University-Based Detector Research and Development for the International Linear Collider

国际直线对撞机大学探测器研究与开发

• 批准号: 0529471
• 负责人: James Brau
• 金额: $ 35.1万
• 依托单位: University of Oregon Eugene
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-08-15 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0529471&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: University; Based; Detector; Research; Development

At the start of the millenium, the world's particle physicists arrived at a consensus that an International Linear Collider (ILC) should be the next major facility for high energy physics. Since then, candidate technologies for the accelerator were developed, the global community has agreed on the technology to be used and a global center to coordinate the completion of the design is now forming. Realizing the vision of the ILC will be a great challenge both technically and in timeliness. The technical challenges lie in both detector and accelerator areas and derive from the need for high luminosity and high precision of measurement. The timeliness challenge lies in the need to have significant overlap with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) if the full synergy of the two approaches to the energy frontier is to be achieved. The detectors for the ILC are highly challenging. This is not always fully appreciated. While many advances in detector technology were required for the LHC experiments, different challenges must be addressed for the ILC experiments. To meet these technical challenges will require the development of conceptual designs for the detectors in the next few years.This proposal seeks to take an important step towards that goal. It includes a number of projects to be carried out by many diverse university groups and laboratories. The projects address key aspects of the detector requirements, including the development of important technologies for all the detector subsystems and the software needed to evaluate them. International groups are now coalescing around several detector concepts, and most of the projects are directly applicable to one or more of these. As is essential for the ILC, there is close communication between the US investigators and their colleagues abroad.This program will have scientific impact beyond the ILC. The detector R&D will lead to advances in a number of technical fronts. Detector technologies optimized to perform precision measurements in the low-radiation environment of a linear collider will have applications in other areas of high energy physics, as well as in other fields. The collaborating groups have a strong history of outreach to undergraduates and K-12 students and teachers. The work supported by this proposal will be integrated into these outreach efforts.

在千年开始时，世界的粒子物理学家达成了共识，即国际线性对撞机（ILC）应该是高能物理学的下一个主要设施。从那时起，开发了加速器的候选技术，全球社区已经同意要使用的技术，并且现在正在形成整个设计的全球中心。在技​​术和及时性上，实现ILC的愿景将是一个巨大的挑战。技术挑战在于检测器和加速器区域，并源于对高光度和高度测量精度的需求。及时性挑战在于，如果要实现这两种方法的完整协同作用，则需要与大型强子对撞机（LHC）具有显着重叠。 ILC的检测器极具挑战性。这并不总是完全赞赏。尽管LHC实验需要许多检测器技术的进步，但必须解决ILC实验的不同挑战。为了应对这些技术挑战，将需要在未来几年内为检测器开发概念设计。该提案试图朝着这一目标迈出重要的一步。它包括许多多样化的大学团体和实验室要进行的项目。这些项目解决了检测器要求的关键方面，包括为所有检测器子系统的重要技术开发以及评估它们所需的软件。国际团体现在正在围绕几个探测器概念结合，大多数项目直接适用于其中一个或多个项目。对于ILC至关重要的是，美国调查人员与他们在国外的同事之间进行了密切的沟通。该计划将在ILC之外产生科学影响。检测器研发将导致许多技术方面的进步。 在线性对撞机的低辐射环境中进行精确测量的探测器技术将在其他高能物理和其他领域的其他领域中应用。 合作团体对本科生和K-12学生和老师的宣传历史有很强的历史。该提案支持的工作将纳入这些外展工作中。