Compact Muon Solenoid
(CMS)
Detector
US COLLABORATION
Letter of Intent
April 22, 1994

Letter of Intent
US Collaboration for the
CMS Detector
at the CERN LHC

Abstract:

We propose to participate in the building of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment designed to study the collisions of protons at a center of mass energy of TeV at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. In order to enable studies of rare phenomena at the TeV scale, the LHC is designed to operate at a luminosity of cm s. The physics program includes the study of electroweak symmetry breaking, investigating the properties of the top quark, a search for new heavy gauge bosons, probing quark and lepton substructure, looking for supersymmetry and exploring for other new phenomena. The CMS collaboration has proposed to build a compact solenoidal detector designed to function at the highest luminosities available at the LHC. The detector will be built around a high-field superconducting solenoid (4T), leading to a compact design for the muon spectrometer. In order to detect new physics signatures efficiently, identification of muons, photons and electrons has been emphasized. We propose to take leadership responsibility in the CMS experiment for hadron calorimetry and the forward muon system, including the chambers, steel design and integration, as well as aspects of the trigger and data acquisition system. We also propose to work on important areas of electromagnetic calorimetry, inner tracking and computing/software.

Members of the US CMS Collaboration

University of Alabama

L. Baksay, H. Tuchscherer, G. Zilizi

Brookhaven National Laboratory

J. Kierstead, P. Levy, S. Stoll, C. Woody

California Institute of Technology

G. Gratta, J. Hanson, D. Kirkby, W. Lu, D. Ma, R. Mount, S. Mrenna, H. Newman, S. Shevchenko, X. Shi, H. Yamamamoto, R. Zhu

University of California Davis

R. Breedon, Y. Fisyak, W. Ko, R. Lander, D. Pellett

University of California Los Angeles

K. Arisaka, M. Atac (also Fermilab), Y. Bonushkin (currently at the SSC), F. Chasey, D. Chrisman, D. Cline, J. Hauser, W. Hong, M. Lindgren, Th. Muller, S. Otwinowski, J. Park, Y. Shi

University of California Riverside

J.W. Gary, P. Giacomelli, W. Gorn, C.C.H. Jui, J.G. Layter, J. Letts, H. Oh, B.C. Shen, P. Schenk, G.J. VanDalen, G.W. Wilson

University of California San Diego

M. Athanas, J. Branson, H. Kobrak, G. Masek, D. McNally, M. Mojaver, H. Paar, M. Sivertz, R. Swanson, A. White

Carnegie Mellon University

I. Brook, R. Edelstein, A. Engler, T. Ferguson, R. Kraemer, M. Procario, J. Russ, H. Vogel

Fairfield University

D. Winn

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

D. Anderson, E. Barsotti, A. Baumbaugh, A. Beretvas, J. Butler, A. Byon-Wagner, I. Churin, D. Denisov, D. Eartly, J. Elias, G.W. Foster, J. Freeman, I. Gaines, H. Glass, S. Gourlay, D. Green, J. Hanlon, S. Kwan, M. Lamm, P. Mantsch, D. Markley, J. Marraffino, G. Mitselmakher, J. Ozelis, A. Para, J. Patrick, V. Peskov, Y. Pichalnikov, A. Pla-Dalmau, R. Raja, A. Ronzhin, T. Sager, R. Vidal, J. Volk, R. Wands, W. Wu, A. Yagil

Florida State University (HEPG)

M. Bertoldi, V. Hagopian, K. Johnson, D. Lazic, J. Thomaston

Florida State University (SCRI)

M. Corden, C. Georgiopoulos, K. Hays, A. Klatchko, S. Youssef

University of Iowa

N. Akchurin, A. Bravar, M. Miller, Y. Onel, E. Ruth

Iowa State University

E.W. Anderson, J. Hauptman, J. Wightman

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

C. Belser, G. Deis, G.J. Mauger, L. Pedrotti, K. van Bibber, T. Wenaus, D. Wright, C. Wuest

Los Alamos National Laboratory

R. Barber, W. Christensen, S. Han, S. Hahn, J. Hanlon, J.Joseph, R. Michaud, G. Mills, A. Palounek, T. Thompson, R. Wagner, K. Woloshun, H. Ziock

University of Maryland

A. Baden, A. Ball, R. Bard, C.Y. Chang, S.C. Eno, D. Fong, M. Garza, N.J. Hadley, A. Jawahery, R.G. Kellogg, S. Kunori, M. Murbach, A. Skuja, G.T. Zorn

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

G. Bauer, J. Friedman, E. Hafen, A. Korytov, S. Pavlon, L. Rosenson, P. Sphicas, S. Sumorok, S. Tether

University of Michigan

J. Chapman, R. Gustafson

Michigan State University

J. Huston, J. Mansour, R. Richards, C. Yosef

University of Minnesota

P. Border, D. Ciampa, P. Cushman, K. Heller, M. Marshak, R. Rusack, V. Singh, C. Timmermans

University of Nebraska

G. Snow

University of New Mexico

M. Gold, J.A.J. Matthews, S. Seidel

Northeastern University

G. Alverson, J. Moromisato, S. Reucroft, J. Swaim, L. Taylor, E. von Goeler, T. Yasuda

Northwestern University

B. Gobbi, R. Tilden

University of Notre Dame

N. Biswas, R. Ruchti, M. Wayne, J. Warchol

Ohio State University

D. Acosta, L.S. Durkin, J. Hoftiezer, T.Y. Ling, I.H. Park, C.J. Rush

Princeton University

P. Denes, V. Gupta, D. Marlow, P. Piroue, D. Stickland, H. Stone, C. Tully, R. Wixted

Purdue University

V. Barnes, A. Bujak, D.D. Carmony, L. Gutay, J. Horvath, M. Sarakinos

Rice University

D. Adams, I. Bertram, M. Corcoran, H. Miettinen, P. Padley, J. Roberts

University of Rochester

A. Bodek, H. Budd, P. deBarbero, W. Sakamoto

State University of New York at Stony Brook

R. Engelmann, S. Feher, G. Finocchiaro, S. Lami, M. Mohammadi, K.K. Ng, S. Rajagopalan, A. Vanyashin

Texas Tech University

V. Papadimitriou, A. Sill, R. Wigmans

University of Texas Dallas

R.C Chaney, E.J. Fenyves, H.D. Hammak, D.J. Suson

University of Wisconsin

D. Carlsmith, S. Dasu, F. Feyzi, C. Fordham, C. Foudas, T. Gorski, M. Jaworski, J. Lackey, R. Loveless, S. Lusin, D. Reeder, W.H. Smith

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

K. Blankenship, J. Kochocki, B. Lu, L. Mo, T.A. Nunamaker

Executive Summary

• Introduction
  • Goals
  • Background
• The CMS Detector
• Areas of Potential US Participation
  • Recent Activity
  • Muon Chambers
  • Hadron Calorimetry
  • Electromagnetic Calorimetry
  • Inner Tracking
  • Calorimeter Level 1 Trigger
  • DAQ, High-Level Triggers and Computing
• Long Term Support of US Collaboration in CMS
• Support of the US CMS Collaboration for FY95 & FY96
• CMS Management Structure and US CMS Groups
• Acknowledgments
• About this document ...