REU Site:Undergraduate Research in Nuclear Physics at TUNL

三角大学核实验室（TUNL）是杜克大学、北卡罗来纳州州立大学、北卡罗来纳大学查佩尔山分校和北卡罗来纳三角地区其他机构的合作项目，在低能核物理领域建立了多样化的研究计划。TUNL在为研究生和本科生提供动手实验研究经验方面享有盛誉，他们参与了核物理实验的各个方面。研究项目的重点是解决问题，例如，少体物理，核能级密度，弱相互作用和基本对称性，光子核反应，核天体物理学和辐射捕获反应。REU暑期课程通过完成一个独立的10-为期一周的项目，并通过了解该项目对TUNL正在进行的研究计划的整体贡献。TUNL的活动范围广泛，涉及数据收集，数据分析和工具开发，提供了项目选择所需的多样性，以有效地吸引具有不同学术和研究背景，能力和兴趣的学生。为了扩大研究经验，一个特别的系列讲座已被纳入该计划，以增加学生对核物理当前主题的接触，并分享有关研究资源的详细信息。在暑期课程结束时，学生准备书面和口头报告，帮助他们组织他们的研究项目的概述。

The Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (TUNL) is a collaboration ofDuke University, North Carolina State University, the University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill, and other institutions in the North CarolinaTriangle area, which has established a diverse research program in low-energy nuclearphysics. TUNL has a strong reputation for providing hands-on experimentalresearch experience to graduate and undergraduate students, who are involvedin all aspects of nuclear physics experiments. Research projects are focusedon resolving issues in, for example, few-body physics, nuclear-leveldensities, weak interactions and fundamental symmetries, photonuclearreactions, nuclear astrophysics and radiative-capture reactions.The REU summer program provides undergraduate students with a realistic andactive research experience through the completion of a self-contained10-week project and through the understanding of the project's integralcontribution to the ongoing research program at TUNL. The broad scope ofactivities at TUNL, which involve data collection, data analysis andinstrumentation development, offers the variety in project selection neededto productively involve students who have diverse academic and researchbackgrounds, capabilities and interests. To broaden the research experience,a special lecture series has been incorporated into the program to increasethe students' exposure to current topics in nuclear physics and to sharedetails about the research resources at TUNL. At the end of the summerprogram, students prepare written and oral presentations that help them toorganize an overview of their research projects.