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ATLAS Z-Path Masterclass 2015

It’s a time of exciting new discoveries in particle physics! At CERN, the LHC and its experiments are underway. The ATLAS detector has been taking data. The first job was to confirm how the detector data corresponds to our understanding we call the Standard Model. Now the task is to look for new phenomena…and we are off to a great start The LHC and New Physics

The LHC is buried ~100 m below the surface near the Swiss-French border. The LHC and New Physics

Generic Design Cylinders wrapped around the beam pipe From inner to outer... Tracking Electromagnetic calorimeter Hadronic calorimeter Magnet* Muon chamber * Location of magnet depends on specific detector design. Detectors

Play with ATLAS online! ATLAS Detector

If each beam proton has energy 4 TeV.... The total collision energy is 2 x 4 TeV = 8 TeV. But each particle inside a proton shares only a portion. So a newly created particle’s mass must be smaller than the total energy. Proton Interactions

Particle Decays The collisions create new particles that promptly decay. Decaying particles always produce lighter particles. Conservation laws allow us to see patterns in the decays. Can you name some of these conservation laws?

Particle Decays Often, quarks are scattered in collisions. As they separate, the binding energy between them converts to sprays of new particles called jets. Also, lower energy electrons and muons can emerge. They are not what we are looking for.

We are looking for the Z boson, a particle with no charge that decays into two muons or two electrons.* What do we know about the charges of the muons or electrons? What is the charge of the Z? Particle Decays *The Z has other decays... but these are not what we are looking for.

Particle Decays A “dimuon” or “dielectron” event might be a decay of the particle that we are interested in. It may be hard to find the tracks we want unless we make a “cut” on low- energy tracks.

Particle Decays If we cut out all tracks below, say, 5 GeV momentum, the picture is clearer. Today, we will filter many events to find Z  e e and Z   signals and use momentum information from these to find the mass of the Z boson.

The Higgs boson was discovered by CMS and ATLAS and announced on July 4, This long-sought particle is part of the “Higgs mechanism” that accounts for other particle having mass. Particle Decays

HYPATIA Event Display

How are these events similar? Different? Why?

HYPATIA Event Display How are these events similar? Different? Why?

HYPATIA Event Display How are these events similar? Different? Why?

ATLAS Mass Plot From: W Mass as a Calibration of the Jet Energy Scale in ATLAS (poster, 2008) Daniel Goldin, Southern Methodist University, for the ATLAS Collaborationhttp://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/ /files/ATL-SLIDE ppthttp://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/ /files/ATL-SLIDE ppt

“Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.” George Santayana  Indirect observations and imaginative, critical, logical thinking can lead to reliable and valid inferences.  Therefore: work together, think (sometimes outside the box), and be critical of each other’s results to figure out what is happening. Keep in Mind...

Let’s Analyze Events! Make teams of two. Practice. Talk with physicists. Find good Z and H candidates…and more. Which events will be included in the mass plot? AND plot the mass! Report! Rapport! Rejoice! Relax!