Experimental Research in Elementary Particle Physics

该小组的三项主要研究活动都集中在费米国家加速器实验室(Fermilab)。这些活动包括：1)CDF实验，这是目前费米实验室质子-反质子对撞机上的主要实验。这台对撞机产生了世界上最高的(三倍)能量碰撞。CDF探测器系统是目前基本粒子物理研究中最重要的仪器之一。它被用来测量“弱玻色子”的性质，即弱核力的载体；研究强核力的性质(量子色动力学)；以及寻找在以前可获得的较低能量下无法观察到的现象。2)研究了短寿命中性K介子衰变过程中基本对称性Cp的破坏。3)欧米伽减去重子(由三个奇怪的夸克组成)的磁矩的测量。研究领域是实验基本粒子物理学。这项研究研究了物质的基本组成部分(例如，电子、正电子、夸克和弱玻色子)在非常高的能量下。这些实验使用了加速器(和对撞机)，它们提供了实验室中制造的能量最高的粒子。这些数据是使用高度复杂和复杂的仪器和技术收集和分析的。

The three major research activities of this group are all centered at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab). The activities are: 1) The CDF experiment which is currently the major experiment at the proton-antiproton collider at Fermilab. This collider produces the highest (by a factor of three) energy collisions available in the world. The CDF detector system is one of the most important instruments for elementary particle physics research at present. It is being used to measure the properties of the "weak bosons", carriers of the weak nuclear force; study the properties of the strong nuclear force (quantum chromodynamics); and search for phenomena not observable at the previously accessible lower energies. 2) A study of the violation of the fundamental symmetry, CP, in the decay of the short lived neutral K meson. 3) A measurement of the magnetic moment of the omega minus baryon (made up of three strange quarks). The field of research is that of experimental elementary particle physics. This research studies the basic building blocks of matter (e.g., electrons, positrons, quarks and weak bosons) at very high energies. The experiments use accelerators (and colliders) which provide the highest energy particles made in the laboratory. The data is collected and analyzed using highly complex and sophisticated apparatus and techniques.