Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2015 Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics
Volume 60, Number 13
Wednesday–Saturday, October 28–31, 2015; Santa Fe, New Mexico
Session AA2: Plenary Session: The Future of Nuclear Physics II |
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Chair: Ani Aprahamian, Notre Dame University Room: Sweeney Ballroom E/ F |
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 5:00PM - 5:30PM |
AA2.00001: Opportunities in nuclear structure and reactions Invited Speaker: Filomena Nunes The last decade has seen important advances in the area of low energy nuclear physics. New measurements have provided crucial insight into the behavior of nuclei at the limits of stability, including the mapping of the neutron dripline up to Oxygen, investigations of unbound nuclear states, and the discovery of new super-heavy elements. In parallel we have seen a revolution in low-energy nuclear theory, moving toward quantified predictability, rooted in the underlying inter-nucleon forces. But the next decade offers even more opportunities with a new generation factory of rare isotopes, and the anticipated developments in high performance computing. The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams coupled with new state-of-the-art detectors will allow us to access a large fraction of the necessary information for the r-process responsible for making at least half of the heavy elements in our universe. FRIB will provide the needed intensities to study global nuclear properties, shell structure, and collective phenomena far from stability. Key measurements are anticipated, at various facilities, which will inform symmetry tests with rare isotopes. We expect to put strict constraints on the equation of state. These and many other opportunities will be highlighted in this overview talk. [Preview Abstract] |
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 5:30PM - 6:00PM |
AA2.00002: The Promise of Nuclear Astrophysics Invited Speaker: George Fuller The field of nuclear astrophysics stands at the intersection of some of the most exciting thrusts in nuclear theory and experiment, many-body physics, neutrino and particle physics, gravitation and astronomy. In fact, key facilities like FRIB for studying nuclear properties and reactions, JLAB and RHIC for uncovering fundamental aspects of QCD, and a variety of neutrino experiments are poised to leverage the fruits of a coming expansion of observational astrophysics capabilities. This will allow unprecedented insights into grand questions: Where do the nuclei come from?; How did the structures we see form?; What can the extreme conditions of the early universe, massive stars and violent stellar collapse/explosion and compact object mergers tell us about the nature of strongly interacting matter and neutrino physics?; What is the nature of Dark Matter? I will argue here that the advent of 30m-class optical telescopes, high precision cosmic microwave background polarization experiments, next generation orbiting X-ray and gamma-ray observatories, and gravitational wave astronomy (e.g., Advanced LIGO observations of compact object in-spiral events), combined with advances in nuclear theory and experiment, promises an intriguing future. [Preview Abstract] |
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 6:00PM - 6:30PM |
AA2.00003: Fundamental Symmetries and Neutrinos Invited Speaker: Brad Filippone Research in Fundamental Symmetries and Neutrinos is a significant component of the Nuclear Science portfolio. Recent accomplishments and future opportunities within this subfield will be discussed. [Preview Abstract] |
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