re-creating the big bang
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Re-creating the Big Bang. Walton, CERN and the Large Hadron Collider. Albert Einstein. Ernest Walton. Dr Cormac O’ Raifeartaigh (WIT). Overview. I. LHC What, why, how II. A brief history of particles From the atom to the Standard Model III. LHC Expectations The Higgs boson - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Re-creating the Big BangWalton, CERN and the Large Hadron Collider
Dr Cormac O’ Raifeartaigh (WIT)
Albert Einstein
Ernest Walton
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Overview
I. LHC
What, why, how
II. A brief history of particlesFrom the atom to the Standard Model
III. LHC Expectations
The Higgs boson
Beyond the Standard Model
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CERN
World leader
20 member states
10 associate states
80 nations, 500 univ.
Ireland not a member
No particle physics in Ireland
European Organization for Nuclear Research
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The Large Hadron Collider
No black holes
High-energy proton beams
Opposite directions
Huge energy of collision
E = mc2 Create short-lived particles
Detection and measurement
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How
E = 14 TeV
λ =1 x 10-19 m
Ultra high vacuum
Low temp: 1.6 K
LEP tunnel: 27 km Superconducting magnets
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Particle detectors
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Why
Explore fundamental constituents of matter
Investigate inter-relation of forces that hold matter together
Glimpse of early universe
Answer cosmological questions
Highest energy since BB t = 1x10-12 s
V = football
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Cosmology
E = kT → T =
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Particle cosmology
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LHCb
Tangential to ringB-meson collectionDecay of b quark, antiquarkCP violation (UCD group)
• Where is antimatter?• Asymmetry in M/AM decay• CP violation
Quantum loops
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Discovery of electron
Crooke’s tube
cathode rays
Perrin’s paddle wheel
mass and momentum
Thompson’s B-field
e/m
Milikan’s oil drop
electron charge
Result: me = 9.1 x 10-31 kg: TINY
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Atoms: centenary
Maxwell (19th ct): atomic theory of gases
Dalton, Mendeleev chemical reactions, PT
Einstein: (1905): Brownian motion due to atoms?
Perrin (1908): measurements
Einstein Perrin (1908)
λ =
λ = trN
RT
A3
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The atomic nucleus (1911)
• Most projectiles through
• A few deflected backwards
• Most of atom empty
• Atom has nucleus (+ve)
• Electrons outside
Rutherford (1911)
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Nuclear atom
• neutron (1932)
• +ve nucleus 1911
• proton (1909)
• strong nuclear force?
Periodic Table: determined by protons
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Four forces of nature Force of gravityHolds cosmos togetherLong range
Electromagnetic force Holds atoms together
Strong nuclear force: holds nucleus together
Weak nuclear force: Beta decay
The atom
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Splitting the nucleus
Cockcroft and Walton: linear accelerator
Protons used to split the nucleus (1932)
Nobel prize (1956)
H + Li = He + He
Verified mass-energy (E= mc2)Verified quantum tunnelling
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Ernest Walton (1903-95)
Born in Dungarvan
Early years
Limerick, Monagahan, Tyrone
Methodist College, Belfast
Trinity College Dublin (1922)
Cavendish Lab, Cambridge (1928)
Split the nucleus (1932)
Trinity College Dublin (1934)
Erasmus Smith Professor (1934-88)
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Nuclear fission
fission of heavy elements Meitner, Hahn
energy release
chain reaction
nuclear weapons
nuclear power
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Strong force
SF >> em
protons, neutrons
charge indep
short range
HUP
massive particle
Yukawa pion
3 charge states
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New particles (1950s)
Cosmic rays Particle accelerators
cyclotronπ + → μ + + ν
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Particle Zoo
Over 100 particles
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Quarks (1960s)
new periodic tablep+,n not fundamental isospinsymmetry arguments (SU3 gauge group)prediction of -
SU3 → quarksnew fundamental particlesUP and DOWN
Stanford experiments 1969
Gell-Mann, Zweig
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Quantum chromodynamics
scattering experiments
colour
chromodynamics
asymptotic freedom
confinement
infra-red slavery
The energy required to produce a separation far exceeds the pair production energy of a quark-antiquark pair,
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Quark generations
Six different quarks(u,d,s,c,t,b)
Six leptons
(e, μ, τ, υe, υμ, υτ)
Gen I: all of matter
Gen II, III redundant
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Gauge theory of e-w interaction
Unified field theory of e and w interactionSalaam, Weinberg, Glashow
Above 100 GeVInteractions of leptons by exchange of W,Z bosons and photonsHiggs mechanism to generate mass
Predictions• Weak neutral currents (1973)• W and Z gauge bosons (CERN, 1983)
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The Standard Model (1970s)
Matter: fermionsquarks and leptons
Force particles: bosonsQFT: QED
Strong force = quark force (QCD)
EM + weak = electroweak
Prediction: W+-,Z0 boson
Detected: CERN, 1983
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Standard Model (1970s)
• Success of QCD, e-w• Higgs boson outstanding many questions
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Today: LHC expectations
Higgs boson
120-180 GeV
Set by mass of top quark, Z boson
Search
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Main production mechanisms of the Higgs at the LHC
Ref: A. Djouadi,hep-ph/0503172
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Decay channels depend on the Higgs mass:
Ref: A. Djouadi, hep-ph/0503172
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For low Higgs mass mh 150 GeV, the Higgs mostly decays to two b-quarks, two tau leptons, two gluons and etc.
In hadron colliders these modes are difficult to extract because of the large QCD jet background.
The silver detection mode in this mass range is the two photons mode: h , which like the gluon fusion is a loop-induced process.
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Ref: hep-ph/0208209
A summary plot:
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Beyond the SM: supersymmetry
Super gauge symmetrysymmetry of bosons and fermionsremoves infinities in GUTsolves hierachy problem Grand unified theory
Circumvents no-go theoremsGravitons ?Theory of everything
Phenomenology Supersymmetric particles?Broken symmetry
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Expectations III: cosmology
√ 1. Exotic particles
√ 2. Unification of forces
3. Missing antimatter? LHCb
4. Nature of dark matter?neutralinos?
High E = photo of early U
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SummaryHiggs bosonClose chapter on SM
Supersymmetric particlesOpen chapter on unification
CosmologyMissing antimatterNature of Dark Matter
Unexpected particlesRevise theory
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Epilogue: CERN and Ireland
World leader
20 member states
10 associate states
80 nations, 500 univ.
Ireland not a member
No particle physics in Ireland
European Organization for Nuclear Research