Department - Author 1
Physics Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Physics
Date
12-2009
Primary Advisor
Jennifer Klay
Abstract/Summary
This paper compares the detectors and algorithms developed and used at both A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE) and the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF). We found that the detectors share many similarities in data collection and analysis methods and that by adapting algorithms that have been tested and used at CDF, ALICE could augment its existing algorithms. The algorithms formed from this adaptation will help ALICE isolate b-jets quickly and explore the quark-gluon plasma, ultimately expanding our understanding of the strong nuclear force and its role in the evolution of our universe.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/physsp/4