Experimental Particle Physics

三年的时间尺度特别令人兴奋，因为希格斯有可能在Tevatron发现，并且在LHC打开了新的能量前沿：我们将把我们的努力集中在Higgs的分析、发现和解释上，以及在CP破坏和罕见的B衰变中寻找新的物理。改进的分析技术、校准良好的探测器、增加的计算能力和理论输入将是必不可少的。所有学者都深度参与了大型强子对撞机计划，我们的战略是根据两个实验(ATLAS和LHCb)以及CDF和宙斯以及Aleph的专业知识，产生尖端物理结果。我们计划及时为ATLAS和CDF提供希格斯极限设置和发现方面的第一个结果。我们将确保CDF的高质量完成，我们在希格斯分析中设定了苛刻的目标，这将使ATLAS受益。我们的宙斯在强子末态和瞬发光子扇区的参与也将同样支撑ATLAS的第一个结果。在我们早期工作的基础上，我们将在回答有关质量起源和CP违规性质的问题时发挥关键作用。对于LHCb，我们将发现罕见的双体B衰变，并利用早期数据样本魅力地寻找CP破坏。我们将对一种罕见的衰变过程进行详细的研究，并比较树状图和环形图中介的单位角伽马测量结果，这些测量提供了显著的新的物理灵敏度。我们继续投资并推动世界级的探测器开发活动，以实现更长期的计划，我们的网格实力旨在最大化我们在大型强子对撞机物理领域的影响。此外，我们还通过苏格兰基金理事会(SFC)和学院在这些领域提供支持。我们已经使用网格为ATLAS和LHCb建立了物理分析流，并将充分利用第一批LHC数据。我们还将继续参与我们发挥领导作用的较长期计划。我们目前参与了大型强子对撞机升级、ATLAS-FP计划、超大型强子对撞机强度升级和未来的中微子计划。我们预计，根据大型强子对撞机的发现，我们将更多地参与线性对撞机的工作。在接下来的三年里，我们将开发这些领域，并在早期投资将变得最有成效的领域取得进展，这与大型强子对撞机物理开发的最高优先事项一致。

The three-year timescale is particularly exciting with the possibility of Higgs discovery at the Tevatron and the opening of the new energy frontier at the LHC: we will focus our efforts on Higgs analysis, discovery and interpretation, and the search for new physics in CP violation and rare B decays. Improved analysis techniques, well-calibrated detectors, increased computing power and theoretical input will be essential. All academics are heavily involved in the LHC programme and our strategy is to generate leading-edge physics results from two experiments (ATLAS and LHCb) based upon expertise developed in those experiments and from CDF and ZEUS, as well as ALEPH. We plan to provide timely first results in Higgs limit setting and discovery for ATLAS and CDF. We will secure high-quality completion on CDF where we have set demanding goals in the Higgs analyses that will benefit ATLAS. Our ZEUS involvements in the hadronic final state and prompt photon sectors will similarly underpin first ATLAS results. Based on our earlier work, we will be key players in answering questions concerning the origin of mass and the nature of CP violation. For LHCb, we will discover rare two body B decays and search for CP violation in charm with early data samples. We will perform a detailed study of a rare decay process and a comparison of tree and loop diagram mediated measurements of the unitarity angle gamma that offer significant new physics sensitivity. We continue to invest in and promote a world-class Detector Development activity to enable longer-term initiatives and our Grid strength is aimed at maximising our impact in LHC physics. We additionally lever support through Scottish Funding Council (SFC) and the Faculty in these areas. We have set up physics analysis streams for ATLAS and LHCb, using the Grid, and will fully exploit the first LHC data. We will also maintain our involvement in longer-term initiatives where we have leadership roles. We presently participate in the LHCb upgrade, the ATLAS-FP initiative, the super-LHC intensity upgrades and future neutrino initiatives. We anticipate greater involvement in linear collider work, contingent upon discoveries made at the LHC. Over the next three years we will develop these areas and progress those where early investment will become most productive, consistent with the highest priority of LHC physics exploitation.