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Title: The scientific potential and technological challenges of the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider program

Abstract

Here, we present an overview of the High-Luminosity (HL-LHC) program at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), its scientific potential and technological challenges for both the accelerator and detectors. The HL-LHC program is expected to start circa 2027 and aims to increase the integrated luminosity delivered by the LHC by an order of magnitude at the collision energy of 14 TeV. This requires upgrades to the injector system, accelerator complex and luminosity levelling. The two experiments, ATLAS and CMS, require substantial upgrades to most of their systems in order to cope with the increased interaction rate, and much higher radiation levels than at the current LHC. We present selected examples based on novel ideas and technologies for applications at a hadron collider. Both experiments will replace their tracking systems. We describe the ATLAS pixel detector upgrade featuring novel tilted modules, and the CMS Outer Tracker upgrade with a new module design enabling use of tracks in the level-1 trigger system. CMS will also install state-of-the-art highly segmented calorimeter endcaps. Finally, we describe new picosecond precision timing detectors of both experiments. In addition, we discuss how the upgrades will enhance the physics performance of the experiments, and solve the computing challenges posedmore » by the expected large data sets. The physics program of the HL-LHC is focused on precision measurements probing the limits of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics and discovering new physics. We present a selection of studies that have been carried out to motivate the HL-LHC program. A central topic of exploration will be the characterization of the Higgs boson. The large HL-LHC data samples will extend the sensitivity of searches for new particles or new interactions whose existence has been hypothesized in order to explain shortcomings of the SM. Finally, we comment on the nature of large scientific collaborations.« less

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [5]; ORCiD logo [6]
  1. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland)
  2. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  3. RWTH Aachen Univ. (Germany)
  4. Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States)
  5. Czech Technical Univ., Prague (Czech Republic)
  6. Univ. of Milan (Italy); National Inst. of Nuclear Physics (INFN), Milan (Italy)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
OSTI Identifier:
1960394
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; SC0010010
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Reports on Progress in Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 85; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-4885
Publisher:
IOP Publishing
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; High-Luminosity LHC; Upgrade; ATLAS; CMS; particle physics; Higgs boson; Physics beyond Standard Model

Citation Formats

Brüning, Oliver, Gray, Heather, Klein, Katja, Lamont, Mike, Narain, Meenakshi, Polifka, Richard, and Rossi, Lucio. The scientific potential and technological challenges of the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider program. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1088/1361-6633/ac5106.
Brüning, Oliver, Gray, Heather, Klein, Katja, Lamont, Mike, Narain, Meenakshi, Polifka, Richard, & Rossi, Lucio. The scientific potential and technological challenges of the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider program. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6633/ac5106
Brüning, Oliver, Gray, Heather, Klein, Katja, Lamont, Mike, Narain, Meenakshi, Polifka, Richard, and Rossi, Lucio. Tue . "The scientific potential and technological challenges of the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider program". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6633/ac5106. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1960394.
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abstractNote = {Here, we present an overview of the High-Luminosity (HL-LHC) program at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), its scientific potential and technological challenges for both the accelerator and detectors. The HL-LHC program is expected to start circa 2027 and aims to increase the integrated luminosity delivered by the LHC by an order of magnitude at the collision energy of 14 TeV. This requires upgrades to the injector system, accelerator complex and luminosity levelling. The two experiments, ATLAS and CMS, require substantial upgrades to most of their systems in order to cope with the increased interaction rate, and much higher radiation levels than at the current LHC. We present selected examples based on novel ideas and technologies for applications at a hadron collider. Both experiments will replace their tracking systems. We describe the ATLAS pixel detector upgrade featuring novel tilted modules, and the CMS Outer Tracker upgrade with a new module design enabling use of tracks in the level-1 trigger system. CMS will also install state-of-the-art highly segmented calorimeter endcaps. Finally, we describe new picosecond precision timing detectors of both experiments. In addition, we discuss how the upgrades will enhance the physics performance of the experiments, and solve the computing challenges posed by the expected large data sets. The physics program of the HL-LHC is focused on precision measurements probing the limits of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics and discovering new physics. We present a selection of studies that have been carried out to motivate the HL-LHC program. A central topic of exploration will be the characterization of the Higgs boson. The large HL-LHC data samples will extend the sensitivity of searches for new particles or new interactions whose existence has been hypothesized in order to explain shortcomings of the SM. Finally, we comment on the nature of large scientific collaborations.},
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