Physics at the LHC with CMS

该奖项为范德比尔特大学高能物理小组的一个研究项目提供了持续的支持。该小组建议利用大型强子对撞机（LHC）的丰富粒子物理程序作为CMS实验的成员。自2005年加入CMS以来，其在电子和硅探测器方面的专业知识以及对计算和信息技术的长期兴趣，使成员分别在像素跟踪器项目和软件和计算方面做出了重大贡献。他们最近也开始为超级大型强子对撞机的设计研究做出贡献，并开展物理分析工作。在像素跟踪器方面，他们领导前端数字化仪（FED）的操作和开发，最近还担任了像素慢速控制的领导角色。对于CMS的软件和计算项目，他们的工作是开发计算资源和网格基础设施。他们在范德比尔特大学成功建立的ACCRE计算中心和美国国家科学基金会资助的rednet项目直接适用于这一努力。最后，他们正在为SLHC的设计研究做出贡献，研究将像素跟踪器纳入CMS触发器第一级的各种建议的有效性。就更广泛的影响而言，他们与计算机科学家的合作努力正在数据物流领域开辟新天地。REDDnet为来自各种应用领域的研究人员提供服务，包括地理空间成像社区、国会图书馆的数字档案项目、聚变社区和高能物理学。重点是让本科生参与他们的研究项目，并通过QuarkNet项目与社区接触。

This award provides continuing support for a program of research for the High Energy Physics group at Vanderbilt University. This group proposes to exploit the rich particle physics program at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) as members of the CMS experiment. Since joining CMS in 2005, its established expertise in electronics and silicon detectors, along with a long term interest in computing and information technology, has enabled the members to make significant contributions on the pixel tracker project and in Software and Computing, respectively. They have also recently begun to contribute to Super-LHC design studies as well as developing a physics analysis effort. On the pixel tracker, they provide leadership in the operations and development of the Front End Digitizer (FED), and have recently assumed a leadership role for the pixel slow controls. For the software and computing project on CMS, their efforts are to develop computing resources and grid infrastructure. Their successful establishment of the ACCRE computing center at Vanderbilt and the NSF funded REDDnet project are directly applicable to this effort. Finally, they are contributing to design studies for the SLHC, studying the effectiveness of various proposals to incorporate the pixel tracker into the first level of the CMS trigger. In terms of broader impact, their collaborative efforts with computer scientists are breaking new ground in the area of data logistics. REDDnet is serving researchers from a wide variety of application domains, including the geospatial imaging community, digital archive projects in the Library of Congress, the fusion community, and high energy physics. Emphasis is placed on involving undergraduate students in their research program and reaching out to the community through the QuarkNet project.