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

这是授予锡拉丘兹大学粒子物理小组的MRI开发奖，以设计和建造LHCb实验的升级跟踪器(UT)的中央核心，该实验位于瑞士日内瓦CERN的大型强子对撞机(LHC)。LHCB目前是研究包含魅力夸克和美丽夸克的重夸克系统强子产生的首要专用实验。UT是一种硅跟踪探测器，锡拉丘兹团队拥有关键的专业知识来开发和提供这一重要的实验仪器，包括基础物理、设备、计量、模拟和实施的基本知识。锡拉丘兹小组的科学重点是B衰变、魅力衰变和CP破坏过程的研究，这些过程与宇宙中观察到的物质-反物质不对称的理解有关，并且可能对理解这些过程具有重要意义。拟议的UT将使大型强子对撞机能够有效地研究这些非常罕见的过程，并充分利用大型强子对撞机在碰撞能量高达14TeV和碰撞间隔25毫微秒的情况下计划增加的光度。该计划的广泛影响对年轻研究科学家在仪器开发方面的培训具有重要意义，并将极大地加强他们的培训和对最先进的硬件和电子系统的接触。

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.