IRES: A New US-CERN Summer Program on ATLAS Experiment of LHC at CERN for California State University System

该项目将通过瑞士欧洲核子研究组织(CERN)的大型强子对撞机(LHC)ATLAS实验的合作研究项目和教育经验，为加州州立大学(CSU)系统的学生提供国际研究经验。该计划每年将派遣5名CSU学生参与ATLAS研究项目，以升级ATLAS RUN-2和ATLAS探测器。即将到来的RUN-2的物理势将比发现希格斯玻色子的Run-1大10到100倍。CSU的学生将改进NLO蒙特卡罗发生器(NLOJET++，APPLGRID等)，使用ATLAS数据进行与喷注截面相关的模拟和测量，提取部分子分布函数(PDF)，并了解顶夸克重建中的系统不确定性。顶夸克自旋和极化性质的测量是对标准模型的重要检验，对标准模型以外的新物理很敏感。在ATLAS探测器升级研发方面，CSU的学生将致力于小型独立像素探测器的安装和数据分析，以及改进监测各种内部探测器组件的软件包。在ATLAS触发和数据采集(DAQ)方面，CSU的学生将开发用于快速跟踪器(FTK)的联想记忆变量，改进和优化FTK可变分辨率模式，并进行FTK分辨率模式性能的离线和在线测试。这些学生还将参加由来自世界各地的顶尖物理学家举办的著名的CERN暑期学生系列讲座。2012年，大型强子对撞机的ATLAS和CMS实验发现了希格斯，引起了世界各地公众和学生的关注和想象力。这一国际学生研究经验(IRES)项目将在三年内支持15名学生在欧洲核子研究中心的大型强子对撞机上工作。这一CSU国际研究项目的重点是全国最大的大学系统，拥有23个校区和大约43万名学生。由于CSU拥有非常多的少数族裔和第一代大学生人口，该项目的招生将吸引代表不足的学生。回到美国后，学生参与者将在CSU校园、高中和当地社区就他们的ATLAS研究工作和CERN夏季经验进行座谈、研讨会和应邀演讲。

This project will provide international research experience for students from the California State University (CSU) system through collaborative research projects and educational experience on the ATLAS experiment of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland. This program will send 5 CSU students per year to work on ATLAS research projects for ATLAS Run-2 and ATLAS detector upgrades. The physics potential of incoming Run-2 will be 10 to 100 times greater than Run-1 during which the Higgs boson was discovered. The CSU students will improve the NLO Monte Carlo generators (NLOjet++, APPLGRID, etc.), perform jet cross-section related simulations and measurements with ATLAS data, extract the Parton Distribution Function (PDF), and understand systematic uncertainties in Top quark reconstruction. The measurements of spin and polarization properties of the Top quark are important tests of the Standard Model and are sensitive to new physics beyond the Standard Model. On ATLAS detector upgrades R&D, the CSU students will work on the installation and data analysis of small stand-along pixel detectors, and improving software packages in monitoring various inner detector components. On ATLAS Trigger and Data Acquisition (DAQ), the CSU students will develop associative memory variables for Fast Tracker (FTK), improve and optimize FTK variable resolution patterns, and conduct offline and online testing of FTK resolution patterns performance. The students will also attend the renowned CERN Summer Student Lecture Series given by top physicists from all over the world. The Higgs discovery by ATLAS and CMS experiments of LHC in 2012 has captured the attention and imagination of the public and students throughout the world. This International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) project will support 15 students over three years working on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. This CSU international research project is focused on the largest university system in the country with 23 campuses and total population of approximately 430,000 students. Because CSU has very large minority and first-generation college student populations, student recruitment in this project will attract underrepresented students. Upon returning to the US, student participants will give colloquia, seminars, and invited talks at CSU campuses, high schools, and local communities about their ATLAS research work and the CERN summer experience.