RUI: Experimental Neutrino Research with MINOS, NOvA, MINERvA

这个为期三年的奖项将允许明尼苏达大学杜卢斯粒子物理组继续在RUI计划内进行与中微子物理和宇宙射线物理有关的研究。这种研究的学术价值是公认的。该小组由两名教师和MS。和本科生。它将继续为位于苏丹地下实验室的费米实验室MINOS远探测器的运行支持和NOvA远探测器的准备工作做出贡献-所有探测器都位于明尼苏达州北方。支持中微子振荡和中微子与MINOS以及费米实验室的MINERvA探测器相互作用方案的物理分析将继续进行。此外，通过研究中微子探测器中的宇宙射线相互作用、使用MINOS远探测器探测天体物理学中微子源以及开发软件以便与NOvA进行类似研究，支持对粒子天体物理学领域的贡献。更广泛的影响令人印象深刻。该计划为两个硕士的实践研究教育提供支持。和物理系本科生。校园靠近探测器站点，为学生提供了定期参加实验室研究的独特机会。此外，PI领导了一个项目，其中高中教师和本科生实习生参与了苏丹实验室的研究，并向公众和学校团体提供图尔斯参观。这和年度开放日有助于将实验室的活动与公众联系起来，特别是苏丹实验室和NOVA远探测器站点周围的北方明尼苏达州社区。

This three year award will allow the University of Minnesota, Duluth particle physics group to continue studies within the RUI program related to neutrino physics and cosmic ray physics. The intellectual merit of such studies is well established. The group consists of two faculty and M.S. and undergraduate students. It will continue to contribute to operational support for the Fermilab MINOS far detector located in the Soudan Underground Laboratory and in the preparation of the NOvA far detector - all located in northern Minnesota. Physics analyses in support of the neutrino oscillations and neutrino interactions programs with MINOS as well as the MINERvA detector at Fermilab will continue. In addition, contributions to the field of particle astrophysics are supported via studies of the cosmic ray interactions in the neutrino detectors, the use of the MINOS far detector in the detection of astrophysical neutrino sources, and the development of software to allow for similar studies with NOvA.. The broader impacts are impressive. This program provides support for the practical research education of both M.S. and undergraduate physics students. The close proximity of the campus to the detector sites provides the students with a unique opportunity to participate in research at a lab on a regular basis. In addition, the PIs lead a program in which high school teachers and undergraduate interns become involved with the research at the Soudan Lab and give tours to the public and school groups. This and the annual open house serve to connect the activities at the lab to the general public, especially the northern Minnesota communities surrounding the Soudan Lab and the NOvA far detector site.