Undergraduate
Reseach Experience with the ATLAS Group at Regina University
Why Physics ?
To satisfy
your curiosity about the Universe, to start a career (including
medicine, law,
and computers) in a world dependent on technology, for fun, for a solid
background for teaching, to be able to make better decisions about
technology, either for business or as a citizen, and for important
problem-solving skills. Physics is a broad
preparation for a variety of careers where science has an impact.
A
deep understanding of the makeup of the world around you and how
that world works provides a foundation to succeed in a
technology-infused world. When studying physics, you learn how we
understand the universe at its largest (astronomical) scales and at the
smallest scales (atoms and subnuclear particles.) You learn how to
study problems from the scientific viewpoint, using experiment,
simulation, and analytical tools. With a solid physics background you
can make informed decisions on the impact of science
on your life and your community. You will have the background to
work in state-of-the-art laboratories equipped with advanced
instrumentation
The
ATLAS Program @ Regina
We
are very interested in amplifying the undergraduate education
experience by involving students in our reseach program at Cern (ATLAS), one of
the world's premier international laboratories. Despite the vast
scale of our reseach program, undergraduate students can get involved
at all levels, including hardware,
computer system management, programming, and high level graphical
analysis data. Students joining our group will be integrated into the
ongoing efforts with projects such as Geant4 simulation of the ATLAS
detector, seaching for peaks in
multi-particle invariant mass calculations, implementing new algorithms
to refine partilcle indentification capabilities, developing software
for the ATLAS trigger system, and getting familiar with the ATLAS
calorimetry.
In term of
physics, students will have a large variety of topics to choose from:
higgs
boson,
supersymmetry, extra-dimensions, balck holes, and many other
topics.
Many
research opportunities to work on
ATLAS are now available in our group. For more details,
please contact:
Prof.
Kamal Benslama Physics Department University of Regina
email: kamal.benslama@cern.ch
Cern, the European Laboratory for
Particle Physics, is the site for the Large Hadron
Collider (LHC) and
the the birthplace of the World Wide Web.
