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 the development, fabrication, prototyping, and large-scale integration of detectors for subatomic physics research. The highly qualified technical personnel also enable access to facilities and resources at Carleton University such as the Science and Technology Center with production-scale custom fabrication capabilities; the Carleton University Micro Fabrication Facility (CUMFF) and the associated Facility for Nanoscience, Surfaces and Sensor Interfaces (FANSSI); and a EUDET-class beam telescope offered for testing of prototype particle detectors. 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. In addition, we request approximately $12 000 per year to maintain the infrastructure of the design office and associated machine shop for prototyping, and of the electronics laboratory. The Carleton Group has continued to support a number of important projects across Canada both with and without participation from Carleton researchers. Included in these projects are the DEAP and EXO projects with close ties to SNOLAB; the ATLAS NSW and ITk upgrades with close associations at TRIUMF and CERN; the MATHUSLA project at CERN; and the Hyper-Kamiokande project at TRIUMF and KEK in Japan. We anticipate continuing and enhancing support of these projects by the Carleton Group, as well as new requests by the RD50 and NA62/PIONEER collaborations at TRIUMF and CERN. All NSERC MRS supported technical teams are coordinated by the pan-Canadian Coordination Board. The Board consists of the MRS managers from each funded institute along with the CINP Director, the IPP Director, a TRIUMF representative, and two `at-large' members from Canadian universities. The members-at-large are selected by the Board to ensure that its composition reflects the diversity of the Canadian SAP community based on their research projects, seniority, and institution and to address potential societal diversity gaps.