ATLAS is one of four planned detectors for the future proton-proton accelerator
LHC
at CERN in Geneva.
The experiment is in the phase of construction and commissioning.
The start of data taking is scheduled for 2008.
The ATLAS group of LMU Munich is participating in detector and software
development of the muon spectrometer. This spectrometer consists of
several layers of monitored drift tubes chambers. These chambers are built
in joint effort together with other physics departments from all over the
world.
A fraction of chamers are built at MPI Munich. These chambers are tested for
their efficiency at the cosmic ray test facility of LMU Munich.
Our group is also involved into studies of searches form physics beyond the
standard model and measurements of the top-quark.
Furthermore we are involved in the development of Grid computing and
commissioning of Tier1/2 centers.
