Collaborative Research: Beyond Standard Model Searches Using the IceCube Neutrino Telescope

协作研究：使用 IceCube 中微子望远镜进行超越标准模型搜索

• 批准号: 2310050
• 负责人: Carlos Arguelles Delgado
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Harvard University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-08-01 至 2026-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2310050&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Beyond; Standard; Model

This project uses the unique data set acquired by the gigaton-scale IceCube Neutrino Observatory, located at the South Pole, to explore for signatures of new physics. The IceCube data set comprises the highest energy neutrino interactions observed on Earth. The neutrino interactions to be used in the analyses supported by this grant are in a range that is x20 to x200 higher than the highest energy accelerator-produced neutrino interactions produced today. Because signatures for Beyond Standard Model Physics are expected to become more apparent with energy, IceCube data opens a new window on a rich array of predicted Beyond Standard Model effects, as well as an opportunity to follow up on anomalous behavior that may point to new physics. The group will continue and expand upon the very successful CosmicWatch program that provides instructions for building simple muon detectors that can be used for teaching and other outreach activities. The project will allow for the first high-energy, full three-flavor search for Beyond Standard Model signatures in neutrino physics utilizing flavor-tagged events in the 1 to 100 TeV-scale. IceCube has the unique capability of observing resonance signatures of matter effects induced if neutrinos with exotic properties pass through the dense Earth. The analysis will expand a data set developed by the PIs since 2014 that unites the Neutrino, Energy, Cosmic, and Rare Process Frontiers. The data set will reach 100~TeV and comprise more than one million upward-going neutrino events flavor identified on an event-by-event basis. The flux sources in the sample are atmospheric neutrinos and a highly-enriched astrophysical sample isolated through directional information - the first high-purity astrophysical sample below 60 TeV.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.

该项目使用位于南极的十亿吨级冰立方中微子观测站获取的独特数据集来探索新物理学的特征。 IceCube 数据集包含地球上观测到的最高能量中微子相互作用。本次资助支持的分析中使用的中微子相互作用的范围比当今加速器产生的最高能量中微子相互作用高 20 至 200 倍。由于超标准模型物理的特征预计会随着能量的增加而变得更加明显，IceCube 数据打开了一个新的窗口，了解一系列丰富的预测超标准模型效应，以及跟踪可能指向新物理的异常行为的机会。 该小组将继续并扩展非常成功的 CosmicWatch 计划，该计划提供了构建可用于教学和其他外展活动的简单μ介子探测器的说明。 该项目将利用 1 至 100 TeV 规模的风味标记事件，首次对中微子物理中的超越标准模型特征进行高能、全面的三风味搜索。 IceCube 具有独特的能力，可以观察具有奇异特性的中微子穿过致密地球时引起的物质效应的共振特征。该分析将扩展 PI 自 2014 年以来开发的数据集，该数据集将中微子、能源、宇宙和稀有过程前沿结合起来。该数据集将达到 100~TeV，包含超过一百万个逐个事件识别的上行中微子事件。样本中的通量源是大气中微子和通过方向信息分离的高浓缩天体物理样本 - 第一个低于 60 TeV 的高纯度天体物理样本。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。