CPP+, the MRS Application of the Centre for Particle Physics

自上次MRS申请以来，阿尔伯塔大学（阿尔伯塔）的粒子物理中心（CPP）的方案得到了扩大、加强和多样化。这种多样化的扩展是由于实验天体粒子物理学领域的多产、ATLAS升级的蓬勃发展以及在加拿大加速器物理学竞技场的新发展。CPP+是一个真正的国家财团的独特组织中心，以其尖端，最新和全面的技术，人力和基础设施资源为基础。今年，我们的MRS计划已经扩大到包括来自约克大学的共同申请人。CPP+国家联盟现在包括来自阿尔伯塔、女王大学（Queen's）、里贾纳大学（Regina）、多伦多大学（多伦多）和约克大学（约克）的共同申请人--以利用粒子和天体粒子物理学之间的协同作用，并提供一个固定在CPP上的连贯的人力基础设施基础，但不限于CPP。我们将这个新的国家研究联盟称为“CPP+"。这里描述的基础设施资源的综合方法有效地满足了所涉及的组的要求，并提供了对资源的最大访问，同时最大限度地减少了MRS人员能力的重复。它还涉及大量NSERC SAP用户对资源的大量使用，这些用户与CPP+ MRS项目的主要研究者或共同申请人的研究活动无关，或者至少与CPP+ MRS项目成员直接负责的研究项目无关。所有合格的用户都可以通过两个网站访问CPP+ MRS资源，这两个网站可以通过粒子物理研究所和加拿大核物理研究所网站访问。所有资源申请都必须通过在线表格提交，供CPP+运营委员会免费和公平地审议。我们的MRS计划还旨在促进CPP+研究人员访问加拿大境内的主要国际资源（例如，SNOLAB和TRIUMF SRF设施）和加拿大境外（例如CERN、IceCube、T2 K和Veritas），加拿大没有类似的设施。为了维持我们的国家CPP+资源，我们要求继续支持阿尔伯塔的一名工程师、一名探测器技术专家和一名电子技术人员以及多伦多的一名工程师。这些高素质和经验丰富的人员使我们能够设计，建造和测试粒子和天体粒子物理学的探测器和数据采集系统。他们包括熟悉大型建筑项目、计算机辅助设计、低温施工和RF加速结构的工程师。能够设计和制造尖端快速模拟和数字电子产品的电子工程师。最后，CPP+基础设施提供独特的设施来测量和控制自然背景。

Since its last MRS application the Centre for Particle Physics (CPP) at the University of Alberta (Alberta) has seen its program expand, strengthen and diversify. This diversified expansion is due to the prolific field of experimental astroparticle physics, the burgeoning era of ATLAS upgrades and, in the Canadian context, new developments in the arena of accelerator physics. The CPP+ is truly a unique organizational centre of a national consortia based around its cutting-edge, up-to-date and comprehensive technological, manpower and infrastructure resources. This year our MRS program has expanded to include a co-applicant from York University. The CPP+ national consortium now involves co-applicants from Alberta, Queen's University (Queen's), the University of Regina (Regina), University of Toronto (Toronto), and York University (York) - in order to exploit the synergy between particle and astroparticle physics and provide a coherent manpower infrastructure base anchored at, but cnot restricted to, the CPP. We call this new national research consortium "CPP+". This comprehensive approach to infrastructure resources described here efficiently addresses the requirements of the groups involved and provides maximum access to the resources with minimum duplication of MRS personnel capability. It also involves significant use of the resource by large number of NSERC SAP users that are not associated with the research activities of the PI or co-applicants of the CPP+ MRS program or at least are not associated with those research projects for which the CPP+ MRS program members have direct responsibility. Access to CPP+ MRS resources is given to all qualified users via two websites that can be accessed via the Institute of Particle Physics and Canadian Institute of Nuclear Physics websites. All applications for resources must be submitted via an online form for free and fair consideration by the CPP+ Operating Committee.Our MRS program also aims to facilitate access by CPP+ researchers to major international resources located inside Canada (e,g. SNOLAB and the TRIUMF SRF facility) and outside Canada (e.g. CERN, IceCube, T2K and Veritas), the equivalent of which is not available in Canada. To sustain our national CPP+ resource we are asking for continued support for an engineer, a detector technologist, and an electronics tech at Alberta as well as an engineer at Toronto. These highly qualified and experienced personnel enable us to design, construct and test detector and Data acquisition systems for particle and astroparticle physics. They include engineers who are familiar with large-scale construction projects, computer aided design, cryogenic construction and RF acceleration structures. Electronics engineers who can design and fabricate cutting edge fast analog and digital electronics. Lastly, CPP+ infrastructure provides unique facilities to measure and control natural backgrounds.