C U R R I C U L U M V I TA E
M A T T HE W P E T E R W O RC E S TE R
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAG O
ENRICO FERMI INSTITUTE
564 0 S . E L L I S AV E . , C H I C A G O , I L 6063 7
E - M A I L : M WO R C E S T @ H E P. U C H I C A G O . E D U
Telephone: (773) 702-7477, (630) 605-1204 Fax: (773) 702-1914
EDUCATION
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2004 Ph.D. Physics, University of California, Los Angeles.
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2000 M.S. Physics, University of California, Los Angeles.
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1998 B.S. Physics (summa cum laude), University of California, San Diego.
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1998 B.A. Literatures in English (summa cum laude), University of California, San
Diego.
R E S E A RC H
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2007-present: Research Scientist. Development and construction of muon veto
and tracker detectors (OV) to limit cosmogenic background for the Double
Chooz neutrino oscillation experiment to measure the θ13 mixing angle at the
nuclear reactor site in Chooz, France. The OV detectors, 128 total, are roughly
4.0x1.6 meter modules, 1 inch thick, with an active region comprised of 64
extruded plastic scintillator strips with wavelength-shifting optical fiber to deliver
the light to a 64 anode photomultiplier tube. Performed the Monte Carlo studies
to evaluate the coverage requirements for the OV at the Chooz site and estimate
the subsequent cosmogenic background levels. Active participant in all facets of
detector R&D. Led group of two technicians and several graduate students from
Chicago during the scintillator extrusion at Fermi National Accelerator
Laboratory, including strip quality control, packing and transport from FNAL to
the University of Chicago. Leading group of undergraduate and graduate
students plus one technician during the ongoing OV module construction. (P.I.
Prof. E. Blucher)
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2007-present: Co-author of and responsible for the OV simulation in the Double
Chooz Monte Carlo. The MC is C++-based software building on the Geant4
and ROOT software packages. Led two undergraduate students in senior thesis
MC analyses of cosmogenic-related backgrounds, including an estimation of the
rate of high-energy muon spallation-produced neutrons being selected as
neutrino signal events, a key Double Chooz background. Coordinator of Double
Chooz offline software quality control and production releases. Responsibilities
include leading meetings and activities of 5-10 co-researchers (students and
faculty) from multiple academic institutions and national laboratories in
developing tools to test software performance and quality of extracted physics
data, and delivering stable production releases of the offline software for use by
the entire Double Chooz collaboration. (P.I. Prof. E. Blucher)
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2004-2007: Postdoctoral Scholar. Development of the Braidwood neutrino
oscillation experiment to measure the θ13 mixing angle at a nuclear reactor site in
Illinois. The Braidwood experiment contained 4 large (65 tons active volume)
Gadolinium-loaded liquid scintillator detectors, each surrounded by a mineral oil
buffer containing 8 inch photomultiplier tubes: two detectors at a near site ~200
meters from the reactor cores and two at a far site ~1500 meters from the cores.
Active participant in design and R&D of overall experiment. Co-leader of the
offline software group, including the development of the Reactor Analysis Tools
software, a Geant4 and ROOT-based Monte Carlo to study all features of
detector design. Led graduate student and several undergraduates in MC
analyses of the Braidwood detectors, including a study leading to the rejection of
a second “gamma-catching” scintillator region around the Gd-loaded neutrino
target scintillator, a key feature of the Braidwood detector design. (P.I. Prof. E.
Blucher)
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1998-2004 Ph.D. thesis research: same-sign lepton pair signature search for
physics beyond the Standard Model with Run I data from the Collider Detector
at Fermilab. A model-independent, signature driven analysis is used with a focus
on exploring supersymmetry. An emphasis is placed on understanding standard
model backgrounds. This requires the development of new data analysis tools,
also applicable to CDF Run II. The feasibility of this search using CDF Run II
data is studied. (Ph.D. thesis adviser: Prof. D. Saltzberg)
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2000-2004 Silicon Vertex and Drift-Chamber Track Interface Cards for the CDF
Run II Level 2 Trigger. The custom 9U boards built at UCLA were integrated
into the Level 2 trigger system, tested, and maintained. This involved hardware
and firmware modifications to the production boards and development of C++
online monitoring code. FNAL/UCLA (P.I. Prof. D. Saltzberg)
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1999-2004 CDF Run II Online Trigger and Cross-section Monitoring Software.
C++ code was written and maintained within the CDF online monitoring
framework to monitor the entire CDF hardware trigger and check trigger rates
and cross-sections 24 hours per day for the shift crew in the CDF main control
room. FNAL/UCLA (P.I. Prof. D. Saltzberg)
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1997-1998 Measurement of the thermal and acoustic properties of very pure
crystals of solid 4He. Primary tasks were maintenance of the 4He chamber and
running data acquisition. UCSD (P.I. Prof. J. Goodkind)
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1996-1997 Study of properties of high-density magnetic storage devices.
Responsibilities included production, quality testing, and maintenance of
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laboratory samples. Center for Magnetic Recording Research/UCSD (P.I. Prof.
S. Schultz)
TEACHING
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2000 Teaching Assistant in Physics 180F, Elementary Particle Laboratory.
(UCLA, Prof. D. Saltzberg)
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1999 Teaching Assistant in Physics 6A, Physics for Life Sciences Majors:
Mechanics. (UCLA, Prof. W. Gekelman)
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1998 Teaching Assistant in Physics 2D and 2DL, Relativity and Quantum
Physics and Modern Physics Laboratory. (UCSD, Prof. V. Sharma)
AW A R D S A N D F E L L OW S H I P S
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2001 Graduate Student Award to Attend the 51st Meeting of Nobel Laureates.
(U.S. Department of Energy/Oak Ridge Associated Universities)
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1998-2001 Alyne and Leon Camp Fellowship. (Physics, UCLA)
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1998 John Holmes Malmberg Prize. (Physics, UCSD)
TA L K S , C O N F E R E N C E S , A N D WO R K S H OP S
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Neutrinos and Dark Matter 2009. Aug. 31-Sept. 4, 2009. Madison, Wisconsin.
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Double Chooz Experiment seminar. December 4, 2006. Chicago, Illinois.
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MAND-Sim Workshop on Neutrino Detector Simulations. June 13-15, 2005.
Manhattan, Kansas.
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Braidwood Experiment seminar. January 19, 2005. Los Angeles, California.
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Lepton-Photon 2003. Aug. 11-16, 2003. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory,
Batavia, Illinois.
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New Perspectives 2003. June 3-5, 2003. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory,
Batavia, Illinois.
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American Physical Society. April 5-8, 2003. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society. August 9-12,
2000. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
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American Physical Society. April 29-May 2, 2000. Long Beach Convention
Center, Long Beach, California.
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New Perspectives ’99. July 8-10, 1999. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory,
Batavia, Illinois. Sponsored by FNAL and the Universities Research Association.
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Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society. January 5-9,
1999. University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.
S E L E C T E D P U B L I C A T I ON S
1. T. Arisawa, et al, “Online Monitoring for the CDF Run II Experiment and the
Remote Operation Facilities.” Proceedings of Science ACAT:027 (2007).
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3. D. Acosta, et al. (CDF Collaboration), “Inclusive Search for Anomalous
Production of High-pT Like-sign Lepton Pairs in p anti-p Collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.8 TeV.”
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 061802 (2004).
4. M. Worcester, J. Nachtman, and D. Saltzberg (for the CDF Collaboration), “Likesign Dilepton Search for Chargino-Neutralino Production at CDF.” Int. J. Mod. Phys. A
16S1B, 797-800 (2001).
5. S. Rolli, J. D. Lewis, H. Ray, J. Nachtman, and M. Worcester, “Hardware Trigger
Simulation at CDF,” in Proceedings of International Conference on Computing in High-Energy Physics
and Nuclear Physics, 250-255 (Padova, Italy, 2000).
6. S. Abel, et al. (SUGRA Working Group Collaboration), “Report of the SUGRA
Working Group for Run II of the Tevatron,” hep-ph/0003154 (2000).
C O M P L E T E P U B L I C A T I ON S
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E. Abouzaid et al (KTeV Collaboration), “Xi0 and anti-Xi0 Polarization Measurements at
800 GeV/c.” Phys. Rev. D75:012005, hep-ex/0608007 (2007).
E. Abouzaid et al (KTeV Collaboration), “Measurement of Direct Photon Emission in the
K(L)->pi+ pi- gamma Decay Mode.” Phys. Rev. D74:032004, hep-ex/0604035
(2006).
D. Acosta et al (CDF Collaboration), “Measurement of b Hadron Masses in Exclusive J/psi
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(2006).
A. Abulencia et al (CDF Collaboration), “Evidence for the Exclusive Decay B(c)+- -> J/psi
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D. Acosta et al (CDF Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D71:032001, hep-ex/0412071 (2005).
D. Acosta et al (CDF Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 94:122001, hep-ex/0504006 (2005).
D. Acosta et al (CDF Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 94:101803, hep-ex/0412057 (2005).
D. Acosta et al (CDF Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 94:101802, hep-ex/0410013 (2005).
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D. Acosta et al (CDF Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D71:031104, hep-ex/0410053 (2005).
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D. Acosta et al (CDF Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 94:041803, hep-ex/0410008 (2005).
E. Abouzaid et al, “Report of the APS Neutrino Study Reactor Group.” (2004).
D. Acosta et al (CDF Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 93:221802, hep-ex/0406073 (2004).
M. Worcester, “Inclusive Search for Anomalous High-pT Like-sign Lepton Pair Production
at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider.” Ph.D. Thesis, UCLA (2004).
D. Acosta et al (CDF Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 93:142001, hep-ex/0404036 (2004).
D. Acosta et al (CDF Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 93:072001, hep-ex/0312021 (2004).
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D. Acosta et al (CDF Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 93:032001, hep-ex/0403032 (2004).
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D. Acosta et al (CDF Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 91:241804, hep-ex/0307080 (2003).
M. Worcester, J. Nachtman, and D. Saltzberg (for the CDF Collaboration), Int. J. Mod.
Phys. A 16S1B, 797-800 (2001).
S. Rolli, J. D. Lewis, H. Ray, J. Nachtman, and M. Worcester, in Proceedings of International
Conference on Computing in High-Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics, 250-255 (Padova,
Italy, 2000).
S. Abel, et al. (SUGRA Working Group Collaboration), “Report of the SUGRA Working
Group for Run II of the Tevatron,” hep-ph/0003154 (2000).
J. Nachtman et al (CDF Collaboration), in Proceedings of American Physical Society (APS) Meeting
of the Division of Particles and Fields, hep-ex/9902010 (1999).
P E R S ON A L DA TA
Name in Full: Matthew Peter Worcester
Date of Birth: October 29, 1975 Birth Place: San Diego, California
Citizenship: United States
Home address: 712 E. Bowen Ave.
Chicago, IL 60653
(630) 605-1204
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