Mentors: Profs. Ogren, Gardner, Dr. Luehring
(Senior Research
Associate), Dr. Rust (Senior Research Scientist)
The ATLAS detector is being
built in preparation for
data collection at the Large Hadron Collider
scheduled to
begin in 2005. Indiana is part of the Inner Detector
Group
and are developing the barrel part of the transition
radiation tracker (TRT). Straw tubes provide
tracking points
and the transition radiation can supply particle
identification. About half of the barrel detector
modules
will be built at Indiana University. The group
also plays a
leading role in the computer simulation of the
ATLAS
tracking system.
Projects include assisting
physicists and staff in the
construction of transition radiation modules
for the ATLAS
detector and the testing of complete TRT modules
using
cosmic ray and radioactive source tests. Software
projects
include assisting physicists with the computer
modeling
of the operation of the TRT modules and help
with the
computer display of results.