Nuclear Physics: The Core of Matter, The Fuel of Stars

TABLE A.2 University Accelerators

	Beam Characteristics
Facility	Species	Energies	Technology	Research Areas
Florida State University Tandem Lilac	Protons, light to medium heavy ions	2-10 MeV/u	Superconducting cavities Polarized lithium beam	Nuclear structure and decay Spin effects in nucleus-nucleus collisions
State University of New York at Stony Brook Tandem-Linac	Protons, light to medium heavy ions	2-10 MeV/u	Superconducting cavities	Nuclear structure Heavy-ion reactions Atom trapping and spectroscopy
University of Notre Dame (IN) Accelerator Facility	Protons, light to medium heavy ions	2-21 MeV 0.1-8 MeV/u	Radioactive beams Intense low-energy stable beams	Nuclear structure and reactions Fundamental symmetries Nuclear astrophysics
Texas A&M University Cyclotron Institute K500 Superconducting Cyclotron	Protons, light to heavy ions	2-70 MeV/u	Intermediate-energy heavy ions Selected radioactive beams	Nuclear structure and reaction dynamics Nuclear astrophysics with radioactive beams Fundamental symmetries
University of Washington Tandem Linac	Protons, light to medium heavy ions	2-16 MeV 2-10 MeV/u	Superconducting cavities Terminal ion source	Nuclear reactions with heavy ions Tests of fundamental symmetries
Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (NC) Tandem Accelerator	Protons, light ions, neutrons, photons	1-10 MeV/u	High-resolution light-ion beams Polarized beams	Fundamental symmetries Inter-nucleon reactions and light nuclei Nuclear astrophysics
University of Wisconsin Tandem Accelerator	Protons, light ions	2-12 MeV 1-7 MeV/u	Polarized beams	Few-body systems Fundamental symmetries Spin degrees of freedom in nuclei
Yale University (CT), Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory Tandem Accelerator	Protons, light to heavy ions	1-40 MeV 1-15 MeV/u	High-resolution beams	Nuclear structure Heavy-ion reactions Nuclear astrophysics

The Indiana University Cyclotron Facility is active in areas of beam-cooling technologies and polarized proton beams. Two cyclotrons provide protons with energies up to 200 MeV for direct beams, as well as serving as the injector complex for the Cooler Ring. This ring can accelerate protons to an energy of 500 MeV. In addition, the Cooler Ring has a state-of-the-art electron-cooling system capable of providing high-resolution, very dense beams. A new synchrotron injector into the Cooler was recently completed, providing a two-orders-of-magnitude increase in beam intensity. Distinguishing characteristics of the facility include polarized beams in all machines and internal polarized gas-jet targets in the cooler.

Table of Contents

Front Matter R1-R16

Summary and Recommendations 1-7

1 Introduction 8-18

2 The Structures of the Nuclear Building Blocks 19-46

3 The Structure of Nuclei 47-79

4 Matter at Extreme Densities 80-103

5 The Nuclear Physics of the Universe 104-127

6 Symmetry Tests in Nuclear Physics 128-149

7 The Tools of Nuclear Physics 150-171

8 Nuclear Physics and Society 172-196

Appendix: Accelerator Facilities for Nuclear Physics in the United States 197-206