Elementary Particle Physics at Baylor. Final Report.

摘要

This report summarizes the activities of the Baylor University Experimental High Energy Physics (HEP) group on the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) experiment from August 15, 2005 to May 31, 2012. Led by the Principal Investigator (Dr. Jay R. Dittmann), the Baylor HEP group has actively pursued a variety of cutting-edge measurements from proton-antiproton collisions at the energy frontier. The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics, formulated over 30 years ago, describes the inner workings of our universe with astonishing accuracy. However, the SM fails to offer a complete explanation of many important aspects of nature, such as the mechanisms of electroweak symmetry breaking and mass generation, sources of baryon asymmetry, and the presence of dark matter and dark energy. The goal of this research was to advance mankinds understanding of nature by testing the SM at the energy frontier and seeking evidence of new phenomena.