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

该奖项为内布拉斯加大学林肯分校（UNL）实验高能物理（HEP）小组的前沿对撞机物理项目提供了为期三年的持续支持。知识的价值来自于发现和理解的新时代，这个时代在粒子物理学和天体物理学领域已经并将继续取得进展。研究工作的重点是大型强子对撞机（LHC）紧凑型μ子螺线管（CMS）实验的操作和数据分析，其中UNL小组在第2层计算，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，并继续其对D0实验的服务承诺，主要是光度测量。该小组还将通过对皮埃尔·奥格天文台、无线电冰切伦科夫实验（RICE）和中微子阵列无线电校准（NARC）实验的贡献，在超高能量宇宙射线物理学方面保持补充努力。该组织的广泛教育和推广工作产生了更广泛的影响。这些项目包括美国国家科学基金会资助的宇宙射线观测项目（CROP），针对小学生的双语英语辅导项目（BEST），与农村学校建立联系，将粒子物理学的兴奋带到课堂上，以及将高中教师和学生整合到宇宙射线研究中。

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.