Ebook: Physics at the Large Hadron Collider

In an epoch when particle physics is awaiting a major step forward, the Large Hydron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva will soon be operational. It will collide a beam of high energy protons with another similar beam circulation in the same 27 km tunnel but in the opposite direction, resulting in the production of many elementary particles some never created in the laboratory before. It is widely expected that the LHC will discover the Higgs boson, the particle which supposedly lends masses to all other fundamental particles. In addition, the question as to whether there is some new law of physics at such high energy is likely to be answered through this experiment. The present volume contains a collection of articles written by international experts, both theoreticians and experimentalists, from India and abroad, which aims to acquaint a non-specialist with some basic issues related to the LHC. At the same time, it is expected to be a useful, rudimentary companion of introductory exposition and technical expertise alike, and it is hoped to become unique in its kind. The fact that there is substantial Indian involvement in the entire LHC endeavour, at all levels including fabrication, physics analysis procedures as well as theoretical studies, is also amply brought out in the collection.

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In an epoch when particle physics is awaiting a major step forward, the Large Hydron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva will soon be operational. It will collide a beam of high energy protons with another similar beam circulation in the same 27 km tunnel but in the opposite direction, resulting in the production of many elementary particles some never created in the laboratory before. It is widely expected that the LHC will discover the Higgs boson, the particle which supposedly lends masses to all other fundamental particles. In addition, the question as to whether there is some new law of physics at such high energy is likely to be answered through this experiment. The present volume contains a collection of articles written by international experts, both theoreticians and experimentalists, from India and abroad, which aims to acquaint a non-specialist with some basic issues related to the LHC. At the same time, it is expected to be a useful, rudimentary companion of introductory exposition and technical expertise alike, and it is hoped to become unique in its kind. The fact that there is substantial Indian involvement in the entire LHC endeavour, at all levels including fabrication, physics analysis procedures as well as theoretical studies, is also amply brought out in the collection.

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In an epoch when particle physics is awaiting a major step forward, the Large Hydron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva will soon be operational. It will collide a beam of high energy protons with another similar beam circulation in the same 27 km tunnel but in the opposite direction, resulting in the production of many elementary particles some never created in the laboratory before. It is widely expected that the LHC will discover the Higgs boson, the particle which supposedly lends masses to all other fundamental particles. In addition, the question as to whether there is some new law of physics at such high energy is likely to be answered through this experiment. The present volume contains a collection of articles written by international experts, both theoreticians and experimentalists, from India and abroad, which aims to acquaint a non-specialist with some basic issues related to the LHC. At the same time, it is expected to be a useful, rudimentary companion of introductory exposition and technical expertise alike, and it is hoped to become unique in its kind. The fact that there is substantial Indian involvement in the entire LHC endeavour, at all levels including fabrication, physics analysis procedures as well as theoretical studies, is also amply brought out in the collection.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
The Large Hadron Collider: Overall Motivation....Pages 1-9
The Standard Model and Beyond-LEP/SLC/Tevatron and the LHC....Pages 11-22
Accelerator Physics and Technological Challenges of the LHC....Pages 23-36
Challenges to Software/Computing for Experimentation at the LHC....Pages 37-46
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking at the LHC....Pages 47-74
Prospects of Searches for the Higgs Boson at the LHC....Pages 75-89
QCD at the Large Hadron Collider—Higgs Searches and Some Non-SUSY Extensions Beyond the SM....Pages 91-103
Heavy Ions at the LHC: A Quest for Quark-gluon Plasma....Pages 105-130
Search and Study of Quark-gluon Plasma at the CERN-LHC....Pages 131-144
Strong Gauge Boson Scattering at the LHC....Pages 145-155
Signatures of Supersymmetry at the LHC....Pages 157-178
Dark Matter and the LHC....Pages 179-203
Using Tau Polarisation for Charged Higgs Boson and SUSY Searches at the LHC....Pages 205-212
Extra Spacetime Dimensions and the LHC....Pages 213-239
Universal Extra Dimensions....Pages 241-247
Back Matter....Pages 248-255

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In an epoch when particle physics is awaiting a major step forward, the Large Hydron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva will soon be operational. It will collide a beam of high energy protons with another similar beam circulation in the same 27 km tunnel but in the opposite direction, resulting in the production of many elementary particles some never created in the laboratory before. It is widely expected that the LHC will discover the Higgs boson, the particle which supposedly lends masses to all other fundamental particles. In addition, the question as to whether there is some new law of physics at such high energy is likely to be answered through this experiment. The present volume contains a collection of articles written by international experts, both theoreticians and experimentalists, from India and abroad, which aims to acquaint a non-specialist with some basic issues related to the LHC. At the same time, it is expected to be a useful, rudimentary companion of introductory exposition and technical expertise alike, and it is hoped to become unique in its kind. The fact that there is substantial Indian involvement in the entire LHC endeavour, at all levels including fabrication, physics analysis procedures as well as theoretical studies, is also amply brought out in the collection.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
The Large Hadron Collider: Overall Motivation....Pages 1-9
The Standard Model and Beyond-LEP/SLC/Tevatron and the LHC....Pages 11-22
Accelerator Physics and Technological Challenges of the LHC....Pages 23-36
Challenges to Software/Computing for Experimentation at the LHC....Pages 37-46
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking at the LHC....Pages 47-74
Prospects of Searches for the Higgs Boson at the LHC....Pages 75-89
QCD at the Large Hadron Collider—Higgs Searches and Some Non-SUSY Extensions Beyond the SM....Pages 91-103
Heavy Ions at the LHC: A Quest for Quark-gluon Plasma....Pages 105-130
Search and Study of Quark-gluon Plasma at the CERN-LHC....Pages 131-144
Strong Gauge Boson Scattering at the LHC....Pages 145-155
Signatures of Supersymmetry at the LHC....Pages 157-178
Dark Matter and the LHC....Pages 179-203
Using Tau Polarisation for Charged Higgs Boson and SUSY Searches at the LHC....Pages 205-212
Extra Spacetime Dimensions and the LHC....Pages 213-239
Universal Extra Dimensions....Pages 241-247
Back Matter....Pages 248-255
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