Investigations in Elementary Particle Physics and Particle Astrophysics

该奖项为密歇根州立大学的实验粒子物理学和天体粒子物理学项目提供了为期三年的持续支持。知识价值涉及1967年标准模型的最后一章的完成及其通过在费米实验室的Tevatron的D0和CDF，瑞士日内瓦欧洲核子研究中心（CERN）的大型强子对撞机（LHC）的ATLAS，费米实验室和MN Ash River的NuMI离轴中微子外观（NOvA）实验和墨西哥Sierra Negra伽马射线天文台的高海拔水切伦科夫（HAWC）实验进行的必要的物理研究。主要的研究重点是新的实验：ATLAS、HAWC和NOvA，在D0和CDF有一个选择性的物理项目，以完成Tevatron项目。这项工作的更广泛的影响包括有机会通过讲座和互动视频演示将这些前沿研究问题带入课堂和广大公众。此外，该小组还邀请了十几名研究生和一些本科生进入密歇根州立大学、费米实验室和欧洲核子研究中心的实验室，为那些通常不是物理专业的学生提供独特的体验。

This award provides three-year continued support for the experimental particle physics and astroparticle physics programs at Michigan State University. The intellectual merit deals with the completion of the final chapter of the 1967 Standard Model and its necessary evolution through physics studies at D0 and CDF at the Tevatron at Fermilab, ATLAS at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, the NuMI Off-axis neutrino Appearance (NOvA) experiment at Fermilab and Ash River, MN, and the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) experiment at the Gamma Ray Observatory at the Sierra Negra in Mexico. The primary research focus is new experiments: ATLAS, HAWC, and NOvA with a selective physics program at D0 and CDF to the completion of the Tevatron program. The broader impacts of this work include the opportunity to bring these front-line research questions into classrooms and to the public at large through lectures and interactive video presentations. In addition, the group engages more than a dozen graduate students and a number of undergraduates into the labs at MSU, Fermilab, and CERN providing unique experiences for students who are often not physics majors.