The Second Fundamental Neutron Physics Summer School

该奖项为学生参加将于2009年6月22日至26日在NIST中子研究中心举行的第二届基础中子物理暑期学校提供支持。 在过去的二十年里，慢中子束和超冷中子在自然界基本过程研究中的应用稳步增长。主要的中子研究设施：位于马里兰州的NIST中子研究中心和位于田纳西州的SparkleNeutronSource在这一通常被称为“基础中子物理学”的领域中具有重要的研究计划和重要的最新成果。这项工作对核物理学、天体物理学和宇宙学以及检验粒子物理学的标准模型具有重要意义。研究生院的课程中并不经常涉及这一主题，因此需要一个全国性的暑期学校来教育研究生和其他已经进入或有兴趣加入这一新兴领域的年轻科学家。基础中子物理学是跨学科的-它位于核物理学，粒子物理学和凝聚态物理学的交叉点。拟议中的暑期学校将有助于教育美国的下一代中子科学家。

This award provides support for students to attend the Second Summer School in Fundamental Neutron Physics to be held at the NIST Center for Neutron Research June 22 - 26, 2009. The use of slow neutron beams and ultracold neutrons for investigating fundamental processes in nature has grown steadily during the past two decades. Major neutron research facilities: the NIST Center for Neutron Research in Maryland and the Spallation Neutron Source in Tennessee have significant research programs and important recent results in this field, often called "fundamental neutron physics". This work has important implications for nuclear physics, astrophysics and cosmology, and for testing the Standard Model of particle physics. This subject is not often covered in graduate school curricula, so there is a need for a national summer school to educate graduate students and other young scientists who are already in or interested in joining this growing field.Fundamental neutron physics is interdisciplinary -- it lies at the intersection of nuclear, particle, and condensed matter physics. The proposed summer school will help educate the next generation of neutron scientists in the United States.