Studying trilinear gauge couplings at linear collider energies

We investigate the sensitivity of the semileptonic processes , , on the non-standard trilinear gauge couplings, using the optimal observables method at Linear Collider energies. Our study is based on the four-fermion generator ERATO. Taking into account all possible correlations between the different trilinear gauge coupling parameters, we show that they can be measured with an accuracy of to for typical Linear Collider energies and luminosities. Received: 9 April 1997 / Revised version: 18 June 1997     

Physics overview: Introduction to international linear collider physics

Physics at the international linear collider (ILC) is described as an introductory talk at Linear Collider Workshop 2006 (LCWS06).      

Design and construction of a TPC prototype based on GEM detector readout

A time projection chamber (TPC) readout by gas electron multipliers (GEM) detector is a very promising candidate for the central tracking system of ILC (International Linear Collider). A prototype is designed and set up in our lab and introduced here. The tests during and after the assembly prove that the prototype TPC has been constructed successfully. It is ready for further study.     

基于GEM读出的TPC原型设计与建造

基于GEM探测器读出的TPC漂移室,具有非常多的优势,是ILC中央径迹探测器的首选方案之一。本文介绍了一个GEM－TPC原型机的设计。通过对该原型机进行的一系列测试,证明了该系统设计合理、搭建成功,已具备其基本功能,可以进行深入的测试研究。     

Detector electronics for experiments at the large hadron collider

The state of the art of a tracking detector and calorimeter electronics that are being developed for experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is discussed. Construction of the detectors is briefly described. The problems of fabrication of integrated circuits based on a radiation-resistant technology are considered, as well as the solution to the problem of microconnections between sensitive elements and readout amplifiers in two-coordinate semiconductor detectors. The parameters and block diagrams of both analog and digital integrated circuits are given; these circuits are used for amplifying and shaping the signals measured by tracking detectors of elementary particles and calorimeters. The contributions of Russian experimenters and physicists of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research to the development of detector electronics for experiments at the LHC is described.     

The LHC collider

The first three year run of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) ended in the spring of 2013. During this period, the collider was operated mainly at beam energies of 3.5 and 4 TeV. The performances that have been achieved during that first run and the challenges for commissioning and operating the LHC are presented. A brief outlook into the upcoming run at an energy of 6.5 TeV will be given.     

Working group report: Collider and flavour physics

The activities of the working group took place under two broad subgroups: Collider Physics subgroup and Flavour Physics subgroup. Reports on some of the projects undertaken are included. Also, some of the leading discussions organized by the working group are summarized.      

用于SCA ASIC测试的数字读出模块设计

高速开关电容阵列(SCA)具有高速采样、低功耗的特点,基于SCA的高速波形数字化是目前高精度时间测量的一个重要研究方向。为此,我们开展SCA芯片的研究,目前已设计完成原型ASIC设计,并正在进行后续版本的改进设计。为便于未来多版本ASIC的测试和评估,需设计具有一定通用性的数字读出模块,本论文工作主要介绍此模块的设计工作以及相应的数据读出软件。数字读出模块基于FPGA实现对待测ASIC的控制、配置及数据读出,采用DDR3片外存储芯片,使用USB3.0等接口进行数据传输;上位机软件基于Python3.7设计,实现了数据采集与波形绘制等功能。目前已使用设计完成的数字读出模块对第2版SCA ASIC进行了初步的测试,测试结果表明,此读出模块工作正常,且SCA芯片输出结果符合预期。     

Probing the Majorana nature of TeV-scale radiative seesaw models at collider experiments

A general feature of TeV-scale radiative seesaw models, in which tiny neutrino masses are generated via loop corrections, is an extended scalar (Higgs) sector. Another feature is the Majorana nature; e.g., introducing right-handed neutrinos with TeV-scale Majorana masses under the discrete symmetry, or otherwise introducing some lepton number violating interactions in the scalar sector. We study phenomenological aspects of these models at collider experiments. We find that, while properties of the extended Higgs sector of these models can be explored to some extent, the Majorana nature of the models can also be tested directly at the International Linear Collider via the electron–positron and electron–electron collision experiments.     

ALICE实验内径迹系统探测器升级

大型重离子对撞实验(A Large heavy-Ion Collision Experiment,ALICE)按计划在大型强子对撞机(Large Hadron Collider,LHC)的第二次停机(2019—2021)期间进行探测器升级工作。为了对强相互作用物质——夸克胶子等离子体(Quark-Gluon Plasma,QGP)的性质进行更细致的研究,作为升级计划中重要的一个内容是把ALICE实验现有的内径迹系统探测器(Inner Tracking System,ITS)全面升级为基于单片有源像素传感器(Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor,MAPS)技术的硅像素探测器(习惯称之为ITS2),并在Run 3和Run 4期间采集更多的铅核-铅核碰撞数据。新的ITS2共由7层(内3层,中间2层和外2层)探测桶面组成,共由24 000余片尺寸为3 cm × 1.5 cm的MAPS硅像素芯片(该芯片称之为ALPIDE)构成,有效探测面积达10 m2,共约120亿像素。ALPIDE芯片厚度为50 μm,单个像素的尺寸是27 μm × 29 μm,该芯片具有低功耗、高空间分辨率和高速读出等特点。ITS2将使ALICE探测器在测量极低横动量粒子时具备优异的探测效率和碰撞参数分辨率,同时也使ALICE探测器适应于LHC高束流亮度环境。目前ITS2的探测器模块量产和测试已于2019年完成,并在欧洲核子中心(CERN)洁净室完成了7层桶面的组装与安装,于2020年完成试运行测试。2021年1月启动ITS2在ALICE探测器中的安装与试运行工作,计划于2021年5月底完成ITS2的安装与测试。本工作将对ALICE/ITS2的探测器结构、ALPIDE芯片和升级进展等方面进行介绍。     

Measuring gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking parameters at a 500 GeV e^+e^- linear collider

We consider the phenomenology of a class of gauge-mediated supersymmetry (SUSY) breaking (GMSB) models at a Linear Collider (LC) with up to 500 GeV. In particular, we refer to a high-luminosity ( cm s) machine, and use detailed simulation tools for a proposed detector. Among the GMSB-model building options, we define a simple framework and outline its predictions at the LC, under the assumption that no SUSY signal is detected at LEP or Tevatron. We assess the potential of the LC to distinguish between the various SUSY model options and to measure the underlying parameters with high precision, including for those scenarios where a clear SUSY signal would have already been detected at the LHC before starting the LC operations. Our focus is on the case where a neutralino () is the next-to-lightest SUSY particle (NLSP), for which we determine the relevant regions of the GMSB parameter space. Many observables are calculated and discussed, including production cross sections, NLSP decay widths, branching ratios and distributions, for dominant and rare channels. We sketch how to extract the messenger and electroweak scale model parameters from a spectrum measured via, e.g. threshold-scanning techniques. Several experimental methods to measure the NLSP mass and lifetime are proposed and simulated in detail. We show that these methods can cover most of the lifetime range allowed by perturbativity requirements and suggested by cosmology in GMSB models. Also, they are relevant for any general low-energy SUSY breaking scenario. Values of as short as 10's of m and as long as 10's of m can be measured with errors at the level of 10% or better after one year of LC running with high luminosity. We discuss how to determine a narrow range () for the fundamental SUSY breaking scale , based on the measured , . Finally, we suggest how to optimise the LC detector performance for this purpose. Received: 19 May 1999 / Published online: 8 December 1999     

Importance of heavy quark longitudinal structure function measurements at future circular collider energies

In this article,we consider the ratio of structure functions for heavy quark pair production at low values of The importance of this ratio for charm and beauty pair production is examined according to the Hadron Electron Ring Accelerator(HERA) data.The behavior of these ratios is considered due to the hard pomeron behavior of the gluon distribution function.The results are in good agreement with the HERA data.Expanding this data to the range of new energies underscores the importance of these measurements for heavy quarks.The ratio of charm and beauty structure functions at the proposed Large Hadron electron Collider(LHeC) is considered as a function of invariant center-of-mass energy.For top pair production this ratio is extracted with known kinematics of the LHeC and Future Circular Collider electron-hadron(FCC-eh) colliders.Comparison of the results obtained for the ratio of top structure functions in LHeC and FCC-eh are proportional to the specified inelasticity y range.     

LHAASO WCDA前端芯片批量测试系统的设计

LHAASO(Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory)WCDA(Water Cerenkov Detector Array)要求其读出电子学实现大动态范围下精确的时间和电荷测量,为此设计了一款前端读出芯片PASC(Pre-Amplifier and Shaping Circuit) ASIC(Application Specific Integrated Circuit),即将用于LHAASO WCDA第三水池的读出。为了满足对此芯片大批量测试需求,设计了此ASIC测试系统,实现了对芯片时间和电荷性能的自动化测试。在介绍此芯片基本工作原理的基础上,讨论了测试系统的设计方案和基本结构,包括硬件电路设计和自动化测试软件设计。该测试系统已应用于LHAASO工程项目的芯片筛选并且已完成了100片芯片的测试工作,能够通过中央控制软件,与多台仪器通讯,进行仪器控制,完成自动化测试和数据记录。这一自动化测试方法,更适用于大动态范围下、高精度读出芯片的性能测试和评估,大大简化测试流程,尤其能够大幅提升批量测试中大量重复性测试步骤的工作效率。文中展示了基于此测试系统已完成的100片芯片的测试结果,结果表明,芯片各项性能参数满足LHAASO第三水池工程应用需求。     

国际直线对撞机研究现状及未来发展

文章介绍了国际直线对撞机(ILC)的科学目标及直线对撞机(LC)与强子对撞机(LHC)的关系.结合对正负电子直线对撞机历史的回顾及国际直线对撞机方案的选择,对国际直线对撞机的发展现状及未来发展趋势进行了介绍.对中国科学家在国际直线对撞机中所做的国际合作研究进行了简要的回顾,并强调了中国抓住国际直线对撞机国际合作机遇对中国科学发展的重要性.     

Whither colliders after the Large Hadron Collider?

This paper presents options for high-energy colliders at the energy frontier for the years to come. The immediate plans include the exploitation of the LHC at its design luminosity and energy as well as upgrades to the LHC (luminosity and energy) and to its injectors.?This may be complemented by a linear electron?Cpositron collider, based on the technology being developed by the Compact Linear Collider and by the International Linear Collider, by a high-energy electron?Cproton machine, the LHeC, and/or by a muon collider. This contribution describes the various future directions, all of which have a unique value to add to experimental particle physics, and concludes by outlining the key messages for the way forward.     

New developments of the R&;D silicon tracking for linear collider on silicon trackers

The status of the R&D activity achieved so far within the SiLC (silicon tracking for the linear collider) collaboration is reported here. It includes the following items: present status of the collaboration, new developments on sensors, on mechanics (new directions for module construction, large support structure, cooling, and alignment and integration issues), new lab test bench results on electronics and sensors. The perspectives over a period of four years are presented with a detailed test beam schedule and the roadmap including the construction of new mechanical prototypes equipped with front end and readout chips in deep sub-micron CMOS technology are discussed. Combined tests with other sub-detectors are finally addressed. This test beam program is inserted in the framework of the EUDET European project. on behalf of the SiLC R&D Collaboration     

Observations of beam losses due to bound-free pair production in a heavy-ion collider

We report the first observations of beam losses due to bound-free pair production at the interaction point of a heavy-ion collider. This process is expected to be a major luminosity limit for the CERN Large Hadron Collider when it operates with (208)Pb(82+) ions because the localized energy deposition by the lost ions may quench superconducting magnet coils. Measurements were performed at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) during operation with 100 GeV/nucleon (63)Cu(29+) ions. At RHIC, the rate, energy and magnetic field are low enough so that magnet quenching is not an issue. The hadronic showers produced when the single-electron ions struck the RHIC beam pipe were observed using an array of photodiodes. The measurement confirms the order of magnitude of the theoretical cross section previously calculated by others.     

Operational stochastic cooling in the relativistic heavy-ion collider

Operational stochastic cooling of 100 GeV/nucleon gold beams has been achieved in the BNL Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider. We discuss the physics and technology of the longitudinal cooling system and present results with the beams. A simulation algorithm is described and shown to accurately model the system.     

The physics of the large hadron collider

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, is the most powerful particle accelerator in the world. Its aim is to study the physics of elementary particles at the highest energies accessible to accelerators. It is believed that the Higgs boson (a last particle predicted by the Standard Model that is yet to be found) and the lightest particles of the Minimal Supersymmetric Model should be accessible at the LHC energies. These lectures give a short overview of the physics program and the technological challenges this collider faces.     

How can we test the neutrino mass seesaw mechanism experimentally?

The seesaw mechanism for the small neutrino mass has been a popular paradigm, yet it has been believed that there is no way to test it experimentally. We present a conceivable outcome from future experiments that would convince us of the seesaw mechanism. It would involve data from the CERN Large Hadron Collider, International Linear Collider, cosmology, underground, and low-energy flavor experiments to establish the case.