Research in Elementary Particle Physics

该提案要求继续支持密歇根州立大学的一项实验基本粒子物理学研究方案，该方案主要以费米实验室Tevatron质子-反质子对撞机的D 0实验和定于2007年在瑞士日内瓦附近欧洲核子研究中心的质子-质子大型强子对撞机（LHC）开始运行的ATLAS实验为基础。 该小组是D 0实验的创始成员，负责触发系统的主要部分，在管理实验和在数据分析过程中提取物理过程中发挥领导作用。 他们建议继续他们在D 0触发系统上的工作，并参与数据采集和分析活动，包括顶级物理，希格斯物理和新现象。 在ATLAS合作中，该小组负责设计和构建触发系统的元素，并将致力于将2级触发器的元素与数据采集系统集成，并为即将到来的物理计划做准备。 他们活动的主要部分将致力于分析数据挑战I和II的蒙特卡罗数据，为实验计划的开始做准备。该小组工作的一个基本特点是教育和外联。他们让传统上在该领域代表性不足的群体成员参与研究。 他们参与了QuarkNet，最近为外行听众提供了专门的课程和讲座。

This proposal requests continuing support for a program of research at Michigan State University in experimental elementary particle physics based principally on the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron proton-antiproton collider and the ATLAS experiment that is scheduled to start operations in 2007 at the proton-proton Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland. The group is a charter member of the D0 experiment having responsibility for major pieces of the trigger system, playing leadership roles in managing the experiment and in extracting physics during the data analysis process. They propose to continue their work on the D0 trigger system and to participate in data taking and analysis activities, including top physics, Higgs physics, and new phenomena. In the ATLAS collaboration, the group has responsibility for the design and construction of elements of the trigger system and will work on integrating elements of the Level 2 trigger with the data acquisition system and in preparing for the upcoming physics program. A major part of their activity will be devoted to analyzing Monte Carlo data from the Data Challenges I and II in preparation for the commencement of the experimental program. A fundamental feature of this group's efforts is education and outreach. They involve in their research members of groups traditionally under-represented in the field. They participate in QuarkNet and have recently given specialized courses and lectures to lay audiences.