Research in High Energy Physics on the CMS Experiment

普渡大学Calumet高能物理项目的目标是保持其对CMS前向像素探测器子系统的积极参与，并继续在费米实验室LHC物理中心（LPC）的重要物理任务中开展活动。工作计划包括协调前向像素探测器的运行，并利用位于费米实验室的远程操作中心（ROC）在欧洲核子研究中心大型强子对撞机上建立稳定模式数据采集和跟踪器验证，以达到8TeV的光束能量。与此同时，作为升级工作的一部分，该小组将继续为CMS前向像素升级开发前向像素几何，并在细节确定后，将新的几何结构纳入CMS跟踪软件的框架中。在物理分析领域，该小组正在LPC和CMS的b标记组进行模拟研究的基本方面，以及W衰变和W产生的物理分析。该集团对本科教育和研究有着非常坚定的承诺，校园位于印第安纳州西北部的战略位置，从而影响了广泛的学生，特别是来自服务不足社区的学生。首席研究员担任普渡大学Calumet物理系的外展协调员。她的研究小组是系里最大的，相应地，从事研究项目的学生人数也最多。此外，该组织与印第安纳州西北部地区的教师建立了牢固的联系，并正在建立QuarkNet中心。

The objectives of Purdue University Calumet's high energy physics program are to maintain its active participation in the Forward Pixel Detector subsystem for CMS and to continue its activities in important physics tasks undertaken by the group at the LHC Physics Center (LPC) at Fermilab. The program of effort includes coordination of the Forward Pixel detector operation and the establishment of stable mode data-taking and tracker validation for this subsystem at 8TeV beam energy at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, using the Remote Operations Center (ROC) also located at Fermilab. In parallel with this operations effort, the group, as part of the upgrade effort, will continue to develop the forward pixel geometry for the CMS Forward Pixel Upgrade and, as the details are finalized, will incorporate the new geometry into the framework of CMS tracking software. In the area of physics analysis, the group is working on essential aspects of simulation studies in the b-tagging group at LPC and CMS, and on physics analyses in W decays and W production.The Group has a very strong commitment to undergraduate education and research, and the campus is strategically located in northwest Indiana, thereby impacting a broad range of students, particularly from underserved communities. The Principal investigator serves as outreach coordinator for the Purdue University Calumet Physics Department. Hers is the largest research group in the Department and, correspondingly, has the largest number of students working on research projects. Additionally the group has built strong connections with teachers in northwest Indiana region and is in the process of starting at QuarkNet Center.