Project Grant DESC0019535

This $572,067 National Science Foundation project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) funds the development of an event plane detector for the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Lehigh University is the primary awardee and will produce 15 calorimeter front-end modules, 8 transmitter modules, and 3 data collection modules to digitize and transmit signals from silicon photomultiplier detectors by July 2023. Columbia University serves as a...

Applied Diamond, Inc. was awarded a $206,380 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a diamond detector system for ion-beam diagnostics. The grant-funded project will support the design and testing of an innovative diamond-based detector that can be used to characterize the properties of ion beams with unprecedented resolution. This detector system aligns with the Office of Science's mission...

This $397,005 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program supports the development, building, and commissioning of a modular, next-generation fast neutron detector array at Augustana College. The new detector, based on plastic scintillator and silicon photomultipliers, will significantly improve the precision of neutron detection and position measurement compared to current designs. This enhanced detector capability will enable more precise...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Star Cryoelectronics, LLC on July 10, 2023 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop aluminum-based superconducting tunnel junction radiation detectors for a sterile neutrino search. Star Cryoelectronics, a for-profit manufacturer of cryogenic solutions, will leverage specialized facilities and expertise at Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (LLNS) to characterize the...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to James Madison University (JMU) will support the development, construction, and commissioning of a modular array based on plastic scintillator detectors for fast neutron detection. The $436,952 award will enable the research team to create an advanced neutron detector that significantly improves position resolution compared to current designs, advancing nuclear structure studies...

This $411,735 National Science Foundation project grant supports research to develop specialized germanium detectors and conduct experiments at the TRIUMF accelerator center in Canada. The goal is to search for a hypothesized boson particle in the decay of antimuons by focusing on low-energy signatures. The University of Chicago will receive the funding to build detectors with improved energy resolution of over three orders of magnitude compared to previous large scintillator calorimeters. These...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) provides $399,000 to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (SUNY) to develop a new generation of cost-effective, scalable, and stable radiation detectors with ultra-high detectivity. This is a joint effort between the University at Buffalo, University of Cambridge, and University of Oxford to address the challenge of engineering materials and manufacturing...

This $839,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports the development, construction, and commissioning of a modular fast neutron detector array based on plastic scintillator technology. The new detector system is intended to significantly improve the position resolution for measuring breakup products of neutron-rich atomic nuclei, enabling more precise nuclear structure studies at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $350,000 to Michigan State University (MSU) to develop and test a laser-based detector capable of efficiently capturing and selectively identifying magnesium atoms produced from the Ne-22 + He-4 nuclear reaction. The primary goal is to demonstrate the feasibility of using optical single atom detection in cryogenic noble gas solids for detecting the atomic...

This $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), funded the development of hafnium-based superconducting tunnel junction radiation detectors by Star Cryoelectronics, LLC of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The detectors will be used for sterile neutrino searches by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, operating as Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, through a $200,000 sub-award from Star...