MRS for detector development at the University of Victoria

这项拨款申请是为在维多利亚大学工作的一名高技能个人提供持续的薪金支持，他是加拿大亚原子物理和加速器物理项目的重要资源。前一笔拨款支持保罗·波芬伯格（Paul Poffenberger）至2017年12月，从2017年9月起支持他的继任者萨姆·德荣（Sam de Jong）。两人都是探测器技术专家，他们已经并正在为加拿大亚原子和加速器物理旗舰项目做出重要贡献，他的专业知识需要与加拿大各地的亚原子物理学家合作，维护现有的探测器系统并帮助开发新系统。受益于这一支持的研究项目包括ALPHA、ARIEL、ATLAS、Belle II、T2K和国际直线对撞机。维多利亚大学的MRS利用了TRIUMF作为维多利亚亚原子物理和加速器研究中心（VISPA）一部分的资源投资。

This grant request is for the continued salary support of a highly skilled individual based at the University of Victoria who is an essential resource for subatomic physics and accelerator physics projects in Canada. The previous grant supported Paul Poffenberger until December 2017 and his replacement, Sam de Jong since September 2017. Both are detector technologists who have made and are making crucial contributions to flagship Canadian subatomic and accelerator physics projects, and his expertise is needed to maintain existing detector systems and to help develop new systems, in collaboration with subatomic physicists across Canada. Research programs that have benefited from this support include ALPHA, ARIEL, ATLAS, Belle II, T2K, and the International Linear Collider. The MRS at UVic leverages resource investments from TRIUMF as part of the Victoria Subatomic Physics and Accelerator Research Centre (VISPA). The resource is overseen by a prioritization board, in common with the SAP MRS resources at Carleton University. Previously, the resources included Queens University but their MRS grant was not renewed in 2018. The board facilitates access to the MRS facilities by reviewing new requests for their use. Should the resources become oversubscribed, the board would rank the requests based on standard NSERC criteria. The MRS managers at the institutes would use this ranking to assign manpower as it becomes available as on-going tasks are completed. The Board meets several times a year and is given information about the progress and status of on-going work undertaken by the MRS employees.