IRES Track I: US-CERN Summer Program on ATLAS Experiment of LHC at CERN for the California State University System

本项目将通过在瑞士欧洲核子研究组织（CERN）的大型强子对撞机（LHC）的ATLAS实验的合作研究项目和教育经验，为来自加州州立大学（CSU）系统的学生提供国际研究经验。该项目每年将派遣6名科罗拉多州立大学学生参与ATLAS探测器升级和即将到来的ATLAS Run-3数据采集和物理研究项目。进入的Run-3的物理势将比发现希格斯玻色子的Run-1大10倍以上。2012年，大型强子对撞机的ATLAS和CMS实验发现了希格斯粒子，引起了全世界公众和学生的关注和想象。国际学生研究经验（IRES）项目将资助18名学生在欧洲核子研究中心进行为期三年的大型强子对撞机ATLAS实验。这个项目的重点是全国最大的大学系统，有23个校区，总学生人数约为49万。由于科罗拉多州立大学有非常多的少数族裔和第一代大学生，这个项目的招生将吸引代表性不足的学生和女学生。科罗拉多州立大学的学生将验证ATLAS蒙特卡罗模拟，改进ATLAS软件包，并从ATLAS数据中寻找新的物理现象。在ATLAS探测器升级方面，学生将研究ATLAS像素探测器的安装、操作和数据分析，以及改进监控探测器内部各部件的软件包。在ATLAS触发器和数据采集（DAQ）上，学生将安装和测试快速跟踪器（FTK）板，改进和优化FTK可变分辨率模式，并对FTK性能进行离线和在线测试。学生们还将参加著名的欧洲核子研究中心夏季学生系列讲座，由来自世界各地的顶尖物理学家授课。返回美国后，学生参与者将在科罗拉多州立大学校园、高中和当地社区举办座谈会、研讨会和受邀演讲，介绍他们的ATLAS研究工作和欧洲核子研究中心的夏季经历。通过科罗拉多州立大学弗雷斯诺物理168S (？物理拓展？)课程，ATLAS的学生在PHYS 168S每周将访问至少两个新的K-12教室，教授各种关于科罗拉多州立大学ATLAS和IRES项目，并鼓励他们追求科学。这些外展工作将惠及大量的学校、学生和学生。弗雷斯诺和中央山谷地区的家庭该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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 6 CSU students per year to work on ATLAS research projects for ATLAS detector upgrades and incoming ATLAS Run-3 data taking and physics. The physics potential of incoming Run-3 will be over 10 times greater than Run-1 during which the Higgs boson was discovered. 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 18 students over three years working on ATLAS experiment of LHC at CERN. This project is focused on the largest university system in the country with 23 campuses and a total student population of ~490,000. Because CSU has very large minority and first-generation college student populations, student recruitment in this project will attract underrepresented as well as female students. The CSU students will validate the ATLAS Monte Carlo simulations, improve ATLAS software packages, and work on searching for new physics from ATLAS data. On ATLAS detector upgrades, the students will work on the installation, operation, and data analysis of ATLAS pixel detector, and improving software packages in monitoring various inner detector components. On ATLAS Trigger and Data Acquisition (DAQ), the students will install and test Fast Tracker (FTK) boards, improve and optimize FTK variable resolution patterns, and conduct offline and online testing of FTK performance. The students will also attend the renowned CERN Summer Student Lecture Series given by top physicists from all over the world. 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. Through the CSU Fresno PHYS 168S (?Physics Outreach?) course, the ATLAS students in PHYS 168S will visit at least two new K-12 classrooms each week to teach kinds about the CSU ATLAS and IRES programs and encourage them to pursue science. These outreach efforts will reach very large number of schools, their students and students? families in the Fresno and Central Valley area.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.