RUI: Norfolk State University's Nuclear and Particle Physics Research Participation at Jefferson Lab

该RUI项目的重点是在托马斯·杰斐逊国家加速器设施的B厅开发一种新的探测设备，即前向电子标记器（FET）。使用场效应管的主要研究内容包括介子结构（介子光谱）和带电介子的电磁极化率的研究。我们的目标是更好地理解量子cd的行为（特别是约束），研究胶子的性质和夸克（介子）的简单排列。FET与B厅的大接受度光谱仪（CLAS）相结合，将允许通过非常小的前摆电子散射，使用“几乎真实”的虚拟光子进行“光电生产”研究。拟议的工作将加强诺福克州立大学核与粒子物理小组现有的研究计划，并将为本科生参与核与粒子物理研究的前沿提供一个极好的机会。

This RUI program focuses on the development of a new detectorfacility, the Forward Electron Tagger (FET), in Hall B at the ThomasJefferson National Accelerator Facility. The main thrust of theresearch, using the FET, involves studies of the structure of mesons(meson spectroscopy) and the electromagnetic polarizabilities ofcharged pions. Our goal is a better understanding of the behavior ofQCD (specifically, confinement), investigating the properties ofgluons and simple arrangements of quarks (mesons). The FET, inconjunction with the large acceptance spectrometer (CLAS) in Hall B,will allow the study of "photoproduction" using "almost real"virtual photons via electron scattering at very small forwardangles. The proposed work will enhance the existing researchprogram of the Nuclear and Particle Physics group at Norfolk StateUniversity and will provide an excellent opportunity forundergraduate student involvement at the forefront of research innuclear and particle physics.