Searches for New Phenomena with High Energy Particle Colliders

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)提供资金的。该奖项将资助北伊利诺伊大学(NIU)团队在FNAL的D0实验、CERN的ATLAS实验、探测器开发(Calice)以及维持广泛的外展计划方面的研究活动。D0中的研究计划涉及寻找标准模型希格斯的相关产生与Z、顶部衰变、带电希格斯和轻夸克搜索。作为搜寻工作的一部分，该小组将继续发展Muon和tau鉴定，这对选择感兴趣的通道和拒绝背景事件至关重要。该程序将继续关闭Tevatron并完成数据分析。该小组在欧洲核子研究中心的ATLAS实验研究计划已经开始，这项提议将资助他们对大型强子对撞机上的顶级产生和衰变的性质的研究，包括光子产生。这些通道还将用于提高对探测器性能的了解。一旦了解了探测器的性能，并收集了足够的积分光度，该研究计划将致力于寻找中性和变化的希格斯。展望更遥远的未来，该小组正在为国际直线对撞机开发热量测量技术。这项工作主要集中在量热计后面的尾部捕捉器和介子跟踪器上。该探测器由小型固态光电探测器(Si-PMT)的小型(高粒度)闪烁体元件读出组成。ILC热量测量朝着更高粒度的方向发展是粒子流算法的结果，粒子流算法试图识别流星雨所有阶段的电磁成分。在更广泛的兴趣领域，NIU小组将继续开展积极的外联计划，包括：学校访问、物理奥林匹克、夏令营、QuarkNet、万圣节闹鬼物理实验室等。该大学有一名STEM外联协调员和几名REU学生继续攻读物理和其他科学的研究生课程。此外，该小组还参与了为质子治疗中心培训人员的新倡议。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The award will fund Northern Illinois University (NIU) group in their research activities in the D0 experiment at FNAL, the ATLAS experiment at CERN, detector development (CALICE), as well as sustaining an extensive outreach program. The research program in D0 involves the search for associated production of Standard Model Higgs with the Z, top decays, charged Higgs and lepto-quark searches. As part of the search the group will continue to develop the muon and tau identification which are crucial for the selection of the channels of interest and for the rejection of background events. This program will continue the Tevatron is closed and the data analysis has been completed. The ATLAS experiment research program at CERN of this group has started and this proposal will is fund their investigation in to the properties of top production and decays, inclusive photon production at the LHC. These channels will also be used to improve the understanding of the detector performance. Once the detector performance is understood and sufficient integrated luminosity has been collected the research program will aims to search for neutral and changed Higgs. Looking into the more distant future the group is working on developing calorimetry for the International Linear collider. The effort concentrated on the tail-catcher and muon tracker behind the calorimeter. The detector consists of small (high granularity) scintillator element readouts by small solid state photodetectors (Si-PMTs). The push towards higher granularity in ILC calorimetry is a consequence of the particle-flow algorithm attempt to identify the electromagnetic components of the shower at all its stages. The broader interest areas the NIU group will continue an active outreach program that includes: school visits, physics Olympics, summer camps, QuarkNet, Halloween Haunted Physics Lab, etc. The university has a STEM outreach coordinator and several REU students moved on to graduate programs in physics and other sciences. In addition the group is involved in new initiatives to train personnel for the proton therapy center.