Paula Eerola Spåtind LHC and Beyond Collaboration project under the NordForsk scheme ”Joint Nordic Use of Research Infrastructures”
Paula Eerola Spåtind January 7, A Nordic Joint Consortium has been formed to exploit the physics at the Large Hadron Collider, LHC. A Nordic Joint Consortium has been formed to exploit the physics at the Large Hadron Collider, LHC. The aim is to maximize The aim is to maximize the physics outcome of LHC for the Nordic scientific community, and to plan for next steps beyond LHC. Overall aims and objectives
Paula Eerola Spåtind January 7, The project objectives are: The project objectives are: –to strengthen and optimize the Nordic participation in the LHC experiments, –to promote co-operation and sharing of best practices between the Nordic research partners, including using the Nordic Data Grid Facility (NDGF) for analysis of the LHC data, –to optimize joint Nordic R&D for the future generation of particle physics experiments, –to prepare for joint infrastructure applications for the European Union (EU). Funded by NordForsk (1 MNOK). Funded by NordForsk (1 MNOK).
Paula Eerola Spåtind January 7, Work plan Operation mode of the project: Operation mode of the project: –workshops, –student training courses, –mobility.
Paula Eerola Spåtind January 7, Participants All the Nordic experimental and phenomenologigal All the Nordic experimental and phenomenologigal high-energy physics groups involved in LHC physics St. Petersburg St. Petersburg and Tallinn
Paula Eerola Spåtind January 7, SE: Lund U. (ATLAS, ALICE and theory), Uppsala U. (ATLAS and theory), Stockholm U. (ATLAS) and KTH (ATLAS). SE: Lund U. (ATLAS, ALICE and theory), Uppsala U. (ATLAS and theory), Stockholm U. (ATLAS) and KTH (ATLAS). NO: Univ. Oslo (ATLAS and ALICE), Univ. Bergen (ATLAS, ALICE and theory) and Bergen Univ. College (ALICE). NO: Univ. Oslo (ATLAS and ALICE), Univ. Bergen (ATLAS, ALICE and theory) and Bergen Univ. College (ALICE). DK: Niels Bohr Institute (ATLAS and ALICE), Univ. Southern Denmark (theory). DK: Niels Bohr Institute (ATLAS and ALICE), Univ. Southern Denmark (theory). FI: Univ. Helsinki and Helsinki Institute of Physics (CMS, TOTEM and theory), Univ. Jyväskylä (ALICE). FI: Univ. Helsinki and Helsinki Institute of Physics (CMS, TOTEM and theory), Univ. Jyväskylä (ALICE). Nordita (theory). Nordita (theory). Russia: St. Petersburg State University Russia: St. Petersburg State University(ALICE). Estonia: National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics in Tallinn (CMS and theory). Estonia: National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics in Tallinn (CMS and theory).
Paula Eerola Spåtind January 7, Proton-proton physics ATLAS and CMS Proton-proton collisions 14 TeV cms-energy and L=10 34 cm -2 s -1. Proton-proton collisions 14 TeV cms-energy and L=10 34 cm -2 s -1. LHC is now at the final phases of installations, and the collider will be starting in LHC is now at the final phases of installations, and the collider will be starting in Explore high-energy frontier at the TeV scale: Explore high-energy frontier at the TeV scale: Discovery of the Higgs boson(s) and the verification of their properties Discovery of the Higgs boson(s) and the verification of their properties Investigating SUSY models, their parameters and the consequent phenomenology Investigating SUSY models, their parameters and the consequent phenomenology Search for non-SM effects in B decays and lepton sector Search for non-SM effects in B decays and lepton sector Extra dimensions, little Higgses, ”unparticle physics”, … Extra dimensions, little Higgses, ”unparticle physics”, …
Paula Eerola Spåtind January 7, Forward physics – TOTEM (Helsinki) Forward experiment: LHC luminosity, elastic p-p scattering, total p-p cross section, and soft and hard diffraction. Forward experiment: LHC luminosity, elastic p-p scattering, total p-p cross section, and soft and hard diffraction. New particle states, eg. Higgs bosons, SUSY particles,… New particle states, eg. Higgs bosons, SUSY particles,… Heavy flavour physics – LHCb (no Nordic groups) Physics of B hadrons: CP violation, precision measurements, search for non-SM effects in B decays,… Physics of B hadrons: CP violation, precision measurements, search for non-SM effects in B decays,… Charm and taus decays. Charm and taus decays.
Paula Eerola Spåtind January 7, Heavy ion physics ALICE Pb-Pb collisions at 5.5 TeV cms-energy per nucleon pair. Pb-Pb collisions at 5.5 TeV cms-energy per nucleon pair. Strongly interacting matter should Strongly interacting matter should undergo a phase transition when subject to extreme temperatures or energy densities. The goal of ultra-relativistic The goal of ultra-relativistic heavy-ion interactions is to explore the nuclear phase diagram and to probe the boundary between confined, hadronic matter and the quark-gluon plasma. Also p-p and p-nucleus runs. Also p-p and p-nucleus runs.
Paula Eerola Spåtind January 7, The next generation of experiments beyond LHC LHC later stages, upgrade to S-LHC The luminosity of LHC will be upgraded around year 2015(?) up to cm -2 s -1. The luminosity of LHC will be upgraded around year 2015(?) up to cm -2 s -1. Significant upgrades of experiments to meet the increased particle rates and radiation levels. Significant upgrades of experiments to meet the increased particle rates and radiation levels. Development on Si-detectors: Development on Si-detectors: 3D Si (Uppsala, Bergen, Oslo), Si material engineering – Czochralski-Si, … (Helsinki) Shielding, forward detectors Shielding, forward detectors(Lund). GEM development for forward GEM development for forward regions (Helsinki).
Paula Eerola Spåtind January 7, ILC and CLIC ILC: detector development in the framework of the EUDET project (funded by EU through FP6). ILC: detector development in the framework of the EUDET project (funded by EU through FP6). Global design effort to construct a TPC with GEMs or Micromegas avalanche chambers for readout (Lund). Global design effort to construct a TPC with GEMs or Micromegas avalanche chambers for readout (Lund). 3D Si-detectors (Helsinki). 3D Si-detectors (Helsinki). CALICE calorimeter (Bergen). CALICE calorimeter (Bergen). CLIC: beam instrumentation (Uppsala, Oslo), cavity development (Helsinki). CLIC: beam instrumentation (Uppsala, Oslo), cavity development (Helsinki).
Paula Eerola Spåtind January 7, Workshops 2008 Spåtind Spåtind – co-organized with Spåtind 2008 organization (Finland) Stockholm Stockholm – jointly with Nordita project ”TeV-scale physics and Dark Matter” Topical workshops Detector R&D ? Detector R&D ?
Paula Eerola Spåtind January 7, Workshops , under discussion 2009 Helsinki/St.Petersburg/ 2009 Helsinki/St.Petersburg/Tallinn Jan 2010 Spåtind Jan 2010 Spåtind – co-organized with the Spåtind 2010 organization (Norway) End 2010 Copenhagen/ End 2010 Copenhagen/Odense Topical workshops Heavy ions and soft QCD, Lund beg ? Heavy ions and soft QCD, Lund beg ?
Paula Eerola Spåtind January 7, Student training courses, mobility, outreach Training courses and invited lectures in connection to the workshops. Training courses and invited lectures in connection to the workshops. Invite top-class researchers to give pedagogical lectures of the latest research developments. Invite top-class researchers to give pedagogical lectures of the latest research developments. These lectures make a unique collection of in-depth reviews of topical subjects, available through the project homepage. These lectures make a unique collection of in-depth reviews of topical subjects, available through the project homepage. Mobility through researcher and/or research student exchange between the consortium nodes. The groups from St. Petersburg and Tallinn will be given a priority in the exchange programme. Mobility through researcher and/or research student exchange between the consortium nodes. The groups from St. Petersburg and Tallinn will be given a priority in the exchange programme. Outreach: Outreach: –e.g. information aimed at the general public in our web-pages, –public lectures in connection with the workshops etc.
Paula Eerola Spåtind January 7, More information Webpages (currently still ) Webpages (currently still ) Contact your local node coordinator Contact your local node coordinator Contact project coordinator (PE) Contact project coordinator (PE)