Experimental Particle Physics at the Collider and Cosmic Ray Energy Frontiers

对撞机和宇宙射线能量前沿的实验粒子物理

• 批准号: 1306953
• 负责人: Philip Baringer
• 金额: $ 178万
• 依托单位: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
• 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: 2013-09-01 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1306953&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Experimental; Particle; Physics; Collider; Cosmic

This award provides support for the University of Kansas Particle Physics group to conduct research with the CMS experiment at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland and to complete ongoing efforts in Particle Astrophysics at several locations worldwide. The group is making significant contributions to CMS both analytically and technically. In analysis, the group is focusing its efforts on studies of Higgs bosons, top quarks, electroweak processes and new phenomena. Technical contributions include responsibilities for supporting the existing CMS tracker and the building the new "Phase I" pixel detector. Toward a future high energy electron collider, the group is developing improved methods of jet energy reconstruction using particle-flow based techniques. In the area of particle astrophysics, the group is completing a number of technically challenging efforts based upon radio detection and located in Antarctica, Utah and Siberia. In the area of broader impacts, the group has an exceptionally strong outreach program including a QuarkNet Center, the Quarked! Project that engages young children in the excitement of science and scientific questions, and significant engagement of undergraduates at all levels of the program.

该奖项为堪萨斯大学粒子物理小组提供支持，以在瑞士日内瓦的欧洲核子研究中心（CERN）进行CMS实验研究，并完成全球多个地点正在进行的粒子天体物理学工作。 该小组在分析和技术上为CMS做出了重大贡献。 在分析方面，该小组正集中精力研究希格斯玻色子、顶夸克、电弱过程和新现象。 技术贡献包括负责支持现有的CMS跟踪器和构建新的“第一阶段”像素探测器。 为了未来的高能电子对撞机，该小组正在开发使用基于粒子流技术的喷射能量重建的改进方法。 在粒子天体物理学领域，该小组正在南极洲、犹他州和西伯利亚完成一些基于无线电探测的具有技术挑战性的工作。 在更广泛的影响领域，该组织有一个非常强大的外展计划，包括QuarkNet中心，Quarked！该项目使幼儿参与科学和科学问题的兴奋，并在该计划的各个层次的本科生的重大参与。