Fundamental Interactions : proceedings of the 22nd Lake Louise Winter Institute, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, 19-24 February, 2007 / editors, Alan Astbury, Faqir Khanna, Roger Moore.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Lake Louise Winter Institute, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Astbury, A.

Khanna, F. C.

Moore, Roger (Roger W.)

Conference Name:

Lake Louise Winter Institute (22nd : 2007 : Lake Louise, Alta.)

Lake Louise Winter Institute

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear reactions--Congresses.

Nuclear reactions.

Particles (Nuclear physics)--Congresses.

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Particles (Nuclear physics)--Measurement--Congresses.

Standard model (Nuclear physics)--Measurement--Congresses.

Standard model (Nuclear physics).

Astrophysics.

Nuclear astrophysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (484 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Pub Co Inc, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This proceedings volume contains the latest results from the field of particle physics. The contributions cover the current status of all the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments, the implications of the LHC for cosmology, and the search for dark matter and nuclear astrophysics. It also includes work on the current status of the future International Linear Collider (ILC). <i>Sample Chapter(s)</i><br>Chapter 1: LHC tO ILC (2,340 KB)<br> <br><i>Contents:</i><ul><li>LHC to ILC <i>(B Barish)</i></li><li>Status of the CMS Experiment and First Physics <i>(A De Roeck)</i></li><li>The LHCb Experi

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface; I. LHC toILC B. Barish; 1. Introduction and Physics; 2. The ILC Accelerator; 3. Detectors; 4. A Technically Driven Timeline for the ILC; II. Status of the CMS Experiment and First Physics A . De Roeck; 1. Introduction; 2. The CMS detector; 2.1. Tracker; 2.2. ECAL; 2.3. HCAL; 2.4. Muons; 3. First Physics; 3.1. Early measurements; 3.2. High mass probes; 4. Searching the Higgs particle; 4.1. H ; 4.2. H Z Z ( * ) decay; 4.3. H WW(*) decay; 4.4. Exclusive Higgs Production; 4.5. Higgs summary; 5. Beyond the Standard Model; 5.1. Supersymmetry; 5.2. Other BSM signatures

6. SummaryReferences; III. The LHCb Experiment V. Gibson; 1. Introduction; 1.1. The CKM picture; 1.2. Current status ; 1.3. The quest for New Physics; 2. The LHCb Experiment; 2.1. The trigger; 3. LHCb Start-up Physics Programme; 3.1. Very rare B decays; 3.1.1. B ; 3.1.2. B ; 3.2. B mixing phase; 3.3. Hadronic penguin decays; 3.4. The weak decay phase 7; 3.5. The impact of the LHCb measurements; 4. Super-LHCb; 5. Summary; Acknowledgements; References; III. LHC Physics and Cosmology N.E. Mavromatos; 1. Introduction; 2. Astrophysical Measurements and Facts

2.1. Model Independent (Geometric) Considerations2.2. Cosmological Measurements: Model Dependence; 2.3. Supernovae la Measurements of Cosmic Acceleration; 2.4. CMB Anisotropy Measurements by WMAP1,3; 2.5. Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO); 2.6. Measuring H(z): an important constraint on models; 2.7. Cosmic Coincidence and Cosmological Constant Issues; 3. Dark Matter (DM); 3.1. The Case for DM; 3.2. Types of DM and Candidates; 3.3. WIMP DM: thermal properties and relic densities; 3.4. Hot and Warm DM Excluded by WMAP; 3.5. Cold DM in Supersymmetric Models: Neutralino

3.6. Model-Independent DM Searches in Colliders4. Model-Dependent WMAP SUSY Constraints; 4.1. Constrained MSSM/mSUGRA Model; 4.1.1. Basic Features: geometry of the parameter space; 4.1.2. Muon's anomaly and SUSY detection prospects; 4.1.3. WMAP mSUGRA Constraints in the EB; 4.1.4. WMAP mSUGRA Constraints in the HB; 4.1.5. Expected Reach of LHC and Tevatron; 4.1.6. Astrophysical and Collider Dark Matter; 4.2. Stringy Models and Particle Physics Constraints; 4.3. Non-critical (non-equilibrium) Stringy Q-Cosmology; 5. Conclusions and Looking Ahead; Acknowledgments; References

IV. The Status of the Atlas Experiment M A . Parker1. Introduction; 2. The Large Hadron Collider; 3. The ATLAS Experiment; 4. The First Physics Run; 5. Supersymmetry With Early Data; 5.1. SUSY models; 5.2. Inclusive SUSY searches; 5.3. Exclusive SUSY signatures; 6. Extra Space Dimensions; 7. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; V. Heavy-Ion Physics at the LHC with ALICE R. Snellings; 1. THE QCD PHASE TRANSITION AND EQUATION OF STATE; 2. HEAVY-ION COLLISIONS; 2.1. Probes and observables; 2.1.1. Event Characterization; 2.1.2. Global observables; 2.1.3. J/ suppression

2.1.4. Strangeness production

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611928971

9781281928979

1281928976

9789812776105

9812776109

OCLC:

815751443