Acquisition of Testing and Measurement Equipment at Kansas in Conjunction with the RICE Neutrino Astrophysics Experiment at the South Pole

摘要9724599贝松这个主要的研究仪器（MRI）项目将开发一种方法来检测超高能基本粒子簇射，在南极冰盖内发展的中微子天文学的目的。 中微子是大多数高能核相互作用的衰变产物;然而，它们与物质的相互作用很弱，因此即使被尘埃、气体或其他遮蔽材料包围，也可以预期从相互作用区域逃逸。 如果中微子望远镜可以工作，它将提供一个看里面密集模糊的区域，如星系的中心，也可能指向（未知的）非常高能量的宇宙射线源，甚至可能是伽马射线爆发。 该项目的大部分资金由堪萨斯大学作为配套资金提供。 ***

Abstract 9724599 Besson This Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) project will develop a means of detecting ultra-high energy elementary particle showers which develop within the ice sheet at South Pole, Antarctica for the purpose of doing neutrino astronomy. Neutrinos are a decay product of most high energy nuclear interactions; however, they interact only weakly with matter and so can be expected to escape from the region of interaction even if it is surrounded by dust, gas or other obscuring material. If a neutrino telescope can be made to work it will provide a look inside densely obscured regions, such as the center of galaxies and may also point to the (unknown) sources of very high energy cosmic rays and possibly even gamma ray bursts. A major portion of the funding for this project is being provided by the University of Kansas as matching funds. ***