The National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory ( NSCL ), located on the campus of Michigan State University was a rare isotope research facility in the United States. Established in 1963, the cyclotron laboratory has been succeeded by the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams , a linear accelerator providing beam to the same detector halls.
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36-487: A host of questions at the intellectual frontier of nuclear science: How does the behavior of novel and short-lived nuclei differ from more stable nuclei? What is the nature of nuclear processes in explosive stellar environments? What is the structure of hot nuclear matter at abnormal densities? Beyond basic research, FRIB may lead to cross-disciplinary benefits. Experiments there will help astronomers better interpret data from ground- and space-based observatories. Scientists at
54-638: A number of multi-institutional nuclear astrophysics centers in Germany, including NAVI, EMMI and the Universe Cluster in Munich. One of the many projects of JINA-CEE is the maintenance of an up-to-date nuclear reaction rate library called REACLIB. REACLIB contains over 75,000 thermonuclear reaction rates. Nuclear astrophysics is made of many overlapping disciplines, spanning fields in astronomy, astrophysics and nuclear physics. In order to understand
72-547: A report issued December 2006 by the National Academies, "Scientific Opportunities with a Rare-Isotope Facility in the United States", which defines a scientific agenda for a U.S.-based rare-isotope facility and addresses the need for such a facility in context of international efforts in this area. NSCL is working towards a significant capability upgrade that will keep the laboratory – and nuclear science – at
90-553: A university campus. Funded primarily by the National Science Foundation and MSU, the NSCL operated two superconducting cyclotrons. The lab's scientists investigated the properties of rare isotopes and nuclear reactions . In nature, these reactions would take place in stars and exploding stellar environments such as novae and supernovae . The K1200 cyclotron was the highest-energy continuous beam accelerator in
108-522: Is a collaboration between Michigan State University , the University of Notre Dame, University of Washington and Arizona State University and a number of associated institutions, centers, and national laboratories in the US and across the world, with the goal to bring together nuclear experimenters, nuclear theorists, astrophysical modelers, astrophysics theorists, and observational astronomers to address
126-799: Is a collaboration between Michigan State University, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Chicago to address a broad range of experimental, theoretical, and observational questions in nuclear astrophysics. A portion of the Michigan State collaboration is housed at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, directly involving roughly 30 nuclear physicists and astrophysicists. 42°43′28″N 84°28′25″W / 42.724498°N 84.473716°W / 42.724498; -84.473716 Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics The Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics Center for
144-802: Is heavily involved in observations with the Apache Point Observatory within the framework of extensions to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey , LAMOST in China, SkyMapper in Australia, and the Hubble Space Telescope . Among many other observational data, JINA-CEE also uses heavily X-ray observational data from BeppoSAX , RXTE , Chandra , XMM-Newton , and INTEGRAL . JINA stimulated the development of similar centers in other countries, and collaborates with
162-661: Is led by director Hendrik Schatz with Michael Wiescher, Timothy Beers, Sanjay Reddy and Frank Timmes as principal investigators. Most JINA-CEE nuclear physics experiments are carried out at the Nuclear Science Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame, the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University and the ATLAS/CARIBOU facility at Argonne National Laboratory . JINA-CEE
180-712: The Evolution of the Elements ( JINA-CEE ) is a multi-institutional Physics Frontiers Center funded by the US National Science Foundation since 2014. From 2003 to 2014, JINA was a collaboration between Michigan State University , the University of Notre Dame , the University of Chicago , and directed by Michael Wiescher from the University of Notre Dame. Principal investigators were Hendrik Schatz , Timothy Beers and Jim Truran. JINA-CEE
198-500: The Isotope Science Facility will contribute to research on self-organization and complexity arising from elementary interactions, a topic relevant to the life sciences and quantum computing. Additionally, the facility's capabilities may lead to advances in fields as diverse as biomedicine, materials science, national and international security, and nuclear energy. The Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA)
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#1732775319834216-465: The cutting edge well into the 21st century. The upgrade of NSCL – the $ 750 million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), under construction as of 2020 – will boost intensities and varieties of rare isotope beams produced at MSU by replacing the K500 and K1200 cyclotrons with a powerful linear accelerator to be built beneath the ground. Such beams will allow researchers and students to continue to address
234-569: The editors search almost 40 refereed journals for newly published articles. Editors review the articles, flagging those that are relevant, and categorize them into their respective subjects (which are searchable by individual users). When the virtual journals are published, an email notification is sent to subscribers informing them of the newly available selections from the Virtual Journals. Education, outreach, and creating inclusive environments are high priorities for JINA-CEE. JINA-CEE has
252-418: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NSCL&oldid=933022582 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory NSCL was the nation's largest nuclear science facility on
270-409: The open scientific questions at the intersection of nuclear physics and astrophysics. JINA-CEE serves as an intellectual center and focal point for the field of nuclear astrophysics , and is intended to enable scientific work and exchange of data and information across field boundaries within its collaboration, and for the field as a whole though workshops, schools, and web-based tools and data bases. It
288-522: The origin of the elements, or the evolution and deaths of stars in galaxies, quite a broad base of knowledge is required. JINA-CEE created two virtual journals in order to meet the need for coverage of this broad-based information. The JINA Virtual Journal debuted in 2003, and reviews a broad realm of nuclear astrophysics, followed by the SEGUE Virtual Journal in 2006, focusing more on Galactic Chemical and Structural evolution. Each week,
306-540: The universe, sometimes only for a fleeting moment in conditions of high pressure or temperature. The NSCL made and studied atomic nuclei that could not be found on earth. Rare isotope research is essential for understanding how the elements—and ultimately the universe—were formed. The nuclear physics graduate program at MSU was ranked best in America by the 2018 Best Grad Schools index published by U.S. News & World Report . The upgrade plans are in close alignment with
324-527: The world (as compared to synchrotrons such as the Large Hadron Collider which provide beam in "cycles"). The laboratory's primary goal was to understand the properties of atomic nuclei . Atomic nuclei are ten thousand times smaller than the atoms they reside in, but they contain nearly all the atom's mass (more than 99.9 percent). Most of the atomic nuclei found on earth are stable, but there are many unstable and rare isotopes that exist in
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