Proposal to Initiate Cornell Research in CMS

该计划代表了康奈尔大学元素粒子物理实验室（LEPP）实验组从传统的重夸克物理计划过渡到LHC与CMS合作的新能源前沿物理计划的第一阶段。 LEPP集团打算在硬件建设之后的关键阶段为CMS做出重大贡献。其中包括：像素检测器：开发校准和监测软件;电磁量热仪：提供用于重建和模拟的ECAL的完整几何描述，该描述足够灵活，可以包含未对准;核心软件：开发新的核心软件基础设施，该基础设施包含CLEO框架的一些最成功的功能，包括支持“计划外”处理和访问非事件数据的框架;以及LHC物理学：在本地安装CMS蒙特卡罗软件，并启动物理研究计划，为数据的早期响应做准备。 更广泛的影响计划包括对当地K-12学校的广泛宣传，包括为教师、教育工作者、高中生和公众举办的校内计划和校外讲习班，以及为本科生举办的计划。

This program represents the first phase of the transition of the experimental group in Cornell's Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics (LEPP) from its traditional program of heavy quark physics to a new program of energy frontier physics at the LHC with the CMS Collaboration. The LEPP group intends to make significant contributions to CMS in the crucial stages that follow hardware construction. These include: Pixel Detector: developing calibration and monitoring software; Electromagnetic Calorimeter: providing a full geometric description of the ECAL for reconstruction and simulation that is flexible enough to incorporate misalignments; Core Software: developing a new core software infrastructure that incorporates some of the most successful features of the CLEO framework including support for "unscheduled" processing and a framework for accessing non-event data; and LHC Physics: installing CMS Monte Carlo software locally and initiating a program of physics studies in preparation for early response to the data. The broader impacts program includes extensive outreach to local K-12 schools, including both in-school programs and out-of-school workshops for teachers, educators, and high school students, and the public, as well as programs for undergraduates.