The High Energy Physics (HEP) group consists of four faculty members (Abbott, Gutierrez, Skubic, Strauss, and Stupak) who perform experimental research and five faculty members (Baer, Kantowski, Kao, Milton and Sinha) who perform theoretical research, as well as several postdoctoral research fellows, and other personnel supporting research including a research scientist, an IT specialist, and an engineer. Discovered at mass = 126.5 GeV; it could be the Higgs boson! The goals of the experimental high energy physics group are to search for new physics and to explore the predictions of the Standard Model to unprecedented accuracy. In order to perform this research, we are involved in the DØ experiment at Fermilab (near Chicago) and the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. While DØ continues to analyze data, the ATLAS detector, one of the premiere instruments for scientific discovery, is currently taking and analyzing data from the LHC. The LHC and ATLAS are expected to run for many years and should offer insights into the structure and origin of the universe for decades to come.
The goals of the experimental high energy physics group are to search for new physics and to explore the predictions of the Standard Model to unprecedented accuracy. In order to perform this research, we are involved in the DØ experiment at Fermilab (near Chicago) and the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. While DØ continues to analyze data, the ATLAS detector, one of the premiere instruments for scientific discovery, is currently taking and analyzing data from the LHC. The LHC and ATLAS are expected to run for many years and should offer insights into the structure and origin of the universe for decades to come.