U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research: Nuclear Astrophysics- Predictions of Primordial Nucleosynthesis

该奖项支持为期两年的合作研究项目 俄亥俄州州立大学的理查德·博伊德教授和 理化研究所的Isao Tanihata （RIKEN），Japan. 该项目旨在测量横截面 使用RIKEN的放射性束设施， 原始核合成的预言 这些预测 是检验这些模型准确性的关键。 具体 测量横截面的目的是提高我们的 了解核素的原始核合成 比通常在本文中讨论的那些稍微重一些，但是 天文学家很容易观测到，即使在很低的温度下， 丰度水平。 参与该项目的还有英国皇家科学院的詹姆斯·科拉塔教授， 圣母大学，两名博士后研究员和一名 博伊德博士实验室的研究生 五位科学家 将访问理研以执行该项目。

This award supports a two-year collaborative research project between Professor Richard Boyd of Ohio State University and Dr. Isao Tanihata of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Japan. The project is designed to measure cross sections using the radioactive beam facility at RIKEN, which are of interest to predictions of primordial nucleosynthesis. These predictions are crucial in testing the veracity of such models. The specific cross sections to be measured are aimed at improving our understanding of the primordial nucleosynthesis of nuclides somewhat heavier than those usually discussed in this context, but which are readily observable by astronomers, even at very low abundance levels. Also involved in the project are Professor James Kolata of the University of Notre Dame, and two postdoctoral fellows and one graduate student in Dr. Boyd's laboratory. All five scientists will undertake visits to RIKEN to carry out the project.