UK @(HL-)LHC @tarashears
Particle Physics e μ τ νe νμ ντ u c t d s b g W Z matter forces H
Particle Physics e μ τ νe νμ ντ u c t d s b g W Z matter forces H
But ….
? But …. Gravity? Antimatter? Extra dimensions? Dark matter? Dark energy? Things we don’t know about yet?
? But …. Where does our theory break down? Gravity? Antimatter? Extra dimensions? Dark matter? Dark energy? Things we don’t know about yet? Where does our theory break down?
Goals @(HL-)LHC Explore limits of Standard Model Precision probe of Higgs, top quark and boson behaviour (ATLAS, CMS) Precision probe of antimatter behaviour (LHCb) Probe quark-gluon plasma (ALICE) Search for New Physics Directly through discovery of new particles (ATLAS, CMS) Indirectly through strange behaviour of known particles (LHCb)
Describe what happens
UK@LHC 5 institutions 197 participants CMS 11 institutions LHCb ALICE ATLAS 15 institutions 581 participants HL-LHC-UK (Spokes: R.Appleby) 7 institutions
UK@HL-LHC Accelerator upgrades Crab cavities, beam collimation, diagnostic systems, cold powering cables Necessary to achieve increased performance of HL-LHC LHC
UK@HL-LHC Silicon tracker systems LHCb, ATLAS, ALICE Necessary to determine particle trajectories Need to cope with increased radiation levels and higher luminosity. Prototype LHCb detector Prototype ATLAS detectors
UK@HL-LHC Trigger and fast electronics CMS, ATLAS, ALICE Prototype ALICE trigger unit Trigger and fast electronics CMS, ATLAS, ALICE Necessary to recognise and select potential discoveries in real time: Radiation tolerant ASICs High data throughput: FPGAs, fibre optic links. http://www.imperial.ac.uk/high-energy-physics/research/detector-development/trigger/ ASIC application specific integrated circuit Field programmable gate array Prototype CMS trigger processor
UK@HL-LHC Computing and software experiments, GridPP Necessary to analyse vast datasets produced by LHC: 3000 fb-1 (10x dataset) by 2030 Pileup ~ 150 for ATLAS, CMS CERN computing centre
Conclusions Fascinating programme ahead. (HL-)LHC is our premier particle physics facility operating at the edge of technology to discover the extremes of physics Who knows what we’ll find …......