SuperB flavour factory detector research and development

SuperB香精工厂检测仪研发

• 批准号: 371549-2011
• 负责人: Roney, Michael
• 金额: $ 4.52万
• 依托单位: University of Victoria
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Subatomic Physics Envelope - Project
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2011-01-01 至 2012-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=483621
• 关键词: SuperB; flavour; factory; detector; research

This grant proposal is a request for the research and development of a detector which will measure the properties of particles produced in electron-positron collisions at a proposed new high energy physics facility known as the SuperB Flavour Factory. This facility will produce 100 times the data of existing facilities designed to probe what is known as the 'flavour sector' of subatomic physics. Such a precision frontier facility will open an exciting window on new energy scales beyond the reach of existing colliders, including CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), and illuminate and help explain new physics discovered at LHC, by virtue of quantum corrections which are sensitive to very massive, and as yet undiscovered, particles. These hypothesized particles manifest themselves in precision measurements of rare processes. They also reveal themselves via the presence of processes that are forbidden within our current understanding of physics. The SuperB project is an international effort spearheaded by the Italian INFN funding agency and is expected to start data collection in 2016. To meet such an aggressive timeline, R&D efforts from the international high energy physics community are required now for the preparation of the Technical Design Report which will serve as the blue-print for the project. The R&D that we propose as a Canadian contribution of this effort will solve technological challenges to making precision measurements of the trajectories and specific ionization energy loss of charged particles in a new high-intensity experimental environment. A significant component of the request is for stipends to support graduate students who will work on these problems. These students will be trained how to approach and solve unexpected and new technical problems and how to develop innovative hardware and software technologies.

这项拨款提案是一项研究和开发探测器的请求，该探测器将在一个被称为超级风味工厂的新高能物理设施中测量电子-正电子碰撞产生的粒子的特性。该设施将产生的数据是现有设施的100倍，这些设施旨在探测亚原子物理的“风味部门”。这样一个精密的前沿设施将打开一个令人兴奋的窗口，在新的能量尺度上超越现有的对撞机，包括欧洲核子研究中心的大型强子对撞机（LHC），并照亮和帮助解释在LHC上发现的新物理，凭借量子修正，对非常大的，尚未发现的粒子很敏感。这些假设的粒子在罕见过程的精确测量中表现出来。它们还通过我们目前对物理学的理解所禁止的过程的存在来揭示自己。SuperB项目是由意大利INFN资助机构牵头的一项国际努力，预计将于2016年开始数据收集。为了满足这样一个激进的时间表，现在需要国际高能物理社区的研发努力来准备技术设计报告，该报告将作为项目的蓝图。我们提出的加拿大对这项工作的贡献将解决在新的高强度实验环境中精确测量带电粒子的轨迹和特定电离能损失的技术挑战。这项要求的一个重要组成部分是为研究这些问题的研究生提供津贴。这些学生将接受培训，如何处理和解决意想不到的新技术问题，以及如何开发创新的硬件和软件技术。