U.S.-Mexico Cooperative Research on High Energy Physics

该奖项将支持马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校迈克尔·克莱斯勒领导下的一组物理学家与墨西哥大学菲西卡研究所杰拉尔多·莫雷诺领导下的一组类似的墨西哥科学家之间的合作研究墨西哥利昂的瓜纳华托。这些访问的目的是：分析费米和布鲁克海文国家实验室的实验数据；协同设计，原型，并构建基本粒子物理实验探测器；计划未来美国和墨西哥在高能物理领域的合资企业；并为本科生和研究生设计基于实验室的实验，使用基本粒子物理技术。IFUG一直在与马萨诸塞大学、哥伦比亚大学和费米实验室合作进行基本粒子物理实验。这些实验通过研究具有不同性质的粒子的产生来探索强相互作用物理的本质。实验设计的核心是专门的读出和分析电子硬件，它允许获得前所未有的高度处理的数据量。马萨诸塞和ifug的合作主要集中在分析这些数据和提取物理结果。为了进行数据分析所需的交流，两国的小组成员需要定期合作。美国方面在高能物理研究方面拥有专业知识和设施，将通过分析其主要高能实验室的大量数据从合作中获益。墨西哥方面将从这项联合工作中受益，不仅因为它处于基本粒子研究的前沿，而且还因为它有机会培训其物理学家，并参与美墨高能物理联合活动的规划。

This award will support collaborative work between a group of physicists under the direction of Michael Kreisler of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a similar group of Mexican scientists under the direction of Gerardo Moreno of the Instituto de Fisica of the Universidad de Guanajuato (IFUG) in Leon, Mexico. The purpose of these visits would be to: analyze data from experiments at Fermi and Brookhaven National Laboratories; collaboratively design, prototype, and construct detectors for elementary particle physics experiments; plan future joint ventures in high energy physics between the United States and Mexico; and design laboratory- based experiments for undergraduate and graduate students, using elementary particle physics techniques. IFUG has been collaborating with the University of Massachusetts, Columbia University, and Fermilab on elementary particle physics experiments. These experiments probe the nature of strong interaction physics by studying the production of particles with various properties. Central to the experimental design are specialized readout and analysis electronics hardware which permit the acquisition of unprecedented quantities of highly processed data. The Massachusetts-IFUG collaboration focuses primarily on analyzing those data and extracting physics results. For the interchange necessary for data analysis, group members from both countries periodically need to work together. The U.S. side, which has expertise and facilities in high energy physics research, would gain from the collaboration by having voluminous data from its major high energy laboratories analyzed. The Mexican side would benefit from the joint work not only by being at the forefront of elementary particle research but also by having an opportunity to train its physicists and participate in the planning of joint U.S.-Mexico activities in high energy physics.