High Energy Physics Research at Hadron Colliders

这个为期三年的奖项为芝加哥伊利诺伊大学（UIC）实验高能物理（HEP）的一项正在进行的研究计划提供支持。该计划的重点是目前在费米实验室Tevatron运行的DIMB实验和瑞士日内瓦欧洲核子研究中心大型强子对撞机（LHC）的紧凑μ子螺线管（CMS）实验。UIC小组由四名教师，四名博士后研究助理和七名研究生组成。在本合同所涵盖的期间内，UIC计划将包括继续参与DVDE物理计划，专注于使用整个Run II数据集进行Tevatron“遗留”测量;参与CMS硅跟踪器和高水平触发器的操作和调试;继续CMS正在进行的物体识别和校准活动，并在UIC专业领域的基础上，专注于QCD的研究，与W和Z玻色子与喷流和b-喷流以及顶夸克物理学有关的生产。拟议活动的更广泛影响是多方面的。成功构建和调试复杂的触发器和硅系统所面临的挑战增强了工程领域的学科知识。物理分析和硬件项目为UIC HEP学生和博士后提供了宝贵的经验和知识，使他们能够在学术界或私营部门追求成功的职业生涯。UIC HEP小组成熟的QuarkNet和CLASA（芝加哥大面积淋浴阵列）外展活动促进了高中教师和学生与UIC HEP小组成员之间的合作，加强了芝加哥地区高中的教学。由于芝加哥高中主要为少数民族学生服务，这个项目可能会导致更多的少数民族学生主修科学学科。

This three-year award provides support for an ongoing program of research at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in experimental high energy physics (HEP). The program is centered on the DØ experiment currently running at the Fermilab Tevatron and on the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. The UIC group consists of four faculty, four postdoctoral research associates, and seven graduate students. For the period covered in this award, the UIC program will include continued involvement in the DØ physics program, concentrating on Tevatron "legacy" measurements using the entire Run II dataset; participation in the operation and commissioning of the CMS Silicon Tracker and High Level Trigger; continuing ongoing object identification and calibration activities at CMS, and build on UIC areas of expertise and focus on studies of QCD, associated production of W and Z bosons with jets and b-jets, and top quark physics.The broader impacts of the proposed activities are multiple and diverse. The challenges faced in successfully building and commissioning complicated trigger and silicon systems enhance the disciplinary knowledge in engineering fields. The physics analyses and hardware projects provide valuable experience and knowledge for UIC HEP students and postdocs, enabling them to pursue successful careers in academia or private sectors. The mature QuarkNet and CLASA (Chicago Large Area Shower Array) outreach activities of the UIC HEP group fosters collaboration between high school teachers and students and UIC HEP group members, strengthening teaching and learning in Chicago-area high schools. As Chicago high schools serve predominantly minority students, this project may lead to a larger number of minority students majoring in a science discipline.