Research in Hadron Collider Physics

强子对撞机物理研究

• 批准号: 0100957
• 负责人: Mitchell Wayne
• 金额: $ 139.25万
• 依托单位: University of Notre Dame
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-07-01 至 2006-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0100957&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Hadron; Collider; Physics

This proposal requests support for the research program of the Notre Dame group, which emphasizes experiments performed at hadron colliders. Key physics areas include the study of the top quark, the continued testing of the Standard Model, the search for physics beyond the Standard Model, and the investigation of the Higgs sector. An important facet of this program is the education and preparation of the next generation of experimental high-energy physicists. This program is centered on the D0 experiment at Fermilab and the CMS experiment currently under construction at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN laboratory in Geneva Switzerland. The physics of the D0 experiment involves the study of the top quark, strong interaction physics (QCD), electroweak physics (W/Z), B-quark physics, and searches for new phenomena. Of particular interest is the possibility of discovering a Higgs boson with a mass less than 180 GeV/c2. The LHC experiment will expand the physics horizon to include complete coverage of the Higgs sector and supersymmetry.The Notre Dame program involves four major aspects: (a) installation, commissioning and calibration of the D0 detector for Run II at Fermilab; (b) analysis of the Run II data with emphasis on topics singled out by the ND faculty and graduate students, e.g., BS mixing, search for supersymmetry, hard diffraction, study of the top quark, searches for evidence of extra dimensions, and Higgs searches; (c) overall coordination and development of tracking algorithms and software for the new D0 scintillating fiber tracker including track algorithms, detector simulation, calibration, pattern recognition, and track fitting; and (d) detector R&D and construction of the CMS detector at the LHC.On CMS, this group is participating in the development, construction and implementation of the hadron calorimeter (HCAL) with emphasis on the electro-optical readout of the detector sub-system. This group has also provided major leadership in development of the Quarknet project involving high school teachers and students in high-energy physics nationwide.

该提案要求支持圣母大学小组的研究计划，该计划强调在强子对撞机上进行的实验。 主要的物理学领域包括顶夸克的研究，标准模型的持续测试，对标准模型之外的物理学的探索，以及希格斯扇区的调查。 该计划的一个重要方面是下一代实验高能物理学家的教育和准备。 该计划以费米实验室的D 0实验和目前正在瑞士日内瓦CERN实验室的大型强子对撞机（LHC）上进行的CMS实验为中心。 D 0实验的物理学涉及顶夸克、强相互作用物理（QCD）、电弱物理（W/Z）、B夸克物理的研究，并寻找新的现象。 特别感兴趣的是发现质量小于180 GeV/c2的希格斯玻色子的可能性。 大型强子对撞机实验将扩大物理学的视野，包括完全覆盖希格斯扇区和超对称性。圣母院计划包括四个主要方面：（a）在费米实验室安装，调试和校准运行II的D 0探测器;（B）分析运行II的数据，重点是ND教师和研究生挑选的主题，例如，（c）全面协调和发展新D 0衍射光纤追踪器的追踪算法和软件，包括追踪算法、探测器模拟、校正、模式识别和追踪拟合;以及（d）探测器&研发和在大型强子对撞机建造CMS探测器。CMS，该小组正在参与强子量热计（HCAL）的开发、建造和实施，重点是探测器子系统的电光读出。 该小组还在涉及全国高中教师和高能物理学生的Quarknet项目的开发中发挥了主要领导作用。