RUI: Neutrino Studies with Experiments in the NuMI Beam

RUI：通过 NuMI 束流实验进行中微子研究

基本信息

批准号：
0653016
负责人：
Alec Habig
金额：
$ 25.5万
依托单位：
University of Minnesota Duluth
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Continuing Grant
财政年份：
2007
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2007-06-01 至 2010-05-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0653016&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
RUI Neutrino Studies Experiments NuMI

项目摘要

The University of Minnesota Duluth is studying neutrino oscillations using experiments in the NuMI neutrino beam, through the NSF Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) program. Recent work on the Super-Kamiokande experiment in Japan have used neutrinos produced by cosmic ray interactions with the upper atmosphere to show that muon neutrinos oscillate to tau neutrinos as they travel the tens to thousands of kilometers through the earth to the detector. This implies that neutrinos have mass, a finding of fundamental importance to both particle physics and astrophysics. Further work with the K2K experiment, and now with the MINOS (Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search) experiment have unambiguously confirmed this result. MINOS will precisely measure the oscillation parameters using the intense, well-calibrated beam of neutrinos generated using Fermilab Main Injector. This neutrino beam was commissioned in early 2005 and is aimed toward the Soudan Underground Physics Laboratory in northeastern Minnesota where the MINOS far detector is situated and operating. The UMD group is responsible for the Detector Control System, which monitors the status of the experimental equipment and environment. UMD plans to develop a similar system for MINERvA and contribute to the development of NOvA Data Acquisition System. Importantly, the UMD group offers a significant research opportunity for undergraduates through participation in this challenging program in neutrino physics.

明尼苏达大学Duluth大学正在使用Numi Neutminino束中的实验研究中微子振荡，并通过本科机构（RUI）计划的NSF研究。日本超级kamiokande实验的最新工作使用了与上层大气相互作用所产生的中微子，以表明穆恩中微子振荡tau中微子，因为它们将经过数十万公里的地球传播到检测器。这意味着中微子具有质量，这是对粒子物理和天体物理学的基本重要性的发现。与K2K实验的进一步合作，现在与MinOS（主要喷油器中微子振荡搜索）实验已经明确确认了这一结果。 MINOS将使用使用Fermilab Main注射器产生的强烈的，良好的中微子光束精确测量振荡参数。这款中微子梁委托于2005年初，针对明尼苏达州东北部的Soudan地下物理实验室，那里的Minos Far toctector位于和运行。 UMD组负责检测器控制系统，该系统监视实验设备和环境的状态。 UMD计划为密涅瓦开发类似的系统，并为NOVA数据采集系统的开发做出贡献。重要的是，UMD小组通过参加中微子物理学的这个具有挑战性的计划为大学生提供了重要的研究机会。