MRI Consortium: Developments for a Novel Pixel Tracking Layer for the ATLAS Detector

该奖项为11所大学(布兰代斯大学、夏威夷大学、爱荷华州大学、新墨西哥州大学、俄亥俄州立大学、俄克拉何马州大学、俄克拉何马州大学、斯通布罗克大学、加州大学伯克利分校、加州大学圣克鲁斯分校和华盛顿大学)组成的联盟提供部分支持，以构建一个新的像素层(称为可插入B层或IBL)，进入CERN大型强子对撞机(LHC)目前的ATLAS探测器，从而在这一国际计划中产生重大和显著的影响。这种探测器增强的目标是显著扩展ATLAS的物理覆盖范围。特别是，它将改进ATLAS对b夸克喷注的识别，这一能力对于大型强子对撞机上许多最有趣的物理研究，如寻找希格斯和超对称性，是至关重要的。这个IBL将由美国大学与劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室(LBL)和一些欧洲研究机构合作建造和测试的部件组成，最后组装并安装在ATLAS粒子物理探测器上。这种新颖的像素器件不仅对ATLAS实验至关重要，推动了美国500多名科学家的物理计划，其中包括170多名研究生，而且还将促进探测器技术的创新。IBL的建造、测试和安装将为许多学生提供对IBL至关重要的领域的培训：新电子、探测器、轻型机械结构和数据传输系统。如果这个联合体的机会没有确立，一些较小的集团很可能就不会有这个机会。在参与的11所大学中，有4所大学的IBL项目的首席科学家是女性，这促进了该领域的多样性。提案中的五所大学位于EPSCoR州。

This award provides partial support for a consortium of eleven universities (Brandeis, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Stony Brock, UC-Berkeley, UC-Santa Cruz, and Washington) to construct a new pixel layer (called the Insertable B Layer or IBL) to go inside the present ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) thereby making a major and notable impact in this international program. The goal of this detector enhancement is to extend significantly the physics reach of ATLAS. In particular, it will improve the identification of b-quark jets for ATLAS, a capability that is crucial for many of the most interesting physics studies at the LHC such as the search for the Higgs and supersymmetry. This IBL will be composed of parts built and tested at U.S. universities, in collaboration with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL) and a number of European research institutions, and finally assembled and installed in the ATLAS particle physics detector. The novel pixel device is not only crucial for the ATLAS experiment, advancing the physics program of over 500 scientists in the U.S., including over 170 graduate students, but will also promote innovations in detector technology. The construction, testing, and installation of the IBL will provide training for a number of students in areas crucial for the IBL: new electronics, detectors, lightweight mechanical structures, and data transmission systems. This opportunity would likely not be available in some of the smaller groups if the opportunity for this consortium were not established. For four of the eleven universities involved, the lead scientist on the IBL project is female, fostering diversity in the field. Five of the universities in the proposal are located in EPSCoR states.