External news and journal publications discussing FRIB science.
By reanalyzing the distribution of active protons in nuclei, researchers found a possible solution to a particle physics puzzle involving quarks.
Hundreds of scientific and technical leaders in the superconducting radio frequency, or SRF, field converged in Michigan for the 21st International Conference on Radio-Frequency Superconductivity, or SRF 2023. The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, served as host for the premier conference, which ran June 25-30 in Grand Rapids.
Hundreds of scientific and technical leaders in the superconducting radio frequency (SRF) field converged in Michigan for the 21st International Conference on Radio-Frequency Superconductivity (SRF 2023). FRIB served as host for the premier conference 25-30 June in Grand Rapids.
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC) posted a highlight titled “Nuclear charge distribution measurements may solve outstanding puzzle in particle physics” about the FRIB research paper titled “Model-independent determination of nuclear weak form factors and implications for standard model precision tests” published in Physical Review Letters. DOE-SC posts about 200 published research findings annually, selected by their respective program areas in DOE-SC as publication highlights of special note.
Particle accelerators boost charged particles to high speeds to study their collisions, offering invaluable insights into quantum physics. These devices, either linear or circular, enable scientists to understand particle interactions. The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science backs various particle accelerators across the country, contributing to advancements in particle acceleration and radiation generation research. The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University is a linear accelerator for studying exotic nuclei, especially isotopes.
In data collected during the first experiment at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams in Michigan, Timothy Gray of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and collaborators have found a previously unseen isomer of sodium-32 that has a wave function that calculations indicate could be spherical or deformed. The finding leaves open the possibility that they have observed the elusive excited spherical system.
Ion beams from oxygen to uranium contribute to research for applications and fundamental nuclear science at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). FRIB celebrated its on-budget, early completion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in May 2022.
Kelly Chipps, a nuclear astrophysicist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and an FRIB scientific user, has been appointed to the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee. She is a former chairperson of the FRIB Users Organization Executive Committee.
BBC Sinhala interviewed Neshad Deva Pathirana, a graduate assistant at FRIB, about his research.
FRIB Experimental Systems Division Director Georg Bollen was interviewed as an expert for an article on a paper published recently in Physical Review Letters, in which physicists from Japan and South Korea describe the first successful measurement of the precise atomic mass of 19 exotic, neutron-rich isotopes.
The world’s first superconducting cyclotron will receive a new lease on life testing next-generation microchips, Michigan State University’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) announced last week. (Print version: Science vol. 380/issue 6641, pages 116-117)
Michigan State University (MSU) is refurbishing its K500 cyclotron—the world’s first superconducting particle accelerator—to establish a facility to test microchips, like those used in commercial spaceflight, autonomous vehicles and 5G and 6G wireless technology. MSU said the U.S. Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center and U.S. Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency have funded a $14.2 million contract. It will allow MSU to develop the chip testing facility adjacent to the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, which officially opened in 2022 and replaced the cyclotron. A subscription to the Lansing State Journal is required to view this article.
