Research and Education with GlueX

该奖项将支持弗吉尼亚州纽波特纽斯的托马斯杰斐逊国家实验室的研究活动。 PI在一个名为GWAX的重大新实验（目前正在建设中，预计在三到四年内获得数据）中发挥着重要作用，该实验的重点是介子光谱的研究。 强相互作用的理论，量子色动力学（QCD），不仅预言了几十年来已经观察到的介子的存在，而且还预言了由夸克、反夸克和胶子组成的奇异态，以及完全由胶子组成的胶球态。 GSPX是专门为帮助搜索这些状态而设计的。 PI主要负责特定的硬件：金刚石辐射器，光子示踪显微镜和光子准直器，所有这些都是实现实验全部科学潜力的必要条件。所谓的奇异物质和胶球的存在是QCD的广泛预期结果，但与任何理论一样，确认是我们理解甚至是非奇异物质的重要组成部分。 研究生的参与是该活动的重要组成部分，无论是对项目的成功和未来的科学领导人的培训。 硬件开发也与当地公司建立了重要的联系。

This award will support research activity at Thomas Jefferson National Laboratory in Newport News, VA. The PI plays a significant role in a major new experiment known as GlueX (presently under construction, with data taking expected within three or four years), whose focus is the study of meson spectra. The theory of the strong interaction, quantum chromodynamics (QCD), predicts not only the existence of mesons that have been observed over decades of experiments, but also exotic states that are made up of quarks, anti quarks and gluons, as well as glueballs - states made up entirely of gluons. GlueX is specifically designed to help search for such states. The PI has primary responsibility for specific hardware: diamond radiators, photon tagger microscope, and photon collimator, all of which are essential for achieving the full scientific potential of the experiment.The existence of so-called exotics and glueballs is a widely expected consequence of QCD, but as with any theory, confirmation is an essential component in our understanding even of non-exotic matter. Graduate student participation is an important part of the activity, both for the success of the project and for training of future scientific leaders. The hardware development has also engendered important ties with local companies.