CAREER: New Detectors and Techniques for Astroparticle and Neutrino Physics

这份职业提案寻求为芝加哥大学恩里科·费米研究所的一项新的天体粒子物理活动提供资金。重点是开发探测器来搜索暗物质候选者，例如弱相互作用的大质量粒子。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，以及对高电离粒子的地球化学搜索。共同的主题是高背景抑制能力、低门槛、多功能性和简单性。通过这里描述的工作产生的探测器技术比它们设计的假设粒子有许多更接近地球的应用：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.