Research in Theoretical Nuclear Physics

University Of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI

Investigators

Abstract

0070161 Balantekin The proposed area of research is in the area of theoretical physics with an emphasis on understanding results from the ongoing experimental activity in the United States and abroad. A number of different projects will be carried out with the participation of younger scientists who recently received their doctorates and those who are currently working on their doctoral dissertations in the research activity of the senior scientists. The projects will include efforts i) To understand energy-producing activity in the core of the Sun and other stars; ii) To explore the origin and formation of heavy elements in different sites around the universe; iii) To study the properties of tiny particles called neutrinos that are produced both in the laboratory and astrophysical settings; iv) To develop mathematical techniques to model nuclei and similar complex systems; v) To understand how heavy nuclei break up when they collide in laboratory experiments; vi) To explore properties of unstable nuclei that are produced in the laboratories. These projects are chosen not only to contribute to our knowledge of fundamental physics but also to the training of the young people involved.