Dark Matter | Higgs Boson | Top Quark | AI in Particle Physics | Upgrade of CMS Muon Detector at CERN | Micropattern Gas Detectors | ePIC experiment at Electron-Ion Collider | Muon Tomography
The work of the experimental High-Energy Particle Physics (HEP) group is centered on the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) located at CERN, the European Center for Particle Physics in Geneva, Switzerland. This experiment is conducted by a large international collaboration of scientists making precision measurements of the laws governing the known elementary particles and conducting searches for new particles beyond the Standard Model. Specifically, the FIT HEP group is searching for dark matter particles and heavy top quark partners in leptonic final states. On the instrumentation side, the group is involved in a major CMS upgrade to prepare the experiment for running at the high-luminosity LHC (HL-LHC), the next phase of the LHC that is scheduled to begin operations in 2028. We have built large GEM detectors for the CMS muon upgrade drawing on our experience with advanced gaseous particle detectors, such as GEM and micro-RWELL detectors and a large database with quality-control data of silicon-based detector modules for the inner tracker upgrade. We also serve as a testing and debugging site for these silicon detectors. The group is investigating micro-pattern gas detector technologies also for tracking detectors to be employed in the new ePIC experiment at the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) at Brookhaven National Lab. The group currently comprises two faculty members, six Ph.D. students, and ten undergraduate research students.
Faculty: Souvik Das, Marcus Hohlmann