International Research Experience for Students (IRES) in Experimental Nuclear Physics in Germany at MAMI and Sweden at MAX-lab

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案资助的（公法111-5）。这个IRES奖提供与马里兰州的乔治华盛顿大学蒙哥马利学院，和位于达特茅斯的马萨诸塞州大学，有机会通过在Mainzer Mikrotron（MAMI）度过8周来参与实验核物理的国际合作在德国美因茨的约翰内斯古滕贝格大学和/或在瑞典隆德的隆德大学的MAX实验室研究设施。该项目每年为4至6名本科生和2名研究生提供支持，为期三年。主要研究者、共同研究者和高级研究者将居住在隆德和美因茨，而美国学生将在场监督、指导和监测他们的进展。学生研究人员将参与在这两个实验室进行的实验的各个方面。这些实验旨在通过研究质子和中子的光生介子来研究核子内部结构及其激发的动力学。MAMI和MAX实验室正在进行的高质量研究计划将加强目前对重子和介子夸克结构的研究。这些测量使用MAMI的Crystal Ball和TAPS探测器以及MAX实验室的xSAL、CATS、DIANA和BUNI探测器。这些实验由MAMI的A2协作组和MAX-lab的PIONS@MAXLAB协作组进行。这些国际合作的成员自愿为我们的学生的培训和指导做出贡献。该计划为一群学生提供国际研究经验，使他们能够在全球环境中成功运作。他们的访问和努力所建立的联系将支持持久的国际联系。研究所所长和共同研究所所长在指导女学生方面不断取得成功和作出奉献，这是一个在实验核物理学方面代表性不足的群体，他们致力于让女学生和其他代表性不足的学生群体参与该项目的研究工作，该奖项由国际科学和工程办公室和物理学司共同支持。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This IRES award provides students associated with George Washington University, Montgomery College in Maryland, and the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth with the opportunity to participate in an international collaboration in experimental nuclear physics through spending 8 weeks at the Mainzer Mikrotron (MAMI) at the Johannes Gutenberg Universität in Mainz, Germany and/or the MAX-lab research facility at the Lund University in Lund, Sweden. This project provides support for 4 to 6 undergraduate students and up to 2 beginning graduate students each year for three years. The PI, co-PIs, and Senior Investigators will reside in Lund and Mainz while the U.S. students are present to supervise, mentor, and to monitor their progress.The student researchers are involved with all aspects of the experiments being performed at the two laboratories. These experiments are designed to investigate the dynamics responsible for the internal structure of the nucleon and its excitations through the study of meson photoproduction off the proton and neutron. The high-quality research program being carried out at both MAMI and MAX-lab will enhance the current studies of the quark structure of baryons and mesons. These measurements make use of the Crystal Ball and TAPS detectors at MAMI, and the xSAL, CATS, DIANA, and BUNI detectors at MAX-lab. These experiments are being performed by the A2 Collaboration at MAMI andthe PIONS@MAXLAB Collaboration at MAX-lab. The members of these international collaborations have volunteered to contribute to the training and mentoring of our students.This program provides a group of students with international research experiences that prepares them to operate successfully in a global environment. The connections created by their visits and efforts will support lasting international connections. The PI and co-PIs have shown continual success and dedication in mentoring women students, a group under-represented in experimental nuclear physics, and they are committed to involving women students and other under-represented student groups in this project's research efforts.This award is jointly supported by the Office of International Science and Engineering and the Division of Physics.