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COSM-HBCU Network

COSM-HBCU Network. Norfolk State University Example. Mahbub Khandaker Norfolk State University. COSM-Norfolk State University Partnership. Motivation : “To enhance minority education and research in nuclear and particle physics” . Profile of NSU : Established in 1935.

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COSM-HBCU Network

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  1. COSM-HBCU Network Norfolk State University Example Mahbub Khandaker Norfolk State University

  2. COSM-Norfolk State University Partnership Motivation: “To enhance minority education and research in nuclear and particle physics” . Profile of NSU: • Established in 1935. • Fifth largest HBCU in the nation. • Enrollment of more than 7000 students. • Particularly “dedicated to education in the sciences”. • Ranks 10th nationally among all institution types in the number of B.S. degrees in the physical sciences awarded to African Americans.

  3. COSM-Norfolk State University Partnership Profile of NSU (contd.): • Successful program in the physical and life sciences: Dozoretz National Institute for Minorities in the Applied Sciences (DNIMAS), estd. at NSU in 1986. • DNIMAS, a mentorship program, has attracted some very talented African American students to the sciences. • Currently, over 120 students in the physical and life sciences supported by the DNIMAS program. • More than 50% of the students continueon to graduate schools after completion at NSU.

  4. Nuclear & Particle Physics (NPP) Group at NSU Personnel: • Threefull-time faculty members. • Two research associates. • Three undergraduate students. Research Program: • Precision measurement of neutral pion lifetime – PrimEx. • Precision measurements of spin structure of the nucleon. • Electromagnetic form factors of the nucleon. • Meson spectroscopy in few-body decays. • GDH sum ruleandhelicity structure of pion photoproduction. • Development of ultra-compact high density calorimeters for high-energy experiments.

  5. NSU Students in NPP Research

  6. COSM-NSU Partnership Sub-award “A COSM-HBCU Partnership to Enhance Minority Education and Research in Nuclear and Particle Physics” Partnership started in 2002: • Support for one research associate (half-time); NSU’s School of Science & Technology contribution - one-quarter. • Support for two undergraduate students during the academic year and the summer periods. • Support for some electronics and detector hardware. Scope of research work: • Detector development for photon flux normalization and luminosity control for the PrimEx experiment – Total Absorption Shower Detector. • Hardware development support for the PrimExHybrid calorimeter – HYCAL.

  7. PrimEx Students: Institution / Level Minority Men Minority Women Majority Student NC A&T / graduate 2 1 1 NC A&T / undergraduate 4 1 NSU / undergraduate 2 Current Participating HBCU Institutions HBCU Connections: • Total of 12 Institutions. PrimEx Institutions: • North Carolina A&T State University (NC A&T) • Norfolk State University (NSU) • Southern University of New Orleans (SUNO) PrimEx Postdoc: • One full-time postdoc supported by COSM-NSU partnership and MIT.

  8. PrimEx Students – Summer, 2003

  9. Future COSM-NSU Partnership Initiative JLAB Expt. E-03-109: “Spin Asymmetries on the Nucleon Experiment – SANE” SANE Expt.: • Measure protonspin structure function (SSF) g2(x,Q2) and spin asymmetries A1(x,Q2) at 2.5 ≤ Q2 ≤ 6.5 GeV2 and Bjorken x (0.3 ≤x≤ 0.8). Physics Goals: • Study x and Q2 dependence of SSF’s in poorly measured region. • Twist-3 effects from moments of g2 and g1. • Comparison of Lattice QCD predictions of twist-3 matrix elements. • Exploration of “high x” region: A1 approach to x =1. • Test polarized local duality for final state mass W > 1.4 GeV.

  10. SANE Schematic Layout SANE Method: • Measure inclusive spin asymmetries for two orientations of target spin relative to beam helicity. • Detect electrons with large solid angle electron telescope “BETA”.

  11. Big Electron Telescope Array - BETA BETA Detector: • BigCal lead glass calorimeter – main detector. • Gas Cherenkov (N2) – additional pion rejection. • Tracking hodoscope - solid Cherenkov for tracking.

  12. NSU Personnel in SANE • One full-time faculty member. • One full-time research associate supported by: • COSM-NSU partnership (1/2) • NSU School of Science and Technology (1/4) • Jefferson Lab Hall C (1/4) • One NSUundergraduate student.

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