1. II. Institute of Physics Particle Physics JProf. Theory Prof.A.Quadt projects: D0 @ Tevatron ATLAS @ LHC Dr.C.Hensel young invest. group projects: ATLAS @ LHC Prof.M.Klute projects: ATLAS @ LHC Prof.A.Frey projects: ILC & Super-B Prof.NN projects: terascale physics @ LHC & ILC Detector development * High Level Trigger (algorithms)‏ * ATLAS pixel detector * Grid Computing (WLCG, GoeGrid)‏ * (accelerator physics)‏ Data analysis * top-quark physics * search for Higgs boson * search for supersymmetry (dark matter candidates)‏ Detector dev. * DEPFET pixel det. * e+e- physics at ILC * CP-violat. at super-B Particle physics phenomenology at the terascale

2. Group established in October 2006, still setting up and growing... 4 Profs 1 Young Investigator Group (Emmy-Noether)‏ 7-12 Post-Docs 3-10 PhD students 8-15 Diploma students Funding: - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen - transregional research center “ATLAS”, federal ministry of science (BMBF-FSP 101)‏ - Helmholz Alliance “Physics at the Terascale” (HA-101)‏ - German national science foundation (DFG)‏ - D-GRID initiative - ministry of science and education in Lower Saxony - Volkswagen Foundation

3. Large Hadron Collider - LHC LHC dipole LHC quadrupole ATLAS CMS Large Hadron Collider: Proton-Proton Collider Proton-Proton Collider ⇨ 2 separate beampipes ⇨ 2 separate beampipes 10 fb -1 per year 10 fb -1 per year High energy: s = 14 TeV High energy: s = 14 TeV 40 Mio. Collisions per second 40 Mio. Collisions per second Start: 10.September 2008 Start: 10.September 2008 4 experiments: 4 experiments: ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, LHC-B ATLAS, CMS, ALICE, LHC-B

4. ATLAS Experiment