Point contact germanium detectors for rare event searches

用于罕见事件搜索的点接触锗探测器

• 批准号: SAPIN-2017-00023
• 负责人: Martin, Ryan
• 金额: $ 3.28万
• 依托单位: Queen's University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Subatomic Physics Envelope - Individual
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=617902
• 关键词: Point; contact; germanium; detectors; rare

If the Big Bang created equal amounts of matter and anti-matter, how is it possible that we exist? Should we not have met our anti-partners and disappeared? If we can only observe 5% of the matter in the universe, what makes up the rest? These are important fundamental questions that this research program aims to answer by better understanding the properties of neutrinos (are they matter or anti-matter?) and by developing ways to detect "dark matter" (thought to be a substantial fraction of the missing matter in the universe). Canada has demonstrated a commitment to answering these questions, which was recognized by the recent Nobel Prize. The proposed program will strengthen the country's leadership role in this research while training highly qualified personnel.

如果大爆炸创造了等量的物质和反物质，我们怎么可能存在呢？难道我们不该去见我们的反伙伴然后消失吗？如果我们只能观察到宇宙中5%的物质，那么其余的物质是由什么组成的呢？这些都是重要的基本问题，该研究计划旨在通过更好地了解中微子的性质（它们是物质还是反物质？）以及通过开发探测“暗物质”（被认为是宇宙中缺失物质的很大一部分）的方法来回答这些问题。加拿大已表现出对回答这些问题的承诺，这一点得到了最近的诺贝尔奖的认可。拟议的计划将加强国家在这项研究中的领导作用，同时培养高素质的人才。