We are pleased to announce the FRIB Theory Alliance summer school “Put the reaction into action: A Nuclear physics boot camp on reaction methods” to be hosted at Michigan State University from August 12 to 14, 2024. The summer school target audiences are graduate students and postdocs within a few years of their Ph.D. The registration is now open, and more information is available at https://indico.frib.msu.edu/event/75/. The registration deadline is June 1.
In this summer school, we will discuss a variety of theoretical approaches for computing nuclear reaction observables. We plan to introduce some of the most utilized reaction methods, namely the eikonal approximation, DWBA, ADWA, CDCC and Faddeev methods. This 3-day course will be useful for both theorists and experimentalists interested in learning the fundamentals of reaction methods. This will also be a wonderful opportunity for the participants to start collaborations with each other or the instructors on projects beyond the duration of summer school. Please join us in East Lansing this summer to explore a wide range of theoretical approaches to describe nuclear reactions.
For selected participants we hope to provide partial support which may include lodging and meals. After registration closes, you will be contacted about the support we can provide.
The school is made possible thanks to the support by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics, under the FRIB Theory Alliance award DE-SC0013617.
Organizers and main teachers:Erin Good (PNNL), Chloë Hebborn (MSU), Linda Hlophe (MSU/LANL), Gregory Potel (LLNL) and Grigor Sargsyan (MSU)
A new edition of the TALENT Course 7: Nuclear theory for astrophysics will be held at the ECT* (Trento, Italy) from 15 July to 2 August 2024.
It will provide the attendees with high level training on nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics from various perspectives that
include the Equation of State (EOS), neutron star mergers, and supernovae – and their combined impact in spearheading the brand new
era of multi-messenger astronomy. The key lecturers will be Almudena Arcones, Bruno Giacomazzo, and Jorge Piekarewicz, as well as other
experts in the various fields of relevance to the school. See the course webpage
https://indico.ectstar.eu/event/221/overview for more information and
registration.
Please note that the deadline for application is 10 May. US applicants have the possibility of securing partial funding through EUSTIPEN
(https://fribtheoryalliance.org/content/eustipen.php).
US applicants must file a request for travel funds from EUSTIPEN by April 30th, 2024.
The FRIB Theory Alliance conducted a search for a new FRIB theory fellow in the Fall of 2023. The search committee received excellent applications and selected a shortlist of five. The interviews took place in-person at FRIB in December 2023. Following the recommendation of the search committee Francesca Bonaiti was selected as the new FRIB theory fellow. Francesca’s research is focused on the calculation of electromagnetic reaction observables such as electric dipole polarizabilities and isoscalar monopole resonances, which strongly correlate with parameters of the nuclear equation of state. As FRIB theory fellow, Francesca aims to extend ab initio calculations of these quantities to neutron-rich nuclei, where constraints on the nuclear equation of state can be obtained in synergy with future experiments at FRIB. Her research in nuclear many-body physics also has potential implications for research at the interface of nuclear structure and astrophysics, for instance in studies of beta-decay rates, which are a key input for nucleosynthesis simulations. Francesca will be hosted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory starting in Fall 2024. Please join the FRIB-TA in congratulating Francesca and wishing her much success!
For more details on Fellows see Supported Scientists
Sebastian König, an assistant professor of physics at North Carolina State University (NC State) and FRIB Theory Alliance (FRIB-TA) bridge faculty member, has received a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The award, also known as the NSF CAREER award, is one of the highest awards the foundation bestows upon young faculty in the sciences. https://frib.msu.edu/news/2021/nsf-career.html
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If you have an interest in forging new or continuing collaborations with European colleagues, this travel grant is for you. Students and postdocs are encouraged to apply.
For additional information regarding EUSTIPEN click here.
Dr Christian Drischler, an FRIB theory fellow since 2020 at MSU, has accepted a tenure-track faculty position in the Physics Department of Ohio University, under the FRIB-TA bridge program.
Christian’s research includes applications of chiral effective theory and many-body perturbation theory to nuclear matter equation of state and neutron stars, as well as Bayesian methods and emulators for nuclear scattering and reactions. Congratulations Christian!
Five scientists who will perform research at FRIB have received 2021 U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC) Early Career Research Program. https://frib.msu.edu/news/2021/early-career-awards-2021.html
"FRIB is a discovery machine. It will enable researchers to investigate what holds together the atomic nuclei were made of and how those elements were created.To understand that, scientists study rare isotopes."
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