An LHC Run Plan - The First Inverse Femtobarn

TL;DR

This paper discusses the initial planning and validation strategies for the LHC's first inverse femtobarn of data, emphasizing the importance of early Standard Model process validation to ensure detector readiness for new discoveries.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive LHC run plan focusing on early data validation to prepare for potential discoveries in high energy physics.

Findings

Development of a detailed early data validation strategy

Identification of key Standard Model processes for detector calibration

Framework for rapid response to potential new physics signals

Abstract

The LHC will open up a new regime in high energy physics. The resultant greatly expanded discovery reach makes it incumbant on LHC experimenters to be prepared for discoveries, even in the very early days. To that end a variety of Standard Model processes must be validated in any LHC experiment in order to establish that the responses of the detector are well understood.