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Elementary Par,cle Physics at the Highest Energies with
the ATLAS Experiment Jason Nielsen
Department of Physics Santa Cruz Ins,tute for Par,cle Physics University of California, Santa Cruz
UCSC Physics 205 January 7, 2013
High-‐Energy Collider Physics • Addressing the big ques,ons of par,cle physics
– Is the Standard Model of electroweak symmetry breaking and quantum chromodynamics complete?
– What is the nature of the unknown dark maEer? • Studying proton-‐proton collisions at 0.9-‐14 TeV energies
– UCSC group was one of the first US groups to begin involvement in ATLAS aQer SSC cancellaRon in 1994
• Research in this field requires – Electronics skills for experimental apparatus – Knowledge of reconstrucRon and analyis soQware – Good grasp of current results in underlying theory – Ability to work in internaRonal collaboraRon
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Large Hadron Collider at CERN
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ATLAS Experiment at the LHC
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Why is the Detector Apparatus So Big?
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In fact, it is just big enough to measure par,cle kinema,cs accurately!
Calorimeter Spectrometer (Tracker)
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ATLAS Collaborators at UCSC
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Hartmut Sadrozinski Bruce Schumm Abe Seiden Vitaliy Fadeyev Forest MarRnez-‐McKinney Ned Spencer Max Wilder
Marco BaEaglia Alex Grillo Andrew Kuhl Alexander Law Alan Litke Bill Lockman Peter Manning Jovan Mitrevski
Discovery of a New Boson in ATLAS • Announcement on July 4, 2012 of a new boson found in the Higgs search, but is it the Higgs boson?
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Current ATLAS Physics Topics at UCSC • Searching for new physics predicted in Beyond SM
– New parRcles in theories of supersymmetry – Universal extra dimensions
• Measuring newly-‐discovered scalar (“Higgs”) boson • Measuring SM physics processes to test detailed calculaRons in established models of proton interacRons
• These topics rely on development of – Precision parRcle detector technology – Robust parRcle reconstrucRon algorithms – CompuRng infrastructure for “big data” analysis
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ATLAS Semi-‐Conductor Tracker • Segmented strips; p-‐n juncRon; depleRon region • RelaRvely cheap way to cover large cylindrical area
– SegmentaRon in z (giving “pixels”) can improve resoluRon
• CollaboraRon with Japan, UK, and others
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• Non-‐resonant diphoton producRon with non-‐interacRng graviRnos (dark)
• World’s best sensiRvity to General Gauge MediaRon models of GMSB
• Working on improvements for the 8 TeV dataset
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• Neutralino decays to Higgs bosons, followed by decay to b quarks
• IdenRfy jets of parRcles coming from b quarks
• First search for Higgs bosons in “cascade decays” of SUSY parRcles
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Searches for Higgs Bosons • Low-‐mass Standard Model Higgs bosons also decay most oQen to b-‐quarks, “tagged” by precision track vertexing
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• Difficult but important measurement of the most common Higgs boson decay: is it as expected?
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Universal Extra Dimensions • All parRcles propagate through 4+2 dimensions
– Addresses weakness of gravity relaRve to other forces – Two compacRfied dimensions give rise to tower of excited modes (new parRcles – dark maEer?)
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• Certain 2UED scenarios predict direct producRon of 4 top quarks – impressively large number of parRcles in the event
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ATLANTIS Event Display
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Proposed LHC & ATLAS Upgrade • New high-‐mass parRcles are produced rarely, so it has been proposed to increase the LHC luminosity (sLHC) and increase the overall rate of pp collisions
• Expect fluences of 1016 neutron equivalent / cm2 in inner detector over lifeRme of the experiment – Requires radiaRon-‐hard detectors, fast readout of tens of thousands of important track points
• Working on research & development for – Inner “B-‐Layer” addiRon: pixel layer near beamline, used to improve secondary vertex idenRficaRon
– Phase II: replace enRre tracking detector
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ATLAS Tracker Upgrade R&D
• RadiaRon-‐hard silicon sensor technology
• SiGe low-‐power analog preamplifier design
• ConstrucRon of prototype detector modules
• High-‐speed data transmission on thin cables
• SimulaRon of performance
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LHC pp Run Schedule • 2010-‐2011: 7 TeV, collected 5 s-‐1 total • 2012: 8 TeV, collected 20 s-‐1 more • 2013-‐2014: 18-‐month shutdown to install silicon IBL • 2015-‐2017: 14 TeV, 50 s-‐1 at designed 1 x 1034 cm-‐2s-‐1
• 2018: 12-‐month shutdown for “Phase 1” upgrade • 2019-‐2021: 14 TeV beyond design luminosity, 300 s-‐1
• 2022: shutdown for “Phase 2” upgrade
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Other high-‐energy colliders, including ILC, also in design phase Which is best for studying the proper3es of the new boson?
Summary • UCSC ATLAS group: parRcle physics at the energy fronRer
– Searches for new parRcles – Measurements of Higgs boson – Precision measurements of the Standard Model
• SCIPP laboratory hosts R&D on the proposed detector upgrades for the ATLAS experiment tracking systems
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