Publications
Dr. De La Cruz Burelo has made contributions to experimental particle physics, particularly in the areas of B hadrons physics, CP violation, and tau lepton physics. His career has spanned several major experiments, including DZero, ATLAS, CMS, and Belle II.
Early in his career, Dr. De La Cruz Burelo focused on B hadron physics at the DZero experiment at Fermilab. His work there included measuring B hadron properties and searching for CP violation in B mesons. He also contributed to the discovery of exotic particles like the X(3872) and heavy b baryons such as the Xi_b and Omega_b.
Later, he transitioned to the ATLAS experiment, where he contributed in the construction and preparation for the Higgs boson discovery. Dr. De La Cruz Burelo also contributed to polarization measurements on heavy baryons and continued his investigations into CP violation in B mesons.
Upon returning to Mexico as a faculty member at Cinvestav, he joined the CMS experiment to further explore CP violation in B physics and the search for exotic particles. In 2013, he joined the Belle II experiment to enhance his research on B hadrons and to delve into tau lepton physics. His contributions in this area include measuring the tau lepton mass and searching for rare decays, particularly those involving lepton flavor violation.
Dr. De La Cruz Burelo’s overarching research interests are centered on understanding baryogenesis, the process by which matter came to dominate over antimatter in the universe. His work on CP violation and baryon number violation is directly related to this fundamental question.
His research has been published the most important peer-to-peer reviewed scientific journals. Below there are links to the publications of Dr. De La Cruz Burelo in each of the experiments he has participated.
DZero
DZero was a particle physics experiment located at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois. It was one of two major experiments (along with CDF) at the Tevatron collider, a high-energy particle accelerator. DZero was designed to study the fundamental nature of matter by colliding protons and antiprotons at high speeds. The DZero experiment concluded in 2011 when the Tevatron collider was shut down. Dr. De La Cruz Burelo did his Ph.D. in DZero and continue after graduating as a member of the collaboration.
ATLAS
ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) is one of the four major experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. It is a general-purpose detector designed to study a wide range of particle physics phenomena. Dr. De La Cruz Burelo participated during the construction of ATLAS as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Michigan.
CMS
CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) is another of the four major experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. Like ATLAS, it is a general-purpose detector designed to study a wide range of particle physics phenomena. CMS is characterized by its powerful superconducting solenoid magnet, which creates a strong magnetic field to bend the paths of charged particles. This allows CMS to accurately measure the momentum and energy of these particles. Dr. De La Cruz Burelo joined CMS as a faculty member of Cinvestav in 2010.
Belle II
Belle II is a particle physics experiment located at the SuperKEKB accelerator at KEK, the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization in Japan. It is the successor to the Belle experiment, which made significant contributions to the study of B mesons and CP violation. Dr. De La Cruz Burelo joined Belle II in 2013, where he stablished his research group to study the asymmetry matter to antimatter in the universe, particularly studying tau physics and B hadron decays.