Particle Physics Research Centre Equipment Grant Proposal

粒子物理研究中心设备资助提案

• 批准号: ST/X004872/1
• 负责人: Adrian Bevan
• 金额: $ 38.78万
• 依托单位: Queen Mary University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FX004872%2F1
• 关键词: Particle; Physics; Research; Centre; Equipment

The Particle Physics Research Centre works to understand the secrets of the universe at the smallest scales, pushing back the frontier of human knowledge. We do this through collider and low background experiments and through developing new instruments that form part of these experiments. We also work with industry to ensure that our skills and knowledge can be applied to real world applications for more widespread benefit.Our collider programme is centred on the Large Hadron Collider and its High Luminosity upgrade at the CERN facility in Switzerland. Here we focus on beyond the standard model physics and precision Higgs physics. Our beyond the standard model physics programme is driven by searches for dark matter inspired new particles and searches motivated by 'anomalies' - deviations from the standard model expectations that could be hints of new particles or forces. The Higgs programme is driven by the need to understand the particle we helped to discover a decade ago, where every new measurement is part of an ongoing journey of scientific discovery as we delve deeper into the unknown. Our low background experiment programme focuses on understanding the nature of neutrinos through current projects including ANITA, NOvA and MINERvA, and working on the development of the DUNE mega science project that is expected to start taking data later this decade. Longer term we are also working toward future neutrino factory, NuSTORM. One of the key questions we are probing with neutrinos is why the universe is matter dominated. The observed matter-antimatter asymmetry is truly a reflection of the question "Why are we here?". Without this asymmetry the universe would be very different, and put simply we might not otherwise have come to exist.Synergy between our collider and low background experiment programmes comes from working toward direct detection of dark matter through application of semiconductor technology for future test facilities as a feasibility study for next generation experiments, and decades of studying matter-antimatter asymmetry in quarks.The equipment purchased with this grant will enable us to work on new kinds of radiation detector for future fundamental science projects, including cylindrical vertex systems for the Electron Ion Collider and Future Circular Collider and new kinds of low background sensor for dark matter searches. The equipment will accelerate workflow for measurement of devices for our technology transfer programmes, reducing the time to transfer our capabilities and new inventions from the research lab to real world application. This will also enable us to create a new microelectronic facility as a partner to our nano-fabrication facility that will create a multidisciplinary environment to explore applications of new kinds of quantum technology being developed by applied scientists at QMUL for our fundamental science programmes.

粒子物理研究中心致力于在最小的尺度上了解宇宙的秘密，推动人类知识的前沿。我们通过对撞机和低本底实验以及开发构成这些实验一部分的新仪器来做到这一点。我们还与工业界合作，确保我们的技能和知识能够应用到现实世界中，以获得更广泛的利益。我们的对撞机计划集中在瑞士欧洲核子研究中心的大型强子对撞机及其高光度升级。这里我们关注的是超越标准模型物理和精密希格斯物理。我们的超越标准模型物理计划是由寻找暗物质激发的新粒子推动的，而搜索则是由“反常”推动的--偏离标准模型的预期，这可能是新粒子或新力量的迹象。希格斯计划是出于理解我们十年前帮助发现的粒子的需要，在我们深入探索未知的过程中，每一次新的测量都是正在进行的科学发现之旅的一部分。我们的低背景实验计划侧重于通过目前包括Anita、Nova和Minerva在内的项目了解中微子的性质，并致力于沙丘巨型科学项目的发展，该项目预计将在本十年晚些时候开始获取数据。从长远来看，我们还在为未来的中微子工厂NuSTORM而努力。我们正在探索的中微子的一个关键问题是，为什么宇宙是由物质主导的。观测到的物质-反物质的不对称性确实反映了这样一个问题：“我们为什么会在这里？”如果没有这种不对称性，宇宙将会非常不同，简单地说，我们可能不会存在。我们的对撞机和低本底实验计划之间的协同来自于通过将半导体技术应用于未来的测试设备来直接探测暗物质，作为下一代实验的可行性研究，以及数十年来研究夸克中的物质-反物质不对称。用这笔赠款购买的设备将使我们能够为未来的基础科学项目研究新型辐射探测器，包括用于电子离子对撞机和未来圆形对撞机的圆柱形顶点系统，以及用于暗物质搜索的新型低本底传感器。该设备将加快我们的技术转移计划的设备测量工作流程，减少将我们的能力和新发明从研究实验室转移到现实世界应用的时间。这也将使我们能够创建一个新的微电子设施，作为我们纳米制造设施的合作伙伴，这将创造一个多学科的环境，探索由QMUL的应用科学家为我们的基础科学计划开发的新型量子技术的应用。