CAREER: New Detectors and Techniques for Astroparticle and Neutrino Physics

这个职业生涯的建议寻求资助的一个新的线的天体粒子物理学活动在恩里科费米研究所在芝加哥大学。重点是开发探测器来寻找暗物质候选者，如弱相互作用大质量粒子。拟议的研发研究将包括基于过热液体的探测器、将新的气体探测器技术应用于非加速器实验以及对严重电离粒子进行地球化学研究。共同的主题是高背景抑制能力、低阈值、多功能性和简单性。从这里描述的工作中产生的探测器技术有许多应用比它们设计的假设粒子更接近地球：国家安全、环境科学、辐射防护和医学成像，仅举几例。

This CAREER proposal seeks funding for a new line of Astroparticle Physics activities at the Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago. The emphasis is on developing detectors to search for dark matter candidates, such as Weakly Interacting Massive Particles. The proposed R&D studies will include detectors based on superheated liquids, adaptations of new gas detector technologies to non-accelerator experiments and a geochemical search for heavily ionizing particles. The common theme is high background-rejection ability, low-threshold, versatility and simplicity.The detector technologies that will result from the work described here have many applications closer to Earth than the hypothetical particles for which they are designed: national security, environmental science, radioprotection and medical imaging, to mention a few.