RUI: Experiments in Low Energy Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Astrophysics

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0072314Hinnefeld This grant supports the involvement of the PI and undergraduate students in a program of research in experimental nuclear physics. The proposed experiments include measurements of nuclear properties, including lifetimes and decay branching ratios, that are important for understanding the synthesis of elements heavier than oxygen in explosive stellar environments, as well asinvestigations of the effect on nuclear reaction dynamics of theexotic structure of the nucleus helium-6, a "neutron skin"nucleus. Experiments will be carried out at the University ofNotre Dame, using the FN Tandem Van de Graaff accelerator andTwinSol radioactive beam facility, and at the CYCLONE radioactivebeam facility in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. In addition tocontributing to an improved understanding of nucleosynthesis andof the reactions dynamics of neutron-skin nuclei, this projectwill provide an opportunity for undergraduate students at IndianaUniversity South Bend to become actively involved in exciting andimportant research. Support is also provided in this grant forthese undergraduates to attend regional scientific meetings, wherethey will present their results.