Operation of the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University as a National User Facility & Support for its Research Program

主要研究人员：C.-K.Gelbke奖编号：PHY-0606007该奖项提供资金，以运营密歇根州立大学的国家超导回旋实验室(NSCL)作为国家用户设施，支持密歇根州立大学教职员工在核物理、核化学、天文核物理、加速器物理和仪器开发方面的研究，并继续作为致力于培训这些学科的下一代科学家的中心。该奖项将使NSCL继续在这些领域发挥其在国内和国际上突出的领导作用，作为国家主要的用户设施，致力于生产和研究稀有(短期)同位素。NSF/DOE核科学咨询委员会(NSAC)2002年长期计划在其最优先的建议中强调了NSCL行动的重要性，并在其次要优先事项中强调，稀有同位素研究提供的令人兴奋的新科学机会是令人信服的。NSAC在其2005年的报告《实施2002年远程计划的指导意见》中重申了这些优先事项。所支持的研究将涉及的主要科学和技术领域包括：探索具有不寻常的质子和中子比的核及其性质的测量，通过正在进行的宇宙中大多数元素的合成来探索负责宇宙化学演化的核过程，探索热核物质的同位旋相关性质及其如何影响中子星性质。新仪器和创新新技术的开发将进一步加强该设施的科学影响，探索和测试新型超导加速器和束流传输概念，以及高强度束流的动力学。NSCL是一个以大学为基础的国家用户设施，为700名注册用户服务。一个由七人组成的项目咨询委员会根据可行性和科学价值对束流时间的建议进行评估，该委员会由来自其他机构的六名国际知名专家和一名密歇根州立大学的教职员工组成。NSCL通过在整个研究生生涯中密切配合课堂教育和动手实验室研究，在下一代科学家的教育中发挥着突出的作用。《美国世界与新闻报道》将密歇根州立大学的核物理研究生项目排在全国第二位(仅次于麻省理工学院)。目前，约有50名研究生受雇于NSCL从事论文研究。

Principal Investigator: C.-K. GelbkeAward Number: PHY-0606007This award provides funds to operate the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University as a national user facility, to support MSU faculty and staff research in nuclear physics, nuclear chemistry, astro-nuclear physics, accelerator physics, and instrumentation development, and to continue serving as a center dedicated to the training of the next generation of scientists in these disciplines. The award will allow the NSCL to continue its nationally and internationally prominent leadership role in these areas by operating as the nation's premier user facility dedicated to the production and study of rare (short-lived) isotopes.The 2002 Long-Range Plan of the NSF/DOE Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC) emphasizes the importance of NSCL operations in its highest priority recommendation and stresses in its second highest priority that the exciting new scientific opportunities offered by research with rare isotopes are compelling. NSAC reaffirmed these priorities in its 2005 report "Guidance for Implementing the 2002 Long Range Plan".Major areas of high scientific and technical thrust that will be addressed by the supported research include: the exploration of nuclei with unusual ratios of protons to-neutrons and the measurement of their properties, the exploration of the nuclear processes that are responsible for the chemical evolution of the universe through the ongoing synthesis of most elements in the cosmos, the exploration of the isospin-dependent properties of hot nuclear matter and how they affect neutron star properties, the development of new instruments and innovative new techniques that will further enhance the scientific reach of the facility, the exploration and tests of novel superconducting accelerator and beam transport concepts and the dynamics of high-intensity beams.The NSCL is a university-based national user facility serving a user community of 700 registered users. Proposals for beam time are evaluated according to feasibility and scientific merit by a seven-member program advisory committee consisting of six internationally established experts from other institutions and one MSU faculty member. The NSCL plays a prominent role in the education of the next generation of scientists through a close synergy of class-room education and hands-on laboratory research throughout the entire graduate career. US World and News report ranks the MSU nuclear physics graduate program as #2 in the nation (behind MIT). Currently, some 50 graduate students are employed at the NSCL and work on their thesis research.