Operation of the NSCL as a National User Facilty & Research Program

该奖项提供资金，以运营密歇根州立大学（MSU）的国家超导回旋加速器实验室（NSCL）作为国家用户设施，以支持NSCL教师和工作人员在核物理，核化学，核天体物理，加速器物理和仪器开发方面的研究，并继续作为一个国家用户设施，致力于培训这些学科的下一代科学家和多样化的劳动力。 该奖项将使国家科学实验室继续其在国内和国际上突出的领导作用，在这些领域作为全国首屈一指的用户设施，致力于生产和研究稀有（短寿命）同位素。新仪器的开发沿着新技术和新的束流能力形成一个强大的组合，使非凡的发现潜力得以实现。 拟议的物理计划建立在这些优势，同时创造新的资产，将维持和提高NSCL的科学地位。 密歇根州立大学最近被能源部（DOE）选为下一代国家稀有同位素束（FRIB）设施。 这些机会与2007年NSAC长期计划的既定科学目标有很大的重叠，并形成了一个连贯的轨道，以实现FRIB。NSCL是一个基于大学的国家用户设施，为来自美国和国外的700多名注册用户的用户社区提供服务。 该NSCL通过课堂教育和动手实验室研究在整个研究生职业生涯的密切协同作用下一代科学家的教育中发挥着突出的作用。 大约60名研究生在NSCL有研究助学金，支持他们的论文研究。 此外，NSCL的教师和工作人员都积极参与跨学科研究，K-12和本科教育，并向公众推广科学。

This award provides funds to operate the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University (MSU) as a national user facility, to support NSCL faculty and staff research in nuclear physics, nuclear chemistry, nuclear astrophysics, accelerator physics and instrumentation development, and to continue serving as a national user facility dedicated to the training of the next generation of scientists and diverse workforce 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 development of new instrumentation along with new techniques and new beam capabilities form a potent combination allowing extraordinary discovery potential to be realized. The proposed physics program builds upon these strengths while creating new assets that will sustain and enhance NSCL's scientific standing. MSU was recently selected by the Department of Energy (DOE) for the next generation national Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). These opportunities have strong overlap with the stated scientific goals of the 2007 NSAC Long Range Plan, and form a coherent trajectory towards the implementation of FRIB. The NSCL is a university-based national user facility serving a user community of more than 700 registered users from the U.S. and abroad. The NSCL plays a prominent role in the education of the next generation of scientists through a close synergy of classroom education and hands-on laboratory research throughout the entire graduate career. Approximately 60 graduate students at the NSCL have research assistantships that support their thesis research. Further, NSCL faculty and staff are strongly engaged in cross-disciplinary research, K-12 and undergraduate education, and science outreach to the general public.