Postdoctoral Fellowship: MPS-Ascend: "Effective Field Theory Approach to Nuclear Structure for Next Generation of High-Energy Scattering Experiments"

弗兰克·维拉被授予NSF数学和物理科学上升博士后研究奖学金，以开展与扩大STEM中代表性不足的群体的参与有关的研究和活动计划。 Vera博士的奖学金支持他的研究项目，名为博士后奖学金：MPS-上升：“有效场论方法核结构的下一代高能散射实验”，在赞助科学家的指导下。该研究项目的主办单位是美国托马斯杰斐逊国家加速器实验室（JLab），赞助科学家是Christian韦斯博士。在该项目中，PI将开展一项研究项目，以更好地发展一种新的理论方法，用于分析原子核的高能散射实验，以揭示原子核的微观结构和内部相互作用。 Vera博士将使用开发的方法来计算核子动量分布，核π介子密度，核夸克/胶子密度，氘分裂过程和核的其他性质，并将结果应用于分析JLab和预期的电子-离子对撞机（EIC）的实验。 Vera博士将参加外展活动，如公开演讲和讲座，并将指导低年级学生，重点是那些来自STEM代表性不足的群体。Vera博士将通过为参与REYES的当地高中生和本科生提供讲座和研究指导来支持JLab REYES计划。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Frank Vera is awarded an NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to conduct a program of research and activities related to broadening participation by groups underrepresented in STEM. This fellowship to Dr. Vera supports his research project entitled Postdoctoral Fellowship: MPS-Ascend: "Effective Field Theory Approach to Nuclear Structure for Next Generation of High-Energy Scattering Experiments", under the mentorship of a sponsoring scientist. The host institution for the fellowship is the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator (JLab), and the sponsoring scientist is Dr. Christian Weiss.In this project the PI will pursue a research project to better develop a new theoretical method for the analysis of high-energy scattering experiments on nuclei to unveil the nuclear microscopic substructure and internal interactions. Dr. Vera will employ the developed method to calculate nucleon momentum distributions, the nuclear pion density, nuclear quark/gluon densities, deuteron breakup processes, and other properties of nuclei, and apply the results to analyze experiments at JLab and the anticipated Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). Dr. Vera will participate in outreach activities, such as public presentations and lectures, and will mentor junior students, with a focus on those from underrepresented groups in STEM. Dr. Vera will support the JLab REYES program by providing lectures and research mentoring to local high school students and undergraduates involved in REYES.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.