Speaker
Prof.
Günther Dissertori
(ETH Zurich)
Description
This lecture will give a basic introduction to the physics of the LHC, with focus on the studies of proton-proton collisions, and the corresponding requirements on the detectors. Then the main elements of and the differences among the large LHC experiments will be discussed, and their performance during the first years of LHC running described.
Primary author
Prof.
Günther Dissertori
(ETH Zurich)