MRI: Development of a Radiation Tolerant Low-mass Silicon Tracker for the LHCb Upgrade

这是雪城大学粒子物理小组获得的核磁共振发展奖，用于设计和建造LHCb实验的升级跟踪器（UT）的核心，该实验位于瑞士日内瓦欧洲核子研究中心的大型强子对撞机（LHC）。LHCb是目前研究包含粲夸克和美夸克的重夸克系统的强子产生的首要专用实验。UT是一种硅跟踪探测器，锡拉丘兹团队拥有开发和交付这种重要仪器的关键专业知识，包括基础物理、设备、计量、模拟和实现的基础知识。锡拉丘兹小组的科学重点是研究B衰变、粲子衰变和CP破坏过程，这些过程与理解宇宙中观察到的物质-反物质不对称有关，并且对理解宇宙中观察到的物质-反物质不对称可能很重要。提议的UT将使LHCb能够有效地研究这些非常罕见的过程，并充分利用LHC在碰撞能量高达14 TeV和碰撞间隔为25 nsec时计划的增加的亮度。该计划的广泛影响对于仪器开发方面的年轻研究科学家的培训具有重要意义，并将大大加强他们的培训和接触最先进的硬件和电子系统。

This is a MRI development award to the particle physics group at Syracuse University to design and build the central core of the Upgrade Tracker (the UT) for the LHCb Experiment, located at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. LHCb is currently the premier dedicated experiment for the study of hadronic production of heavy quark systems containing charm and beauty quarks. The UT is a silicon tracking detector, and the Syracuse group has key expertise to develop and deliver this important instrumentation to the experiment, including fundamental knowledge of the underlying physics, devices, metrology, simulations, and implementation. The scientific focus of the Syracuse group is directed toward the study of B decays, Charm decays, and study of CP violation processes which are related to and potentially important for the understanding of the matter-antimatter asymmetry observed in the universe. The proposed UT will enable LHCb to study these very rare processes effectively and to fully exploit the increased luminosity planned for LHC operations at collision energies up to 14 TeV and collision intervals of 25 nsec. The broader impacts of the program are significant for the training of young research scientists in instrumentation development and will greatly enhance their training and exposure to state of the art hardware and electronics systems.