Research at CLEO-c

该奖项将资助韦恩州立大学基本粒子物理小组对CLEO-c数据分析的持续研究项目。该小组由两名教员，Bonvicini教授和Cinabro教授，以及三名攻读博士学位的研究生组成。NSF支持小组参与CLEO探测器的建造和运行以及数据采集。这笔研究经费将使小组分析工作得以继续，并允许他们完成CLEO-c数据的物理分析。分析工作集中在利用Dalitz技术研究三种体粲衰变，利用CLEO产生的D介子的量子相关性测量D-棒混合参数，以及在罕见的粲衰变中。这三位研究生将专注于在罕见的半轻子D衰变中寻找高阶Fock态和相关的Dalitz图研究。这笔拨款还将通过REU/RET计划支持该小组广泛参与本科生的研究。该项目实现了其内在目标，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。该小组发现，此外，该计划的学生和教师已经能够为他们的研究工作做出重大贡献。

This award will fund the on going research program of the Wayne State University Elementary Particle Physics group on analyses of the CLEO-c data. The group consists of two faculty, Professors Bonvicini and Cinabro, and three graduate students working towards their PhD degrees. The NSF supported the group participation in the construction and operation of the CLEO detector as well as data taking. This research grant will enable the continuation the group analysis effort and allow them to complete the physics analysis of the CLEO-c data. The Analysis effort concentrate on the studies of three body charm decays using the Dalitz technique, measurements of D D-bar mixing parameters taking advantage of the quantum correlations of the D mesons produced at CLEO, and in rare charm decays. The three graduate students will concentrate on searches for higher order Fock states in rare semi-leptonic D decays and correlated Dalitz plot studies. This grant will also support the extensive involvement of the group in undergraduate student's research via an 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 under-represented, and making connections with K/12 teachers. The group found that in addition the students and teachers in the program have been able to make a significant contribution to their research effort.