Physics division annual report 2001.

Argonne National Laboratory

关键词: Standard Model;    Testing;    Universe;    43 Particle Accelerators;    Cyclotrons;   

DOI  :  10.2172/803908
RP-ID  :  ANL-02/15
RP-ID  :  W-31-109-ENG-38
RP-ID  :  803908

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This research involves investigating the structure, stability, reactions and decays of nuclei. This information is crucial for understanding the evolution of the universe, the workings of stars and the abundances of the elements that form the world around us. A forefront area of research is investigating the properties of nuclei which lie very far from stability, and which are critical in understanding nucleosynthesis. Most of our research is based at the Argonne Tandem-Linac Accelerator (ATLAS), a national heavy-ion user facility. Programs are also mounted at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), at the 88'' cyclotron at Berkeley and at other forefront facilities. The major thrusts of the program are: (a) deepening and generalizing our understanding of nuclear structure to allow a reliable description of all bound nuclear systems, (b) studying the reactions which are important in the cataclysmic events in the cosmos which lead to the synthesis of the chemical elements, and (c) testing the limits of the Standard Model, the fundamental theory that currently best represents our understanding of the laws and fundamental symmetries of nature.