CAREER: Maximizing the Science Output of Ultra High Energy Neutrino Telescopes

职业：最大化超高能中微子望远镜的科学产出

• 批准号: 1255557
• 负责人: Amy Connolly
• 金额: $ 66.41万
• 依托单位: Ohio State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-04-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1255557&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; Maximizing; Science; Output; Ultra

Ultra-High Energy (UHE) cosmic neutrinos (above 10^18 electron-Volts) would be the most distant and energetic particles that can be observed on earth, and well motivated models put them within reach of currently funded experiments. The Intellectual Merit portion of this award is organized around two concepts: 1. Achieving the Best Sensitivity for UHE Neutrino Observatories; and 2. Cornering UHE Neutrinos and Exploiting their Astrophysics and Particle Physics Potential. The key elements of this award are based on two experiments representing the discovery and exploitation phases of the field: ANITA, an Antarctic, balloon-borne experiment with its third flight approved, and ARA, an in-ice array being deployed near the South Pole. ARA aims to exploit radio Cherenkov emissions (Askaryan effect). Connolly will expand the potential of searches for UHE neutrinos through a broad program that is carried out through simulations, instrumentation, data analysis, and optimization of event selection at every stage, including both hardware and software activities: 1. Simulation development focused on making simulations part of the data framework and using data to calibrate the simulations. 2. Improved sensitivity of experiments due to novel new trigger designs optimized with her simulations. 3. Developing instrumentation to improve sensitivities and characterizing system components for simulations and analysis. Broader impacts: The award will also fund an outreach program that bridges the established middle school GRASP (Girls Reaching to Achieve in Sports and Physics) summer science camp with the undergraduate program in the department. The new program is called BRIDGES (Bringing together Research, Ideas and Data for Girls to Excel in Science). Many programs aim to keep middle school aged girls (grades 6-8) interested in math and science, and a few universities, including OSU, run summer science camps for girls targeting that precise age range. Few if any such programs follow up with a program aimed at maintaining their interest in science throughout their high school years and into college. The new BRIDGES program will pique the interest of female high school students in physics by introducing them to current research and giving them hands-on experiences and mentoring them during this important phase.

超高能（UHE）宇宙中微子（10^18电子伏特以上）将是地球上可以观察到的最遥远和最具能量的粒子，并且动机良好的模型使它们处于目前资助的实验范围内。该奖项的知识价值部分围绕两个概念组织：1。实现UHE中微子观测站的最佳灵敏度; 2。操纵UHE中微子并开发它们的天体物理学和粒子物理学潜力。该奖项的关键要素是基于代表该领域发现和开发阶段的两个实验：ANITA，一个南极气球实验，其第三次飞行获得批准，以及ARA，一个在南极附近部署的冰中阵列。ARA的目标是利用无线电切伦科夫发射（阿斯卡里安效应）。康诺利将通过一个广泛的计划来扩大UHE中微子搜索的潜力，该计划通过模拟，仪器，数据分析和每个阶段的事件选择优化来进行，包括硬件和软件活动：1.模拟开发的重点是使模拟成为数据框架的一部分，并使用数据来校准模拟。2.改进的灵敏度实验由于新颖的新触发器设计优化与她的模拟。3.开发仪器，以提高灵敏度和表征系统组件的模拟和分析。更广泛的影响：该奖项还将资助一个外展计划，该计划将已建立的中学GRASP（女孩达到体育和物理成就）夏季科学夏令营与该部门的本科课程联系起来。这个新项目名为BRIDGES（汇集研究、想法和数据，让女孩在科学方面出类拔萃）。许多项目旨在让中学年龄的女孩（6-8年级）对数学和科学感兴趣，包括俄勒冈州立大学在内的一些大学为这个年龄段的女孩举办了科学夏令营。很少有这样的计划跟进一个计划，旨在保持他们对科学的兴趣，在整个高中和大学。新的桥梁计划将激起女高中生对物理学的兴趣，向她们介绍当前的研究，并在这一重要阶段为她们提供实践经验和指导。