Neutrino Physics with Liquid Argon Detectors

中微子物理与液氩探测器

• 批准号: 1068553
• 负责人: Mitchell Soderberg
• 金额: $ 42万
• 依托单位: Syracuse University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-07-15 至 2015-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1068553&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Neutrino; Physics; Liquid; Argon; Detectors

Accelerator-based neutrino physics will be a major component of the U.S. particle physics program in the coming decade and provides the intellectual merit for the research outlined in this award. The technique of Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LArTPCs) is a very attractive option for studying neutrino physics due to its extraordinary imaging and calorimetry capabilities. This new award provides initial support for a program of research by Professor M. Soderberg of Syracuse University which will allow his significant participation in an LArTPC development program for long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics at Fermilab. This will include involvement on both the ArgoNeut and MicroBooNE experiments and span hardware development and physics analyses. The broader impacts of the proposed activities are multiple and diverse spanning outreach efforts at Syracuse devoted to involvement in the ongoing "Ask-A-Physicist" webpage and meeting with local high school teachers and students, developing a Physics Olympiad, and involving and mentoring students and postdoctoral researchers in hardware and physics analyses as well as preparation of presentations at conferences.

基于加速器的中微子物理学将是未来十年美国粒子物理计划的主要组成部分，并为该奖项概述的研究提供了智力优点。液体氩时间投影室（LARTPC）的技术由于其非凡的成像和量热法而是研究中微子物理学的一种非常有吸引力的选择。这个新奖项为锡拉丘兹大学的M. Soderberg教授提供了最初的支持，该计划将使他在费米拉布（Fermilab）的LART-BASELIN NETINPRINO振荡物理学的LARTPC开发计划中有很大的参与。这将包括参与Argoneut和Microboone实验以及跨越硬件开发和物理分析。拟议活动的更广泛的影响是多元化的跨越外展工作，致力于参与正在进行的“ Ask-a-A-Physysist”网页，并与当地的高中老师和学生会面，开发物理学奥林匹克运动会，并参与和指导学生，并在硬件和物理学分析中参与了学生，并在准备方面进行了准备。