Searches for New Phenomena with High Energy Particle Colliders

北伊利诺伊大学（NIU）基本粒子物理组有几个主要的研究活动：参与费米国家加速器实验室的D0实验和国际直线对撞机（ILC）的量热仪开发。D0探测器的设计是为了充分利用费米实验室质子-反质子对撞机的2.0 TeV能量。NIU团队参与了许多新现象的探索，并对D0的运营和管理负有重要责任。对于ILC，该小组正在开发闪烁量热法和粒子流算法，这对改善ILC探测器的模式识别和能量分辨率性能很重要。NIU项目对从K-12到研究生院的教育产生了广泛的影响，并增加了整个伊利诺伊州北部的科学知识。值得注意的是，由于在粒子物理方面的实力雄厚，NIU现在授予粒子物理专业的博士学位。此外，小组成员对学校的外展访问已触及数千名学生；最受欢迎的公共活动是夏令营、一年一度的高中物理奥林匹克竞赛和闹鬼的物理实验室。本科生和研究生积极参与项目的各个方面，包括研究和推广。

The Northern Illinois University (NIU) elementary particle physics group has several primary research activities: participation in the D0 experiment at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and development of calorimetry for the International Linear Collider (ILC). The D0 detector is designed to take full advantage of the 2.0 TeV energy of the Fermilab proton-antiproton collider. The NIU group is involved in numerous searches for new phenomena and has significant responsibility for D0 operations and management. For the ILC, the group is developing scintillation calorimetry and particle flow algorithms, important for improved pattern recognition and energy resolution performance of ILC detectors. The NIU program has a broad impact on education from K-12 through graduate school and increases scientific knowledge throughout northern Illinois. Notably, due the strong program in particle physics, NIU now awards doctoral degrees with specialty in particle physics. Additionally outreach visits to schools by group members have reached thousands of students; very popular public events are a summer camp, a yearly high school Physics Olympiad, and a Haunted Physics Lab. Undergraduate and graduate students are active participants in all aspects of the program including research and outreach.