Accelerator Science for Storage Ring Measurements of Electric Dipole Moments of Subatomic Particles

用于亚原子粒子电偶极矩存储环测量的加速器科学

• 批准号: 1623691
• 负责人: Michael Syphers
• 金额: $ 18.82万
• 依托单位: Northern Illinois University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-11-01 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1623691&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Accelerator; Science; Storage; Ring; Measurements

OverviewOne of the major intellectual achievements of the 20th century was the development of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics. This model succeeded in classifying all of the elementary particles known at the time into a hierarchy of groups having similar quantum properties. The validity of this model to date was recently confirmed by the discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. However, the Standard Model as it currently exists, leaves open many questions about the universe. These include why matter dominates over anti-matter in the universe, the values of the masses of the fundamental constituents, the quarks and the leptons, the size of the mixings among the quarks, and separately among the leptons, and the properties of dark matter. Most explanations require the presence of new forces, which we call Beyond the Standard Model Physics (BSM). One of the promising techniques to look for BSM physics is to make precision measurements using standard particles like electrons and muons. One technique, in particular, is to make very precise measurements of the Electric Dipole Moment (EDM) of electrons or muons. To do the next generation of EDM measurements will require advances in accelerator techniques and this award will focus on those advancements.Intellectual MeritDirect EDM searches using all-electric storage rings, with measurements of stored electrons, protons, or radioactive nuclei are being considered. Historically only a very small number of all-electric rings have been constructed and none at the scale envisioned for these dedicated EDM measurements. Thus, the research enabled here will provide essential insights into the feasibility of using larger-scale high-gradient electric field devices for these important measurements. The success of the EDM experimental procedure is strongly connected to the ability to create a suitably robust storage ring that can perform the desired functions necessary for successful spin precession measurements of intense beams at the accuracies required. Through this award, studies will be performed in pursuit of storage ring arrangements and parameter sets suitable for use in EDM measurements. For verification of results, comparisons will be made, where applicable, to beam conditions being created for a present-day EDM measurement of the muon system. This award will provide students of accelerator science the opportunity to engage with expert members of the field to acquire first-hand experience in the design and specification process for relevant storage ring systems for future EDM experiments, yielding a more experienced workforce upon exit from the university program.Broader ImpactsAccelerator science will lead the way to future accelerators for virtually every branch of science and for a broad spectrum of applications to meet national needs, and collaboration between national laboratories and research universities is a natural approach to attract, train and educate a new generation of accelerator scientists and engineers. The learning curve for scientists to cross into the applied field of accelerator science is often long, and hence acquiring practical skill and knowledge as graduate students will provide a highly desired early-experience for future members of the much-needed workforce. The training and experiences enabled through this award will ultimately reach into many areas of research as the workforce expands into other technical disciplines.

概述20世纪世纪的主要学术成就之一是粒子物理学标准模型（SM）的发展。该模型成功地将当时已知的所有基本粒子分类为具有相似量子特性的组的层次结构。最近，欧洲核子研究中心的大型强子对撞机发现了希格斯玻色子，证实了这一模型的有效性。然而，目前存在的标准模型留下了许多关于宇宙的问题。这些问题包括为什么在宇宙中物质比反物质占优势，基本成分夸克和轻子的质量值，夸克之间和轻子之间混合的大小，以及暗物质的性质。大多数解释都需要新的力的存在，我们称之为超越标准模型物理学（BSM）。寻找BSM物理的一种有前途的技术是使用标准粒子如电子和μ子进行精确测量。特别是，一种技术是对电子或μ子的电偶极子矩（EDM）进行非常精确的测量。下一代EDM测量需要加速器技术的进步，该奖项将重点关注这些进步。正在考虑使用全电存储环进行智能MeritDirect EDM搜索，并测量存储的电子，质子或放射性原子核。从历史上看，只有极少数的全电动环已建成，并没有在规模设想这些专用的EDM测量。因此，这里启用的研究将提供必要的见解，使用大规模的高梯度电场设备的可行性，这些重要的测量。EDM实验程序的成功与创建适当鲁棒的存储环的能力密切相关，该存储环可以执行成功的自旋进动测量所需的功能。通过这项合同，将进行研究，以寻求适合于EDM测量的储存环安排和参数集。为了验证结果，将在适用的情况下与为当今的μ子系统EDM测量所创建的束流条件进行比较。该奖项将为加速器科学的学生提供与该领域的专家成员接触的机会，以获得相关存储环系统设计和规范过程的第一手经验，用于未来的EDM实验，更广泛的影响加速器科学将引领未来加速器的发展，几乎适用于科学的每一个分支，加速器科学家和工程师的研究和应用，以满足国家需求，国家实验室和研究型大学之间的合作，是吸引、培训和教育新一代加速器科学家和工程师的自然方法。科学家进入加速器科学应用领域的学习曲线通常很长，因此作为研究生获得实用技能和知识将为未来急需的劳动力提供非常理想的早期经验。随着劳动力扩展到其他技术学科，通过该奖项获得的培训和经验最终将涉及许多研究领域。