This week's assignments will guide you through the following topics:
- Introduction to particle physics and the Large Hadron Collider
- Jets and H(bb) tagging
Please read the following:
- Slides on LHC and jets: 01-aboutHEPscience-forCapstone2020.pdf
- Introduction of Ref. {cite}
Asquith:2018igt
No tasks this week.
Answer the following questions on Canvas:
- What is a jet?
- What is the Higgs boson?
- How much data is generated by the LHC experiments per year before filtering and compression? What about after filtering and compression?