A Research and Development Plan: Detecting WIMP Dark Matter and Developing Physics and Cosmology Exhibits with the Great Lakes Science Center

研究和开发计划：探测 WIMP 暗物质并与五大湖科学中心一起开发物理和宇宙学展览

• 批准号: 9722414
• 负责人: Daniel Akerib
• 金额: $ 40万
• 依托单位: Case Western Reserve University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-08-15 至 2003-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9722414&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Development; Plan; Detecting; WIMP

This career proposal describes ground breaking techniques to detect a possible form of dark matter known as WIMPS: Weakly Interacting Massive Particles. Most of the universe is thought to be made of matter which has never been observed through existing techniques and WIMPS is one of the logical candidates for such unobserved dark matter. The educational component of this proposal involves the development of interactive exhibits to inform the general public about such astrophysics research, especially using the Great Lakes Science Center.

这个职业建议描述了一种突破性的技术来探测一种可能的暗物质形式，称为WIMPS：弱相互作用的大质量粒子。 宇宙的大部分被认为是由从未通过现有技术观察到的物质组成的，WIMPS是这种未观察到的暗物质的合理候选者之一。 这项建议的教育部分包括制作互动展览，向公众介绍这类天体物理学研究，特别是利用五大湖科学中心。