Particle Physics Research at the CMS Experiment

伊利诺伊大学芝加哥粒子物理小组的这项工作专注于提高我们对宇宙最小尺度的理解，使我们能够探测自然？的基本对称性以及它们与我们对质量的基本理解的关系。通过在大型强子对撞机上用CMS探测器精确测量新发现的希格斯玻色子的性质，将出现关于电弱对称性如何被打破和质量基本性质的关键见解。 这项研究将探索的其他主题包括寻找超对称性的表现和超越标准模型的涉及强动力学的奇异新现象。 使这项研究的工具和方法，包括他们的工作的硬件和软件开发的CMS。 该组织还在芝加哥地区的高中建立了Quarknet外展活动。

This work by the University of Illinois Chicago particle physics group is focused on improving our understanding of the Universe at the smallest scales, allowing us to probe nature?s basic symmetries and their relation to our fundamental understanding of mass. By precisely measuring the properties of the newly discovered Higgs boson with the CMS detector at the LHC, key insights will emerge into how electroweak symmetry is broken and the fundamental property of mass. Other topics that this research will explore include searches for manifestations of supersymmetry and exotic new phenomena beyond the Standard Model involving strong dynamics. Enabling tools and methods for this research include their work on hardware and software development for CMS. The group also has an established Quarknet outreach activity in Chicago-area high schools.