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

MRI 联盟：为 ATLAS 探测器开发新型像素跟踪层

• 批准号: 1039175
• 负责人: Abraham Seiden
• 金额: $ 355万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Cruz
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-10-01 至 2015-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1039175&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Consortium; Developments; Novel; Pixel

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.

该奖项为11所大学组成的联盟提供部分支持（布兰迪斯、夏威夷、爱荷华州、新墨西哥州、俄亥俄州、俄克拉荷马州、俄克拉荷马州、斯托尼布罗克、加州大学伯克利分校、加州大学圣克鲁斯分校、和华盛顿）构建新的像素层（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）目前的ATLAS探测器从而在这个国际项目中产生了重大而显著的影响。 这种探测器增强的目标是显着扩展ATLAS的物理范围。 特别是，它将改善ATLAS对b夸克喷流的识别，这一能力对于LHC许多最有趣的物理研究至关重要，例如寻找希格斯粒子和超对称性。该IBL将由美国大学制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，最终组装并安装在ATLAS粒子物理探测器中。这种新颖的像素器件不仅对ATLAS实验至关重要，推动了美国500多名科学家的物理计划，包括170多名研究生，但也将促进探测器技术的创新。IBL的建造、测试和安装将为一些学生提供IBL关键领域的培训：新电子、探测器、轻型机械结构和数据传输系统。如果没有建立这种联合体的机会，在一些较小的集团中可能就没有这种机会。在参与的11所大学中，有4所大学的IBL项目首席科学家是女性，促进了该领域的多样性。该提案中的五所大学位于EPSCoR州。