CAREER: Applying New Tools to the Discovery and Measurement of the New Standard Model

大型强子对撞机上质子碰撞的实验研究可能会揭示物理学中一些最基本的问题的答案。像费米GST和帕梅拉这样的实验已经产生了非常令人兴奋--尽管令人费解--的结果，这可能是暗物质领域出人意料地丰富的主要迹象。有许多戏剧性发现的可能性，这将开启暗物质和基本粒子物理学的新纪元。人们如何将来自这些不同测量的互补信息结合成一幅连贯的图景并不是很明显。最初，不太可能出现比传统解释更令人信服的明显图景，比如理解不深的建模或实验系统学。因此，人们必须准备好提出关于数据、理论解释、实验系统学和不受可避免的技术限制的附加建模假设的严肃问题。该奖项支持一个围绕大规模科学数据分析的统一方法建立的物理研究计划，最初处理来自大型强子对撞机实验的数据，以一种可根据数据、实验仪器和理论模型的复杂性进行扩展的方式。这种方法可能对早期的标准模型物理测量和扩展到希格斯物理和更远的地方产生深远的影响，并促进ATLAS和CMS之间、理论家和实验者之间以及来自不同学科的研究人员之间的交流与合作。就更广泛的影响而言，该奖项的关键发展使大规模数据分析的可伸缩方法适用于粒子物理领域以外的领域。各种实验，如费米GST、赫斯和冰立方中微子望远镜，已经在探索这项技术的使用，这是拟议研究的更广泛影响的具体指示。更多的影响来自良好整合的教育和外展部分。将建造一个便携的、专业设计的展品，用于广受欢迎的纽约市世界科学节街头博览会、地区科学博览会、职业博览会等。展位将利用ATLAS外联小组提供的现有材料。此外，该展览将作为纽约大学教学与学习系教学方法课程整合项目的基础。该项目将为展览本身设计活动，并开发和评估物理教学方法。因此，展览、活动和展览的评估将是一个为期一学期的项目的高潮，这些教师可以将开发的活动带到自己的学校。最后，国际和平协会将指导哈莱姆儿童协会的高中生，使他们能够理解和操作示范，从而成为同行小组联络人，并为科学界代表性不足的群体树立榜样。

Experimental studies of proton collisions at the LHC are likely to reveal the answers to some of the most fundamental questions in physics. Already, experiments like Fermi GST and PAMELA are producing very exciting - though puzzling - results that may be major hints to an unexpectedly rich dark matter sector. There are many possibilities for dramatic discoveries, which will usher in a new era for dark matter and fundamental particle physics. How one combines the complementary information from these disparate measurements into a cohesive picture is not readily apparent. Initially, it is unlikely that an obvious picture will emerge that is more compelling than conventional explanations, such as poorly understood modeling or experimental systematics. Thus, one must be prepared to pose serious questions about the data, the theoretical interpretation, the experimental systematics, and additional modeling assumptions that are not limited by avoidable technical limitations. This award supports a program of physics research built around a unifying approach to large-scale scientific data analysis, initially dealing with data from LHC experiments, in a way that is scalable with respect to complexity of data, experimental apparatuses, and theoretical models. The approach could have profound impact on early standard model physics measurements and the extension to Higgs physics and beyond as well as facilitate communication and cooperation between ATLAS and CMS, between theorists and experimentalists, and among researchers from different disciplines. In terms of broader impact the key development in this award that enables the scalable approach to large-scale data analysis is applicable beyond the field of particle physics. Experiments as diverse as Fermi GST, HESS, and the IceCube neutrino telescope are already exploring the use of this technology, which is a concrete indication of the broader impacts of the proposed research. Additional impacts follow from a well-integrated educational and outreach component. A portable and professionally-designed exhibit will be constructed for use at the popular New York City World Science Festival street fair, area science fairs, career fairs, and the like. The booth will utilize existing material from the ATLAS outreach group. Additionally, the exhibit will be the basis for a project integrated into a teaching methods course in the Department of Teaching and Learning at NYU. The project will be to design activities for the exhibit itself and to develop and assess physics teaching methods. Thus, the exhibit, the activities, and the assessment of the exhibit will be the culmination of a semester-long project, and those teachers can bring the developed activities to their own schools. Finally, the PI will mentor high-school students from the Harlem Children's Society so that they can understand and operate the demonstrations, thus serving as peer-group liaisons, and role models for under-represented groups in the sciences.