Research Initiation Award: Subatomic Physics at Virginia Union University

研究启动奖：弗吉尼亚联合大学亚原子物理学

• 批准号: 1700333
• 负责人: Narbe Kalantarians
• 金额: $ 26.64万
• 依托单位: Virginia Union University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2021-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1700333&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Initiation; Award; Subatomic; Physics

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities-Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) Research Initiation Awards (RIAs) provide support to STEM faculty at HBCUs to pursue research at their home institution, at an NSF-funded Center, at a research intensive institution or at a national laboratory. The RIA projects are expected to help further the faculty member's research capability and effectiveness, to improve research and teaching at his or her home institution, and to involve undergraduate students in research experiences. With support from the National Science Foundation, Virginia Union University (VUU), a private, liberal-arts HBCU, will conduct research aimed at understanding the neutron structure function. This project will support the newly-established physics programs by expanding research opportunities available to students and enhancing the department's research infrastructure. The education and research experiences will contribute to VUU's efforts to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups in physics and also help prepare students for graduate school and the Nation's STEM workforce.The goal of the proposed study is to establish a collaborative experimental subatomic physics program that contributes to the fundamental understanding of the neutron. The PI will undertake slow controls work for a high-impact and highly anticipated measurement of the fundamental structure of the neutron. In addition, the PI will compare published structure function data from charged lepton and neutrino scattering on heavier targets to better model how nuclei may be observed differently from electromagnetic charged lepton and electroweak probes. Specifically, the PI will contribute to slow controls software development necessary for monitoring and archiving data associated with the gas deuteron gas target for the planned Barely Offshell Nucleon Structure (BONuS12) experiment. The PI will also conduct work to refine the structure function for Lead-82. Overall this program will create a VUU research presence in the international subatomic physics community as well as elevate the status of this HBCU and attract more students in physics. This project will be conducted in collaboration with the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab).

历史悠久的黑人学院和大学的大学生课程（HBCU-UP）研究发起奖（RIAS）为HBCUS的STEM教师提供了支持，以在其家庭机构，在NSF资助的中心，在研究密集型机构或国家实验室中进行研究。 RIA项目有望帮助教师的研究能力和有效性，改善其家庭机构的研究和教学，并让本科生参与研究经验。在国家科学基金会的支持下，弗吉尼亚联合大学（VUU）是一名私人自由主义者HBCU，将进行旨在了解中子结构功能的研究。该项目将通过扩大学生可用的研究机会并增强该部门的研究基础设施来支持新建立的物理计划。教育和研究经验将有助于Vuu努力扩大人为不足的团体在物理学方面的参与，还可以帮助学生为研究生院和美国的STEM劳动力做好准备。拟议的研究的目的是建立一个协作实验性的亚底物理学计划，从而为中子的基本理解做出贡献。 PI将进行缓慢的控制功能，可用于对中子基本结构的高影响力和高度预期的测量。此外，PI将比较较重的目标上带电的Lepton和中微子散射的已发表的结构功能数据，以更好地模拟与电磁带电的Lepton和Electroweak探针不同观察到的核的模型。具体而言，PI将有助于缓慢控制软件的开发，以监视和归档与气体Deuteron气体目标相关的数据，用于计划的几乎没有壳核结构（Bonus12）实验。 PI还将开展工作以完善铅82的结构函数。总体而言，该计划将在国际亚原子物理社区中创造VUU研究的影响力，并提高该HBCU的状态并吸引更多的物理学学生。该项目将与托马斯·杰斐逊国家加速器设施（Jefferson Lab）合作进行。