REU Site: Nuclear and Particle Science at Texas A&M University

REU 站点：德克萨斯州 A 的核与粒子科学

• 批准号: 1004780
• 负责人: Sherry Yennello
• 金额: $ 38.16万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-04-15 至 2014-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1004780&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Nuclear; Particle; Science

This award supports the renewal of the REU site in nuclear and particle science at Texas A&M University. Twelve undergraduate students per year will spend ten weeks at Texas A&M performing research projects that are at the leading edge of nuclear and particle science, including sub-fields such as nuclear astrophysics, weak interactions, nuclear dynamics and thermodynamics, nuclear structure, RHIC, neutrinos, supersymetry, atomic ionizations, and radiation effects. There are proposed projects both in theoretical and experimental NPS. The Cyclotron Institute is a DOE Nuclear Physics Center of Excellence. The facilities include a K500 superconducting cyclotron and associated state-of the art detector systems. The Cyclotron Institute and the department of physics are also home base for involvement in experiments at other facilities, such as Fermilab, CERN, RHIC, ANL, Boulby Mine and TRIUMF. The faculty are leading scientists in the field and have a history of working with undergraduates in their research programs. Through this experience students will have a greater understanding of nuclear science, a better appreciation of research, and will have become more independent thinkers and problem solvers. These students will be better prepared for graduate school and more informed about some possible career choices.

该奖项支持在得克萨斯州A M大学的核和粒子科学REU网站的更新。 每年有12名本科生将在德克萨斯州A M进行为期10周的研究项目，这些项目处于核和粒子科学的前沿，包括核天体物理学，弱相互作用，核动力学和热力学，核结构，RHIC，中微子，超对称，原子电离和辐射效应等子领域。有建议的项目在理论和实验研究。回旋加速器研究所是美国能源部核物理卓越中心。这些设施包括K500超导回旋加速器和相关的最先进的探测器系统。回旋加速器研究所和物理系也是参与其他设施实验的基地，如费米实验室，CERN，RHIC，ANL，Boulby Mine和TRIUMF。该学院是该领域的领先科学家，并有与本科生在他们的研究计划工作的历史。 通过这种经验，学生将有核科学的更好的理解，更好地欣赏研究，并将成为更独立的思想家和问题解决者。这些学生将为研究生院做好更好的准备，并更多地了解一些可能的职业选择。