Aurelio Juste

Institut de Física d'Altes Energies

Experimental Sciences & Mathematics

Born in 1970 in Terrassa (Barcelona). Graduated in physics in 1993 at the Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Obtained PhD in experimental particle physics in 1998 at the Institut de Física d'Altes Energies (IFAE) at the UAB, studying electron-positron collisions in the ALEPH experiment at the LEP Collider at CERN. Moved to Chicago (USA) in 1998, to study proton-antiproton collisions at the energy frontier in the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider, first as a Research Associate (1998-2002), then as a Wilson Fellow (tenure-track position, 2002-2006) and eventually as staff scientist (2006-2009). At D0 held a number of leadership positions in physics (convener of Top and Higgs groups), algorithms (convener of Jet Energy Scale and Jet Energy Resolution groups) and upper management (physics coordinator). Since November 2009, ICREA Research Professor at IFAE, studying proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC).


Research interests

My research is focused on accelerator-based experimental particle physics, aiming at achieving an understanding on how Nature operates at the most fundamental level. In particular, unraveling the mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking and mass generation, as well as searching for new physics phenomena, are the main goals of my research. At the LHC I am carrying out studies on the heaviest known elementary particle, the top quark, as well as on the recently-discovered Higgs boson, seeking connections in the dynamics that govern both particles. I am also searching for beyond the Standard Model (SM) physics, such as supersymmetric partners of SM particles, exotic heavy quarks appearing in composite Higgs models or models with extra spatial dimensions, and additional Higgs bosons revealing an extended Higgs sector. Since 2016, I lead a team of over 20 scientists from IFAE-Barcelona that analyzes the data from the ATLAS experiment.

Selected publications

- S. Gori, C. Grojean, A. Juste, and A. Paul 2018, "Heavy Higgs Searches: Flavour Matters", JHEP, 01, 108.

- E. Alvarez, L. Da Rold, A. Juste, M. Szewc, and T. Vazquez 2018, "A composite pNGB leptoquark at the LHC", JHEP, 12, 027.  

- ATLAS Collab. 2018, "Combination of the searches for pair-produced vector-like partners of the 3rd-generation quarks at 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector", Phys. Rev. Lett., 121, 211801.

- ATLAS Collab. 2018, "Search for pair production of higgsinos in final states with >=3 b-jets in 13 TeV pp collisions using the ATLAS detector", Phys. Rev. D, 98, 092002.

- ATLAS Collab. 2018, "Observation of Higgs boson production in association with a top quark pair at the LHC with the ATLAS detector", Phys. Lett. B, 784, 173.

- ATLAS Collab. 2018, "Search for pair production of up-type vector-like quarks and for four-top-quark events in final states with multiple b-jets with the ATLAS detector", JHEP, 07, 089.

- ATLAS Collab. 2018, "Evidence for the associated production of the Higgs boson and a top quark pair with the ATLAS detector", Phys. Rev. D, 97, 072003.

- ATLAS Collab. 2018, ''Search for the Higgs boson produced in association with top quarks and decaying into a bb pair in pp collisions at 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector'', Phys. Rev. D, 97, 072016.

- ATLAS Collab. 2018, "Search for supersymmetry in final states with missing transverse momentum and multiple b-jets in pp collisions at 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector", JHEP, 06, 107.


Selected research activities

* Principal investigator of the ATLAS group at IFAE (22 members)

* Director of one PhD thesis and two Master theses

* Member of the ATLAS Speakers Committee

* Referee for the RGC-Hong Kong and the ERC Executive Agency

* Editor of Advances in High Energy Physics and Journal of Particle Physics

* Master lectures on SM phenomenology at UAB

Plenary addresses at:

* LHCP2018, Bologna, Jun 4-9, 2018

* Higgs Days at Santander, IFCA, Santander, Sep 10-14, 2018

* Argentine PH Institute II, ICAS, Buenos Aires, Oct 22-26, 2018