External news and journal publications discussing FRIB science.
Researchers are queuing up to use a particle accelerator at Michigan State University to study some of the rarest atomic nuclei. When it opens in early 2022, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams will strip electrons off of atoms to make ions, rev them up to high speeds and then send them crashing into a target to make the special nuclei that scientists want to study.
About 20 years ago, a Michigan State University physicist had an idea to reveal insights about a fundamental but enigmatic force at work in some of the most extreme environments in the universe. These environments include an atom's nucleus and celestial bodies known as neutron stars, both of which are among the densest objects known to humanity.
The American Physical Society (APS) announced that it has selected FRIB’s Paul Guèye as the 2022 Edward A. Bouchet Award winner. APS recognized Guèye for his “many seminal experimental contributions to understanding the structure of nuclear particles and decades of service to physics outreach, diversity and inclusion.”
A drive to learn has propelled 16-year-old Maya Wallach to finish high school early and enroll at Michigan State University, where she is a sophomore studying experimental physics, and an intern at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams.
Scientists at MSU’s FRIB have built and tested a device that will allow pivotal insights into heavy elements, or elements with very large numbers of protons and neutrons. Ben Kay, physicist at Argonne National Laboratory, led this effort.
The $730 million FRIB at MSU is scheduled to come online in early 2022 – a game-changer in every sense for the U.S. and international nuclear-physics communities. With peer review and approval of the first round of experimental proposals now complete, an initial cohort of scientists from 25 countries is making final preparations to exploit FRIB’s unique capabilities.
New research by the University of Surrey's Nuclear Physics Group has shown that it's possible to mimic excited quantum states with exotic nuclei, opening up a host of opportunities for next generation radioactive beam facilities, such as the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams.
Scientists explore the origin of aluminum-26 in stars with a nuclear reaction that exploits the fact that neutrons and protons are stunningly similar. Scientists from the University of Surrey and the FRIB Laboratory at MSU teamed up to explore the origin of aluminum-26.
Filomena Nunes, managing director of the FRIB Theory Alliance, discusses how the limits of nuclear stability provide deep insights into the fundamental force responsible for the presence of matter. Exotic nuclei are created, if only for an instant. A major ambition of our generation is to understand where and how heavy matter forms. Exotic neutron-rich nuclei are an essential piece of that puzzle.
MSU's $730 million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams is about 95-percent complete, said FRIB Laboratory Director Thomas Glasmacher. And scientists are already asking to use the FRIB’s 400-kilowatt superconducting linear accelerator. A subscription to the Lansing State Journal is required to view this article.
The upcoming Facility for Rare Isotope Beams in Michigan is a cutting-edge accelerator that promises great things for nuclear physicists, especially those with applications in mind.
Michigan State University received a $13 million federal grant to harvest isotopes at Facility for Rare Isotope Beams.
