Project Grant DESC0019550

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...

Muons Inc. was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop Affordable, Efficient Injection Locked Magnetrons for Superconducting Cavities. The project aims to deliver new magnetron technology to support the Office of Science's mission of transforming our understanding of nature and advancing U.S. energy and economic security through scientific discoveries and tools. Specifically, Muons Inc. will work to design injection locked...

The Accelerator Technology Corporation received a $199,743 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to develop an NB3SN SUPERCIC OUTSERT AND REBCO CONFORMAL INSERT for an 18 Tesla collider dipole. The project was completed on May 27, 2022. The grant was awarded under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The program supports the Office of Science's mission to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that advance the nation's...

This $449,946 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support research at Stanford University and the University of Washington to develop a novel axion detector called a haloscope. The haloscope is expected to improve the scan rate of axion dark matter experiments by more than three orders of magnitude at frequencies between 4-7 GHz. Researchers will fabricate and test a full-sized science-grade cavity under cryogenic conditions in...

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...

Radiabeam Technologies, LLC received a $199,722 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to develop a compact radiofrequency chopper for high-energy heavy-ion beams. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Under this award, Radiabeam Technologies will design and test a compact RF chopper to...

Sydor Instruments, LLC received a $200,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to develop a high voltage pulse generator for next generation light sources and colliders. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Sydor Technologies will utilize the...

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...

Incom, Inc. was awarded a $199,057 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop LAPPDs for LHCB ECAL and other high rate, high radiation applications. The grant period runs from June 28, 2021 through June 27, 2022. Under this award, Incom, Inc. will develop large-area picosecond photodetector (LAPPD) technologies for use in the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCB) experiment's electromagnetic...

Hyper TECH Research Inc. received a $413,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to support research and development of high critical current density and low ac loss niobium-tin superconductors for 16-20 Tesla fusion magnets through March 26, 2023. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and...