Experimental and Physics Prospects at ATLAS and CMS - 2011 and Beyond

TL;DR

This paper reviews the early physics results and future prospects of the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the LHC, focusing on data collection, detector performance, and key measurements expected through 2016.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of the initial results and future physics potential of ATLAS and CMS at the LHC from 2011 onwards.

Findings

Successful early operation of ATLAS and CMS detectors

Projected data collection of up to 10-100 fb-1 by 2016

Anticipated key physics measurements at high energies

Abstract

The ATLAS and CMS experiments have collected data at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) since December 2009, and with a collision energy \sprts=7 TeV since March 2010. Both detectors work remarkably well at this early stage of operation, and several physics analyses have already been published. It is currently expected that an integrated luminosity of ~1 fb-1 will be collected before a 15 month shutdown from early 2012, and that up to 10 (100) fb-1 will be collected at a collision energy at or near \sqrts=14 Tev by the end of 2013 (2016). Taking account of the outstanding Tevatron results obtained so far, a perspective is given of key physics measurements using data at the end of 2011 and beyond.