CVs and publication lists of the group members:
- Jim Bensinger
- Craig Blocker
- Larry Kirsch
- Hermann Wellenstein
- Christoph Amelung (Research Scientist)
High-Energy Experiment
The ATLAS detector at CERN.
The Brandeis experimental High-energy physics group has a long history of studying weak and strong interactions at the world's highest energy hadron colliders. Professors Jim Bensinger, Craig Blocker, Larry Kirsch, and Hermann Wellenstein are preparing for the initial running of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the international accelerator laboratory CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Brandeis group is a member of the ATLAS collaboration, which as built one of the two large, general purpose detectors for the LHC. The LHC will collide 7 TeV protons with 7 TeV protons, surpassing the current highest energy collider energy by a factor of seven, providing a unique opportunity to study particle physics that cannot be duplicated. Data taken in the ATLAS experiment will be transferred to Brandeis for analysis.
This is a very exciting time in particle physics, and the LHC provides the potential for many exciting discoveries. The Brandeis group is interested in many of these topics, including discovery of the Higgs boson, properties of W and Z gauge bosons, search for additional Z' gauge bosons, supersymmetry, and the search for large extra dimensions.