Particle Physics at Wayne State University

这项提议是为了在韦恩州立大学继续运作一个活跃的CLEO/BTeV小组。该小组包括两名教员，Bonvicini教授和Cinabro教授，一名博士后，两名研究生和几名本科生。在我们过去的NSF支持下，该小组参与了CLEO的建造和运行，并致力于CLEO-II物理分析。韦恩州立大学小组领导了魅力衰退的分析工作，并维护背景监控硬件。这些分析工作帮助发现了dsj(2460)，首次观测到了中性D到Kaon的衰变，并用Dalitz技术分析了它的子结构。该小组展示了一种新的方法，可以用非常高精度的数据来衡量跟踪效率。CLEO-C实验的物理学现在开始了。该小组正在努力维护和支持使用探测器进行物理分析。物理学兴趣包括三体强子魅力衰变，寻找魅力混合和其他罕见的魅力衰变。在BTeV上，该团队参与了探测器的研发，他们专注于像素探测器的冷却。该计划将进入施工阶段，包括像素冷却系统的硬件和像素电子元件的测试。研究人员已经研究了BTeV寻找罕见咒语衰退的能力。该小组继续致力于一种创新的束致辐射监测器，该监测器可以优化电子-正电子对撞机提供的光度。已经在CESR-c建造了一个原型。该小组计划展示探测器，完成其建造，并致力于高能线性对撞机的设计。韦恩州立大学小组在他们的REU/RET计划中进行了非常成功的推广工作。该计划实现了其内在目标，即促进本科生和年轻学生对科学、技术和工程职业的兴趣，特别是在代表性不足的学生中，并与K/12教师建立联系。学生和老师也为研究工作做出了重大贡献。注：自这项提案提交以来，将在费米拉实验室进行的BTeV研究计划被美国能源部终止。

This proposal is for continued operation of an active CLEO/BTeV group at Wayne State University. The group consists of two faculty, Professors Bonvicini and Cinabro, one postdoc, two graduate students, and a few undergraduates. With our past NSF support the group participated in the construction and operation of CLEO and worked on CLEO-II physics analysis. The Wayne State group leads the analysis efforts in charm decays and maintains the background monitoring hardware. The analysis efforts have helped discover the DsJ(2460), have observed the neutral D to kaon decay for the first time and analyzed its substructure using the Dalitz technique. The group has demonstrated a novel method of measuring the tracking efficiency with the data to very high precision. Physics with the CLEO-c experiment is now starting. The group is working to maintain and support physics analysis with the detector. Physics interests include three-body hadronic charm decays and searches for charm mixing and other rare charm decays.On BTeV, the group has participated in detector R&D where they have focused on the cooling of the pixel detector. The plan is to move into construction with work on the hardware of the pixel cooling system and testing of pixel electronic components. BTeV's ability to search for rare charm decays has been studied. The group continues to work on an innovative beamstrahlung monitor, which can optimize the delivered luminosity at electron-positron colliders. A prototype has been built at CESR-c. The group plans to demonstrate the detector, complete its construction, and work on the design for a high-energy linear collider.The Wayne State group runs a very successful outreach effort in their REU/RET program. This program achieves its intrinsic goals of promoting undergraduate and younger student interest in careers in science, technology, and engineering, especially among the underrepresented, and makes connections with K/12 teachers. The students and teachers also have made a significant contribution to the research effort.Note: Since this proposal was submitted, the BTeV research program to be conducted at Fermilab was terminated by the U.S. Department of Energy.