Experimental Research in Elementary Particle Physics

基本粒子物理实验研究

• 批准号: 1607096
• 负责人: Eva Halkiadakis
• 金额: $ 316万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-06-01 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1607096&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Experimental; Research; Elementary; Particle; Physics

Particle physics is focused on the search for the most basic building blocks of the Universe and the rules that bind them. The recently discovered Higgs boson is an excitation of a Higgs field that permeates all of space and gives mass to the other fundamental particles in the Universe. Other fields, such as those that carry the electromagnetic and nuclear forces, interact with this Higgs field, and studying these interactions gives important insight into the properties of the Higgs field. Ironically the interaction of gravity - the force we are most familiar with in our daily life - with the Higgs is hardly understood at all, due to the vast difference in strength between gravity and the other known forces. The Higgs field may also interact with the mysterious material which gravitationally binds our galaxy together, and other as yet undiscovered constituents of nature. The CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider functions as the world's most powerful and sophisticated camera, observing collisions of protons at the highest energies humanity has yet achieved; recording the outcomes for detailed study by CMS experimentalists. The members of the high energy physics group at Rutgers University have been crucial to the construction, maintenance, and continued improvement of the device itself. They have initiated and guided several studies of the data collected, including ones that led to the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012. The data being gathered now and in the coming years will allow a greater understanding of the basic structure of nature, perhaps including insights into the huge difference in the strengths of the fundamental forces. The Rutgers high energy physics group will continue to be at the forefront of these investigations.The Rutgers high energy physics group is carrying out several projects at the cutting edge of hadron collider physics with the CMS experiment at CERN, studying proton-proton interactions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, the energy frontier. They continue to innovate and implement new data analysis techniques in searches for new physics signatures with leptons, photons, jets and missing energy. The group has a history of leadership in CMS, including service as co-conveners of major analysis groups and leading efforts on detector construction and operations. They work closely with theorists to bring forth new ideas and a rich program of physics analyses and interpretations has originated from their efforts. They plan to continue this innovation and leadership to further improve the capabilities of the detector and data analyses. As the CMS detector ages, upgrades will need to be designed and implemented. This award will allow the Rutgers group to create an improved version of front-end electronics they designed for the pixel detector, as well as helping test and install the electronics for the hadron calorimeter. They are also performing R&D work on longer-term upgrades, specifically the Outer Tracker and a fast Track Trigger. They plan to host a production and testing facility for the upgrades. The Rutgers group hosts a large number of outreach activities which have a broad impact on the community. Through the Rutgers QuarkNet program they run summer workshops at Rutgers for high-school teachers and students. Students and teachers from across New Jersey analyze LHC data and build cosmic-ray telescopes. They mentor undergraduate students from Rutgers and the NSF REU program, as well as qualified high school students. These students work closely with the group's students and postdocs and contribute to ongoing studies and analyses. To combat the underrepresentation of women in STEM fields, they are helping develop programs to provide research opportunities to collegiate and pre-college women, and working to increase the participation of women in science. They are active in promoting particle physics programs in India and Sub-Saharan Africa. After feedback from high school physics teachers, they are developing instructional programs for New Jersey high school physics teachers who need help teaching university-level physics courses. They are initiating outreach to the broader community with the Liberty Science Center in New Jersey to prepare particle physics related exhibits. They continue to convey the excitement of particle physics with frequent talks at local high schools, libraries, and other venues.

粒子物理专注于搜索宇宙中最基本的构建块及其绑定的规则。 最近发现的希格斯玻色子是对希格斯场的激发，该田地渗透到整个空间，并为宇宙中的其他基本颗粒提供质量。 其他领域，例如携带电磁和核力量的田地，与该Higgs场相互作用，并研究这些相互作用，从而对Higgs场的性质进行了重要的见解。 具有讽刺意味的是，由于重力与其他已知力量之间的强度巨大差异，重力的相互作用 - 我们在日常生活中最熟悉的力量与希格斯的相互作用几乎完全不了解。 希格斯田也可能与重力将我们的星系结合在一起的神秘材料以及其他尚未发现的自然组成部分相互作用。大型强子对撞机的CMS探测器是世界上最强大，最复杂的相机，观察人类尚未达到的最高能量的质子的碰撞。记录CMS实验者详细研究的结果。罗格斯大学高能物理小组的成员对于设备本身的建设，维护和持续改进至关重要。他们已经启动并指导了对收集的数据的几项研究，包括导致2012年发现希格斯玻色子的数据。现在和未来几年收集的数据将使人们对自然的基本结构有更深入的了解，包括对基本力量实力的巨大差异的见解。 Rutgers高能量物理小组将继续处于这些研究的最前沿。Rutgers高能物理小组正在CERN的CMS实验在Handron碰撞物物理学的最前沿进行多个项目，研究Proton-Proton的相互作用，在13 TEV的Mass Energy中，能量前部。 他们继续创新并实施新的数据分析技术，以搜索具有瘦素，光子，喷气器和缺失能量的新物理学特征。该小组在CMS中具有领导史，包括作为主要分析小组的共同召集人以及在探测器建设和运营方面的领导努力。 他们与理论家紧密合作，提出新的想法，并源于其努力的丰富物理分析和解释计划。 他们计划继续这项创新和领导才能进一步提高探测器和数据分析的能力。 随着CMS探测器的年龄，将需要设计和实施升级。该奖项将使Rutgers Group创建了他们为Pixel探测器设计的前端电子产品的改进版本，并帮助测试和安装强子量热量表的电子设备。 他们还在长期升级（特别是外部跟踪器和快速轨道触发器）上进行研发工作。 他们计划主持升级的生产和测试设施。罗格斯集团（Rutgers Group）举办了大量的外展活动，这些活动对社区产生了广泛的影响。 通过Rutgers Quarknet计划，他们在罗格斯（Rutgers）举办夏季研讨会，为高中老师和学生开展。 来自新泽西州的学生和老师分析了LHC数据并建立宇宙射线望远镜。 他们指导来自Rutgers和NSF REU计划的本科生以及合格的高中生。 这些学生与小组的学生和博士后紧密合作，并为正在进行的研究和分析做出贡献。为了打击妇女在STEM领域的人数不足，他们正在帮助制定计划，为大学和大学前妇女提供研究机会，并努力增加妇女参与科学的参与。 他们积极促进印度和撒哈拉以南非洲的粒子物理计划。在高中物理老师的反馈之后，他们正在为需要帮助的大学级物理课程的新泽西高中物理老师开发教学计划。他们正在与新泽西州的自由科学中心向更广泛的社区进行宣传，以准备与粒子物理相关的展览。 他们继续在当地高中，图书馆和其他场所进行频繁的谈判来传达粒子物理的兴奋。