Searching for and Discovering New Physics at the Large Hadron Collider, the Tevatron, and in Cosmic Rays

在大型强子对撞机、Tevatron 和宇宙射线中寻找和发现新物理

• 批准号: 0969704
• 负责人: Kenneth Bloom
• 金额: $ 196万
• 依托单位: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0969704&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Searching; Discovering; New; Physics; Large

This award provides continued support for the frontier collider-physics program of the experimental high-energy physics (HEP) group at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) for a three-year period. The intellectual merit follows from the new era of discovery and understanding which has and will continue to progress in the fields of particle physics and astrophysics. The research effort is focused on operations and data analysis for the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), where the UNL group has leadership roles in Tier-2 computing, operation of the forward pixel detector, and tracker and trigger upgrades. In addition, the group will complete ongoing analyses and continue its service commitments to the D0 experiment, principally the luminosity measurement. The group will also maintain complementary efforts in ultra-high energy cosmic-ray physics through contributions to the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Radio Ice Cherenkov Experiment (RICE) and the Neutrino Array Radio Calibration (NARC) experiment. Broader impacts result from the extensive education and outreach efforts of the group. These include the NSF-funded Cosmic Ray Observatory Project (CROP), a Bilingual English Speaking Tutor program (BEST) for elementary school children, networking with rural schools to bring the excitement of particle physics to the classroom and integration of high-school teachers and students with cosmic-ray research.

该奖项为内布拉斯加大学林肯分校（UNL）实验高能物理（HEP）组的前沿对撞机物理计划提供持续三年的支持。知识价值来自发现和理解的新时代，它已经并将继续在粒子物理学和天体物理学领域取得进展。研究工作的重点是大型强子对撞机（LHC）的紧凑型μ子螺线管（CMS）实验的操作和数据分析，UNL小组在Tier-2计算，前向像素探测器的操作以及跟踪器和触发器升级方面发挥领导作用。此外，该小组将完成正在进行的分析，并继续为D 0实验提供服务，主要是光度测量。该小组还将通过对皮埃尔·俄歇天文台和射电冰切伦科夫实验以及中微子阵列射电校准实验的贡献，在超高能宇宙射线物理学方面保持互补努力。该小组广泛的教育和外联工作产生了更广泛的影响。其中包括NSF资助的宇宙射线天文台项目（CROP），为小学生提供的双语英语辅导计划（BEST），与农村学校建立网络，将粒子物理学的兴奋带入课堂，并将高中教师和学生与宇宙射线研究相结合。