Neutrino Scattering On Argon

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。这个模型成功地对所有的基本粒子进行了分类，但是这个理论中存在已知的漏洞。许多都与中微子有关，我们知道中微子可以从一种类型变成另一种类型。在所谓的中微子振荡实验中对这些变化的详细测量，沿着其他当前的中微子实验，形成了探索标准模型之外的新物理学的最有希望的方法之一。该奖项将使人们更深入地了解中微子的性质，并允许对未来的中微子混合实验进行详细的模拟，如费米国家加速器实验室（FNAL）的DUNE和南达科他州的桑福德地下研究设施（SURF）。 弗吉尼亚理工大学的团队将让本科生参与这项分析工作，并将通过他们的QuarkNet中心和弗吉尼亚理工大学的中微子NSF REU项目与高中教师接触。目前，人们对液体氩时间投影室（LArTPC）中的实验粒子物理学以及中微子物理学有很大的兴趣，这部分是由（FNAL）的DUNE项目引起的。该奖项使人们能够更深入地了解和提高氩中核效应的准确性，从而减少下一代中微子振荡实验中的系统不确定性。这一结果将从杰斐逊国家实验室（JLAB）的测量中获得，以确定中子和质子所谓的谱密度函数。这些谱密度函数将告诉我们中微子如何与氩原子核相互作用的细节。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

One 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, but there are known holes in the theory. Many are connected to the neutrino, which we know can change from one type to another. Detailed measurements of these changes in so-called neutrino oscillation experiments, along with other current neutrino experiments, form one of the most promising ways to probe for new physics beyond the Standard Model. This award will allow a deeper understanding of neutrino properties and allow detailed simulations of future neutrino mixing experiments such as DUNE at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) and the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in South Dakota. The VA Tech team will involve undergraduate students in this analysis work and will reach out to high-school teachers through their QuarkNet center and the Virginia Tech Neutrino NSF REU program.There is currently a large interest in experimental particle physics in Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LArTPC) spurred in part by the DUNE project at (FNAL) and in neutrino physics in general. This award enables a deeper understanding and improved accuracy of nuclear effects in Argon and thus reduces the systematic uncertainties in the next generation of neutrino oscillation experiments. This result will be obtained from measurements made at Jefferson National lab (JLAB) to determine neutron and proton so-called spectral density functions. These spectral density functions will tell us details of how neutrinos interact with the nucleus in Argon.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.