Queen's University Particle Astrophysics MRS

该提案要求支持女王大学的高素质技术人员，他们在大型粒子天体物理学项目的建设和运营以及支持活动方面具有广泛的专业知识。女王的粒子天体物理学小组，目前共有30多名研究人员（包括教师，博士后，学生和技术人员）在设计和建造大型低背景地下项目方面获得了独特的专业知识，这些项目探索了我们宇宙的基本性质和组成部分，从SNO项目的原始开发开始，到SNOLAB的新项目建设;这些专业知识和技术人员对加拿大更广泛的亚原子物理界来说是一个重要而宝贵的资源。为了支持最初的SNO计划，皇后大学开发了一个世界领先的超灵敏氡射气和低背景测量设施，并继续运营该设施，现在支持几个下一代低背景项目。Queen's还拥有一名经验丰富的技术人员，在控制电子设备的硬件和软件接口方面具有专业知识，以及一名具有丰富低温设计经验的机械工程师，以及大型地下项目设计和施工规划方面的专业知识。我们请求为三名技术人员提供支持：一名技术人员负责氡放射设施的操作，一名技术人员负责硬件接口/控制项目，一名机械工程师，并计划将这些人员的请求和工作分配纳入一个更大的多机构优先事项委员会。

This proposal requests support for highly qualified technical personnel at Queen's with a broad range of expertise in construction and operation of large particle astrophysics projects and supporting activities. The Queen's Particle Astrophysics group, with a current total of over 30 researchers (including faculty, post-docs, students and technical personnel) has acquired unique expertise in design and construction of large-scale low-background underground projects probing the fundamental nature and building blocks of our universe, starting with the original development of the SNO project, through to construction of new projects at SNOLAB; this expertise and technical personnel represent a significant and valuable resource to the broader subatomic physics community in Canada. In support of the original SNO program, Queen's developed a world-leading facility for ultra-sensitive radon emanation and low-background measurements, and continues to operate that facility, now in support of several next-generation low-background projects. Queen's also has an experienced technician with expertise in hardware and software interfacing for control electronics, and a mechanical engineer with extensive cryogenics design experience, and expertise in design and construction planning for large underground projects. We are requesting support for three technical personnel: one technician for operation of the radon emanation facility, one technician for hardware interfacing/control projects, and a mechanical engineer, with plans to integrate requests and work assignments for these personnel within a larger multi-institutional prioritization board.