AccelNet Design: Inter-American Network of Networks of Quantum Chromo-Dynamics Challenges

夸克和胶子是宇宙中所有可见物质的基本组成部分。它们被描述为强核相互作用理论：量子色动力学。对宇宙中观测到的特性是如何从这些相互作用中产生的完整理解仍然是难以捉摸的。解决量子色动力学中的开放性问题是一项全球性的努力。这个以设计为导向的AccelNet项目将重点关注一些深层次的基本问题：可见物质是如何产生的，它又是如何演变的？亚原子物质是如何自我组织的？会出现什么现象？该项目将重点设计和建立一个横跨美国、加拿大和拉丁美洲的网络，以加速解决核物理学中量子色动力学挑战的进程。它将使学生、博士后研究人员和从事国际多团队核物理项目的早期职业科学家能够得到培训，这些项目将有来自该地区的网络的大力参与。这些活动将促进整个美洲核物理学界的一体化。它还将为美国主导的核物理学网络对网络项目确定伦理规范和科学指导方针。该AccelNet项目将围绕四个主要目标与国内和国际网络合作伙伴建立联系：(1)在美洲的各种核物理研究网络之间建立战略伙伴关系；(2)确定发展美国主导的大型核科学项目的网络伙伴的需求、优势和协同作用；(3)为美国、加拿大和拉丁美洲的研究人员设计活动，以促进利用量子色动力学研究的互补资源；(4)加强对下一代核物理研究人员的培训，使其具备一套包括国际多团队经验在内的新技能。为了实现多样化的网络机会，研究主题将是广泛的，包括理论研究，数据分析，高性能计算，粒子探测器和加速器技术，实时事件选择，以及软件和蒙特卡罗模拟开发。人工智能和量子技术等新兴技术的应用也将成为协调工作的一部分。这些活动将包括科学静修、会议、讲习班和建立一个网站以促进协调。该项目还将设计和实施美国、加拿大和拉丁美洲国家网络之间的交流和流动计划。通过国际网络对网络合作加速研究（AccelNet）计划旨在加速科学发现的进程，并为下一代美国研究人员进行多团队国际合作做好准备。AccelNet项目支持美国研究网络与国外互补网络之间的战略联系，将利用研究和教育资源来应对需要重大国际协调努力的重大科学挑战。该项目由AccelNet计划和促进竞争性研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）共同资助。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Quarks and gluons are fundamental building blocks of all the visible matter in the universe. They are described by the theory of strong nuclear interactions: quantum chromo-dynamics. A complete understanding of how the observed properties in the universe emerge from these interactions has remained elusive. Addressing open questions in quantum chromo-dynamics is a global effort. This design-track AccelNet project will focus on deeply fundamental questions: How did visible matter come into being, and how does it evolve? How does subatomic matter organize itself and what phenomena emerge? This project will focus on designing and establishing a network of networks across the United States, Canada and Latin America to accelerate the process of tackling quantum chromo-dynamics challenges in nuclear physics. It will enable the training of students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career scientists in international multi-team nuclear physics projects that will have a strong participation of networks from this region. Such activities will promote the integration of nuclear physics communities across the Americas. It will also serve to identify ethics norms and scientific guidelines for U.S.-led network-to-network projects in nuclear physics.This AccelNet project will engage the domestic and international network partners around four main goals: (1) develop strategic partnerships across the various nuclear physics research networks in the Americas; (2) identify the needs, strengths and synergies of network partners for developing U.S.-led large scale nuclear science projects; (3) design activities for researchers in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America that will facilitate leveraging complementary resources for quantum chromo-dynamics research, and (4) enhance the training of the next generation of researchers in nuclear physics in a novel set of skills that include international multi-team experience. To enable diverse network opportunities, the research themes will be broad, including research in theory, data analyses, high performance computing, particle detectors and accelerator technologies, real-time event selection, as well as software and Monte Carlo simulation development. Applications of emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence and quantum technologies, will also be part of the coordination effort. The activities will include scientific retreats, meetings, workshops, and the development of a website to facilitate coordination. The project will also design and carry out exchange and mobility programs between networks in the U.S., Canada and Latin American countries. The Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet) program is designed to accelerate the process of scientific discovery and prepare the next generation of U.S. researchers for multiteam international collaborations. The AccelNet program supports strategic linkages among U.S. research networks and complementary networks abroad that will leverage research and educational resources to tackle grand scientific challenges that require significant coordinated international efforts.This project is jointly funded by AccelNet Program and the Established program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.