REU Site: Laser-Matter Interactions on Atomic and Nanoscales

该奖项支持堪萨斯州立大学物理学本科生研究经验(REU)网站的更新。REU网站将重点关注激光与原子和纳米尺度物质的相互作用。每年，这个为期十周的项目将有12名本科生参加。参与者将在暑期参与重要的研究项目和相关经验。参与者将研究原子和分子在强烈和超快的光学和X射线脉冲中的行为，散射激光如何揭示纳米粒子结晶和凝胶形成的结构，眼睛跟踪揭示学生如何学习，或者光如何在光纤中非线性相互作用；或者他们将开发计算机代码，用于计算玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体中的原子相互作用，用于模拟纳米粒子从晶格到凝胶的自组装，或用于粒子跟踪以进行中微子探测。除了这段经历，我们还将举办一系列小型讲座，为这些学生提供开展项目所需的背景知识。参与者将获得向不同受众解释他们的研究工作的经验，还将参与阅读和讨论科学中的伦理行为。无论是有组织的还是自发的社交活动，都将丰富本科生的研究经历。

This award supports the renewal of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in Physics at Kansas State University. The REU site will focus on interactions of laser light with matter at atomic and nanoscales. Each year the ten-week program will involve twelve undergraduate students. The participants will engage in significant research projects and related experiences during the summer. Participants will do research on how atoms and molecules behave in intense and ultra-fast optical and xray pulses, how scattered laser light reveals the structure of nanoparticle crystallization and gel formation, what eye-tracking reveals about how students learn, or how light interacts non-linearly in optical fibers; or they will develop computer codes for calculations of atomic interactions in Bose-Einstein condensates, for modeling nanoparticle self-assembly from lattices to gels, or for particle tracking for neutrino detection. This experience will be supplemented by a small series of lectures that provide the background these students need to carry out their projects. The participants will gain experience in explaining their research work to a variety of audiences and will also engage in reading on and discussion of ethical behavior in science. Social activities, both organized and spontaneous, will enrich this undergraduate research experience.