CMS Goal of the experiment CMS is a general purpose apparatus for LHC designed to study the physics of p-p collisions at the center-of-mass energy of 14 TeV. – PowerPoint PPT presentation
CMS is a general purpose apparatus for LHC designed to study the physics of p-p collisions at the center-of-mass energy of 14 TeV. The main goal of the experiment is the search for the Higgs boson and for the super-symmetric partners of known particles. The scientific program includes also detailed studies of the top quark and precision measurements of CP violation parameters in the b-system. The physics of heavy ion collisions, and, in particular, the clear identification of a new state of matter as the quark-gluon plasma will also be addressed.
Physics achievements in 2002
The experiment is still in construction, therefore no physics result has been achieved in 2002. Important results have been obtained from the RD activity carried on for all sub-detectors including computing. The main goal of this phase of the experiment is a successful commissioning of the main detector components.
INFN contribution to the experiment in terms of manpower and financial support
INFN researchers are involved in the following sub-detectors Solenoidal Magnet, Tracker, Electromagnetic Calorimeter, Muon System and Computing. The total number of physicists and engineers working in CMS in 2002 is 252. They come from 13 INFN Laboratories and account for about 16 of the total number of CMS collaborators. Technicians are not included in these figures.
The INFN financial support to CMS deliverables amounts to about 63.9 MCHF over an estimated total cost of the experiment around 500 MCHF. The overall INFN financial support to CMS for the year 2002 is 8141KEuro, including travel expenses and consumables.
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Number of publications in refereed journals
40
Number of talks at conferences (from INFN)
20
Number of undergraduate and doctoral theses on the experiment
15 undergraduate and 8 doctoral theses
7. Leadership role in the experiment
- Lorenzo Foa Chairman of the Collaboration Board
- Rino Castaldi Deputy Project Leader (Tracker)
- Fabrizio Gasparini Project Leader (Muon)
- Cristiana Peroni Finance Board
3 Milestones 2002
MUONS
8 MB3 May
Further 8 MB3 October
Production lines in Torino ready September
Assembly test of the first mini-crate October
RPC
Decision on mass production January
Production and test of the front end chips February
Production stations 2 and 3 CW June
HV system prototype ready July
Production and test of all FE boards September
Production station 1 CW October
ECAL
Quality check on 2000 crystals June
4 Milestones 2002
TRACKER
40 modules M200 produced January
System test (6 modules in a string) March
Final specifications optical hybrid May
Start-up of module production June
Final specifications Power Supply October
400 modules produced December
Layer 1 mechanical structure December
MAGNET
Impregnated prototype ready January
Module CB-2 impregnated April
Module CB-1 impregnated July
Module CB0 impregnated October
COMPUTING
5 Milestones 2003
DT
First MB4 chamber assembled in Torino March
Start mass assembly of minicrates June
Test of chambers and of the trigger system on 25ns beam June
Assembly line in Torino working at planned production rate July
Installation of the central wheel October
18 MB3 chambers ready (35 since the beginning) December
RPC
Protocol and test system with cosmic rays frozen January