RUI: Studies of Relativistic Heavy Ions Collisions in ALICE at the LHC

RUI：大型强子对撞机 ALICE 中相对论性重离子碰撞的研究

• 批准号: 0968903
• 负责人: Edmundo Garcia-Solis
• 金额: $ 32.36万
• 依托单位: Chicago State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-07-01 至 2014-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0968903&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RUI; Studies; Relativistic; Heavy; Ions

At the core of a successful undergraduate education in STEM disciplines is the capacity to offer students the opportunity to practice scientific inquiry through the iteration that connects the use of modern technology and captivating areas of research. This project is centered on a research program to study Heavy Ion Collisions at European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) with the ALICE experiment in two areas of interest: the jet physics capabilities brought to ALICE by the electromagnetic calorimeter (EMCal), and a modest R&D component to explore the enhancement of the EMCaL physics possibilities by improving ALICE's track-by-track particle identification capabilities with the construction of a very high momentum charged particle identification detector (VHMPID), and the expansion of the number of the EMCaL modules.Recruiting, retaining, and educating science, technology, engineering and mathematics students and teachers has been identified as the cornerstone in the effort to improve scientific literacy, maintain economic growth, and to provide the platform for relevant scientific discoveries. This project addresses these issues by strengthening a recently instituted high-energy experimental nuclear physics program at CSU: (1) The use of cutting-edge technology for high-energy nuclear physics experiments provides an attractive opportunity to captivate and prepare students, (2) A collaborative program at an international laboratory exposes students to research experiences they could not otherwise obtain at an undergraduate university. Because of the make-up of our student population, the location of our university and the current outreach programs of the department, this program has the potential to promote inner-city underrepresented students into STEM education.

成功的 STEM 学科本科教育的核心是能够通过将现代技术的使用与迷人的研究领域联系起来的迭代，为学生提供实践科学探究的机会。 该项目以欧洲核研究组织 (CERN) 的一项研究计划为中心，通过 ALICE 实验研究两个感兴趣的领域：电磁量热计 (EMCal) 为 ALICE 带来的喷射物理能力，以及适度的研发部分通过构建极高动量带电粒子识别探测器（VHMPID）和扩展数量来提高 ALICE 的逐轨粒子识别能力，探索增强 EMCaL 物理可能性EMCaL 模块的组成部分。招募、保留和教育科学、技术、工程和数学学生和教师已被确定为提高科学素养、保持经济增长并为相关科学发现提供平台的基石。 该项目通过加强科罗拉多州立大学最近设立的高能实验核物理项目来解决这些问题：(1) 在高能核物理实验中使用尖端技术为吸引和培养学生提供了一个有吸引力的机会，(2)国际实验室的合作项目让学生接触到他们在本科大学无法获得的研究经验。 由于我们学生群体的构成、大学的地理位置以及该系当前的外展计划，该计划有潜力促进市中心代表性不足的学生接受 STEM 教育。