MRI-R2 Consortium: Development of Forward-Angle Tracking Telescopes for Luminosity Monitoring at OLYMPUS

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)提供资金的。这一奖项将使汉普顿大学能够在派博士迈克尔·科尔的领导下，为所谓的奥林巴斯实验建造和实施光度监测器。德国DESY实验室的奥林巴斯实验(正电子-质子和电子-质子弹性散射，以验证使用Doris的多光子交换假说)将在多国合作下进行。这项实验将提供有关电子如何与质子和中子相互作用的明确信息，从而解决围绕其他电子散射实验的关键不确定性。光度监测器将与麻省理工学院密切合作建造。科尔博士是奥林巴斯的创始人之一，他正在与来自麻省理工学院的理查德·米尔纳博士和道格拉斯·哈塞尔博士一起担任联合发言人的领导角色。光度监测器被认为是奥林巴斯整体设置中必不可少的，以保证较小的预期系统不确定性，并由科尔博士的团队负责。这一MRI-R2项目为少数族裔(主要是非洲裔美国人)的本科生和研究生提供了新的研究和教育机会。这台MRI-R2将允许在汉普顿大学校园内的一个新实验室中建造和测试该仪器，该实验室位于一座新建的研究大楼内。奥林巴斯合作中的学生和年轻研究人员的积极作用，为他们作为全球参与的科学家未来的角色做好了非常有效的准备和培训。特别是，吸引本科生参加这个项目的根本目的是为顶尖学校的研究生教育提供有才华的本科生渠道，并最终增加代表不足的博士生数量，特别是非裔美国人，这是汉普顿大学使命的核心。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). This award will enable Hampton University, under the leadership of PI Dr. Michael Kohl, to construct and implement luminosity monitors for the so-called OLYMPUS experiment. The OLYMPUS experiment (pOsitron-proton and eLectron-proton elastic scattering to test the hYpothesis of Multi-Photon exchange Using doriS) at DESY Laboratory, Germany, will be carried out in a multi-national collaboration. This experiment will provide definitive information about how electrons interact with protons and neutrons, thereby settling key uncertainties surrounding other electron scattering experiments. The luminosity monitors will be built in close collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr. Kohl is one of the originators of OLYMPUS and is pursuing it in a lead role as co-spokesperson along with co-PIs Dr. Richard Milner and Dr. Douglas Hasell from MIT. The luminosity monitors are considered essential in the overall OLYMPUS setup to warrant the small anticipated systematic uncertainties and are the responsibility of Dr. Kohl's group. This MRI-R2 project enables new research and educational opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students from minority populations, predominantly African-Americans. This MRI-R2 will allow construction and testing of the instrument in a new lab on the campus of Hampton University, in a newly constructed research building. The active role of students and young researchers integrated in the OLYMPUS collaboration prepares and trains them very effectively in their future role as globally engaged scientists. In particular, attracting undergraduate students to this program serves the underlying purpose of providing a pipeline of talented undergraduate students towards graduate education in top schools and to ultimately increase the number of underrepresented, in particular African-American, PhDs, which is at the heart of Hampton University's mission.