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: $ 4.08万
• 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: 2012
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=515243
• 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.

这项拨款提案是为了研究和开发一种探测器，该探测器将在一个拟议的新高能物理设施中测量电子-正电子碰撞产生的粒子的性质，该设施被称为超级风味工厂。该设施将产生100倍于现有设施的数据，这些设施旨在探索亚原子物理的“味道部分”。这种精密的前沿设施将在现有对撞机(包括欧洲核子研究中心的大型强子对撞机(LHC))无法触及的新能源尺度上打开一扇令人兴奋的窗口，并通过对非常大质量且尚未发现的粒子敏感的量子修正来阐明和帮助解释在LHC发现的新物理。这些假想的粒子在对罕见过程的精确测量中表现出来。它们还通过存在在我们目前对物理的理解中被禁止的过程来揭示自己。这一卓越的项目是由意大利INFN资助机构带头的一项国际努力，预计将于2016年开始收集数据。为了满足这样一个激进的时间表，现在需要国际高能物理界的研发努力来编制技术设计报告，该报告将作为该项目的蓝图。我们提出的作为加拿大这一努力的贡献的研发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比电离能量损失的技术挑战。这项要求的一个重要组成部分是提供津贴，以支持将致力于解决这些问题的研究生。这些学生将学习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。