The Physics Frontier Center JINA (Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics) at the University of Notre Dame, Michigan State University, the University of Chicago, and Argonne National Laboratory will provide an intellectual center with the goal to enable swift communication and stimulating collaborations across field boundaries and at the same time provide a focus point in a rapidly growing and diversifying field.
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Richard H. Cyburt discusses unstable relic particles on ScienceWatch.com. He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics of the NSCL at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. Dr. Cyburt is the lead author of the second-most-cited paper listed in the Research Front Map titled, "The Big Bang," from Top Topics for April 2009 from the field of Space Science. Listen to his podcast on ScienceWatch.com.
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The NSF has approved the S4 funding for the development of an underground accelerator facility at DUSEL. The main goal of the facility is the measurement of low energy reaction cross sections of relevance for stellar nucleosynthesis processes. The Dakota Ion Accelerators for Nuclear Astrophysics DIANA will consist of two accelerators to cover a broader energy range than presently possible at the LUNA facility at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory in Italy. The figure shows a conceptual design of the DIANA facility. (Click on the figure) -- JINA DUSEL
The NSF has approved the S4 funding for the development of an underground accelerator facility at DUSEL. The main goal of the facility is the measurement of low energy reaction cross sections of relevance for stellar nucleosynthesis processes. The Dakota Ion Accelerators for Nuclear Astrophysics DIANA will consist of two accelerators to cover a broader energy range of than presently possible at the LUNA facility at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory in Italy. The figure shows a conceptual design of the DIANA facility. (Click on the figure)
JINA has signed a collaborative agreement with the German Excellence Cluster "Origin and Structure of the Universe" which includes research groups and efforts at the Technical University Munich, the Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, the Max Planck Institutes for Astrophysics, Extraterrestrial Physics, Plasma Physics at Garching, and the ESO European Southern Observatory (http://www.universe-cluster.de/). First collaborative projects concentrate on the studies of the origins of galactic radioactivities and the role of nuclear reaction processes in type Ia supernovae. Anticipated is an extensive exchange of researchers and students between the JINA and Cluster institutions. In addition, a number of joint workshops and schools are planned in the near future to improve the exchange of information and expertise in the field of nuclear astrophysics.
A JINA supported meeting "NUGRID: 2nd Collaboration Meeting" was held on July 20-24, 2009 at the University of Notre Dame. Details