High Energy Physics Research at CMS and D-Zero Collider Experiments

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)资助的。它将资助纽约州立大学布法罗分校高能小组的研究工作。该小组的主要研究活动是关于Tevatron的D0实验、大型强子对撞机的CMS实验和通过QuarkNet的扩展计划。研究计划计划初步调查标准模型过程的产生，然后在CMS实验中寻找希格斯粒子。后台进程对它们本身很重要，因为它们在迄今探索最少的领域提供了对标准模型的关键测试。该小组将继续参与正向像素探测器项目。这种参与应该使博士后和研究生能够通过结合数据分析和探测器调试和操作活动来获得均衡的教育。到目前为止，D0探测器已经记录了超过4fb-1的数据，预计在未来几年将大幅提高积分光度。拟议的D0研究计划的目标是研究Z衰变到bbar和ZZ的生产过程。这些分析将极大地受益于增加的数据集和经过良好校准和理解的探测器。至于更广泛的影响，该研究计划将促进纽约州立大学布法罗分校小组成员、高中教师和他们的学生之间的合作。它们为这些非传统参与者提供了与科学前沿的基础研究密切接触的可能性。

ABSTRACTThis award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). It will fund the research work of the High Energy Group at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The group main research activities are on the D0 experiment at the Tevatron, the CMS experiment at LHC, and the outreach program through QuarkNet.The research program plans to initially investigate the production of Standard Model processes and than to search for the Higgs particles at the CMS experiment. The background processes are important to themselves as they provide crucial test of the Standard Model in areas least explored so far. The group will continue its participation in the Forward Pixel Detector project. This participation should allow postdocs and graduate students to acquire a balanced education by combining activities of data analyses and detector commissioning and operation. The D0 detector has recorded in excess of 4fb-1 of data to date and is expected to substantially increase the integrated luminosity in the coming years. The goal of the proposed research program with D0 is to study Z decay to bbar and ZZ production processes. These analyses will greatly benefit from the increased dataset and well calibrated and understood detector.As for broader impact the research program will be fostering collaboration between the State University of New York at Buffalo group members, high school teachers and their students. They open up possibilities for these non-traditional participants to come in close contact with fundamental research at the frontiers of science.