Research in Particle Physics with ATLAS at the LHC

在大型强子对撞机上使用 ATLAS 进行粒子物理学研究

• 批准号: 0072686
• 负责人: Oliver Baker
• 金额: $ 179.88万
• 依托单位: Hampton University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-07-01 至 2004-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0072686&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Particle; Physics; ATLAS; LHC

ATLAS (A Toroidal Large Angle Spectrometer) is a general-purpose detector that is designed to exploit the potential of the LHC proton-proton collider. It is an international collaboration of 1500 scientists, from145 institutes in 31 countries, including 250 physicists from 28 US institutions. Hampton University is participating in the construction of this detector with responsibilities for assembling the "Transition Radiation Tracker". The LHC will provide 10 times higher center-of-mass energy and 10-100 times higher proton-proton collision rates than previous colliders, thus opening up a new frontier of physics. Discovery of the mass-generating mechanism (via "spontaneous symmetry breaking" involving the Higgs boson) is a primary objective of ATLAS. In addition, theoretical developments indicate the possible existence of a more general framework (called "supersymmetry") for the building blocks of matter and the fundamental interactions, which predicts the existence of a new class of fundamental particles. The discovery of such "supersymmetric particles" is another goal. This project is funded by the OMA/MPS and EPP/PHY.

ATLAS（环形大角度光谱仪）是一种通用探测器，旨在开发 LHC 质子-质子对撞机的潜力。 它是由来自 31 个国家 145 个研究所的 1500 名科学家组成的国际合作项目，其中包括来自 28 个美国机构的 250 名物理学家。汉普顿大学正在参与该探测器的建造，负责组装“跃迁辐射跟踪器”。 大型强子对撞机将提供比以前的对撞机高10倍的质心能量和高10-100倍的质子-质子碰撞率，从而开辟物理学的新前沿。 发现质量产生机制（通过涉及希格斯玻色子的“自发对称破缺”）是 ATLAS 的主要目标。 此外，理论发展表明可能存在一个更通用的物质构建块和基本相互作用的框架（称为“超对称”），它预测了一类新的基本粒子的存在。 发现这种“超对称粒子”是另一个目标。该项目由 OMA/MPS 和 EPP/PHY 资助。