Research in Theoretical Nuclear Physics

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0070161Balantekin The proposed area of research is in the area of theoreticalphysics with an emphasis on understanding results from theongoing experimental activity in the United States and abroad. Anumber of different projects will be carried out with theparticipation of younger scientists who recently received theirdoctorates and those who are currently working on their doctoraldissertations in the research activity of the senior scientists. The projects will include efforts i) To understandenergy-producing activity in the core of the Sun and other stars; ii)To explore the origin and formation of heavy elements in differentsites around the universe; iii) To study the properties of tinyparticles called neutrinos that are produced both in the laboratoryand astrophysical settings; iv) To develop mathematical techniques tomodel nuclei and similar complex systems; v) To understand how heavy nuclei break up when they collide in laboratory experiments; vi) To explore properties of unstable nuclei that are produced in thelaboratories. These projects are chosen not only to contribute to ourknowledge of fundamental physics but also to the training of the young people involved.