Research in High Energy Physics on the CMS Experiment

普渡大学卡卢梅的高能物理计划的目标是保持其积极参与前向像素探测器子系统的CMS和继续其活动的重要物理任务的小组在大型强子对撞机物理中心（LPC）在费米实验室。 该计划的努力包括协调的前像素探测器操作和建立稳定模式的数据采集和跟踪验证这个子系统在8 TeV的光束能量在欧洲核子研究中心大型强子对撞机，使用远程操作中心（ROC）也位于费米实验室。 与此同时，作为升级工作的一部分，该小组将继续为CMS前向像素升级开发前向像素几何结构，并在细节敲定后将新几何结构纳入CMS跟踪软件的框架。 在物理分析领域，该小组正在LPC和CMS的b-标记组中进行模拟研究的基本方面，以及W衰变和W产生的物理分析。该小组对本科教育和研究有着非常坚定的承诺，校园位于印第安纳州西北部，因此影响了广泛的学生，特别是来自服务不足社区的学生。 主要研究者担任普渡大学卡卢梅物理系的外联协调员。 她的研究小组是该部门最大的研究小组，相应地，有最多的学生从事研究项目。 此外，该组织还与印第安纳州西北部地区的教师建立了牢固的联系，并正在QuarkNet中心启动。

The objectives of Purdue University Calumet's high energy physics program are to maintain its active participation in the Forward Pixel Detector subsystem for CMS and to continue its activities in important physics tasks undertaken by the group at the LHC Physics Center (LPC) at Fermilab. The program of effort includes coordination of the Forward Pixel detector operation and the establishment of stable mode data-taking and tracker validation for this subsystem at 8TeV beam energy at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, using the Remote Operations Center (ROC) also located at Fermilab. In parallel with this operations effort, the group, as part of the upgrade effort, will continue to develop the forward pixel geometry for the CMS Forward Pixel Upgrade and, as the details are finalized, will incorporate the new geometry into the framework of CMS tracking software. In the area of physics analysis, the group is working on essential aspects of simulation studies in the b-tagging group at LPC and CMS, and on physics analyses in W decays and W production.The Group has a very strong commitment to undergraduate education and research, and the campus is strategically located in northwest Indiana, thereby impacting a broad range of students, particularly from underserved communities. The Principal investigator serves as outreach coordinator for the Purdue University Calumet Physics Department. Hers is the largest research group in the Department and, correspondingly, has the largest number of students working on research projects. Additionally the group has built strong connections with teachers in northwest Indiana region and is in the process of starting at QuarkNet Center.