Experimental Particle Physics at the Collider and Cosmic Ray Energy Frontiers

该奖项支持堪萨斯大学粒子物理小组在瑞士日内瓦欧洲核子研究中心开展CMS实验研究，并在全球多个地点完成粒子天体物理学方面的持续努力。该组织在分析和技术上都对CMS做出了重大贡献。在分析方面，该小组正集中精力研究希格斯玻色子、顶夸克、弱电场过程和新现象。技术贡献包括负责支持现有的CMS跟踪器和建造新的“第一阶段”像素探测器。对于未来的高能电子对撞机，该小组正在开发使用基于粒子流的技术重建喷注能量的改进方法。在粒子天体物理领域，该小组正在完成一些基于无线电探测的具有技术挑战性的工作，这些工作设在南极洲、犹他州和西伯利亚。在更广泛的影响领域，该组织有一个异常强大的外联计划，包括QuarkNet中心，即Quarked！这是一个让孩子们对科学和科学问题感到兴奋的项目，并吸引了项目各级本科生的大量参与。

This award provides support for the University of Kansas Particle Physics group to conduct research with the CMS experiment at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland and to complete ongoing efforts in Particle Astrophysics at several locations worldwide. The group is making significant contributions to CMS both analytically and technically. In analysis, the group is focusing its efforts on studies of Higgs bosons, top quarks, electroweak processes and new phenomena. Technical contributions include responsibilities for supporting the existing CMS tracker and the building the new "Phase I" pixel detector. Toward a future high energy electron collider, the group is developing improved methods of jet energy reconstruction using particle-flow based techniques. In the area of particle astrophysics, the group is completing a number of technically challenging efforts based upon radio detection and located in Antarctica, Utah and Siberia. In the area of broader impacts, the group has an exceptionally strong outreach program including a QuarkNet Center, the Quarked! Project that engages young children in the excitement of science and scientific questions, and significant engagement of undergraduates at all levels of the program.