Neutrino Physics with Liquid Argon Detectors

基于加速器的中微子物理学将成为未来十年美国粒子物理学计划的主要组成部分，并为本奖项概述的研究提供了智力上的价值。液态氩时间投影室（LArTPCs）技术由于其非凡的成像和量热能力，是研究中微子物理的一个非常有吸引力的选择。这个新奖项为锡拉丘兹大学的M. Soderberg教授的一个研究项目提供了初步支持，这将使他能够参与费米实验室的长基线中微子振荡物理的LArTPC开发项目。这将包括参与ArgoNeut和MicroBooNE实验，以及跨硬件开发和物理分析。拟议活动的更广泛影响是多方面的，包括雪城大学的外展工作，致力于参与正在进行的“ask - a - Physics”网页，与当地高中教师和学生会面，开发物理奥林匹克竞赛，参与和指导学生和博士后研究人员进行硬件和物理分析，并准备在会议上发表演讲。

Accelerator-based neutrino physics will be a major component of the U.S. particle physics program in the coming decade and provides the intellectual merit for the research outlined in this award. The technique of Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LArTPCs) is a very attractive option for studying neutrino physics due to its extraordinary imaging and calorimetry capabilities. This new award provides initial support for a program of research by Professor M. Soderberg of Syracuse University which will allow his significant participation in an LArTPC development program for long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics at Fermilab. This will include involvement on both the ArgoNeut and MicroBooNE experiments and span hardware development and physics analyses. The broader impacts of the proposed activities are multiple and diverse spanning outreach efforts at Syracuse devoted to involvement in the ongoing "Ask-A-Physicist" webpage and meeting with local high school teachers and students, developing a Physics Olympiad, and involving and mentoring students and postdoctoral researchers in hardware and physics analyses as well as preparation of presentations at conferences.