Precision Studies of Neutrino Interactions and Neutrino Mixing

该奖项是根据《2009年美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)资助的。该奖项支持威廉与玛丽学院三名基本粒子物理学教员参与的扩大研究项目。该小组的成员积极参与了一系列精密实验，目的是探索中微子振荡的本质，填补中微子谜团中缺失的碎片。在目前正在进行的MINOS长基线中微子振荡实验中，每个研究人员都领导分析小组或进行分析。在继续利用MINOS的数据并支持其业务的同时，该小组正在该计划的下一阶段，即Minerva中微子散射实验和Nova长基线实验中发挥主导作用，并期待着以杜塞尔设施为中心的远程计划。W&amp；M集团致力于让本科生参与研究，将其作为教育的重要组成部分。这项提议将为每年两名本科生提供尖端研究体验，并与该系的稳健REU计划相结合，并将支持高级论文。该小组还维持着一个中微子和地下物理的RET计划，使两名教师能够每年参与索丹地下实验室的研究项目。W&amp；M小组的成员积极促进那些在粒子物理学中历来代表性不足的小组的参与。Minerva有一大批来自拉丁美洲大学的学生在Fermilab从事探测器调试工作，他们得到了该组织的指导。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This award provides support for an expanded program of research involving three faculty members in elementary particle physics at the College of William and Mary. The members of the group are actively involved in a series of precision experiments with the goal of exploring the nature of neutrino oscillations and filling in the missing pieces of the neutrino puzzle. Each investigator leads analysis groups or analyses in the currently-running MINOS long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment. While continuing to exploit the data from MINOS and support its operations, the group is adopting a leading role in the next phase of the program, namely the MINERvA neutrino-scattering experiment and the NOvA long-baseline experiment, and looks forward to a long-range program centered at the DUSEL facility. The W&M group is committed to engaging undergraduates in research as a vital component of their education. This proposal will enable cutting edge research experience for two undergraduate students per year, in conjunction with the department's robust REU program, and will support senior theses. The group also maintains a RET program in neutrino and underground physics which enables two teachers to participate in research projects at the Soudan Underground Laboratory each year. The members of the W&M group actively promote the participation of groups which have been historically underrepresented in particle physics. MINERvA has a significant contingent of students from Latin American universities working on detector commissioning at Fermilab who have been mentored by the group.