Published 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

The latest results from the Atlas experiment

  • 1. Nevis Lab. Columbia Univ., Irvington (United States)

Description

With the Lhc start-up and the first runs at 900 GeV, 2.36 TeV and 7 TeV centre-of-mass energy in the years 2009 and 2010, the Atlas detector started to record its first collision events. The integrated luminosity has now reached one inverse pico barn. These data have been used to perform detailed studies on the performance of the detector, including measuring charged and neutral particle mass resonances and the study of QCD cross-sections. The data have already made it possible to commission and calibrate the various Atlas sub detectors, and understand their performance in detail. The first observation of Standard Model electroweak processes, in particular mass resonances, is also being used as a benchmark for validating the analysis and simulation tools. The status and performance of the detector will be briefly reviewed, the latest physics results will be summarized and limits on new physics will be given.

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuovo Cimento. C (Print)
Journal Volume
34
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 101-108
ISSN
2037-4909

Conference

Title
international workshop on interplay between soft and hard interactions in particle production at ultra-relativistic energies
Acronym
WISH 2010
Dates
8-10 Sep 2010
Place
Catania (Italy)