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州大学林肯分校(UNL)实验高能物理(HEP)小组的前沿对撞机物理项目提供为期三年的持续支持。这种智力上的价值来自于发现和理解的新时代，这个时代已经并将继续在粒子物理和天体物理领域取得进展。研究工作的重点是大型强子对撞机(LHC)的紧凑型Muon螺线管(CMS)实验的操作和数据分析，其中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着领导作用。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Pierre Auger天文台、射电冰切伦科夫实验(RESS)和中微子阵列射电校准(NARC)实验的贡献，保持在超高能宇宙线物理方面的互补努力。该组织广泛的教育和外展努力产生了更广泛的影响。其中包括NSF资助的宇宙线观测站项目(CROP)，面向小学生的双语英语辅导计划(BEST)，与农村学校建立网络，将粒子物理的兴奋带到课堂，以及高中教师和学生与宇宙线研究的整合。

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.