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Kevin Burkett

Kevin Burkett

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Physics
USA
2026

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Physics

D-Index
209
Citations
220239
World Ranking
25
National Ranking
19

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For critical work on tracking devices and track reconstruction in hadron collider detectors, and for major contributions in Higgs and Beyond the Standard Model physics at the Collider Detector at Fermilab and Compact Muon Solenoid

Overview

Kevin Burkett is affiliated with Fermilab in the United States and specializes in the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a primary focus on Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Their research encompasses both theoretical and experimental studies related to particle physics, contributing to an improved understanding of high-energy particle collisions and the development and performance of particle detectors.

The main research topics covered in Burkett's work include:

  • Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
  • High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
  • Particle Detector Development and Performance
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena

They have been involved in several publications, with their recent notable papers including:

  • High-precision measurement of the W boson mass with the CDF II detector, 2022, Science
  • Measurement of the charge asymmetry of electrons from the decays of W bosons produced in p collisions at √s=1.96 TeV, 2021, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Measurement of the charge asymmetry of electrons from the decays of W bosons produced in p collisions at √s=1.96 TeV, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Burkett include:

  • A. Cerri
  • T. Aaltonen
  • S. Amerio
  • A. Anastassov
  • G. Apollinari

Burkett has published primarily in the following venues:

  • Science
  • Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

In 2020, Burkett was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). The citation for this fellowship notes their critical work on tracking devices and track reconstruction in hadron collider detectors, as well as significant contributions to Higgs and Beyond the Standard Model physics at the Collider Detector at Fermilab and Compact Muon Solenoid experiments.

Best Publications

  • Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Observation of top quark production in p̄p collisions with the collider detector at fermilab

    F. Abe;H. Akimoto;A. Akopian;M. G. Albrow

  • Evidence for the 125 GeV Higgs boson decaying to a pair of τ leptons

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A.M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Measurement of Higgs boson production and properties in the WW decay channel with leptonic final states

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Observation of the diphoton decay of the Higgs boson and measurement of its properties

    Vardan Khachatryan;Robin Erbacher;Camilo Andres Carrillo Montoya;Chang-Seong Moon

  • Search for dark matter and large extra dimensions in monojet events in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Event generator tunes obtained from underlying event and multiparton scattering measurements

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

  • Observation of a new boson with mass near 125 GeV in pp collisions at $ \sqrt{s}=7 $ and 8 TeV

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Particle-flow reconstruction and global event description with the CMS detector

    A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam;E. Asilar

  • Precise determination of the mass of the Higgs boson and tests of compatibility of its couplings with the standard model predictions using proton collisions at 7 and 8 TeV

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

  • Combined Measurement of the Higgs Boson Mass in pp Collisions at √s=7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS and CMS Experiments

    G. Aad;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah;O. Abdinov

  • Measurement of the J/ψ meson and b-hadron production cross sections in pp̄ collisions at √s = 1960 GeV

    D. Acosta;J. Adelman;T. Affolder;T. Akimoto

  • Observation of long-range, near-side angular correlations in pPb collisions at the LHC

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Jet energy scale and resolution in the CMS experiment in pp collisions at 8 TeV

    Khachatryan;AM Sirunyan;A Tumasyan;W Adam

  • Search for leptonic decays of W' bosons in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • CMS physics technical design report, volume II: Physics performance

    G. L. Bayatian;S. Chatrchyan;G. Hmayakyan;A. M. Sirunyan

  • Identification of heavy-flavour jets with the CMS detector in pp collisions at 13 TeV

    A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam;F. Ambrogi

  • Combined results of searches for the standard model Higgs boson in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Measurements of inclusive W and Z cross sections in pp collisions at \sqrt {s} = 7 TeV

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

  • Measurement of the properties of a Higgs boson in the four-lepton final state

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

Frequent Co-Authors

P. Wittich
P. Wittich Cornell University
Jacobo Konigsberg
Jacobo Konigsberg University of Florida
R. Erbacher
R. Erbacher University of California, Davis
Petar Maksimovic
Petar Maksimovic Johns Hopkins University
Andrey Korytov
Andrey Korytov University of Florida
E. Halkiadakis
E. Halkiadakis Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jay Hauser
Jay Hauser University of California, Los Angeles
Guenakh Mitselmakher
Guenakh Mitselmakher University of Florida
Michael Schmitt
Michael Schmitt Northwestern University

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