Collaborative Research: Measurement of Cosmic Ray Response Functions for an Ice Cherenkov Detector

合作研究：冰切伦科夫探测器宇宙射线响应函数的测量

• 批准号: 0838838
• 负责人: Paul Evenson
• 金额: $ 16.67万
• 依托单位: University of Delaware
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-07-01 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0838838&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Measurement; Cosmic; Ray

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The proposal seeks funding to determine a complete set of cosmic ray response functions for the ice Cherenkov detector used by the surface air shower IceTop array that is part of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. This would be accomplished by means of a global latitude survey conducted with a detector (identical to the IceTop sensors) built in a freezer van, which will be installed on the Swedish icebreaker Oden. The cosmic rays shower data will be recorded on the Oden voyage from Sweden to McMurdo and return during the 2009-2010 austral summer season. The potential use of Oden for scientific research has been announced in the NSF Antarctic Science solicitation NSF 08-535. Continued reliance on students provides a broader impact to this proposed research and firmly grounds this effort in its educational mission.

该奖项根据 2009 年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法 111-5）提供资金。该提案寻求资金来确定地表空气簇射 IceTop 阵列所使用的冰切伦科夫探测器的一套完整的宇宙射线响应函数，该阵列是南极 IceCube 中微子观测站的一部分。这将通过使用内置于冷冻车中的探测器（与 IceTop 传感器相同）进行全球纬度调查来完成，该探测器将安装在瑞典破冰船 Oden 上。宇宙射线簇射数据将在奥登号从瑞典到麦克默多的航行中记录下来，并在2009-2010年南方夏季返回。 NSF 南极科学征集 NSF 08-535 中已宣布 Oden 可能用于科学研究。对学生的持续依赖为这项拟议的研究提供了更广泛的影响，并将这项努力牢牢扎根于其教育使命中。