Objective
In 2008, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) -- the highest-energy particle accelerator ever built -- will come into operation at the CERN laboratory for particle physics. The main objective of the LHC is to explore the physics of fundamental particles and their interactions at unprecedented collision energies and rates. By studying the debris of proton-proton (p-p) and heavy-ions collisions at multi-TeV energies, the four main experiments at the LHC -- ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, and LHCb -- will try to provide answers to various of the most important open issues in physics today. The researcher has been playing a very active role in the development of the forward physics programme of the CMS collaboration and plans to extend this work within the LHCb experiment at the LHC. The LHCb detector -- with a single-arm configuration – has excellent and varied particle detection and identification capabilities in the forward hemisphere. Pions, kaons, electrons, photons, muons and jets can be well measured in the pseudo-rapidity range 2 < eta < 5. This project focuses on finalizing the current work of the applicant with CMS and on exploiting the LHCb forward detection capabilities to carry out measurements in various sectors of the SM (and beyond it) such as (i) Quantum Chromodynamics (parton distribution functions at low values of parton fractional momentum, via forward heavy-quarks, quarkonia, prompt photons, Drell-Yan and vector bosons), (ii) electroweak physics (via multiple gauge-boson production at forward rapidities), and tests of the feasibility for (iii) new physics measurements (Higgs boson in the b-bbar decay channel, enhanced in various supersymmetric extensions of the SM, Z-prime bosons in the dilepton channel, ...).
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- natural sciences physical sciences theoretical physics particle physics leptons
- natural sciences physical sciences theoretical physics particle physics particle accelerator
- natural sciences physical sciences theoretical physics particle physics photons
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Keywords
Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Topic(s)
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Call for proposal
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
FP7-PEOPLE-ERG-2008
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Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Coordinator
08007 Barcelona
Spain
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.