Operation of the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University as a National User Facility & Support for its Research Program

密歇根州立大学国家超导回旋加速器实验室作为国家用户设施的运行

• 批准号: 0606007
• 负责人: C. Konrad Gelbke
• 金额: $ 8712.5万
• 依托单位: Michigan State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-10-01 至 2012-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0606007&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Operation; National; Superconducting; Cyclotron; Laboratory

Principal Investigator: C.-K. GelbkeAward Number: PHY-0606007This award provides funds to operate the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University as a national user facility, to support MSU faculty and staff research in nuclear physics, nuclear chemistry, astro-nuclear physics, accelerator physics, and instrumentation development, and to continue serving as a center dedicated to the training of the next generation of scientists in these disciplines. The award will allow the NSCL to continue its nationally and internationally prominent leadership role in these areas by operating as the nation's premier user facility dedicated to the production and study of rare (short-lived) isotopes.The 2002 Long-Range Plan of the NSF/DOE Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC) emphasizes the importance of NSCL operations in its highest priority recommendation and stresses in its second highest priority that the exciting new scientific opportunities offered by research with rare isotopes are compelling. NSAC reaffirmed these priorities in its 2005 report "Guidance for Implementing the 2002 Long Range Plan".Major areas of high scientific and technical thrust that will be addressed by the supported research include: the exploration of nuclei with unusual ratios of protons to-neutrons and the measurement of their properties, the exploration of the nuclear processes that are responsible for the chemical evolution of the universe through the ongoing synthesis of most elements in the cosmos, the exploration of the isospin-dependent properties of hot nuclear matter and how they affect neutron star properties, the development of new instruments and innovative new techniques that will further enhance the scientific reach of the facility, the exploration and tests of novel superconducting accelerator and beam transport concepts and the dynamics of high-intensity beams.The NSCL is a university-based national user facility serving a user community of 700 registered users. Proposals for beam time are evaluated according to feasibility and scientific merit by a seven-member program advisory committee consisting of six internationally established experts from other institutions and one MSU faculty member. The NSCL plays a prominent role in the education of the next generation of scientists through a close synergy of class-room education and hands-on laboratory research throughout the entire graduate career. US World and News report ranks the MSU nuclear physics graduate program as #2 in the nation (behind MIT). Currently, some 50 graduate students are employed at the NSCL and work on their thesis research.

主要研究者：C.- K. Gelbke奖号： PHY-0606007该奖项提供资金运行国家超导回旋加速器实验室（NSCL）在密歇根州立大学作为一个国家用户设施，以支持密歇根州立大学的教师和工作人员在核物理，核化学，天体核物理，加速器物理学和仪器开发的研究，并继续作为一个中心，致力于在这些学科的下一代科学家的培训。 该奖项将使国家科学实验室继续其在国内和国际上突出的领导作用，在这些领域作为全国首屈一指的用户设施，致力于生产和研究罕见的NSF/DOE核科学咨询委员会（NSAC）的2002年长期计划在其最高优先级建议中强调了NSCL操作的重要性，并在其第二高优先级中强调了罕见的研究所提供的令人兴奋的新科学机会。同位素很有说服力。国家战略咨询委员会在其2005年报告《2002年长期计划实施指南》中重申了这些优先事项，得到支助的研究将涉及的高科技重点主要领域包括： 探索质子中子比异常的原子核及其中子密度的测量 性质，通过宇宙中大多数元素的持续合成，探索负责宇宙化学演化的核过程，探索热核物质的同位旋依赖性质及其如何影响中子星星性质， 开发新的工具和创新的新技术， 国家空间实验室是一个以大学为基础的国家用户设施，为700个注册用户的用户社区提供服务。 束流时间的建议是由一个由七名成员组成的计划咨询委员会根据可行性和科学价值进行评估，该委员会由来自其他机构的六名国际知名专家和一名MSU教员组成。该NSCL通过教室教育和动手实验室研究在整个研究生生涯的密切协同作用下一代科学家的教育中发挥着突出的作用。美国世界和新闻报道将MSU核物理研究生课程列为全国第二（仅次于麻省理工学院）。目前，约有50名研究生受雇于NSCL并从事论文研究。