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）资助的。该奖项将使汉普顿大学在PI Michael Kohl博士的领导下，为所谓的奥林巴斯实验构建和实施亮度监测器。德国DESY实验室的OLYMPUS实验（正电子-质子和电子-质子弹性散射，利用doriS测试多光子交换假设）将在多国合作中进行。该实验将提供关于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（MIT）密切合作建造。科尔博士是奥林巴斯的创始人之一，他与麻省理工学院的理查德·米尔纳博士和道格拉斯·哈塞尔博士共同担任首席发言人。亮度监测器被认为是必不可少的，在整个奥林巴斯设置保证小的预期系统不确定性，是Kohl博士的小组的责任。这个MRI-R2项目为来自少数民族的本科生和研究生提供了新的研究和教育机会，主要是非洲裔美国人。该MRI-R2将允许在汉普顿大学校园新建的研究大楼的新实验室中构建和测试该仪器。学生和年轻研究人员在奥林巴斯合作项目中的积极作用为他们未来作为全球参与科学家的角色做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有才华的本科生提供一条通往顶尖学校研究生教育的管道，并最终增加代表性不足的博士人数，特别是非洲裔美国人，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.