RUI: Cutting-Edge Nuclear Physics Research (Collaborative and Interdisciplinary) at Hope College

希望学院核小组正在国家超导回旋加速器实验室（NSCL）利用模块中子阵列（莫纳）和大面积多机构闪烁阵列（丽莎）研究滴线附近的富中子不稳定核，并正在应用各种核技术（例如，粒子感应X射线发射、卢瑟福背散射、核反应分析，和离子束诱导发光）与希望离子束分析实验室（HIBAL）的一系列跨学科的问题。 此外，收集用于医疗和管理应用的同位素的工作正在从开发转向生产。该奖项支持两个教师在这两方面的努力，每个人都将包括本科研究人员在研究的各个方面。本科生和教师正在调查不稳定的富中子核，以完善轻，富中子核的理论理解。该小组正在使用NSCL的莫纳/丽莎/Sweeper系统测量9 He的激发态和13 Be的基态。 该研究的跨学科部分涉及开发技术，以在NSCL和未来的稀有同位素束设施（FRIB）中收获具有战略和医学意义的同位素，并使用HIBAL检查金属蛋白化学计量学，分层汽车油漆的法医表征，汽车玻璃碎片的法医比较，以及晶石和碳酸盐的发光研究。 合作者包括Hope学院的其他研究人员（表征结构化纳米材料）和Hope学院以外的团体（沉积物中的金属污染、河流沉积物来源和阻燃剂）。 所有这些举措都很重要，因为它们产生了具体的科学成果，并可能对许多领域使用的分析技术产生深远的影响。多年来，希望学院核小组已经证明了它有能力进行类似的研究，新的实验是根据我们的兴趣和能力设计的。此外，这个项目对大量的本科研究人员产生了重大影响。 经验表明，本科研究提高了学生的教育，更好地为学生准备研究生工作或各种各样的STEM职业在行业或学术界。

The Hope College Nuclear Group is studying neutron-rich unstable nuclei near the drip-line with the Modular Neutron Array (MoNA) and Large area multi-Institutional Scintillation Array (LISA) at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) and is applying 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 (HIBAL). In addition, work to harvest isotopes with medical and stewardship applications is moving from development to production. This award supports two faculty in both of these efforts, each of whom will include undergraduate researchers in all aspects of the research.Undergraduate students and faculty are investigating unstable neutron-rich nuclei to refine the theoretical understanding of light, neutron-rich nuclei. The group is measuring the excited states of 9He and the ground state of 13Be with the MoNA/LISA/Sweeper system at the NSCL. The interdisciplinary portion of the research involves developing techniques to harvest isotopes of strategic and medical interest at the NSCL and future Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) and examining, with HIBAL, metalloprotein stoichiometry, forensic characterization of layered automotive paints, forensic comparison of auto glass fragments, and luminescence studies of feldspars and carbonates. Collaborators include other Hope researchers (characterizing structured nanomaterials) and groups outside Hope College (metal contamination in sediment, river sediment origins, and flame retardants). All of these initiatives are important for the specific science result they yield and for possible far-reaching impact on the analytical techniques used in many areas. The Hope College Nuclear Group has demonstrated its ability to carry out similar research for a number of years, and the new experiments are designed to match our interests and abilities.Additionally, this project has a significant impact on a large number of undergraduate researchers. Experience shows that undergraduate research enhances a student's education and better prepares the student for graduate work or for a wide variety of STEM careers in either industry or academia.