RUI: Experiments in Low Energy Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Astrophysics

Hinnefeld这笔助学金支持PI和本科生参与实验核物理研究计划。拟议的实验包括测量核性质，包括寿命和衰变分支比，这对于理解爆炸恒星环境中比氧更重的元素的合成是重要的，以及调查氦-6核的奇异结构对核反应动力学的影响。实验将在圣母大学、使用FN串列Van de Graaff加速器和TwinSol放射性束流设施以及在比利时卢凡拉诺夫的旋风放射性束流设施中进行。除了有助于更好地理解核合成和中子皮核反应动力学之外，这个项目还将为印第安纳大学南本德大学的本科生提供一个积极参与令人兴奋和重要的研究的机会。这笔补助金还为这些本科生参加地区性科学会议提供了支持，他们将在会上展示他们的成果。

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.