Neutrino Physics with Liquid Argon Detectors

基于加速器的中微子物理学将是未来十年美国粒子物理计划的主要组成部分，并为该奖项中概述的研究提供智力价值。液态氩时间投影室（LArTPC）技术由于其非凡的成像和量热能力而成为研究中微子物理的一个非常有吸引力的选择。这一新的奖项为M教授的研究计划提供了初步支持。索德伯格的锡拉丘兹大学，这将使他在一个长基线中微子振荡物理在费米实验室的LArTPC开发计划的重要参与。这将包括参与ArgoNeut和MicroBooNE实验，并跨越硬件开发和物理分析。拟议活动的广泛影响是多方面和多样化的，包括在锡拉丘兹开展的外联工作，致力于参与正在进行的“问物理学家”网页，与当地高中教师和学生举行会议，开发物理奥林匹克竞赛，让学生和博士后研究人员参与并指导他们进行硬件和物理分析，以及准备在会议上的发言。

Accelerator-based neutrino physics will be a major component of the U.S. particle physics program in the coming decade and provides the intellectual merit for the research outlined in this award. The technique of Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers (LArTPCs) is a very attractive option for studying neutrino physics due to its extraordinary imaging and calorimetry capabilities. This new award provides initial support for a program of research by Professor M. Soderberg of Syracuse University which will allow his significant participation in an LArTPC development program for long-baseline neutrino oscillation physics at Fermilab. This will include involvement on both the ArgoNeut and MicroBooNE experiments and span hardware development and physics analyses. The broader impacts of the proposed activities are multiple and diverse spanning outreach efforts at Syracuse devoted to involvement in the ongoing "Ask-A-Physicist" webpage and meeting with local high school teachers and students, developing a Physics Olympiad, and involving and mentoring students and postdoctoral researchers in hardware and physics analyses as well as preparation of presentations at conferences.