IRES: U.S.-European International Research Experience-Particle Astrophysics for Undergraduates

这项由威斯康星大学河瀑布分校牵头的国际学生研究体验(IRES)活动将在三个夏天为比利时、瑞典和德国合作大学的科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域的美国本科生提供总共18个为期10周的研究体验。欧洲主办大学是冰立方协作的成员，该协作由42个机构和组织组成，共同致力于位于南极的冰立方中微子观测站的科学方面的工作。这个天文台是冰盖表面下1450米到2450米之间的一立方千米的仪器冰。总之，学生在指导下的研究经验将有助于更广泛地研究粒子天体物理学。同时，每个参与者都将获得对杠杆、大规模、虚拟和直接的国际合作研究和仪器的有益的专业介绍。被威斯康星大学河瀑布分校选中参加这项IRES的美国学生将有机会接触到重要的欧洲实验和理论专业知识，并能够利用布鲁塞尔、斯德哥尔摩、波恩或波鸿指定的IceCube协作成员大学的硬件和软件资源。在出国研究之前，学生们首先参加威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的科学和软件新兵训练营，以确保适当了解冰立方中微子天文台的主题和数据协议。欧洲实验室确定的进一步探索的主题包括多传播者天文学、高能宇宙线组成和能谱、中微子振荡、宇宙线各向异性、点源搜索和暗物质的间接搜索等。对于更广泛的影响，有针对性的招生努力和现有的机构网络将确保至少三分之一的学生(6名)来自两年制大学或参加久负盛名的McNair项目，该项目为低收入、第一代和/或代表性不足的美国本科生在STEM博士项目中取得成功做好准备。作为他们早期职业生涯国际研究经验的补充，参与者将接受关于有效公开陈述的指导，包括理解和解释科学和技术的相互依存关系，以及基础研究成果如何在开辟科学发现的新途径的同时带来创新。

Over three summers, this International Research Experience for Students (IRES) effort, led by the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, will provide a total of 18 ten-week research experiences for U.S. undergraduates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields at partner universities in Belgium, Sweden, and Germany. The European host universities are members of the IceCube Collaboration, which consists of 42 institutions and organizations that work together on the scientific aspects of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory located in Antarctica the South Pole. This observatory is a cubic kilometer of instrumented ice between 1450 and 2450 meters below the surface of the ice sheet. Together, students' guided research experiences will contribute to the broader study of particle astrophysics. At the same time, each participant will gain a beneficial professional introduction to leveraged, large scale, virtual and direct international cooperative research and instrumentation. The U.S. students selected by the University of Wisconsin-River Falls to participate in this IRES will have access to significant European experimental and theoretical expertise and be able to utilize hardware and software resources located at designated IceCube Collaboration member universities in Brussels, Stockholm, Bonn or Bochum. Prior to research abroad, students first participate in a science and software boot camp at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to ensure appropriate knowledge of IceCube Neutrino Observatory topics and data protocols. Identified topics for further exploration at the European labs include multimessenger astronomy, high-energy cosmic-ray composition and energy spectrum, neutrino oscillations, cosmic-ray anisotropy, point source searches, and indirect searches for dark matter, among others. For broader impact, targeted recruiting efforts and existing institutional networks will ensure that at least one third of the students (six) come from two-year colleges or are participants in the well-established McNair program, which prepares low-income, first-generation and/or underrepresented U.S. undergraduate students for success in doctoral STEM programs. Complementing their early career international research experience, participants will receive mentoring on effective public presentations, including understanding and explaining the interdependence of science and technology and how fundamental research results can lead to innovations while opening new avenues of scientific discovery.