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

Frank Vera被授予NSF数学和物理科学提升博士后研究奖学金，以开展一项与扩大STEM中代表性不足的群体的参与相关的研究和活动。维拉博士的这笔奖学金支持他的研究项目，题为博士后研究：MPS-Ascend：“下一代高能散射实验中核结构的有效场论方法”，由一名赞助科学家指导。该奖学金的主办机构是托马斯·杰斐逊国家加速器(JLab)，发起人是克里斯蒂安·韦斯博士。在这个项目中，国际和平研究所将进行一项研究项目，以更好地开发一种新的理论方法来分析原子核的高能散射实验，以揭示核微观亚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的动量分布、核子的介子密度、核夸克/胶子密度、重子分裂过程以及原子核的其他性质，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博士将参加宣传活动，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代表不足的群体的学生。维拉博士将支持JLab Reyes计划，为参与REYES的当地高中生和本科生提供讲座和研究指导。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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.