COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Systems for Precise Neutrino Detection with the Double Chooz Detectors

双Chooz中微子实验将试图通过非常精确地比较位于法国Chooz两个核反应堆核心附近的一对中微子探测器的数据来测量theta-13中微子混合角。这个混合角对于测量中微子区域的CP破坏具有重要意义，这可能有助于揭示宇宙中物质支配的来源。该奖项为前端电子(FEE)系统提供资金，该系统对Double Chooz近距离探测器的运行至关重要。这笔费用是由德雷塞尔大学在LLNL的工程支持下设计的。将在德雷克塞尔开始施工，本科生将在性能测试、安装和最终认证方面做出重大贡献。Drexel将与附近的罗文大学合作，让他们的本科生参与到收费工作中来，为他们提供通常无法获得的物理研究体验。在更广泛的影响中，Double Chooz有可能成为一种非常精确的中微子探测器，用于确定反应堆的同位素组成，并提供燃料烧耗的独立测量，这一能力可应用于不扩散监测和提高反应堆燃料的能量产量。这项提议部分解决了中微子探测器精度的提高，这将使中微子探测器的实际应用成为可能。Drexel和Rowan将聘用兼职本科生，与一名媒体艺术专业的学生和一名物理专业的学生合作，制作与中微子相互作用和探测相关的视频内容。这一新内容将被添加到Drexel网站上的一个网站上，并与之整合在一起。

The Double Chooz neutrino experiment will attempt to measure the theta-13 neutrino mixing angle using a very precise comparison of data from a pair of neutrino detectors located near two nuclear reactor cores at Chooz, France. This mixing angle is significant for measurements of CP violation in the neutrino sector, which may shed light on the source of matter-dominance in the Universe. This award provides funding for a Front-End Electronics (FEE) system that is critical for the operation of the Double Chooz Near detector. The FEE has been designed at Drexel University, with engineering support from LLNL. Construction will be started at Drexel, with a significant contribution of undergraduate student participation, in the performance testing, installation and final certification. Drexel will partner with nearby Rowan University to involve their undergraduates in the FEE effort, providing them with a physics research experience to which they normally would not have access. Among the Broader Impacts, Double Chooz has the potential to be a very precise neutrino detector for determining reactor isotope composition and giving an independent measure of fuel burn-up, capabilities that could find application in non-proliferation monitoring and improving the energy yield of reactor fuel. It is the improvements in neutrino detector precision, addressed in part by this proposal, that will make such practical applications of neutrino detectors possible. Part-time undergraduates will be hired at Drexel and at Rowan, partnering a Media Arts student with a physics student, to create video content related to neutrino interactions and detection. This new content will be added to and integrated with the "Neutrinos at Double Chooz for Everyone" on a website at Drexel.