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The A cademy of S cientific R esearch and T echnology E gyptian N etwork of H igh E nergy P hysics ( ASRT- ENHEP). Prof. Amr Radi Ain Shams University & The British University in Egypt Cairo, Egypt. Amr.Radi@cern.ch. ENHEP Aims. ENHEP had been established since 2008 to:
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The Academy of Scientific Research and Technology Egyptian Network of High Energy Physics(ASRT-ENHEP) Prof. Amr Radi Ain Shams University & The British University in Egypt Cairo, Egypt Amr.Radi@cern.ch 26/9/2013 CMS Management Meeting
ENHEP Aims ENHEP had been established since 2008 to: • Promote scientific collaboration between researchers and Egyptian academic institutions • Train young scientists on theoretical assumptions, experimental particle physics, data analysis, etc… • Engage with CERN as one of the most challenging international collaborations 26/9/2013 CMS Management Meeting
ENHEP Goals • Establish experimental expertise for LHC accelerator/detector parts and high standard electronic equipment. • Develop simulation techniques of environmental and industrial impact. • Take a leading part in the expected revolution in particle physics. . 26/9/2013 CMS Management Meeting
ENHEP Structure • The ENHEP consists of 15 institutes. Below is given a list of the ones of the main contraption: • Ain Shams University • The British University in Egypt (BUE) • Cairo University • Fayoum University • HelwanUniversity • Suez University • Zewali City 26/9/2013 CMS Management Meeting
ENHEP Activities in 2013 • Phenomenology • Data analysis • RPC detector • GEM detector 26/9/2013 CMS Management Meeting
Zewail City Phenomenology (2 physicist and 5 graduate students): • Prof. Shaaban Khalil and Dr. Adel Awad • Supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model • B-L extension of the Standard Model and Grand Unified Field Theory • CP and Flavor violation • Dark matter 26/9/2013 CMS Management Meeting
ZewailCity / BUE / Ain Shams Universty(data analysis) • Dr. SherifElgammal (3 months + 1 graduate student) New gauge groups (Z' and W') from Grand Unified Theories or extra spatial dimensions (Kaluza Klein excitation “Graviton”) • Prof. Philippe Miné (LLR École Polytechnique, France) and ASRT-ENHEP through the FP7 project “EENP2” 26/9/2013 CMS Management Meeting
Cairo/Fayoum University(CAF RPC shifts) • Dr. Mohamed Attia • Dr. Ali Ellithi 26/9/2013 CMS Management Meeting
Helwan University(data analysis) • Dr. Ahmed Ali • Member of Physics Group • Production of samples • Physics studies with TeVmuons Work with his students on physics signals as follows: • W'--‐> µµ • Z' --‐> µµ • µ + µ* --‐> µµγ • µ + µ* --‐> µµZ --‐> 4µ 13/9/2013 GEM Coordination Meeting -7
Our Contribution in RPC • Chamber Assembly and Tests • Commissioning (RPC signal cable installation in Point 5 ) • Data Quality Monitoring • Research, Development and Simulations • Completion of the instrumentations needed for an RPC laboratory in Egypt. 26/9/2013 CMS Management Meeting
Ain Shams University / BUE • Ph.D. candidate (3 months) • M.Sc. student (1.5 months) Testing the low- and high-voltage cables as well as testing the data cables • AmrRadi (3 months) Commissioning the low voltage cable in Near and Far end cab 26/9/2013 CMS Management Meeting
The British University in Egypt 5 students (1.5 months) working on the followings: • Assembly and inspection of the RPCs • Instillation of the RPC low-voltage cables at Point 5 (CMS Detector Cavern of the LHC). 26/9/2013 CMS Management Meeting
Ain Shams University Post. Doc. Tamer Elkafrawy (4 months) • Assembly of RPC chambers • Quality control the RPC detector • Commisioning of RPC chambers 26/9/2013 CMS Management Meeting
Helwan University 2 M.Sc. students (5 months) • Assembly and inspection of the RPCs • Commisioning of RPC chambers (CMS Detector Cavern of the LHC) • Triggering and reconstruction studies for high Eta • Prof. Giuseppe Iaselli (Bari University, Italy) and ASRT-ENHEP through the project FP7 “EENP2” 26/9/2013 CMS Management Meeting
Our Contribution in GEM • Electronics Design and Tests • R&D and simulations Future Plan: • Completion of the instrumentations needed for a GEM laboratory in Egypt. 13/9/2013 GEM Coordination Meeting -7
Ain Shams University / BUE • Electronics Group: Prof. AmrRadi Rehab Hamdan Ashraf Kasem Debugging and testing of VFAT2 hybrid and VFAT3 chips. 13/9/2013 GEM Coordination Meeting -7
Suez University • Post. Doc. Yasser Assran 1- Member of Validation Group • Produce GEM samples (muon gun, minimum bias ,....) • Validate GEM samples for different CMSSW releases • Work on implementing of GEM digi on fireworks 2- Member of Physics Group • Recently joined physics group and is responsible of GEM physics samples production • Production of samples • Physics studies with TeVmuons 13/9/2013 GEM Coordination Meeting -7
Summary • Objectives of ENHEP • Contributions of ENHEP • Universities are joining the CMS project • ENHEP is participating in the CMS project with 3 FTE seniors and 14 Students • Suggestions and comments are welcome 13/9/2013 GEM Coordination Meeting -7
Thank you 26/9/2013 CMS Management Meeting