Experimental Particle Physics at Hadron Colliders

强子对撞机的实验粒子物理

• 批准号: 0757561
• 负责人: Darien Wood
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Northeastern University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-04-15 至 2011-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0757561&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Experimental; Particle; Physics; Hadron; Colliders

This proposal requests continuing support for a program of research for the Wood group at Northeastern University (NEU) in experimental elementary particle physics based primarily on the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron collider and the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN.For the past few decades, physicists have been able to describe with increasing detail the fundamental particles that make up the Universe and the interactions between them. Much of this success has been due to the Tevatron program at Fermilab with D0 and CDF making major contributions. This NEU group has made major contributions to the D0 experiment in its construction and in the physics questions proposed as well as in many leadership roles. Wood is presently co-spokesman of D0. The group is pursuing physics topics which are important for understanding the electroweak sector of the Standard Model and physics beyond the Standard Model. These include W/Z + jets production, ZZ production, Higgs searches, and top quark properties. At the same time the LHC and ATLAS will start operation in new regimes of energy and luminosity holding even greater promise for discoveries and measurements leading to revisions of our views on how the world is constructed and the nature of the laws that govern its operation. This group is now transitioning into the CMS program where it will parlay its wealth of experience in muon detection and identification into a leadership role in muon + jets studies - a signature that is sensitive to a variety of new physics processes. On Broader Impacts, the group will continue its work within the QuarkNet program. With the strong cooperative education program at Northeastern University, the group will continue to routinely involve undergraduates in research with substantial and meaningful six-month projects at CERN. In his role and co-spokesperson of D0, Wood will work actively with the press to share with the public the excitement of the Higgs search and other potential discoveries at the Tevatron. The group plans to host and organize important conferences, and Barberis will continue to communicate the value of high energy research to the US Congress through her work with the Fermilab Users Executive Committee.

该提案要求继续支持东北大学（NEU）伍德小组在实验基本粒子物理学方面的研究计划，该计划主要基于费米实验室Tevatron对撞机的D 0实验和欧洲核子研究中心大型强子对撞机（LHC）的CMS实验。物理学家已经能够越来越详细地描述构成宇宙的基本粒子以及它们之间的相互作用。 这一成功在很大程度上要归功于费米实验室的Tevatron计划，D 0和CDF做出了重大贡献。 这个NEU小组在D 0实验的建设和提出的物理问题以及许多领导角色方面做出了重大贡献。 伍德目前是D 0的联合发言人。 该小组正在追求的物理主题是重要的理解电弱部门的标准模型和物理超越标准模型。 其中包括W/Z +喷流的产生、ZZ的产生、希格斯粒子的搜寻和顶夸克的性质。 与此同时，大型强子对撞机和ATLAS将在新的能量和光度体系中开始运行，这对发现和测量带来了更大的希望，从而导致我们对世界如何构造以及支配其运行的定律的性质的看法的修正。 这个小组现在正在过渡到CMS计划，在那里它将利用其在μ子探测和识别方面的丰富经验，在μ子+喷气研究中发挥领导作用-这是一个对各种新物理过程敏感的特征。 在更广泛的影响方面，该小组将继续在QuarkNet计划内开展工作。 凭借东北大学强大的合作教育计划，该小组将继续定期让本科生参与欧洲核子研究组织为期六个月的实质性和有意义的项目。 作为D 0的共同发言人，伍德将积极与媒体合作，与公众分享希格斯粒子搜索和Tevatron其他潜在发现的兴奋。 该小组计划主办和组织重要的会议，而Barthel将继续通过她与费米实验室用户执行委员会的工作向美国国会传达高能研究的价值。