RUI: Studies of Unstable Neutron-Rich Nuclei and Interdisciplinary Applications of Nuclear Physics with Undergraduates

霍普学院核小组将继续在国家超导回旋实验室(NSCL)使用模块中子阵列(MONA)对滴线附近富含中子的不稳定核进行研究，并将继续将各种核技术(例如，粒子诱导X射线发射、卢瑟福背散射、核反应分析和离子束诱导发光)应用于与希望离子束分析实验室的一系列跨学科问题。这项提议将支持两个教员的努力，每个教员将包括这项研究的各个方面的本科生研究人员。核小组将研究不稳定的富含中子的核，以完善对核壳模型的理论理解。这将涉及用Mona-Lisa/Sweeper系统测量在NSCL产生的不稳定核的激发态和基态。作为整个计划的一部分，核小组将监督MONA合作(磁共振成像：PHY-0922794)中的12个本科生机构建造大面积多机构闪烁体阵列(LISA)。拟议研究的跨学科部分将审查金属蛋白化学计量学(沉积在聚乳酸薄膜上)、分层汽车涂料和汽车玻璃碎片的法医特征，以及长石和碳酸盐的发光研究。将继续对以前的实验和开发项目进行分析。还将继续与霍普学院以外的其他研究人员(电聚合物表征、超导和电沉积薄膜化学计量)和小组(沉积物中的金属污染、河流沉积物的来源、探测器表征和气溶胶测量)进行跨学科合作。所有这些举措不仅对它们产生的具体科学结果很重要，而且可能对许多领域使用的分析技术产生深远影响。

The Hope College Nuclear Group will continue its study of neutron-rich unstable nuclei near the drip-line with the Modular Neutron Array (MoNA) at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) and will continue to apply a variety of nuclear techniques (e.g. Particle Induced X-Ray Emission, Rutherford BackScattering, Nuclear Reaction Analysis, and Ion Beam Induced Luminescence) to a range of interdisciplinary questions with the Hope Ion Beam Analysis Laboratory. This proposal will support two faculty in these efforts, each of which will include undergraduate researchers in all aspects of the research.The Nuclear Group will investigate unstable neutron-rich nuclei to refine the theoretical understanding of the nuclear shell model. This will involve measurements of excited states and ground states of unstable nuclei created at the NSCL and measured with the MoNA-LISA/Sweeper system. The Nuclear Group, as part of the overall program, will supervise the construction of Large-area multi-Institutional Scintillator Array (LISA) by 12 undergraduate institutions in the MoNA Collaboration (MRI:PHY-0922794). The interdisciplinary portion of the proposed research will examine metalloprotein stoichiometry (deposited on mylar foils), forensic characterization of layered automotive paints and automotive glass fragments, and luminescence studies of feldspars and carbonates. On-going analysis of previous experiments and development projects will continue. Interdisciplinary collaborative efforts will also continue with other Hope researchers (electropolymer characterization, superconductor and electrodeposited thin film stoichiometry) and groups outside Hope College (metal contamination in sediments, provenance of river sediment, detector characterization, and aerosol measurements). All of these initiatives are not only important for the specific science result they yield, but for possible far-reaching impact on the analytical techniques used in many areas.