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This article discusses the Brazilian contributions to the CMS experiment, including software/hardware projects, muon simulation, offline data quality monitoring, and the installation and software offline database for the CASTOR calorimeter.
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CMS Experiment Brazilian Contributions Gilvan A. Alves Lafex/CBPF
Brazil HEP Group -Lafex/CBPF (Rio) -UERJ (Rio) -IFT/Unesp (São Paulo) Currently 3 Groups are working at CMS This same group built the FPD at Dzero Gilvan A. Alves 2008
Brazil HEP Group Currently 3 Groups are working at CMS -Lafex/CBPF (Rio) -UERJ (Rio) -IFT/Unesp (São Paulo) IFT working only on Grid related projects. • CBPF mostly working on software projects • Muon simulation • Castor Database • Offline DQM • UERJ working on software/hardware projects • Castor Software/ Hardware • Muon simulation Gilvan A. Alves 2008
CASTOR Tungsten/Quartz Calorimeter at 13 m from CMS IP CMS - RIO (CBPF & UERJ) : Installation & Software Offline Database : Implement methods for accessing CASTOR data in CMS OfflineDatabase. • Pedestals • QIE data • Gains • Electronics Mapping • Response Correction • Zero Suppression • … Gilvan A. Alves 2008
CMS Brazil Group Members (D) PhD Students (M) Master Students UERJ (Physicists) • (Engineers) • Eduardo Revoredo • Patricia Bittencourt • José Afonso Sanchez • Samir Cury • Fabiana Fortes CBPF • Alberto Santoro • Andre Sznajder • Carley Martins • José R. Mahon • Helio Nogima • Luiz Mundim • Vitor Oguri • Wanda Prado • Wagner Carvalho • Juan Goicochea • Gilvan Alves • Maria E. Pol • Moacyr Souza • Students • 1. Dilson de Jesus(D) • Sandro Fonseca(D) • Sheila Mara(D) • Eliza Melo (M) • Felipe Silva (M) • Diego Figueiredo( M ) • Jordan Martins (M) • Ana Thereza (M) Collaborators from other institutes: CEFET (Professors Alexandre Zachi and Jesse Werner , student André Breitinger ); UFRGS (Computing science) : Professor Claudio Geiyer, student Marko Petek); UFBA ( Professor Newton Oliveira). Gilvan A. Alves 2008
Local Infrastructure • -Computing Infrastructure. • UERJ – T2Hepgrid • 500 Cores • 10 Gbps link • CBPF • 120 Cores (CMS/LHCb) • 1 Gbps link (upgrade soon) • -Lab Infrastructure. • UERJ/CBPF • Electronics for Trigger/DAQ • FPGA trigger for Dzero FPD • CBPF • Mechanical workshop • Built prototype LHCb Muon chambers Gilvan A. Alves 2008
Local Infrastructure • -Lab Infrastructure upgrades. • UERJ/CBPF • New Electronics tools • Spectrum Analizer • CBPF • Scintillator Facility Gilvan A. Alves 2008
Physics Topics under study Diffraction -Dilson de Jesus Damião – B diffractive Production (CMS) -Sheila Mara – Jet Gap Jet (CMS) -Eliza Melo – Impact of Pile-up on Diffractive Topologies (CMS) -Felipe Silva – Kinematical Correlations on Diffractive Topologies(CMS) -Diego Figueiredo- Dijet correlation in the forward region -Ana Thereza - TBD PhD Program Master Program Electroweak Physics Drell-Yan Cross Section and Ressonances of High Mass in the Framework of CMS. -Sandro Fonseca - PhD Program -Jordan Martins - TBD Master Program Gilvan A. Alves 2008
Future Projects • -Forward Physics with CMS • Submitted to Funding agencies • Castor (+z side) • FP420 (electronics) • RPC feasibility studies • electronics • detector Gilvan A. Alves 2008
Forward Physics Detectors for CMS Gilvan A. Alves 2008
FP420 ATLAS & CMS proposal to build near beam detectors at 420 m. Gilvan A. Alves 2008
Summary • CMS - RIO (CBPF & UERJ) • Engaged in CMS software/hardware projects • Forward Physics • Possible participation in RPC • Funding • Colombia-Brazil collaboration Gilvan A. Alves 2008
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CBPF International Collaboration • Pierre Auger - Argentina • Proton – Antiproton @ 2 TeV • Proton – Proton @ 14 TeV • Matter – Antimatter Asymmetry • Neutrino Physics: Reactors • Neutrinos Physics accelerators (Minerva) Gilvan A. Alves 2008