Postdoctoral Fellowship: MPS-Ascend: "Effective Field Theory Approach to Nuclear Structure for Next Generation of High-Energy Scattering Experiments"

博士后奖学金：MPS-Ascend：“下一代高能散射实验核结构的有效场论方法”

• 批准号: 2316701
• 负责人: Frank Vera
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Vera, Frank
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2316701&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Postdoctoral; Fellowship; MPS; Ascend; Effective

Frank Vera is awarded an NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to conduct a program of research and activities related to broadening participation by groups underrepresented in STEM. This fellowship to Dr. Vera supports his research project entitled Postdoctoral Fellowship: MPS-Ascend: "Effective Field Theory Approach to Nuclear Structure for Next Generation of High-Energy Scattering Experiments", under the mentorship of a sponsoring scientist. The host institution for the fellowship is the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator (JLab), and the sponsoring scientist is Dr. Christian Weiss.In this project the PI will pursue a research project to better develop a new theoretical method for the analysis of high-energy scattering experiments on nuclei to unveil the nuclear microscopic substructure and internal interactions. Dr. Vera will employ the developed method to calculate nucleon momentum distributions, the nuclear pion density, nuclear quark/gluon densities, deuteron breakup processes, and other properties of nuclei, and apply the results to analyze experiments at JLab and the anticipated Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). Dr. Vera will participate in outreach activities, such as public presentations and lectures, and will mentor junior students, with a focus on those from underrepresented groups in STEM. Dr. Vera will support the JLab REYES program by providing lectures and research mentoring to local high school students and undergraduates involved in REYES.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

Frank Vera 被授予 NSF 数学和物理科学提升博士后研究奖学金，用于开展一项与扩大 STEM 代表性不足群体的参与相关的研究和活动计划。 Vera 博士的这项奖学金支持他的研究项目，题为博士后奖学金：MPS-Ascend：“下一代高能散射实验的核结构的有效场论方法”，在赞助科学家的指导下。该奖学金的主办机构是托马斯·杰斐逊国家加速器（JLab），赞助科学家是克里斯蒂安·韦斯博士。在这个项目中，PI将开展一个研究项目，以更好地开发一种新的理论方法来分析高能核散射实验揭示核微观子结构和内部相互作用。 Vera 博士将采用开发的方法来计算核子动量分布、核介子密度、核夸克/胶子密度、氘核分裂过程以及原子核的其他特性，并将结果应用于分析 JLab 的实验和预期的电子-离子对撞机（EIC）。 Vera 博士将参加公开演讲和讲座等外展活动，并将指导低年级学生，重点关注 STEM 中代表性不足群体的学生。 Vera 博士将通过为参与 REYES 的当地高中生和本科生提供讲座和研究指导来支持 JLab REYES 计划。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查进行评估，被认为值得支持标准。