REU Site: Nuclear Science at Texas A&M University

该奖项为德克萨斯a&m大学回旋加速器研究所（TAMU）的REU站点提供了持续的支持。新奖项包括与劳伦斯利弗莫尔国家实验室（LLNL）的合作，以及一个显著改进的外展活动“街头物理”。核科学咨询委员会最近在一份报告中强调，需要加大努力，招募下一代年轻人从事核科学。在本科阶段参与研究被认为是增加进入研究生课程的学生数量和准备的重要组成部分。通过该奖项支持的学生将在TAMU进行为期10周的暑期课程，他们将获得5000美元的奖学金，住房，旅行，最重要的是有机会在一流的大学核设施中与国际知名科学家密切合作。研究项目处于核科学前沿，包括核天体物理学、弱相互作用、核动力学与热力学、核结构、RHIC、原子电离和辐射效应等子领域。在理论和实验核科学方面都有建议的项目。一些学生将在回旋加速器研究所工作，这是美国能源部核物理卓越中心。这些设施包括一个K500超导回旋加速器，一个K150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RHIC， ANL和TRIUMF。TAMU的教师是该领域的顶尖科学家，在他们的研究项目中有与本科生合作的历史。

This award provides continued support for the REU site at the Cyclotron Institute at Texas A&M University (TAMU). The new award includes a collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and a significantly refined outreach activity, Street Physics. The need for increased efforts in recruiting the next generation of young people into nuclear science was recently emphasized in a report by the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee. Involvement in research at the undergraduate level is believed to be an important component in increasing the numbers and preparation of students entering graduate programs. The students supported through this award will be in residence for 10 weeks in conjunction with the summer session at TAMU, for which they will receive a $5000 fellowship, housing, travel and most importantly the opportunity to work closely with internationally renowned scientists at a first-rate university-based nuclear facility. The research projects are at the leading edge Nuclear Science, including sub-fields such as nuclear astrophysics, weak interactions, nuclear dynamics and thermodynamics, nuclear structure, RHIC, atomic ionizations, and radiation effects. There are proposed projects both in theoretical and experimental Nuclear Science. Some students will work at the Cyclotron Institute, which is a DOE Nuclear Physics Center of Excellence. The facilities include a K500 superconducting cyclotron, a K150 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 RHIC, ANL, and TRIUMF. The faculty at TAMU are leading scientists in the field and have a history of working with undergraduates in their research programs.