U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Application of Nuclear Structure Techniques to Astrophysical Nucleosynthesis

这个为期两年的奖项将支持美国和法国在理论核物理学方面的合作研究。美国和法国的研究人员分别是特拉华大学巴托尔研究所的斯图尔特·皮特尔、北卡罗来纳大学的乔纳森·恩格尔和法国卡昂国家离子中心大加速器的皮特·范·伊萨克。他们的研究目标是将核结构技术应用于天体物理核合成。他们将研究在r过程中起重要作用的富含中子的“等待点”核的衰变。随后，他们将开发研究p-过程β衰变的技术。美国研究人员为这次合作带来了他们在应用于核天体物理学的计算方面的专业知识。法国对远不稳定的核进行的实验研究补充了这一点。该项目利用了核结构计算方面的综合专门知识，并利用了GANIL的优良设施和设备。

This two-year award will support U.S.-France cooperative research in theoretical nuclear physics. The American and French investigators are Stuart Pittel of the Bartol Research Institute at the University of Delaware and Jonathan Engel of the University of North Carolina and Piet van Isacker of GANIL (Grand Accelerateur National d' Ions Lourds) in Caen, France. The objective of their research is the application of nuclear structure techniques to astrophysical nucleosynthesis. They will study beta decay from neutron rich `waiting point` nuclei which play an important role in the r-process. Subsequently, they will develop techniques for studying p-process beta decay. The U.S. investigators bring to this collaboration their expertise in calculations as applied to nuclear astrophysics. This is complemented by the French experimental studies in nuclei far from stability. The project takes advantage of combined expertise in nuclear structure calculations and of access to excellent facilities and equipment at GANIL.