Elementary Particle Physics Using High Energy Colliders

华盛顿大学参与了费米实验室和大型强子对撞机的对撞束实验，这将允许探索和研究高达1 TeV的质能区域。这将大大扩展对标准模型的理解，并为标准模型之外的物理学打开一扇不断增长的窗口。在本提案期间，DO Run2b硅跟踪器的制造工作将完成，ATLAS μ子系统前腔室将安装和调试。经过几年紧张的硬件制造，该小组现在准备专注于DO数据中丰富的物理机会，并为LHC物理分析做准备。 该小组将专注于寻找希格斯玻色子，超对称粒子和迷你黑洞以及研究单顶夸克的产生。 DO和ATLAS实验的独特发现潜力很可能导致理解物质本质和基本相互作用的概念突破。 华盛顿计划的大学提供了一个独特的机会，本科生培训，并继续其悠久的传统，让他们花夏天在费米实验室和欧洲核子研究中心与教师和研究生工作的各个方面，涉及本科生。

The University of Washington is involved in colliding-beam experiments at Fermilab and the Large Hadron Collider, which will permit exploration and study the mass-energy region up to 1 TeV. This will significantly extend the understanding of the standard model and open an ever-increasing window to physics beyond the standard model. During this proposal period, fabrication work will be completed for the DO Run2b Silicon tracker, and ATLAS Muon System forward chambers will be installed and commissioned. After several years of intense hardware fabrication the group is now ready to focus on the rich physics opportunities available in the DO data and prepare for LHC physics analysis. The group will concentrate on searches for Higgs bosons, SUSY particles, and Mini Black Holes as well as studies of single top quark production. The unique discovery potential of the DO and ATLAS experiments could well lead to a conceptual breakthrough in understanding the nature of matter and the fundamental interactions. The University of Washington program provides a unique opportunity for undergraduate training, and continues to its long tradition of involving undergraduates in all aspects of its research work, by having them spend summers at Fermilab and CERN working with faculty and graduate students.