MRI Consortium: Developments for a Novel Pixel Tracking Layer for the ATLAS Detector

该奖项为一个由11所大学（布兰代斯大学、夏威夷大学、爱荷华大学、新墨西哥州大学、俄亥俄州立大学、俄克拉荷马州、俄克拉荷马州、石城大学、加州大学伯克利分校、加州大学圣克鲁斯分校和华盛顿大学）组成的联盟提供部分支持，以构建一个新的象素层（称为可插入B层或IBL），进入欧洲核子研究中心大型强子对撞机（LHC）现有的ATLAS探测器，从而在这个国际项目中产生重大而显著的影响。这种探测器增强的目标是显着扩展ATLAS的物理范围。特别是，它将提高ATLAS对b夸克喷流的识别能力，这一能力对于大型强子对撞机中许多最有趣的物理研究至关重要，比如寻找希格斯粒子和超对称粒子。这个IBL将由在美国大学建造和测试的部件组成，与劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室（LBL）和一些欧洲研究机构合作，最后组装并安装在ATLAS粒子物理探测器上。这种新颖的像素设备不仅对ATLAS实验至关重要，推动了美国500多名科学家（包括170多名研究生）的物理项目，而且还将促进探测器技术的创新。IBL的建造、测试和安装将为许多学生提供IBL关键领域的培训：新的电子设备、探测器、轻型机械结构和数据传输系统。如果没有建立这个联盟的机会，一些较小的集团可能无法获得这个机会。在参与IBL项目的11所大学中，有4所大学的首席科学家是女性，这促进了该领域的多样性。提案中的五所大学位于EPSCoR州。

This award provides partial support for a consortium of eleven universities (Brandeis, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Stony Brock, UC-Berkeley, UC-Santa Cruz, and Washington) to construct a new pixel layer (called the Insertable B Layer or IBL) to go inside the present ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) thereby making a major and notable impact in this international program. The goal of this detector enhancement is to extend significantly the physics reach of ATLAS. In particular, it will improve the identification of b-quark jets for ATLAS, a capability that is crucial for many of the most interesting physics studies at the LHC such as the search for the Higgs and supersymmetry. This IBL will be composed of parts built and tested at U.S. universities, in collaboration with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL) and a number of European research institutions, and finally assembled and installed in the ATLAS particle physics detector. The novel pixel device is not only crucial for the ATLAS experiment, advancing the physics program of over 500 scientists in the U.S., including over 170 graduate students, but will also promote innovations in detector technology. The construction, testing, and installation of the IBL will provide training for a number of students in areas crucial for the IBL: new electronics, detectors, lightweight mechanical structures, and data transmission systems. This opportunity would likely not be available in some of the smaller groups if the opportunity for this consortium were not established. For four of the eleven universities involved, the lead scientist on the IBL project is female, fostering diversity in the field. Five of the universities in the proposal are located in EPSCoR states.