PRESIDENT & TRUSTEES OF WILLIAMS COLLEGE
The purpose of the grant is to support research in particle theory at Williams College, with a particular focus on understanding how different models of particle physics can be tested at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Involving undergraduates in this research and training them for future scientific work is an important goal of the award.
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| AWARD OVERVIEW |
| Award Number |
0856522 |
Funding Agency |
National Science Foundation |
| Total Award Amount |
$115,400 |
Project Location - City |
Williamstown |
| Award Date |
05/28/2009 |
Project Location - State |
MA |
| Project Status |
Completed |
Project Location - Zip |
01267-0624
|
| Jobs Reported |
4.00 |
Congressional District |
01 |
| Project Location - Country |
US |
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Recipient Information
(Grants)
| Recipient Information (Grants) |
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Recipient Name
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PRESIDENT & TRUSTEES OF WILLIAMS COLLEGE |
| Recipient DUNS Number |
020665972
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| Recipient Address |
880 MAIN ST |
| Recipient City |
WILLIAMSTOWN |
| Recipient State |
Massachusetts |
| Recipient Zip |
01267-2600 |
| Recipient Congressional District |
01 |
| Recipient Country |
USA |
Required to Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
Projects and Jobs Information
| Projects and Jobs Information |
| Project Title |
RUI: Particle theory in the LHC era |
| Project Status |
Completed |
| Final Project Report Submitted |
Yes |
| Project Activities Description |
Science & Technology |
| Quarterly Activities/Project Description |
PI continued a project studying LHC phenomenology of the heavy quarks and Z' gauge bosons in an effective Z' model that addresses B-physics anomalies. We found that a diagonal cut similar to that used in the CMS three-jet resonance search may be useful for identifying Z' bosons in pp->Z'bb->4b events. PI began to undertake a thorough Monte Carlo study of multi-b-jet backgrounds, and to think about whether the multi-b-jet analysis we've developed might be useful for searching for other types of new physics, or Higgs physics. PI continued studying the phenomenology of a model that aims to address the top forward-backward asymmetry reported by CDF at the Tevatron. The model extends the effective Z' idea to include a non-abelian group. We found that it is possible to reproduce the phenomenological setup of the low-mass W' model of Jung, Pierce, and Wells in this setup. We find that constraints from atomic parity violation identified by Zurek and collaborators can be evaded because in our model, heavier Z' masses are allowed consistent with dijet constraints than considered there. We find that LHC searches for heavy quarks can be evaded, but constrain the parameter space of the model. We are investigating whether a large enough top production cross section can be realized at the Tevatron within this theoretical framework, as the tendency is for the cross section to be smaller than allowed by data. The amount budgeted for equipment went unspent. The PI intended to use these funds toward computer upgrades for himself and his students. The PI's plan was to combine these funds with funds from the PI's renewal grant, NSF PHY-1216168, for this purpose.
No further funds will be expended the the PI.
|
| Jobs Created |
4.00 |
| Description of Jobs Created |
Associate Professor of Physics (1) and Undergraduate Research Assistants (3) |
Purchaser Information
(Grants)
| Purchaser Information |
| Contracting Office ID |
Not Reported |
| Contracting Office Name |
Not Available |
| Contracting Office Region |
Not Available |
| TAS Major Program |
49-0101 |
| Award Information |
| Award Date |
05/28/2009 |
| Award Number |
0856522 |
| Order Number |
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| Award Type |
Grants |
| Funding Agency ID |
49 |
| Funding Agency Name |
National Science Foundation |
| Funding Office Name |
Not Available |
| Awarding Agency ID |
49 |
| Awarding Agency Name |
National Science Foundation |
| Amount of Award |
$115,400 |
| Funds Invoiced/Received |
$112,424 |
| Expenditure Amount |
$112,424 |
| Infrastructure Expenditure Amount |
$0 |
| Infrastructure Purpose and Rationale |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Name |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Email |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Phone |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Address |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact City |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact State |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Zip |
Not Reported |
Product or Service Information
(Grants)
| Product or Service Information |
| Primary Activity Code |
U - NTEE |
| Activity Description |
Science & Technology |
| Sub-Awards Information |
| Sub-awards to Organizations |
0 |
| Sub-award Amounts to Organizations |
$0 |
| Sub-Awards to Individuals |
0 |
| Sub-Award Amounts to Individuals |
$0 |
| Number of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
0 |
| Amount of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors greater than $25,000 |
0 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors greater than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
34 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
$5,179 |
| Location Information |
| Latitude, Longitude |
42º 42' 44",
-73º 12' 12" |
| Congressional District |
01 |
| Address 1 |
880 Main Street |
| Address 2 |
P.O. Box 624 |
| City |
Williamstown |
| County |
Berkshire |
| State |
MA |
| Zip |
01267-0624 |
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