TRIUMF and ATLAS Physics in Canada. Isabel Trigger TRIUMF 2009 SLUO LHC Workshop

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1 TRIUMF and ATLAS Physics in Canada Isabel Trigger TRIUMF 2009 SLUO LHC Workshop

2 ATLAS-Canada Structure Canada: geographically big, 11 ATLAS institutes, many physics interests ~150 people (>40 faculty, >60 grad students) Minimal organization : (see ) Spokesperson / NCP: Rob McPherson Deputy Spokesperson: Peter Krieger Physics Coordinator: Dugan O Neil Computing Coordinator: Mike Vetterli Two annual face-to-face workshops, weekly video meeting (mostly for analysis discussions), regular computing meetings 16/7/2009 I.Trigger - SLUO-LHC'09 2

3 Brief Intro to TRIUMF Canada s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics World s largest cyclotron (500 MeV H - ), in Vancouver Proton, pion, muon beams RIB ISOL facility ISAC Nuclear astrophysics, nuclear structure Adding elinac to complement cyclotron SRF, SPL upgrade to slhc, ILC relevance Six Key Program Areas Particle physics (mostly offshore and π e ν) Nuclear physics (rare-isotope program) Nuclear Medicine (MDS Nordion, PPRC, BCCA) Molecular and material sciences (μsr, β-nmr) Accelerator science Technology transfer and commercialization 16/7/2009 I.Trigger - SLUO-LHC'09 3

4 TRIUMF s Mission TRIUMF is owned and operated as a joint venture by a consortium of Canadian universities via a contribution through the National Research Council Canada with building capital funds provided by the government of British Columbia. Its mission is: To make discoveries that address the most compelling questions in particle physics, nuclear physics, nuclear medicine, and materials science; To act as Canada's steward for the advancement of particle accelerators and detection technologies; and To transfer knowledge, train highly skilled personnel, and commercialize research for the economic, social, environmental, and health benefit of all Canadians. 16/7/2009 I.Trigger - SLUO-LHC'09 4

5 TRIUMF Statistics ~500 scientists and staff on campus ~90 (50+40) staff MDS Nordion (45K treatments /wk) 50+ international agreements/partnerships ~1000 users (large fraction non-canadian) ~2000 visitors per year (many school kids) Celebrating our 40 th anniversary this year 16/7/2009 I.Trigger - SLUO-LHC'09 5

6 TRIUMF ATLAS Group 5+ Research Scientists at TRIUMF 1+ primarily detector 3 primarily analysis (1 currently CERN-based) 1 primarily managing Tier 1 Centre 2 analysis post-docs at TRIUMF 2 long-term visiting faculty 5 Tier 1 system administrators / specialists 2 Tier 1 user support / software experts 1 Tier 1 technician 3 summer students 2-3 grad students LHC Theory Workshop, April 09 16/7/2009 I.Trigger - SLUO-LHC'09 6

7 ATLAS at TRIUMF: Detectors Chris Oram, Leonid Kurchaninov + D. Axen, R. McP Group includes TRIUMF engineering personnel based at member universities Hadronic Endcap, cryostat Feedthroughs, Forward Calorimeter design Upgrade studies: mini-fcal (diamonds possibly irradiation studies at TRIUMF ), mechanical / thermal studies of support for inner detector replacement, electronics 16/7/2009 I.Trigger - SLUO-LHC'09 7

8 ATLAS at TRIUMF: Tier 1 Data Centre Canadian Tier 1 ATLAS only 5% of ATLAS Tier 1 capacity: 782 processor cores (Intel/Woodcrest 3.0 GHz) 900 TB disk / 560 TB tape Doubling capacity by Fall 5 Gbps link to CERN Tier 0 (upgradable to 10 Gbps) Paired with SARA (Netherlands) & BNL (1 Gbps failover connections) Canadian cloud has Tier 2 sites at U.Victoria, Simon Fraser U., U. Alberta, U. Toronto, McGill U. (1 Gbps connections) Total staff of ~9.5 Compact design, fits room 6.7m x 12.8 m (800sq.ft) with 350 kw cooling capacity Exemplary efficiency, reliability 16/7/2009 I.Trigger - SLUO-LHC'09 8

9 TRIUMF Computing Support to ATLAS-Canada TRIUMF Tier 1 provides user support Dedicated egroups, , demos at workshops Writing, maintaining tools for code installation & Tier 3 management, virtualization Aimed at Canadians, often useful to others too TRIUMF 5-Year Plan starting 2010 foresees 2 additional analysis support positions (contract-limited research fellows) Tier 1 personnel coordinate grid activities for ATLAS-Canada 16/7/2009 I.Trigger - SLUO-LHC'09 9

10 ATLAS at TRIUMF: Analysis Centre & Physics Group TRIUMF is Canada s National Lab for Particle Physics Mission to play leadership role in analysis, support universities Done in part by funding 5 faculty research positions (50-100%) at member universities low-profile for TRIUMF, appreciated by universities! Continue to strengthen group at TRIUMF doing ATLAS analysis, good facilities for visitors, students, hosting meetings, workshops 16/7/2009 I.Trigger - SLUO-LHC'09 10

11 ATLAS at TRIUMF: Analysis Centre & Physics Group Three new Research Scientist hires for ATLAS Analysis I.T. (2005), Oliver Stelzer-Chilton & Anadi Canepa (2008) Supervise more physics post-docs (Co-)supervise grad students TRIUMF RS can be adjunct at universities Students can be based at TRIUMF after coursework complete at university But there has to be a strong draw 16/7/2009 I.Trigger - SLUO-LHC'09 11

12 ATLAS Physics at TRIUMF E T miss studies instrumental fake sources, studies of jet EM fractions, track jets vs calo jets, etc. Muons MS alignment, inter-detector alignment General interest in SUSY, W+jets, VBF Higgs, H 4l, Higgs in SUSY, More involvement with performance groups than physics WG so far 16/7/2009 I.Trigger - SLUO-LHC'09 12

13 Analysis Centre Making TRIUMF more attractive for ATLAS analysis: People 5 ATLAS RS hires in 5 years (3 primarily for analysis) 2 lab-based post-docs) New phenomenology RS in Theory Group TRIUMF summer student / co-op program plus long-term visitors, Tier 1 staff, 2 ATLAS universities in Vancouver and 1 in Victoria On-site workshops (e.g. LHC Theory Workshop in April, ATLAS-Canada workshop in April/May) Physical refurbishment provides comfortable desk space for 6 students / visitors and small (~8-person) ATLAS videoconference room Station for ATLAS Remote Monitoring - shift training and eventual remote Data Quality shifts 5-year plan ( ): new building house expanded Tier 1, Analysis Centre 16/7/2009 I.Trigger - SLUO-LHC'09 13

14 Is the Analysis Centre concept working? Successful workshops Several faculty members coming to TRIUMF for sabbatical Plenty of occupants for the new desks summer students, visiting grad students Videoconference room not quite ready to use, very small does not solve problem of meeting facility for workshops, does ease weekly meeting issues (still want new building!) No trouble attracting students to group but harder to relocate them physically to TRIUMF. TRIUMF has many grad students, but mostly on in-house program (nuclear, accelerator). Good progress, but will require much continuing effort. 16/7/2009 I.Trigger - SLUO-LHC'09 14

15 Summary: role of TRIUMF in ATLAS-Canada TRIUMF is only national lab for HEP in Canada neutral ground TRIUMF the place in Canada for detector construction & testing, accelerators, Grid hub West Coast tricky for travel from Quebec, Ontario so visitors don t just pass through but building on assets to make it the place in Canada to work on ATLAS physics 16/7/2009 I.Trigger - SLUO-LHC'09 15