RUI: Studies of Nucleon Structure Using Electromagnetic Probes at Jefferson Laboratory

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案(公法111-5)资助的。该小组在杰斐逊实验室的实验计划--过去、现在和未来--体现了核物理学的主要目标之一--阐明质子、中子和介子的基本结构。具体地说，这些实验加深了我们对运动的带电夸克是如何在质子内部分布的理解，以及质子的其他基本性质如何与夸克本身的静态和动态性质有关。此外，这些实验还将通过探索胶子的作用，加强我们对夸克禁闭现象的定量理解。胶子是将夸克束缚在一起的粒子，与RUI计划的目标一致，本科生和硕士研究生的教育是该计划的核心组成部分。该小组将承担的主要项目为应用物理、计算机工程和计算机科学专业的本科生和研究生提供了大量的机会。这些项目将为学生在编程、建模、分析技术和批判性判断方面提供出色的培训。最后，该团队已经证明，杰斐逊实验室的物理项目提供了一个令人兴奋的机会，让本科生接触到核物理领域，他们的学生确实会继续在该领域进行研究生学习。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This group's program of experiments at the Jefferson laboratory - past, present, and future - embody one of the primary goals of Nuclear Physics - to elucidate the underlying structure of protons, neutrons, and mesons. Specifically, these experiments further our understanding of how the moving charged quarks are distributed inside the proton, and how other fundamental properties of the proton are related to the static and dynamic properties of the quarks themselves. As well, these experiments will strengthen our quantitative understanding of the phenomenon of quark confinement - the notion that quarks are always "confined" within protons, neutrons, and other particles - by exploring the role of gluons, the particles that bind these quarks together.Consistent with the goals of the RUI program, education of undergraduates and masters-level graduate students is a central component of this program. The major projects that will be undertaken by the group provide a multitude of opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students in the Applied Physics, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science streams. The projects will provide excellent training for students in the areas of programming, modeling, analysis techniques, and critical judgment. Finally, the team has demonstrated that the physics program at Jefferson Lab provides an exciting opportunity to expose undergraduates to the field of Nuclear Physics, and that their students do continue on to graduate study in the field.