From LHC data to the new Standard Model

<!--HTML-->I describe a coherent strategy for reconstructing the fundamental theory of the TeV scale from LHC data, using On-Shell Effective Theories (OSETs) as an effective characterization of hadron collider data in terms of masses, production cross sections, and decay modes of candidate new particles. An OSET description of the data strongly constrains the underlying new physics, and sharply motivates the construction of its Lagrangian. Directly simulating OSETs allows efficient analysis of new-physics signals, especially when they arise from complicated production and decay topologies. I show how these ideas can be used in practice by working through a number of data challenges, where the most important features of TeV-scale physics are reconstructed with as little as 5 inverse femtobarns of simulated LHC signals.<br><br><i>Note: Tea and coffee will be served at 16:00.</i><br><br><i>Organiser(s): Rolf Landua / DSU</i>