REU Site:Physics REU Program at the University of Notre Dame

圣母大学物理系NSF-REU项目为每年至少12名物理专业本科生提供了发现物理研究的兴奋之处的机会。除了由国家科学基金会资助的学生之外，额外的学生(通常是每年3-4人)将像过去一样，得到物理系和各种研究补助金的支持。该计划在夏季期间(通常从阵亡将士纪念日的第二天开始)持续10周，包括参与一个研究项目、每周的研究研讨会、编写研究日志、研究论文、与不同的研究小组联系，以及与部门其他成员的社交聚会。可用于研究项目的领域是：核物理(核结构和寿命、核合成、重离子反应、核天体物理)、原子物理(理论、激光冷却、原子寿命)、天体物理(g射线和中微子天体物理、彗星物理、不规则卫星、年轻恒星系统化学)、高能物理(理论、闪烁光纤探测器的发展、巴巴尔、泰瓦顿和大型强子对撞机物理)、固体物理和微电子学(晶体生长、扫描隧道显微镜发展、低温超导、理论、EXAFS物理)。所有学生都参与了积极和持续的研究工作，并被鼓励成为日常问题解决活动的贡献者。REU的学生也有机会熟悉系内的其他研究领域。

The University of Notre Dame physics department NSF-REU program provides an opportunity for at least 12 undergraduate physics majors/year to discover the excitement of physics research. Additional students (typically 3-4 per year), beyond those funded by the NSF, will be supported, as has been the case in the past, by the physics department and by various research grants. The program lasts for 10 weeks during Summer (typically starting on the day after Memorial Day) and consists of participation in a research project, weekly research seminars, development of a research logbook, a research paper, contact with various research groups, and social gatherings with other members of the department. The areas available for research projects are: nuclear physics (nuclear structure and lifetimes, nucleosynsthesis, heavy-ion reactions, nuclear astrophysics), atomic physics (theory, laser cooling, atomic lifetimes), astrophysics (g-ray and neutrino astrophysics, physics of comets, irregular satellites, chemistry of young stellar systems), high energy physics (theory, development of scintillating-fiber detectors, physics at BaBar, Tevatron and LHC), and solid state physics and microelectronics (crystal growth, scanning tunneling microscope development, low temperature superconductivity, theory, EXAFS physics). All students are involved with active and ongoing research efforts and are encouraged to become contributing members in the everyday problem-solving events. The REU students are also provided an opportunity to become acquainted with other areas of research within the department.