Conference Travel Support for South American participants to ATLAS Meetings of the Americas

大型强子对撞机物理计划是美国高能物理计划的重中之重。美国物理学家是该实验建设的主要贡献者，也将是该物理计划的主要贡献者。这个项目将解决该领域中的一些最重要的问题，其中包括：质量的起源；时空的性质；暗物质的性质。一旦大型强子对撞机加速器在2008年启动，大型强子对撞机物理学家就必须做好分析数据的准备。首届美洲ATLAS研讨会将于2007年8月举行，这是一次关键的活动，将把来自美洲的物理学家聚集在一起，交流思想，为数据的开始做准备。高能物理长期以来一直是一项国际活动。该计划将为参加2007年8月在SLAC举行的第一届美洲ATLAS研讨会的南美ATLAS实验科学家提供部分支持。会议将集中讨论从大型强子对撞机早期运行中提取物理结果所需的工具、技术和基础设施。

The LHC physics program is the highest priority of the US High Energy Physics program. US physicists are major contributors to the construction of the experiment and will be major contributors to the physics program. This program will address some of the most important questions in the field, among them: the origin of mass; the nature of spacetime; the nature of dark matter. It is essential that the LHC physicists be prepared to analyze the data once the LHC accelerator starts in 2008. The First ATLAS Workshop of the Americas to be held in Aug, 2007 is a key event that will bring together physicists from the Americas to exchange ideas and prepare for the onset of data.High Energy physics has long been an international activity. This program will provide partial support for South American scientists on the ATLAS experiment to participate in the First ATLAS Workshop of the Americas, to be held at SLAC in August 2007. The meeting will focus on the tools, techniques, and infrastructure needed to extract physics results from the early LHC running.