Collaborative Research: Kaon Monitoring Equipment for MiniBooNE

观测中微子需要大型探测器和极大的耐心。中微子能够穿越整个宇宙，以几乎光速的速度穿越太空，行星，星系，而不会留下痕迹。只有与原子核的极其罕见的碰撞才能阻止中微子并揭示其存在，将其转化为带电粒子。根据中微子撞击原子的类型，电子或类似但更重的粒子从碰撞中出现。物理学家可以探测到带电粒子发出的光，从而更多地了解初始中微子的性质。MiniBoone是费米实验室的一个实验，旨在测量中微子质量。这项提案的具体目标是为一种新型的K介子次级束监测器提供检测设备，该监测器将限制中微子束中的背景。 虽然在大型高能物理实验中发挥了重要作用，但这一努力对学生，特别是本科生来说是一个难得的机会。 这基本上是一个桌面高能实验，将所有方面，包括物理和技术设计，检测器的组装和测试，电子设备的布局和组装，数据分析降低到可管理的规模。 该项目的其余部分，原型的探测器和数据采集系统，组装和测试探测器，并分析数据，将每个优秀的高级论文或研究生项目。

Observing neutrinos requires large detectors and great patience. Neutrinos are able to cross the entire universe, traversing space, planets, galaxies at almost the speed of light, without leaving a mark. Only the extremely rare collision with the core of an atom stops a neutrino and reveals its presence, transforming it into a charged particle. Depending on the type of neutrino hitting an atom, either an electron or a similar but heavier particle emerges from the collision. Physicists can detect light emitted by the charged particle, thereby learning more about the properties of the initial neutrino.MiniBoone is an experiment at Fermilab designed to measure neutrino masses. The specific goal of this proposal is to fund detector equipment for a novel kaon secondary beam monitor which will constrain the background in the neutrino beam. While playing an important role in a large high energy physics experiment, this effort is a rare opportunity for students, particularly undergraduates. This is essentially a table top high energy experiment bringing all aspects, including physics and technicalDesign, assembly and testing of detectors, layout and assembly of electronics, analysis of data down to a manageable scale. The remaining parts of the project, prototyping the detectors and data acquisition system, assembling and testing detectors, and analysis of data, would each make excellent senior theses or projects for graduate students.