Grant: Subatomic Physics Envelope - Major Resources Support Program

The Carleton Technical Team for Subatomic Physics Research consists of four technical personnel, and associated facilities, that allow for development, fabrication, prototyping, and large-scale integration and installation of detectors for subatomic physics research. The budget requested here will continue to fund four technical personnel with expertise on design; electronics; and various fabrication and assembly technical skills, who work at the facility. The Carleton Group has continued to support a number of important projects in subatomic physics across Canada both with and without participation from Carleton researchers. Included in these projects are the DEAP, EXO, PICO and NEWS projects with close ties to SNOLAB; the ATLAS NSW and ITK upgrades with close associations at TRIUMF and CERN; and the ARIEL project at TRIUMF. The proponents of this MRS grant request and the MRS request by the University of Victoria, will continue to operate under the administration of the common Prioritization Board. The function of the Board is to advertise and facilitate access to the MRS facilities by reviewing and prioritizing new requests for use of the facilities provided by the MRS funds. The Board ranks these requests based on standard NSERC criteria. The MRS managers at the institutes, working with the Board, use this ranking to assign MRS resources as they become available as ongoing tasks are completed. Through regular meetings and formal updates from the managers, the Board is given information regarding the progress and status of current work undertaken by the MRS employees. The current board members are: Tom Mattison - Chair (UBC), Blair Jamieson - Secretary (Winnipeg), Mike Roney (IPP Director/Victoria), Fabrice Retiere (TRIUMF), Mark Boulay (Carleton), Brigitte Vachon (McGill).