Welcome to FRIB

The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University (MSU) is a world-class research, teaching and training center, hosting the most powerful rare isotope accelerator. MSU operates FRIB as a user facility for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC), with financial support from and furthering the mission of the DOE-SC Office of Nuclear Physics. FRIB allows MSU graduate students to engage in groundbreaking research in tandem with their coursework. Open the doors to discovery with the newest and most advanced rare isotope research facility and the world's most powerful rare isotope accelerator. Apply and inquire through FRIB’s graduate studies page at frib.msu.edu/grad.

06 Dec

Indirect and direct measurements for the s-process

06 December 2024 - 2:00 PM
2025 FRIB Laboratory and Online via Zoom
Texas A&M University

Philip Adsley

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Nuclear physics provides vital inputs into understanding the chemical evolution of the universe. Thermonuclear reaction rates strongly depend on nuclear data such as the properties of nuclear states. In this talk, I will discuss how information about important nuclear states can be determined using experiments with stable beams with a focus on the s-process. The s-process depends sensitively on how many neutrons are available for the synthesis of new elements. This means that we must know how many neutrons are made and how many are absorbed by poisons. I will briefly review the state of neutron production in the burning of neon-22 and discuss some interesting recent results on neutron recycling in helium-induced reactions on oxygen-17.
06 Dec

Quantum microscopes to search for new elementary particles and forces

06 December 2024 - 5:30 PM
1300 FRIB Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University & University of Chicago

David DeMille

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Abstract for the public talk: All elementary particles and forces seen in laboratories are described by a mathematical framework known as the Standard Model. However, some cosmological observations show that there also must be new, additional particles and forces. Traditionally, physicists have searched for these using huge accelerators and giant detectors. However, certain types of new particles and forces can be detected in a very different way: the laws of quantum physics dictate that their existence will modify the properties of ordinary matter in subtle but distinctive ways. These tiny effects can be detected with experiments, small enough to fit in a garage, which use methods of ultra-precise quantum measurements to search for particles that cannot be produced even at the Large Hadron Collider. This talk will describe such experiments and the concepts behind them.
08 Dec

Representing the visual world

08 December 2024 - 1:00 PM
Online via Zoom
University of California Berkeley

Doris Tsao

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How does the brain represent the visual world? Research on how the primate brain represents faces has given us a remarkable window into the processes underlying visual perception. In my talk, I will discuss the organization and feature code used by the brain's system for representing faces, the way the system represents memories, and how the system has provided a model for clarifying how the brain represents objects in general. Registration link https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_53mINy2qR5GKxkE2yEJoQA
13 Dec

Distributed Charge Compton Source And Medical Accelerator Technologies

13 December 2024 - 3:00 PM
Online via Zoom
Lumitron Technologies

Mitchell Shneider

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Across the world, accelerators are becoming more a part of the everyday life so there’s a significant effort to shrink the overall footprint of these accelerator system from national laboratory scale machines to a footprint that is reasonable for industrial and medical applications. At Lumitron Technologies we have developed an ultracompact high gradient accelerator. Operating at X-band 11.424 GHz with a distributed charge architecture, this system can produce a high-flux, tunable, mono-energetic x-rays that are ideally suited for range of novel, medical and industrial imaging applications. The underlying electron beam used is also a suitable source of very high energy electrons (VHEE) for FLASH radiotherapy.
13 Dec

Bach Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Arranged for string by Annette Bartholdy

13 December 2024 - 5:30 PM
1300 FRIB Laboratory
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A hallmark of the High Baroque era, Bach’s iconic keyboard masterwork presents 30 variations on the bass line of an elegantly elaborated Aria, meandering through a mesmerizing mosaic of musical material while exploring a diverse array of styles from all corners of the Baroque aesthetic universe. In this stunning translation for string trio, each part in the three-voice texture finds an avatar in a string instrument, inviting the collaboration of three individuals to create a harmonious whole. Beginning and ending with the same Aria upon which each variation is based, the piece represents a perfect synchronism of vibrant multiplicity and steadfast, unchanging unity. J.S. Bach (arr. A. Bartholdy) - Aria with 30 variations (Goldberg Variations), BWV 988 Hayne Kim, Violin Sophie Choate, Viola Cody Byrum, Cello The performance will run approximately one hour without intermission