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

IRES：加州州立大学系统欧洲核子研究组织大型强子对撞机 ATLAS 实验的新 US-CERN 夏季项目

• 批准号: 1459240
• 负责人: Yongsheng Gao
• 金额: $ 24.99万
• 依托单位: California State University-Fresno Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-08-01 至 2019-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1459240&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; New; US; CERN; Summer

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.

该项目将通过瑞士的欧洲核研究组织（CERN）的大型强子撞机（LHC）的ATLAS实验，为加利福尼亚州立大学（CSU）系统的学生提供国际研究经验。该计划每年将派出5个CSU学生，从事Atlas Run-2和Atlas探测器升级的Atlas研究项目。传入Run-2的物理潜力将比发现Higgs Boson的Run-1大10到100倍。 CSU学生将改善NLO Monte Carlo发电机（NloJet ++，Applgrid等），使用ATLAS数据进行喷气横截面相关的仿真和测量，提取Parton分布函数（PDF），并了解Top Quark重建的系统不确定性。顶部夸克的自旋和极化特性的测量是标准模型的重要测试，并且对标准模型以外的新物理敏感。在ATLAS探测器升级时，CSU学生将致力于小型独立像素探测器的安装和数据分析，并改善软件包以监视各种内部检测器组件。在Atlas触发和数据采集（DAQ）上，CSU学生将开发快速跟踪器（FTK）的关联内存变量，改进和优化FTK变量分辨率模式，并在线测试FTK分辨率模式的性能。这些学生还将参加来自世界各地的顶级物理学家提供的著名CERN夏季学生讲座系列。 2012年，Atlas和CMS实验的Higgs发现了LHC的实验，吸引了全球公众和学生的关注和想象。这项针对学生（IRES）项目的国际研究经验将在三年内为15名学生提供在CERN的大型强子对撞机的工作。 该CSU国际研究项目的重点是该国最大的大学系统，拥有23个校园，总人口约为430,000名。由于CSU的少数族裔和第一代大学生人数很少，因此该项目的学生招聘将吸引代表性不足的学生。 返回美国后，学生参与者将在CSU校园，高中和当地社区就其Atlas研究工作和CERN Summer Summer的经验进行校长，研讨会和邀请的会谈。