U.S.-Turkey Cooperative Research: Neutrinos in Nuclear, Particle and Gravitational Physics

项目描述：本项目支持威斯康星州麦迪逊市威斯康辛大学物理系Akif Baha Balantekin教授和土耳其伊斯坦布尔Koc大学物理系Tekin Dereli博士的合作项目。他们计划进行理论物理方面的研究，主要是引力场中的中微子物理，以及核结构物理中的许多体问题。目标是更好地理解中微子质量和混合，中微子在介质和强引力场中的传播，理解核心坍缩超新星的各个方面，以及理解元素的起源，特别是那些在快中子捕获中产生的元素。研究范围：该研究是在美国国家核科学优先领域。这项合作涉及美国和土耳其的科学家，涉及粒子、核、凝聚态物理和天体物理学的多学科活动。威斯康辛大学的一名美国研究生将参与该项目，并将与Koc大学的科学家一起工作。Koc大学是最近成立的一所机构，有望为土耳其和美国之间的科学合作作出贡献。

0352192Balantekin Description: This project supports a cooperative project by the Professor Akif Baha Balantekin, Department of Physics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin and Dr. Tekin Dereli, Department of Physics, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey. They plan to conduct studies in theoretical physics, mainly on the physics of neutrinos in gravitational fields, and many body problem in nuclear structural physics. The objective is to have better understanding of the neutrino masses and mixings, neutrino propagation through media and in strong gravitational fields, understanding various aspects of core-collapse supernovae, and understanding the origin of elements, especially those produced in rapid neutron capture.Scope: The research is in an area of U.S. national priority in nuclear science. The collaboration involves U.S. and Turkish scientists in multidisciplinary activities that connect particle, nuclear, condensed-matter physics and astrophysics. A U.S. graduate student from the University of Wisconsin will participate in the project and will work with scientists at Koc University, a recently founded institution with excellent promise of contributing to scientific collaboration between Turkey and the United States.