Periodic Reporting for period 1 - LHCTOPVLQ (Direct and indirect searches for new physics in events with top quarks using LHC proton-proton collisions at the CMS detector)

The standard model (SM) of particle physics is currently the state of the art in describing the behaviour of particles at the most elementary (i.e. fundamental) level. It is a successful theory that can make very precise predictions in many areas of physics, but it has known...