collisions at s=1.96 TeV. Physics Letters B 639:151–158. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2006.04.048
• Abazov VM, Abbott B, Abolins M, Acharya BS, Adams DL, et al. (2005) Measurement of Dijet Azimuthal Decorrelations at Central Rapidities inpp¯Collisions ats=1.96  TeV. Physical Review Letters. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.94.221801
• Apanasevich L, Bacigalupi J, Baker W, Begel M, Blusk S, et al. (2004) Measurement of direct-photon production at the Fermilab Tevatron fixed target energies. Physical Review D. doi: 10.1103/physrevd.70.092009
• Abbott B, Abdesselam A, Abolins M, Abramov V, Acharya BS, et al. (2001) High-pTjets inp¯pcollisions ats=630and 1800 GeV. Physical Review D. doi: 10.1103/physrevd.64.032003
• Apanasevich L, Bacigalupi J, Baker W, Begel M, Blusk S, et al. (1998) Evidence for PartonkTEffects in High-pTParticle Production. Physical Review Letters 81:2642–2645. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.81.2642

Awards & Recognition

2019 Fellow of the American Physical Society
2019 High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society, awarded to the CDF and DØ Collaborations, “for the discovery of the top quark and the detailed measurement of its properties”
2019 Record of Invention BSA19-06/IP2019-004-02 Patent S.N. 62/813,780 High Bandwidth Reconfigurable Data Acquisition Card
2018 Record of Invention BSA18-02/IP2018-003-01 Patent S.N. 17/281,731 High Data Throughput Reconfigurable Computing Platform
2013 High Energy and Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society, awarded to the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations, “for the discovery of a Higgs boson, as predicted by the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism”
2009 Sambamurti Memorial Lectureship, Brookhaven National Laboratory
2000 Frederick Lobkowicz PhD Thesis Prize, University of Rochester
1991–94 Department of Education Fellow, University of Rochester