Publications

Selected list of publications of which I am a co-primary author. In addition to these, I have authored many publications as a member of the CDF and CMS collaborations.

Quantum Computing

• Reconstructing charged particle track segments with a quantum-enhanced support vector machine, Philippa Duckett, Gabriel Facini, Marcin Jastrzebski, Sarah Malik, Sebastien Rettie and Tim Scanlon, arXiv:2212.07279
• Quantum walks for simulating parton showers, Sarah Malik, Nature Reviews Physics (2022), https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-022-00528-1.
• A quantum walk approach to parton showers,
  S. Williams, S. Malik, M. Spannowsky, K. Bepari, arxiv: 2109.13975, Phys. Rev. D 106, 056002 (2022).
• Towards a Quantum Computing Algorithm for Helicity Amplitudes and Parton Showers,
  K. Bepari, S. Malik, M. Spannowsky, S. Williams, arxiv:2010.00046, Phys. Rev. D 103, 076020 (2021).

Collider Phenomenology

• Pushing the precision frontier at the LHC with V+jets,
  U. Blumenschein et. al., arXiv:1802.02100.
• Interplay and Characterization of Dark Matter Searches at Colliders and in Direct Detection Experiments,
  S. Malik et. al., Physics of the Dark Universe, 10.1016/j.dark.2015.03.003.
• Characterising dark matter searches at colliders and direct detection experiments: Vector mediators,
  Oliver Buchmueller, Matthew J. Dolan, Sarah A. Malik, and Christopher McCabe, arXiv:1407.8257, JHEP 01 (2015) 037,
• Constraining Dark Matter Interactions with Pseudoscalar and Scalar Mediators Using Collider Searches for Multi-jets plus Missing Transverse Energy,
  Oliver Buchmueller, Sarah A. Malik, Christopher McCabe, Bjoern Penning, arXiv:1505.07826, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 181802 (2015),
• Ratios of W and Z cross sections at large boson pT as a constraint on PDFs and background to new physics,
  Sarah A. Malik and Graeme Watt, JHEP 1402 (2014) 025, arXiv:1304.2424.
• Dark Matter Benchmark Models for Early LHC Run-2 Searches: Report of the ATLAS/CMS Dark Matter Forum, Abercrombie et. al., arXiv:1507.00966, Phys. Dark Univ. 26 (2019) 100371
• The NUHM2 after LHC Run I,
  O. Buchmueller, R. Cavanaugh, M. Citron, A. De Roeck, M.J. Dolan, J.R. Ellis, H. Flaecher, S. Heinemeyer, S. Malik, J. Marrouche, D. Martinez Santos, K.A. Olive, K.J. De Vries, G. Weiglein. arXiv:1408.4060 (2014).
• Supersymmetric Dark Matter after LHC Run 1,
  E.A. Bagnaschi, O. Buchmueller, R. Cavanaugh, M. Citron, A. De Roeck, M.J. Dolan, J.R. Ellis, H. Flaecher, S. Heinemeyer, G. Isidori, S. Malik, D. Martinez Santos, K.A. Olive, K. Sakurai, K.J. de Vries, G. Weiglein, arXiv:1508.01173 (2015), Eur.Phys.J. C75 (2015) 10, 500.
• The pMSSM10 after LHC Run 1,
  K.J. de Vries, E.A. Bagnaschi, O. Buchmueller, R. Cavanaugh, M. Citron, A. De Roeck, M.J. Dolan, J.R. Ellis, H. Flaecher, S. Heinemeyer, G. Isidori, S. Malik, J. Marrouche, D. Martinez Santos, K.A. Olive, K. Sakurai, G. Weiglein, arXiv:1504.03260 (2015), Eur.Phys.J. C75 (2015) 9, 422 .

CMS Experiment

• Precision measurement of the Z boson invisible width in pp collisions at 13 TeV,
  CMS Collaboration, arXiv:2206.07110. Accepted by Physics Letters B.
• Measurements of the differential cross sections of the production of Z+jets and photon + jets and of Z boson emission collinear with a jet in pp collisions at 13 TeV, CMS Collaboration, JHEP 05 (2021) 285.
• Physics Projections for 3rd ECFA workshop, CMS Collaboration, CMS-DP-2016-064.
• An inclusive search for new phenomena in final states with one or more jets and missing transverse momentum at 13 TeV with the alpha_{T} variable, CMS Collaboration, CMS-PAS-SUS-16-016.
• Search for new physics in final states with jets and missing transverse momentum in 13 TeV pp collisions with the alpha_{T} variable, CMS Collaboration, CMS-PAS-SUS-15-005, submitted to EPJC.
• Searches for third-generation squark production in fully hadronic final states in proton-proton collisions at 8 TeV, CMS Collaboration, JHEP 1506 (2015) 116.
• Search for dark matter, extra dimensions, and unparticles in monojet events in proton–proton collisions at 8 TeV, CMS Collaboration, Eur. Phys. J. C 75 (2015) 5, 235, CMS-EXO-12-048,
• Search for dark matter and large extra dimensions in monojet events in pp collisions at 7 TeV, CMS Collaboration, arXiv:1206.5663; JHEP 09 (2012) 094.
• Search for top squarks decaying to a charm quark and a neutralino in events with a jet and missing transverse momentum, CMS Collaboration, CMS-PAS-SUS-13-009.
• Inclusive search for new physics at CMS with the jets and missing momentum signature, CMS Collaboration, CMS PAS SUS-11-004 (2011).
• Search for New Physics with a Monojet and Missing Transverse Energy in pp collisions at 7 TeV, CMS Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 201804 (2011).
• Inclusive search for new physics at CMS with the jets and missing momentum signature, CMS Collaboration, arXiv:1106.4503, JHEP 1108:155 (2011).
• Rates of Jets Produced in Association with W and Z Bosons in pp Collisions at 7 TeV, CMS Collaboration, CMS PAS EWK-10-012, JHEP 1201:010 (2012).

CDF Experiment

• Precision Measurement of the W-Boson Mass with the CDF II Detector, CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 151803 (2012)
• A direct measurement of the W Boson Width in ppbar collisions at 1.96 TeV, CDF Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 071801 (2008).

Technical

• Development of a 10ps time of flight system in the Fermilab Test Beam Facility,
  A. Ronzhin, M.G. Albrow, M. Demarteau, S. Los, S. Malik, A. Pronko, E. Ramberg, A. Zatserklyaniy, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A, nima.2010.08.025 (2010).