Experimental Nuclear Science

9512104 Becchetti将对不稳定的短寿命核粒子引起的核反应进行研究，以深入了解超新星和大爆炸中元素的形成方式。 后者发生在短时间尺度上，涉及本工作中要研究的核反应类型。 这些研究关系到暗物质的起源和性质。 我们将继续合成未知类型的核和原子，并研究它们的特性。 这些都是该领域当前非常感兴趣的主题。 实验将主要在美国国家超导回旋加速器实验室（MSU，E。兰辛，密歇根州）和圣母大学核科学实验室（南本德，印第安纳州）。 实验中将使用专门设计的大型超导磁体和相关的核粒子成像探测器。 研究生和本科生都将参与该设备的开发和利用。 在这项研究中接受培训的学生将获得广泛的“动手”科学技能，使他们能够在与学术和工业研究或教学有关的几个领域中的任何一个领域从事职业。 ***

9512104 Becchetti Studies of nuclear reactions induced by unstable, short-lived nuclear particles will be carried out, providing insight into how the elements are formed in supernova and in the Big Bang. The latter takes place on short time scales and involve the type of nuclear reactions to be studied in this work. These studies bear on the origin and nature of dark matter. The synthesis of yet unknown types of nuclei an atoms will be pursued and their characteristics studies. These are topics of great current interest within the field. The experiments will be performed primarily at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (MSU, E. Lansing, MI) and at the University of Notre Dame Nuclear Science Laboratory (South Bend, IN). Specially designed large superconducting magnets and associated nuclear particle imaging detectors will be utilized in the experiments. Both graduate and undergraduate students will participate in the development and utilization of this equipment. The students trained in this research will acquire a broad range of "hands-on" scientific skills to permit them to pursue careers in any of several areas related to academic and industrial research,or teaching. ***