Sussex Experimental Particle Physics Capital Equipment 2019

在发现希格斯玻色子之后，粒子物理学在未来几十年面临的挑战是精确度：只有精确度才能让我们毫无疑问地确定我们发现的希格斯玻色子粒子是否确实是普遍接受的粒子物理学理论所预测的粒子，或者它是否是通往新物理学景观的门户。精确的希格斯玻色子物理学需要精确的测量工具。粒子物理碰撞事件中最具挑战性的测量之一是通过与粒子探测器物质的核反应相互作用的粒子释放的能量。一个创新的“双读出”粒子探测器的概念，旨在显着提高这种测量的精度。由于这笔赠款，苏塞克斯大学的实验粒子物理小组将能够建立一个实验室，成为这些令人兴奋的任务的一部分。

After the Higgs boson discovery, the challenge of particle physics for the decades to come is precision: only precision will allow us to determine beyond doubt whether the Higgs boson particle that we have found is indeed that predicted by the commonly accepted theory of particle physics, or whether instead it is a portal to a new physics landscape. Precision Higgs boson physics calls for precision measurement tools. One of the most challenging measurements in a particle physics collision event is that of the energy released by particles interacting through nuclear reactions with the particle detector matter. An innovative "dual readout" particle detector concept aims at dramatical improve the precision of this measurement. Thanks to this grant, the Experimental Particle Physics group at the University of Sussex will be able to set up a laboratory to be part of these exciting quests.