RUI: Study of Light Exotic Nuclei Near the Neutron Dripline

这个实验核物理研究计划主要集中在确定丰含中子的奇异核的性质，这些核位于或恰好位于中子滴线之上。在最轻质量区(Z9)，人们对自由核基态和激发态的性质知之甚少。为确定这些性质而设计的实验是使用密歇根州立大学国家超导回旋实验室的耦合回旋装置(CCF)，以及耦合的Mona-Lisa阵列(模块化中子阵列和大面积多机构闪烁体阵列)与扫频磁铁一起进行的。这项研究计划的一个核心组成部分是本科生参与研究的各个方面。学生参与实验运行，包括事前准备和事后分析。这项研究计划的结果将增进对核结构远离稳定性的知识。为本科生提供参与这一尖端研究的机会，并与更大的核物理界互动，提供有助于招募未来几代核科学家的那种经验。

This experimental nuclear physics research program is focused primarily on determining the properties of neutron-rich exotic nuclei at or just beyond the neutron dripline. In the lightest mass region (Z 9) relatively little is known about the properties of unbound nuclear ground and excited states. Experiments designed to determine these properties are carried out using the Coupled Cyclotron Facility (CCF) at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University, along with the coupled MoNA-LISA arrays (Modular Neutron Array and the Large-area multi-Institutional Scintillator Array) in conjunction with the Sweeper Magnet. A central component of this research program is undergraduate student participation in every aspect of the research. Students participate in the experimental runs, including in preparation beforehand and in the analysis afterward.Results from the this research program will advance knowledge of nuclear structure far from stability. Opportunities for undergraduates to participate in this cutting-edge research, and to interact with the larger nuclear physics community, provide the kind of experiences that help recruit future generations of nuclear scientists.