SIX Advanced Detector Research Grants Awarded in FY 2009

The Advanced Detector Research (ADR) program is a competitive grant program in the Office of High Energy Physics that supports detector research by university-based physicists. The ADR program seeks to encourage research into detector technologies that will enable new, not yet approved experiments. For the FY 2009 cycle, six proposals were selected for funding based on external peer reviews and programmatic need, totaling $595,000 in new commitments. The winners will investigate radiation hard detector and readout technologies, semiconductor detector technologies, calorimeter technologies, and new photodetector technologies. The awardees are:

Principal Investigator

Institution

Ben Monreal

University of California at Santa Barbara

Mani Tripathi

University of California at Davis

Garu Varner

University of Hawaii

James White

Texas A&M

Vishnu Zutshi

Northern Illinois University

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Researchers have long thought pure niobium superconducting radiofrequency cavities were best for particle accelerators. Researchers are now using a toolkit to learn how to add impurities to the cavities to make them smoother—and more efficient.

Smoother Surfaces Make for Better Particle Accelerators

An enhanced topographic analysis toolkit for forecasting and improving particle accelerator performance is helping scientists build better accelerators.

High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) at Oak Ridge

PROSPECT Characterizes the Footprint of Neutrinos

Experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s High Flux Isotope Reactor precisely measures the antineutrino energy spectrum.

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