RUI: Cutting-Edge Nuclear Physics Research (Collaborative and Interdisciplinary) at Hope College

霍普学院核科学小组正在利用美国国家超导回旋加速器实验室（NSCL）的模块化中子阵列（MoNA）和大面积多机构闪烁阵列（LISA）研究滴线附近富含中子的不稳定核，并应用多种核技术(如粒子诱导x射线发射、卢瑟福后向散射、核反应分析、和离子束诱导发光)，以一系列跨学科的问题与希望离子束分析实验室（HIBAL）。此外，利用医疗和管理应用收集同位素的工作正在从开发转向生产。该奖项支持两名教师在这两方面的努力，每个教师都将包括研究各个方面的本科生研究人员。本科生和教师正在研究不稳定的富中子核，以完善对轻、富中子核的理论认识。该小组正在国家科学实验室用MoNA/LISA/Sweeper系统测量he的激发态和be的基态。该研究的跨学科部分包括在国家科学实验室和未来的稀有同位素光束设施（FRIB）开发收集具有战略和医学意义的同位素的技术，并使用HIBAL进行检测，金属蛋白化学计量学，分层汽车涂料的法医表征，汽车玻璃碎片的法医比较，以及长石和碳酸盐的发光研究。合作者包括霍普学院的其他研究人员（表征结构纳米材料）和霍普学院以外的团体（沉积物中的金属污染、河流沉积物起源和阻燃剂）。所有这些举措对于它们产生的具体科学成果和对许多领域使用的分析技术可能产生的深远影响都是重要的。霍普学院核小组多年来已经证明了其开展类似研究的能力，而新的实验的设计符合我们的兴趣和能力。此外，该项目对大量本科研究人员产生了重大影响。经验表明，本科研究可以提高学生的教育水平，更好地为学生的研究生工作或各种行业或学术界的STEM职业做好准备。

The Hope College Nuclear Group is studying neutron-rich unstable nuclei near the drip-line with the Modular Neutron Array (MoNA) and Large area multi-Institutional Scintillation Array (LISA) at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) and is applying a variety of nuclear techniques (e.g. Particle Induced X-Ray Emission, Rutherford BackScattering, Nuclear Reaction Analysis, and Ion Beam Induced Luminescence) to a range of interdisciplinary questions with the Hope Ion Beam Analysis Laboratory (HIBAL). In addition, work to harvest isotopes with medical and stewardship applications is moving from development to production. This award supports two faculty in both of these efforts, each of whom will include undergraduate researchers in all aspects of the research.Undergraduate students and faculty are investigating unstable neutron-rich nuclei to refine the theoretical understanding of light, neutron-rich nuclei. The group is measuring the excited states of 9He and the ground state of 13Be with the MoNA/LISA/Sweeper system at the NSCL. The interdisciplinary portion of the research involves developing techniques to harvest isotopes of strategic and medical interest at the NSCL and future Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) and examining, with HIBAL, metalloprotein stoichiometry, forensic characterization of layered automotive paints, forensic comparison of auto glass fragments, and luminescence studies of feldspars and carbonates. Collaborators include other Hope researchers (characterizing structured nanomaterials) and groups outside Hope College (metal contamination in sediment, river sediment origins, and flame retardants). All of these initiatives are important for the specific science result they yield and for possible far-reaching impact on the analytical techniques used in many areas. The Hope College Nuclear Group has demonstrated its ability to carry out similar research for a number of years, and the new experiments are designed to match our interests and abilities.Additionally, this project has a significant impact on a large number of undergraduate researchers. Experience shows that undergraduate research enhances a student's education and better prepares the student for graduate work or for a wide variety of STEM careers in either industry or academia.