Responsive PDRA Support for the Experimental Study of Particle Interactions at High Energy

剑桥高能物理组的研究活动主要集中在高能加速器上的实验，目前是欧洲核子研究中心的大型强子对撞机和ATLAS和LHCb实验，中微子实验MicroBooNE，费米实验室的长基线中微子实验DUNE，以及未来的对撞机设施。我们的目标是了解自然界的基本粒子及其相互作用，特别是发现超越我们目前理解的物理学，了解为什么宇宙只由物质而不是反物质组成，并揭示暗物质的身份。该小组也是基础物理学多学科量子技术项目AION和MAGIS的核心，这些项目使用新型原子干涉测量法来探测和识别宇宙中暗物质和引力波的来源。MAGIS 100米和AION 10米原子干涉仪将在该资助期内开始开发。该资助将使该小组能够充分支持与ATLAS 1级触发器相关的物理优化和开发;支持MicroBooNE和其他中微子实验的物理开发;利用来自MAGIS-100实验和AION-10演示原子干涉仪的第一批物理数据;并承担蓝天探测器抗辐射硅CMOS器件的研发工作，为建立在未来的对撞机上进行实验这个令人兴奋的物理学计划提供的机会不仅将推动发现的前沿，而且还将对当地企业和公众参与产生重大影响。

The Cambridge High Energy Physics Group focuses its research activities on experiments at high-energy accelerators, currently the Large Hadron Collider and the ATLAS and LHCb experiments at CERN, the neutrino experiment MicroBooNE, and the long-baseline neutrino experiment DUNE at Fermilab, and future collider facilities. The goal is to understand the fundamental particles of nature and their interactions, in particular, to discover physics beyond our current understanding, to understand why the Universe is made only of matter and not antimatter and to reveal the identity of dark matter. The Group is also central to the multi-disciplinary Quantum Technologies for Fundamental Physics projects, AION and MAGIS, which use novel atom interferometry to detect and identify sources of dark matter and gravitational waves in the Universe. The MAGIS 100m and the AION 10m atom interferometers will start their exploitation during the period covered by this grant.This grant will enable the group to fully support the optimisation and exploitation of physics associated to the ATLAS Level-1 trigger; to support the physics exploitation of MicroBooNE and other neutrino experiments; to exploit the first physics data from the MAGIS-100 experiment and AION-10 demonstrator atom interferometers; and to undertake blue skies detector research and development of the radiation hardness of silicon CMOS devices in preparation for and to establish leadership in experiments at future colliders. The opportunities offered by this exciting physics programme will not only drive the forefront of discovery, but also provide substantial impact to local enterprises and on public engagement.