High Energy Physics Research at Hadron Colliders

强子对撞机的高能物理研究

• 批准号: 0969555
• 负责人: Nikos Varelas
• 金额: $ 162万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-15 至 2013-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0969555&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Energy; Physics; Research; Hadron; Colliders

This three-year award provides support for an ongoing program of research at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in experimental high energy physics (HEP). The program is centered on the DØ experiment currently running at the Fermilab Tevatron and on the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. The UIC group consists of four faculty, four postdoctoral research associates, and seven graduate students. For the period covered in this award, the UIC program will include continued involvement in the DØ physics program, concentrating on Tevatron "legacy" measurements using the entire Run II dataset; participation in the operation and commissioning of the CMS Silicon Tracker and High Level Trigger; continuing ongoing object identification and calibration activities at CMS, and build on UIC areas of expertise and focus on studies of QCD, associated production of W and Z bosons with jets and b-jets, and top quark physics.The broader impacts of the proposed activities are multiple and diverse. The challenges faced in successfully building and commissioning complicated trigger and silicon systems enhance the disciplinary knowledge in engineering fields. The physics analyses and hardware projects provide valuable experience and knowledge for UIC HEP students and postdocs, enabling them to pursue successful careers in academia or private sectors. The mature QuarkNet and CLASA (Chicago Large Area Shower Array) outreach activities of the UIC HEP group fosters collaboration between high school teachers and students and UIC HEP group members, strengthening teaching and learning in Chicago-area high schools. As Chicago high schools serve predominantly minority students, this project may lead to a larger number of minority students majoring in a science discipline.

这一为期三年的奖项为伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校(UIC)正在进行的实验高能物理(HEP)研究项目提供支持。该计划的中心是目前在费米实验室Tevatron运行的D？实验和瑞士日内瓦欧洲核子研究中心(CERN)大型强子对撞机(LHC)的紧凑型Muon螺线管(CMS)实验。UIC小组由四名教员、四名博士后助理研究员和七名研究生组成。在本奖项所涉期间，UIC计划将包括继续参与D？物理计划，专注于使用整个RUN II数据集的Tevatron“遗留”测量；参与CMS硅跟踪器和高级触发器的操作和调试；继续在CMS进行物体识别和校准活动，并在UIC专业领域的基础上再接再厉，专注于QCD、与喷嘴和b喷流相关的W和Z玻色子的生产以及顶级夸克物理的研究。成功建造和调试复杂的触发器和硅系统所面临的挑战提高了工程领域的学科知识。物理分析和硬件项目为UIC HEP学生和博士后提供了宝贵的经验和知识，使他们能够在学术界或私营部门追求成功的职业生涯。UIC HEP小组成熟的QuarkNet和CLASA(芝加哥大区域淋浴阵列)外联活动促进了高中教师和学生与UIC HEP小组成员之间的合作，加强了芝加哥地区高中的教与学。由于芝加哥高中主要为少数族裔学生服务，该项目可能会导致更多少数族裔学生主修某一科学学科。