Elementary Particle Physics with ATLAS

纽约大学参与了欧洲核子研究中心大型强子对撞机的ATLAS实验。该小组承担了探测器运行和数据分析的重要责任，并为未来高亮度运行的探测器升级进行了规划。这些包括(1)在超对称搜索和其他物理研究中使用的高能级触发器的横向能量组件缺失的责任。这包括研究触发因素对模拟事件的影响；设计算法并优化其效率，拒绝，速度和内存使用；并软件实现了触发器；(2)参与欧洲核子研究中心的ATLAS上线调试工作，重点是监测触发、建立ATLAS控制室、为探测器运行状态做准备；(3)实验室致力于ATLAS跟踪探测器的高亮度升级；(4)发展了表征超对称质量态的解析方法。纽约大学的教育推广工作将重点放在高中水平的科学教学上，通过开发为期一周的ATLAS领导学院，让教师们参与进来，帮助他们把粒子物理的兴奋带到课堂上。

New York University is participating in the ATLAS experiment at the CERN LHC. The group has assumed important responsibilities for detector operation and data analysis and for planning for the upgrade of the detector for future high luminosity operation. These include (1) Responsibility for the Missing Transverse Energy component of the High Level Trigger, used in Supersymmetry searches and other physics studies. This involves studying the impact of triggers on simulated events; designing algorithms and optimizing their efficiency, rejection, speed, and memory usage; and software implementation of the trigger; (2) Participation in the commissioning effort to bring ATLAS on line at CERN, with emphasis on monitoring the trigger, setting up of the ATLAS control room, and preparing for the detector operational states; (3) Laboratory work toward the high luminosity upgrade of the ATLAS tracking detectors; (4) Development of analytical methods for characterizing supersymmetric mass states. NYU's educational outreach effort will focus on high-school level science teaching, through the development of week-long ATLAS Leadership Institutes that will engage teachers and help them bring the excitement of particle physics to the classroom.