RUI: Experiments in Low Energy Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Astrophysics

0072314Hinnefeld本基金支持PI和本科生参与实验核物理学的研究项目。拟议的实验包括核性质的测量，包括寿命和衰变分支比，这对于理解爆炸性恒星环境中比氧重的元素的合成很重要，以及对核氦-6（一个“中子皮”核）的奇异结构对核反应动力学的影响的研究。实验将在圣母大学进行，使用FN串联范德格拉夫加速器和twinsol放射性束流设施，以及在比利时鲁汶-拉-纽夫的CYCLONE放射性束流设施。除了有助于提高对核合成和中子皮核反应动力学的理解外，该项目还将为印第安纳大学南本德分校的本科生提供一个积极参与令人兴奋和重要研究的机会。本基金还资助这些本科生参加区域科学会议，并在会上展示他们的研究成果。

0072314Hinnefeld This grant supports the involvement of the PI and undergraduate students in a program of research in experimental nuclear physics. The proposed experiments include measurements of nuclear properties, including lifetimes and decay branching ratios, that are important for understanding the synthesis of elements heavier than oxygen in explosive stellar environments, as well asinvestigations of the effect on nuclear reaction dynamics of theexotic structure of the nucleus helium-6, a "neutron skin"nucleus. Experiments will be carried out at the University ofNotre Dame, using the FN Tandem Van de Graaff accelerator andTwinSol radioactive beam facility, and at the CYCLONE radioactivebeam facility in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. In addition tocontributing to an improved understanding of nucleosynthesis andof the reactions dynamics of neutron-skin nuclei, this projectwill provide an opportunity for undergraduate students at IndianaUniversity South Bend to become actively involved in exciting andimportant research. Support is also provided in this grant forthese undergraduates to attend regional scientific meetings, wherethey will present their results.