Overview

The experimental HEP group at TTU, led by Professors Akchurin, Kunori, Lee, Volobouev, and Whitbeck, is playing a leading role in the design, construction and commissioning of the CMS forward hadron calorimeters and is deeply involved in searches for the Higgs bosons and physics beyond the Standard Model at LHC (Large Hadron Collider). The group participates in the activities of the LHC Physics Center at Fermilab and maintains a generic detector R&D program with possible future applications at the ILC (International Linear Collider).

Experimental Research Topics

• Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Experiment @ CERN
  • Searches for Higgs Boson and New Physics Phenomena
  • Precision Measurements of Standard Model
  • Improving the Sensitivity of the CMS Detector to Jet Physics
  • Understanding of the CMS Hadron Calorimeters
  • Click here for the CMS Experiment
• Advanced Detector Research and Development
  • CMS Forward Hadron Calorimeter
  • CMS Phase 2 Upgrades: High Granularity Calorimeter
  • DREAM (Dual REadout Module) Calorimeter
• Large-scale High Performance Computing
• QuarkNet Outreach Program

Click here for the High Energy Physics Homepage

CMS Detector @ CERN

Assembly of the Muon Solenoid structure at CERN. The silver slab is being moved toward the ring with a crane.

Faculty Members

• Dr. Nural Akchurin
• Dr. Shuichi Kunori
• Dr. Sung-Won Lee
• Dr. Igor Volobouev
• Dr. Andrew Whitbeck
• Dr. Alan Sill
  (High Performance Computing Center at TTU, HPCC)

Related

• Texas Tech Today:
  • The Hunt for the "God" Particle
• Video: Particle Hunters:
  • Part 1
  • Part 2