Bjørn H. Samset, PhD b.h.samset@fys.uio.no
Name:
Bjørn Hallvard Samset, PhD
Born:
Nationality:
Present position:
09. October 1977, Oslo, Norway
Norwegian
Postdoctoral researcher, high energy particle physics,
Dept. of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway
Main interests:
­ Searching for new fundamental particles in nature, as a member of the ATLAS collaboraton at CERN
­ User friendly grid computing, both in high energy particle physics and in general
­ Science outreach and dissemination, through presentations, science fairs and popular articles
Academic degrees:
­ PhD, nuclear physics, University of Oslo (2006)
­ MSc, nuclear physics, University of Oslo (2001)
­ BSc, physics, University of Oslo (1999)
Work experience:
­ Postdoctoral fellow, particle physics, ATLAS experiment (09.10.2006­present)
­ Outreach officer, Dept. of Physics, University of Oslo (01.01.2006­08.10.2006)
­ PhD scholarship, Dept. of Physics, University of Oslo (01.11.2001­23.12.2005)
­ Outreach officer, Dept. of Physics, University of Oslo (21.07.2004 ­31.12.2004)
­ Study consultant, Dept. of Physics, University of Oslo (06.06.2001­31.10.2001)
­ Summer student, Norwegian Defense Research Instute, project on tunable frequency infrared lasers (1999)
­ Summer student, Universität Essen, Germany, project on dielectric mirrors for femtosecond pulse lasers (1998)
Committees/reviews/merits: ­ Chairman, Outreach committee, Dept. of Physics, University of Oslo
­ Member, Norwegian National LHC outreach group
­ Member, model design group for MatNat21, strategy and reorganization process of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Univ. of Oslo ­ Young Researcher at the 2008 Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates
Department of Physics, University of Oslo
P.b. 1048 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
Office: (+47) 22855057
Mobile: (+47) 92051998
Bjørn H. Samset, PhD b.h.samset@fys.uio.no
Selected academic and professional publications 2004­2009
For a full list of academic publications in high energy physics, see http://tinyurl.com/b­h­samset­papers
Selected papers in peer­reviewed journals
Expected Performance of the ATLAS Experiment ­ Detector, Trigger and Physics.
By The ATLAS Collaboration (G. Aad et al.) Jan 2009. 1852pp. Open Access publication, internal ATLAS peer review.
Ganga: a tool for computational­task management and easy access to Grid resources By GANGA Team (F. Brochu et al.), Feb 2009, 26pp.
To appear in Computer Physics Communications
The ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider.
By ATLAS Collaboration (G. Aad et al.). 2008. 437pp. Published in JINST 3:S08003,2008
Production of mesons and baryons at high rapidity and high P(T) in proton­proton collisions at s**(1/2) = 200­GeV.
By BRAHMS Collaboration (I. Arsene et al.). Jan 2007. 5pp. Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.98:252001,2007. Nuclear Modification Factor for Charged Pions and Protons at Forward Rapidity in Central Au+Au Collisions at 200­GeV.
By BRAHMS Collaboration (I. Arsene et al.). Oct 2006. 10pp. Published in Phys.Lett.B650:219­223,2007. Quark gluon plasma and color glass condensate at RHIC? The Perspective from the BRAHMS experiment.
By BRAHMS Collaboration (I. Arsene et al.). Oct 2004. 32pp. Published in Nucl.Phys.A757:1­27,2005. Forward and midrapidity like­particle ratios from p + p collisions at s**(1/2) = 200­GeV.
By BRAHMS Collaboration (I.G. Bearden et al.). Sep 2004. 13pp. Published in Phys.Lett.B607:42­50,2005. Charged meson rapidity distributions in central Au+Au collisions at s(NN)**(1/2) = 200­GeV.
By BRAHMS Collaboration (I.G. Bearden et al.). Mar 2004. 4pp. Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.94:162301,2005. e­Print: nucl­ex/0403050
On the evolution of the nuclear modification factors with rapidity and centrality in d + Au collisions at s(NN)**(1/2) = 200­GeV.
By BRAHMS Collaboration (I. Arsene et al.). Mar 2004. 5pp. Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.93:242303,2004. Nuclear stopping in Au + Au collisions at s(NN)**(1/2) = 200­GeV.
By BRAHMS Collaboration (I. G. Bearden et al.). Dec 2003. 5pp. Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.93:102301,2004. Department of Physics, University of Oslo
P.b. 1048 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
Office: (+47) 22855057
Mobile: (+47) 92051998
Bjørn H. Samset, PhD b.h.samset@fys.uio.no
Selected conference proceedings
Performance of an ARC­enabled computing grid for ATLAS/LHC physics
analysis and Monte Carlo production under realistic conditions
B. H. Samset , D. Cameron, M. Ellert, A. Filipcic, M. Gronager, J. Kleist, S. Maffioletti,
F. Ould­Saada, K. Pajchel, A. L. Read, A. Taga
Presented at Computing in High Energy Physics 2009, March 2009, to be published in J.Phys.Conf.Ser.
Distributed Analysis in ATLAS using GANGA
By GANGA Team (F. Brochu et al.), Presented at Computing in High Energy Physics 2009, March 2009, to be published in J.Phys.Conf.Ser.
Complete distributed computing environment for a HEP experiment: Experience with ARC­
connected infrastructure for ATLAS.
A. Read, A. Taga, F. Ould­Saada, K. Pajchel, B.H. Samset (Oslo U.) , D. Cameron (Oslo U. & NDGF, Kastrup). 2008. 10pp. Published in J.Phys.Conf.Ser.119:062041,2008. The Rapidity and centrality dependence of nuclear modification factors at RHIC: What does bulk particle production tell us about the nuclear medium?
By BRAHMS Collaboration (B.H. Samset et al.). Mar 2004. 6pp. Published in proceedings of 42nd International Winter Meeting on Nuclear Physics, Bormio, Italy, 25 Jan ­ 1 Feb 2004
Selected popular science articles (in Norwegian)
Oppstart av LHC Bjørn H. Samset Published in Året i bilder 2008, CappelenDamm 2008 (6pp)
Nobelprisen 2008 ­ partikler og symmetrier
Bjørn H. Samset Published in Fra Fysikkens Verden 2008 nr. 4
Hva er et atom? Bjørn H. Samset Published in Naturfag 2008 (1) s. 46­49
Sammenfiltrede fotoner
Bjørn H. Samset Published in Aschehougs og Gyldensdals Store Norske Leksikon. 2008 Invited blog at forskning.no (in Norwegian)
http://www.forskning.no/blog/b.h.samset@fys.uio.no
Department of Physics, University of Oslo
P.b. 1048 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
Office: (+47) 22855057
Mobile: (+47) 92051998