Flavor Physics at the LHC

该奖项支持麻省理工学院的Mike威廉姆斯小组在瑞士日内瓦的CERN大型强子对撞机上进行LHCb实验的新研究计划。 LHC B的主要功能是通过研究B和c强子的稀有和CP破坏衰变来寻找超越标准模型（BSM）的物理。 至少在未来五年内，LHCb将成为世界上最重要的味道物理实验。 最近，威廉姆斯一直是LHCb高水平触发器（HLT）的主要设计师之一。 这一触发使LHCb在2011年和2012年的实验操作中收集了近100%纯的b-bbar样品。 PI编写了这个触发器，使麻省理工学院成为唯一有资格准备实验以处理未来运行条件的团队，包括13 TeV的碰撞能量和显着更高的光度。麻省理工学院在外展方面有着良好的记录，PI威廉姆斯将在这一传统的基础上与LHCb项目建立联系。在过去的6个夏天，本科生从国家科学基金会支持的REU计划在汉普顿大学参加了麻省理工学院夏季研究计划（MSRP）。这些学生由麻省理工学院核科学实验室（LNS）的成员监督，并与各种LNS教职员工和学生互动。该计划为少数民族学生提供了在大型研究机构体验生活的独特机会。从2013年夏天开始，该项目的学生将能够使用LHCb数据进行风味物理研究。

This award supports a new program of research by the MIT group of Mike Williams on the LHCb Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, Geneva, Switzerland. The primary function of LHCb is to search for physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM) by studying rare and CP-violating decays of b and c hadrons. For at least the next five years, LHCb will be the premier flavor-physics experiment in the world. Williams has been one of the principal architects of the high-level trigger (HLT) for LHCb in the recent past. This trigger allowed LHCb to collect a nearly 100% pure b-bbar sample during experimental operations in 2011 and 2012. The PI wrote this trigger, making MIT uniquely qualified as a group to prepare the experiment to handle future running conditions, including a collision energy of 13-TeV and significantly higher luminosity. MIT has a strong record in outreach, and PI Williams will build upon this tradition with links to the LHCb program. Over the past 6 summers, undergraduate students from the NSF-supported REU program at Hampton University have participated in the MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP). These students are supervised by members of the MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science (LNS) and interact with various LNS faculty, staff and students. This program provides a unique opportunity for minority students to experience life at a large research institute. Beginning in the summer of 2013, students from this program will be able to do flavor-physics research using LHCb data.