CTEQ Schools on QCD Analysis and Phenomenology at the University of Pittsburgh; July, 2017

该奖项为2017年、2018年和2019年QCD协调理论实验项目（CTEQ）暑期学校提供资金，该项目由密歇根州立大学的乔伊休士顿教授指导。基本粒子物理学探索物质的最深结构。量子色动力学（QCD）控制着基本粒子的强相互作用，它在高能下的研究对基本粒子和核物理都越来越重要。 CTEQ是一个大型的多机构合作，致力于了解强相互作用对粒子对撞机现象学过程的影响。 这些效应对于从大多数对撞机实验中提取结果至关重要。 自1992年以来，CTEQ合作举办了一年一度的CTEQ暑期学校。 这些研究会议在基本粒子和核物理中发挥了重要作用，促进了QCD的知识及其在对撞机精密测量和新物理研究中的应用。 超过1000名物理学家参加了CTEQ会议，每次会议包括为期九天的演讲和讨论，与会者为50-100名初级物理学家。 CTEQ会议对该领域的影响是深远的，这种密切的互动产生了许多合作。 因此，对这一系列会议的支持符合国家利益，因为它促进了基础科学的发展，并有助于培养在这一领域工作的下一代科学家。 这些会议的互动性质也鼓励必要的技能沟通的兴奋和基础物理学的结果，以更广泛的公众。

This award provides funding for the 2017, 2018, and 2019 Coordinated Theoretical-Experimental Project on QCD (CTEQ) Summer Schools, under the direction of Professor Joey Huston at Michigan State University.The physics of elementary particles probes the deepest structure of matter. Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) governs the strong interactions of elementary particles, and its study at high energies is increasingly important for both elementary particle and nuclear physics. CTEQ is a large, multi-institution collaboration dedicated to understanding the effects of the strong interaction on phenomenological processes at particle colliders. These effects are crucial for extracting results from most collider experiments. Since 1992, the CTEQ collaboration has hosted an annual CTEQ Summer School. These research meetings have played an important role in elementary particle and nuclear physics by promoting the knowledge of QCD and its applications to precision measurements at colliders as well as new physics searches. Over 1000 physicists have attended the CTEQ meetings, each of which consists of nine days of presentations and discussion with 50-100 junior physicists in attendance. The impact of the CTEQ meetings on the field is profound, and many collaborations have been generated by this close interaction. Support for this series of meetings thus serves the national interest by promoting basic science and helping to train the next generation of scientists working in this field. The interactive nature of these meetings also encourages the skills necessary for communicating the excitement and results of fundamental physics to the wider public.