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PARTICLE PHYSICS 2017ª Highlights and Annual Report PARTICLE PHYSICS 2017ª Highlights and Annual Report Accelerators | Photon Science | Particle Physics Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron A Research Centre of the Helmholtz Association Cover A sophisticated vacuum connection system developed at DESY links the beam tube and the high-tech detector Belle II at the SuperKEKB collider at the Japanese national particle physics laboratory KEK. PARTICLE PHYSICS 2017ª Highlights and Annual Report Contents | 2 Contentsª º Forewords and news 4 º Experimental particle physics 18 º Astroparticle physics 44 º Theoretical physics 60 º Infrastructure and services 72 º References 88 Contents | 3 The year 2017 at DESYª Chairman’s foreword It would be almost tautological to say that 2017 was – again! strategy for the coming decade. Most importantly, we were – a very busy year at DESY, with several exciting develop- able to identify not only future priorities but also ments initiated across our campus and throughout our posteriorities. This will render our research centre very research divisions. robust, enabling it to cope with the future challenges. In 2017, we carried out an in-depth and comprehensive For particle and astroparticle physics, the DESY-2030 DESY strategy process. The DESY competence teams strategy has important implications. In general, we decided developed many brilliant ideas, which will enter into the to further foster DESY’s role as a national hub and as a Figure 1 Artist’s impression of the medium-sized telescopes that are being developed by DESY for the next-generation gamma-ray observatory CTA 4 | Forewords and news facilitator and driver of German contributions to international large-scale projects. In this spirit, key elements of the strategy are the successful delivery of our contributions to the upgrades of the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the Large Hardon Collider (LHC) at CERN near Geneva, Switzer- land, and to the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB collider at KEK in Japan, as well as a massive engagement in the construction of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the next-generation gamma-ray observatory (and the science exploitation of all these instruments). As one of the globally largest players in particle and astroparticle physics, DESY also engages in the strategy developments for these fields. Consequently, we are also directing our efforts towards realising an upgrade of the IceCube neutrino observatory at the South Pole and towards defining the next global collider project beyond the LHC. DESY’s voice is well heard in the German, European and international communities. These international ambitions require a sound basis on site, DESY is preparing inter alia a new Centre for Inter- and the DESY-2030 strategy consequently foresees a strong disciplinary Theoretical Physics, the Wolfgang Pauli Centre, theory support for our experimental activities, a set of which has the ambition of becoming an international on-site experiments and a strengthening of our detector meeting place for young theorists from all over the world. R&D activities. With the ALPS II experiment searching for These developments have become possible thanks to hypothetical very weakly interacting ultralight particles, with special financial support by the German Parliament. ideas for successor experiments on site and with the Detector Assembly Facility (DAF) currently being used for I would like to thank all the DESY staff members for their the construction of the ATLAS and CMS tracker end-caps excellent work in the last years, and I am looking forward to for the high-luminosity phase of the LHC, we are in a very the coming years, which will surely be more brilliant than ever. good position to achieve our ambitions. The DESY campuses in Hamburg and Zeuthen are develop- ing very dynamically. In Hamburg, DESY is making a strategic handshake with the University of Hamburg, which is planning to relocate its physics and chemistry depart- ments on the Bahrenfeld campus, in a later stage possibly also parts of the biology department. This move will foster novel cooperations and new opportunities for the training of Helmut Dosch students and young scientists. Together with the University, Chairman of the DESY Board of Directors Forewords and news | 5 Particle and astroparticle physics at DESYª Introduction Dear Colleagues and Friends of DESY, In 2017, DESY was vibrant with activities, in particle and In particle physics, the Large Hardon Collider (LHC) at CERN astroparticle physics as well as in photon science and in near Geneva, Switzerland, will remain our central activity for accelerator development, and our campuses in Hamburg and many years to come. DESY will focus on the upgrades of the Zeuthen saw many construction activities – a manifestation of ATLAS and CMS experiments and on their successful our efforts to secure the research centre’s future. science exploitation. With strong groups in both experiments, and with the construction of the new tracker end-caps for Two main processes kept us busy: the strategy process ATLAS and CMS starting in mid-2018 in the Detector DESY-2030 and the preparation for the programme-oriented Assembly Facility (DAF) at DESY, we are very well prepared funding (POF) evaluation of the Helmholtz Association in to achieve these goals. February 2018. The POF evaluation will eventually lead to funding recommendations for the upcoming POF IV period, A second cornerstone of DESY’s particle physics strategy is which will according to current planning start in 2020 and last the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB collider at KEK in for seven years. The DESY-2030 strategy process also has Japan, which will start data taking in 2018 (Fig. 1). The PXD long-term consequences for our work. After intense discus- vertex detector contributed by German groups will be added sions in dedicated competence teams and in the DESY in 2019. Data taking will last until around 2027, and hopes for strategy group, the DESY Board of Directors defined a clear exciting results are high. roadmap for the next decade and beyond. A set of on-site experiments will complement DESY’s particle physics portfolio: The ALPS II experiment, which aims to probe for hypothetical very weakly interacting ultralight particles (WISPs), will start data taking in 2020, and we are working hard on realising potential successor experiments, such as MADMAX or IAXO. In addition, we will further strengthen our efforts in detector and accelerator R&D. Another key element in the DESY particle physics strategy is the theory group. We will strive to foster its broad spectrum of research topics and its position as a world-leading centre for theoretical physics. Concerning the farther future, DESY will prepare for a leading participation in future global collider projects, and we will strive to strengthen our position as a hub for the German particle physics community, facilitating German contributions to international large-scale projects. Figure 1 Installation of the BEAST II detector in the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB In astroparticle physics, one focus of DESY is on the collider at KEK in Japan (November 2017) preparation of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the 6 | Forewords and news Figure 2 Left: Prototype of the mid-sized telescope for CTA in Berlin Adlershof. Right: First image of an air shower in Cherenkov light. next-generation gamma-ray observatory. We foresee a strong tary Particle Physics (KET), which will conclude with a role of DESY in the construction and operation of the strategy workshop in May 2018. Here, a statement on the observatory, and CTA will enable us to drive prominent German views will be formulated as input to the currently science topics. One 2017 highlight was the first observation beginning European strategy process – in which DESY will of air showers with the mid-sized telescope prototype of CTA play a very active role. (Fig. 2). In neutrino astronomy, DESY will contribute to the exploitation of the IceCube experiment at the South Pole, and More concretely, in 2018, DESY will face several decisive we will drive the upgrade programme towards IceCube-Gen2. events: the start of data taking with Belle II, the end of LHC Run 2 and the start of the construction of the ATLAS and A particular emphasis is on the multimessenger approach to CMS tracker end-caps in the DAF. A decision on the astronomy. DESY will extend its key role in real-time alert realisation of the International Linear Collider (ILC) in Japan is systems and in optical and gamma-ray follow-ups, and we also expected. The 250 GeV stage of the ILC was proposed will further develop the relevant synergies. The multi- in 2017, and it presents a scientifically sound case, as is messenger approach already proved to be very fruitful: In documented not least in the positive statement of the 2017, for the first time, sources have been observed using International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA). several messengers at the same time. In astroparticle physics, DESY will begin the construction of Central to all our ambitions is the talent of our staff. In 2017, the first preproduction telescopes for CTA and of the CTA DESY has – again – been very successful in attracting a number Science Data Management Centre (SDMC). We will continue of highly qualified scientists at different career levels. The our multimessenger activities and expand the cross alerting Helmholtz Young Investigator Groups of Anna Franckowiak of gamma-ray, neutrino and gravitational-wave events and (neutrino astronomy, IceCube) and Elisa Pueschel (CTA) X-ray and optical outbursts. started working in 2017, and three new Young Investigator Groups were granted: The groups of Torben Ferber (Belle II), We have a successful year 2017 behind us, and we have Abideh Jafari (CMS) and Priscilla Pani (ATLAS) will take up ambitious plans for the future. I congratulate all of the DESY their work at DESY in early 2018.
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