James Bensinger

Professor Emeritus of Physics

Departments/Programs

Physics

Degrees

University of Wisconsin, Ph.D.
Bucknell University, B.S.

Expertise

Experimental high-energy physics. I have spent 25 years helping to build the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. In particular has developed the endcap muon subsystem including developing fabrication techniques for precision muon chambers and a precision muon alignment system.

Profile

I have been doing research in High Energy Physics using the ATLAS experiment at CERN. This semester I am teaching Physics 31a (Quantum Mechanics) and Physics 10b (Introduction to Physical Laws and Phenomena II). A list of ATLAS publications (over 500) can be found at https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/AtlasPublic/Publications but, as is traditional in HEP the author list is a historical record of who participated in the experiment, I participated in only of few of the papers directly. On July 4, 2012, ATLAS announced the discovery of the long sought Higgs Boson. The muon system that Brandeis help develop was critical in that discovery as the muon decay channel was one of the two major decay channels in that discovery. I am currently working on upgrading the ATLAS detector at the LHC in preparation for higher intensity running in the future. In addition I am assisting in the setup of the outer detector of the LZ Dark Matter search taking place in the Homestake mine in Lead, SD. Webpage

Courses Taught

PHYS	10b	Introduction to Physical Laws and Phenomena II
PHYS	31a	Quantum Theory I

Scholarship

Bensinger, James R. "A list of ATLAS publications (over 500) can be found can be found in my VITA as is traditional in HEP the author list is a historical record of who participated in the experiment not the paper." (2015).