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MINERVA

(Workshop). MINERVA. Contents. Development of MINERVA Standard model summary ATLAS physics program Principle of particle detectors ATLAS and Atlantis The exercise. MINERVA tool. A masterclass tool for students to learn about the ATLAS Experiment at CERN

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MINERVA

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  1. (Workshop) MINERVA Neil Collins : University of Birmingham

  2. Neil Collins : University of Birmingham Contents Development of MINERVA Standard model summary ATLAS physics program Principle of particle detectors ATLAS and Atlantis The exercise

  3. Neil Collins : University of Birmingham MINERVA tool A masterclass tool for students to learn about the ATLAS Experiment at CERN Based on a the ATLAS event display Atlantis Motivates identification of individual particles and events from the signatures seen in the ATLAS detector Project is a joint venture between the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) and the University of Birmingham MINERVA is under constant development and we value your feedback! Masterclass INvolving Event Recognition Visualised with Atlantis

  4. Neil Collins : University of Birmingham The Standard Model Higgs boson is a requirement of the Higgs field (Provides a mechanism to give particles mass) • Describes our current understanding of particle physics (How matter is constructed) • Stable matter constructed from first generation particles • Hadrons (including protons and neutrons) are composites of u and d quarks • Protons, neutrons and electrons make up atoms which comprise all stable 'visible' matter • Bosons carry the forces that allow particles to interact

  5. Neil Collins : University of Birmingham The Standard Model

  6. Neil Collins : University of Birmingham ATLAS Physics Program To further our knowledge on how the universe is constructed and works Understand the origin of mass (Higgs and Supersymmetry) Look for physics beyond the standard model (GUT, SUSY, theories of everything) Are quarks and leptons fundamental? Other families of quarks, leptons? Why is there a matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe? Check production rates of particles, like the W and Z particles

  7. Neil Collins : University of Birmingham ATLAS ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS) is a typical modern detector comprising of a series of layers for particle I.D. and measurement The ATLAS experiment is a collaboration of about 2100 scientists from 167 institutions in 37 different countries.

  8. Neil Collins : University of Birmingham Identifying Events Charged particles leaves tracks due to ionisation Curvature of the track and magnetic field strength gives us the momentum, direction gives us charge Neutral particles leave no tracks Electromagnetic Calorimeter measures the energy of electrons and photons Hadronic calorimeter measures energy of hadrons (protons, neutrons, pions etc.) Particles and events are identified by their detector signatures

  9. Neil Collins : University of Birmingham Aims of the exercise

  10. Neil Collins : University of Birmingham Log on details Log on to your PC Go to the start Menu > Run Enter '\\ugs5\phylabs\setup.bat' into the dropdown box Open a web browser Go to: http://cern.ch/atlas-minerva Follow instructions on screen Lines in red were only applicable when running in the tutorial at Birmingham

  11. Neil Collins : University of Birmingham MINERVA

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  18. Neil Collins : University of Birmingham Backup slides

  19. Neil Collins : University of Birmingham Resources Main Minerva website: Access to handouts/instruction sheets (Also linked from Minerva page - Masterclass resources): ATLAS at CERN public website: The Particle Adventure (Good introduction to particle physics): http://cern.ch/atlas-minerva https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/Atlas/MinervaMasterclass http://atlas.ch/ http://www.particleadventure.org/

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