Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2021 Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics
Volume 66, Number 8
Monday–Thursday, October 11–14, 2021; Virtual; Eastern Daylight Time
Session 1WC: Workshop: Frontiers of Nuclear Science I |
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Chair: Douglas Higinbotham, Jefferson Lab Room: Statler |
Monday, October 11, 2021 10:00AM - 10:30AM |
1WC.00001: Nuclear Astrophysics Invited Speaker: Artemis Spyrou If there is one thing we learned about the field of nuclear astrophysics in the last 10 years, it’s that it is complicated business. While the original processes proposed already in the 1950s are still mostly valid and continue to exhibit important open questions, today we understand that other processes may have significant contributions. In particular, the production of heavy elements, which involves explosive nucleosynthesis processes, is one of the topics where major advances have been made in the last years. These advances are driven by new astronomical observations, sophisticated new astrophysical models, and new developments in radioactive ion beam facilities around the world. In this talk I will present an overview of the field of nuclear astrophysics, focusing on the recent discoveries and current open questions. A particular focus will be on heavy element nucleosynthesis and on the new exciting opportunities that will soon be available at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University. |
Monday, October 11, 2021 10:30AM - 11:00AM |
1WC.00002: Fundamental Symmetries Invited Speaker: Roxanne P Springer Fundamental Symmetries |
Monday, October 11, 2021 11:00AM - 11:30AM |
1WC.00003: Designer Exotic Atoms and Molecules for Nuclear Science Invited Speaker: Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz Atoms and molecules containing exotic nuclei - those with extreme proton-to-neutron ratios - can be artificially created to study particular nuclear phenomena. Precision measurements of these systems can offer unique insights into the properties of the atomic nucleus, nuclear matter, and the fundamental particles and forces of nature. In this talk, I will present recent highlights and perspectives from laser spectroscopy experiments of these exotic species. The relevance of these results to some of the long-standing questions of nuclear science will be discussed. |
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