Operation of the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Research Facility and the Michigan State University Nuclear Science Program

美国国家超导回旋加速器实验室（NSCL） 密歇根州立大学是一个全国性的用户设施 用于核科学的基础研究。 这 合作协议为国家科学实验室的运作提供资金， 以支持其用户计划和研究 核科学和加速器方面的工作人员， 仪器物理学 实验室的设施包括 NSCL设计的两个紧凑型超导回旋加速器， 建设K500回旋加速器，世界上第一台 超导回旋加速器于1982年开始运行，K1200 回旋加速器是世界上最大的超导回旋加速器， 于1988年6月成立。 灵活的检测阵列 设备将在建议期内完成使用。 NSCL将成为一个非常强大的国际 核-核碰撞研究设施。 高 高质量的光束将在整个范围内提供， 从氢到铀的抛射体质量，用于核动力学研究 在过渡区的现象， 核声波和核冲击波的速度 压缩核材料 这些光束还将使 对原子核结构可能的独特研究。 回旋加速器提供了一个重离子阵列， 美国，并与相关仪器一起，支持 一个广泛的重离子物理学国家用户计划。 MSU的研究活动支持下，该合作 协议包括一项积极的加速器物理研究 程序. 仪器开发，特别是涉及 超导技术是另一项重要活动。 研究生培养是国家科学院的一个突出方面 活动 大约有30名研究生在居住 在这一合作协议的支持下。

The National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) of Michigan State University is a national users facility for fundamental research in nuclear science. This cooperative agreement provides funds for operation of the NSCL, for support of its users program and for support of the research of the MSU staff in nuclear science and in accelerator and instrumentation physics. Facilities at the Laboratory include two compact superconducting cyclotrons of NSCL design and construction. The K500 cyclotron, the world's first superconducting cyclotron, began operation in 1982, and the K1200 cyclotron, the world's largest superconducting cyclotron, was commissioned in June 1988. A flexible array of detection equipment will be complete for use during the proposal period. The NSCL will then be an exceptionally powerful international facility for research on nucleus-nucleus collisions. High quality beams will be available over the whole range of projectile mass, from hydrogen to uranium, for studies of nuclear phenomena in the transition region where the projectile velocity crosses the velocity of nuclear sound, and nuclear shock waves compress the nuclear material. These beams will also make possible unique studies of the structure of nuclei. The cyclotrons provide an array of heavy ions unique in the U.S. and, together with the associated instrumentation, support an extensive national users program in heavy ion physics. The MSU research activity supported under this cooperative agreement includes an active accelerator physics research program. Instrumentation development, particularly involving superconducting technology, is another major activity. Graduate student training is a prominent aspect of the NSCL activity. Approximately 30 graduate students in residence are supported by this cooperative agreement.