1. Prospective graduate student open house
High energy physics: The most fundamental questions, the biggest and coolest toys
David Toback
Texas A&M University
Prospective graduate student open house
3/26/2018

2. The most fundamental questions
The high energy group is a central part of the Mitchell institute for fundamental physics and astronomy
We focus on the interconnection between particle physics and cosmology

5. Biggest toys: The CMS experiment at the large hadron collider
27 km in Circumference!
One of the largest and
the most complex scientific
instrument ever conceived &
built by humankind
Biggest toys: The CMS experiment at the large hadron collider
Tour this afternoon of the CMS electronics labs
Tour this afternoon of our particle accelerator laboratories

6. Coolest toys: The Cdms and lz experiments to search for dark matter
Tour this afternoon of the CDMS detector fabrication labs
These detectors are at 15 kelvin!