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

RUI：希望学院的尖端核物理研究（合作和跨学科）

• 批准号: 1306074
• 负责人: Paul DeYoung
• 金额: $ 29.91万
• 依托单位: Hope College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-06-15 至 2017-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1306074&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RUI; Cutting; Edge; Nuclear; Physics

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.

霍普学院核小组正在利用国家超导回旋实验室的模块中子阵列(MONA)和大面积多机构闪烁阵列(LISA)研究滴线附近富含中子的不稳定核，并正在与希望离子束分析实验室(HIBAL)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)应用于一系列跨学科问题。此外，用于医疗和管理应用的获取同位素的工作正在从开发转移到生产。这一奖项支持这两项工作的两名教师，他们中的每一位都将包括所有研究方面的本科生研究人员。本科生和教师正在研究不稳定的富含中子的原子核，以完善对轻的富含中子的原子核的理论理解。该小组正在使用NSCL的Mona/Lisa/Sweeper系统测量9He的激发态和13Be的基态。这项研究的跨学科部分涉及开发在NSCL和未来稀有同位素束设施(FIB)收获具有战略和医疗价值的同位素的技术，并使用HIBAL检查金属蛋白化学计量学、分层汽车涂料的法医特征、汽车玻璃碎片的法医比较以及长石和碳酸盐的发光研究。合作者包括其他Hope研究人员(表征结构纳米材料)和Hope学院以外的小组(沉积物中的金属污染、河流沉积物来源和阻燃剂)。所有这些举措对于它们产生的具体科学结果以及对许多领域使用的分析技术可能产生的深远影响都是重要的。多年来，希望学院核集团已经证明了它进行类似研究的能力，新的实验是根据我们的兴趣和能力而设计的，此外，这个项目对一大批本科生研究人员产生了重大影响。经验表明，本科研究加强了学生的教育，更好地为学生的研究生工作或在工业或学术界的各种STEM职业做好了准备。