RUI: A Program of Undergraduate Participation in the Search for Rare Events with CUORE

RUI：本科生参与 CUORE 寻找罕见事件的计划

• 批准号: 1913374
• 负责人: Thomas Gutierrez
• 金额: $ 21.36万
• 依托单位: California Polytechnic State University Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-08-01 至 2024-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1913374&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RUI; Program; Undergraduate; Participation; Search

California Polytechnic State University is a primarily undergraduate institution that provides opportunities for undergraduate students to participate in fundamental physics research. The Cal Poly students will have the opportunity to participate in hands-on activities at one of the world's finest underground laboratories and to participate in fundamental research. This will give students invaluable experience working with a cutting-edge physics experiment in a world-class underground laboratory. These experiences facilitate important personal and professional growth which accompanies travel and study abroad. Undergraduate research opportunities such as those in this project allow students to contribute to real science and generate formative experiences for early technical careers, which ultimately contribute to a competent and competitive US workforce. The principle investigator and his students will work on the CUORE experiment at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, an underground laboratory, in Italy. CUORE is designed to measure the half-life of one of the slowest radioactive decays ever observed: two neutrino double beta decay (2vBB). It is also searching for the never-before-seen neutrinoless double beta decay (0vBB). Neutrinoless double beta decay is impossible unless the neutrino has mass and the neutrino is distinct from its own antiparticle. But the Standard Model of physics suggests that the neutrino does not have mass and it treats the neutrino as distinct from its antiparticle. Therefore, observation of neutrinoless double beta decay would imply new and exciting physics beyond the Standard Model. The CUORE collaboration has built an experiment that is ideal for detecting neutrinoless double beta decay with a half-life up 10^26 years, which is trillions of times older than the age of the Universe. The Cal Poly group will contribute to the experiment by providing on-site support each summer. They will do data analysis in their home laboratory and they will develop machine learning algorithms for pulse-shape identification and classification. They will also use the data to test for violations of Lorentz and CPT invariance, directly testing the limits of Einstein's special theory of relativity.Both neutrino physics and underground physics are subjects that spark the imagination of students and so these topics provide a unique platform for vigorous public outreach. The PI and students will create outreach activities and work with local schools and community organizations to sponsor physics demonstrations and discuss current events in science. In particular, the Cal Poly group will develop an interactive visualization scheme for CUORE physics. The interactive software will serve as a channel for the public to gain insight into the scientific process and explore the mysteries of particle physics.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

加州理工州立大学主要是一所本科院校，为本科生提供参与基础物理研究的机会。加州大学保利分校的学生将有机会在世界上最好的地下实验室之一参加实践活动，并参与基础研究。这将为学生提供在世界级地下实验室进行尖端物理实验的宝贵经验。这些经历促进了重要的个人和职业成长，伴随着出国旅行和学习。像这个项目这样的本科生研究机会允许学生为真正的科学做出贡献，并为早期的技术职业生涯创造形成经验，最终有助于培养一支有能力和竞争力的美国劳动力队伍。首席研究员和他的学生将在意大利的Gran Sasso国家实验室进行CUORE实验，这是一个地下实验室。Cuore被设计用来测量迄今观察到的最慢的放射性衰变之一的半衰期：两个中微子双β衰变(2vBB)。它还在寻找前所未见的无中微子双β衰变(0vBB)。除非中微子有质量，而且中微子与自己的反粒子不同，否则不可能发生无中微子的双β衰变。但标准物理模型表明，中微子没有质量，它将中微子视为与其反粒子不同。因此，对无中微子双β衰变的观测将意味着超越标准模型的新的和令人兴奋的物理学。CUORE合作建立了一项实验，该实验非常适合于探测无中微子双β衰变，半衰期长达10^26年，比宇宙年龄老数万亿倍。Cal Poly小组将在每年夏天提供现场支持，为实验做出贡献。他们将在自己的家庭实验室进行数据分析，并开发用于脉搏形状识别和分类的机器学习算法。他们还将使用这些数据来测试违反洛伦兹定律和CPT不变性，直接测试爱因斯坦狭义相对论的极限。中微子物理和地下物理都是激发学生想象力的学科，因此这些主题为积极的公共宣传提供了一个独特的平台。PI和学生将创建外展活动，并与当地学校和社区组织合作，赞助物理演示并讨论当前的科学事件。特别是，Cal Poly小组将为CUORE物理开发一个交互式可视化方案。该互动软件将作为公众深入了解科学过程和探索粒子物理奥秘的渠道。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

The CUORE Detector and Results

CUORE 探测器和结果

• DOI: 10.1007/s10909-020-02402-9
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Journal of Low Temperature Physics
• 影响因子: 2
• 作者: Nutini, Irene;Adams, D. Q.;Alduino, C.;Alfonso, K.;Avignone, F. T.;Azzolini, O.;Bari, G.;Bellini, F.;Benato, G.;Biassoni, M.
• 通讯作者: Biassoni, M.

A first test of CUPID prototypal light detectors with NTD-Ge sensors in a pulse-tube cryostat

• DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/18/06/p06033
• 发表时间: 2023-04
• 期刊: Journal of Instrumentation
• 影响因子: 1.3
• 作者: C. C. K. Alfonso-C.;A. Armatol;C. Augier;F. Avignone;O. Azzolini;M. Balata;A. Barabash;G. Bari;A. Barresi;D. Baudin;F. Bellini;G. Benato;V. Berest;M. Beretta;M. Bettelli;M. Biassoni;J. Billard;V. Boldrini;A. Branca;C. Brofferio;C. Bucci;J. Camilleri;A. Campani;C. Capelli;S. Capelli;L. Cappelli;L. Cardani;P. Carniti;N. Casali;E. Celi;C. Chang;D. Chiesa;M. Clemenza;I. Colantoni;S. Copello;E. Craft;O. Cremonesi;R. Creswick;A. Cruciani;A. D’Addabbo;G. D’Imperio;S. Dabagov;I. Dafinei;F. Danevich;M. Jésus;P. Marcillac;S. Dell’Oro;S. Domizio;S. Lorenzo;T. Dixon;V. Domp'e;A. Drobizhev;L. Dumoulin;G. Fantini;M. Faverzani;E. Ferri;F. Ferri;F. Ferroni;E. Figueroa-Feliciano;L. Foggetta;J. Formaggio;A. Franceschi;C. Fu;S. Fu;B. Fujikawa;A. Gallas;J. Gascon;S. Ghislandi;Andrea Giachero;A. Gianvecchio;M. Girola;L. Gironi;A. Giuliani;P. Gorla;C. Gotti;C. Grant;P. Gras;P. Guillaumon;T. Gutierrez;K. Han;E. Hansen;K. Heeger;D. Helis;H. Huang;L. Imbert;J. Johnston;A. Juillard;G. Karapetrov;G. Keppel;H. Khalife;V. Kobychev;Y. Kolomensky;S. Konovalov;R. Kowalski;T. Langford;M. Lefevre;R. Liu;Y. Liu;P. Loaiza;L. Ma;M. Madhukuttan;F. Mancarella;L. Marini;S. Marnieros;M. Martinez;R. Maruyama;P. Mas;D. Mayer;G. Mazzitelli;Y. Mei;S. Milana;S. Morganti;T. Napolitano;M. Nastasi;J. Nikkel;S. Nisi;C. Nones;E. Norman;V. Novosad;I. Nutini;Thomas O'Donnell;E. Olivieri;M. Olmi;J. Ouellet;S. Pagan;C. Pagliarone;L. Pagnanini;L. Pattavina;M. Pavan;H. Peng;G. Pessina;V. Pettinacci;C. Pira;S. Pirrò;D. Poda;O. Polischuk;I. Ponce;S. Pozzi;E. Previtali;A. Puiu;S. Quitadamo;A. Ressa;R. Rizzoli;C. Rosenfeld;P. Rosier;J. Scarpaci;B. Schmidt;V. Sharma;V. Shlegel;V. Singh;M. Sisti;P. Slocum;D. Speller;P. Surukuchi;L. Taffarello;C. Tomei;J. A. Torres;V. Tretyak;A. Tsymbaliuk;M. Velázquez;K. Vetter;S. Wagaarachchi;G. Wang;Lung-Chuang Wang;R. Wang;B. Welliver;J. Wilson;K. Wilson;L. Winslow;M. Xue;L. Yan;J. Yang;V. Yefremenko;V. Umatov;M. Zarytskyy;J. Zhang;A. Zolotarova;S. Zucchelli

New Direct Limit on Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Half-Life of Te128 with CUORE

使用 CUORE 对 Te128 的无中微子双 Beta 衰变半衰期进行新的直接限制

• DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.222501
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Physical Review Letters
• 影响因子: 8.6
• 作者: Adams, D. Q.;Alduino, C.;Alfonso, K.;Avignone, F. T.;Azzolini, O.;Bari, G.;Bellini, F.;Benato, G.;Beretta, M.;Biassoni, M.
• 通讯作者: Biassoni, M.

Search for neutrinoless β+ EC decay of Te120 with CUORE

使用 CUORE 搜索 Te120 的无中微子 β EC 衰变

• DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.105.065504
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Physical Review C
• 影响因子: 3.1
• 作者: Adams, D. Q.;Alduino, C.;Alfonso, K.;Avignone, F. T.;Azzolini, O.;Bari, G.;Bellini, F.;Benato, G.;Beretta, M.;Biassoni, M.
• 通讯作者: Biassoni, M.

Search for double-beta decay of $$\mathrm {^{130}Te}$$ to the $$0^+$$ states of $$\mathrm {^{130}Xe}$$ with CUORE

使用 CUORE 搜索 $$mathrm {^{130}Te}$$ 到 $$mathrm {^{130}Xe}$$ 的 $$0^ $$ 状态的双贝塔衰变

• DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09317-z
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: The European Physical Journal C
• 作者: Adams, D. Q.;Alduino, C.;Alfonso, K.;Avignone, F. T.;Azzolini, O.;Bari, G.;Bellini, F.;Benato, G.;Biassoni, M.;Branca, A.
• 通讯作者: Branca, A.