Nuclear Physics Consolidated Grant

核物理综合拨款

• 批准号: ST/Y000277/1
• 负责人: Lee Barnby
• 金额: $ 3.43万
• 依托单位: University of Derby
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FY000277%2F1
• 关键词: Nuclear; Physics; Consolidated; Grant

The majority of the visible mass of the universe is made up of atomic nuclei that lie at the centre of atoms. Nuclear physics seeks to answer fundamental questions such as: "How do the laws of physics work when driven to the extremes? What are the fundamental constituents and fabric of the universe and how do they interact? How did the universe begin and how is it evolving? What is the nature of nuclear and hadronic matter?" The aim of our research is to study and measure the properties of atomic nuclei and hot nuclear matter as a route to answering these fundamental questions. Our research is built around our expertise in instrumentation and exploits the large investments previously made into detectors, data acquisition and experimental methods. Such instruments include the ALICE inner tracker detector aimed at the study of the most exotic state of matter known, the quark-gluon plasma; the advanced gamma-ray tracking array AGATA exploring nuclei at the extremes of spin and isospin; and the solenoidal spectrometer ISOL-SRS studying the role of individual nucleons in complex exotic nuclei. We will study the evolution of nuclear shapes and structure following changes in proton and neutron numbers and their influence on the formation of atoms, right up to the heaviest man-made elements. We will study exotic nuclei that determine the composition of elements found on earth and in the universe, and what ultimately determines the limits of proton and neutron number that can be bound into an atomic nucleus. We will also study the collisions of heavy ions at nearly the speed of light where conditions close to the big bang can be replicated.Throughout this ambitious experimental programme we will continue to share our technical expertise to support all groups in the UK via our core of specialist cross-community engineers in the pursuit of their own research priorities, and play active roles in large experimental facilities around the globe, such as CERN in Switzerland and France or FAIR in Germany.

宇宙的大部分可见质量由位于原子中心的原子核组成。核物理学试图回答诸如：“物理定律在极端行驶时如何起作用？宇宙的基本成分和结构是什么？它们如何相互作用？宇宙如何开始？它如何发展？我们研究的目的是研究和衡量原子核和热核物质的特性，以此作为回答这些基本问题的途径。我们的研究围绕我们在仪器方面的专业知识建立，并利用先前对检测器，数据获取和实验方法进行的大量投资。这样的仪器包括旨在研究最外来物质的夸克 - 杜伦等离子体的爱丽丝内部追踪器检测器；高级伽马射线跟踪阵列Agata在自旋和同胞蛋白的极端探索核。以及研究单个核子在复杂外来核中的作用的螺线管光谱仪。在质子和中子数的变化之后，我们将研究核形状和结构的演变及其对原子形成的影响，直到最重的人造元素。我们将研究确定地球和宇宙中元素组成的外来核，以及最终决定可以结合到原子核的质子和中子数的极限。我们还将在几乎可以复制接近大爆炸的条件的情况下研究重离子的碰撞。进行这个雄心勃勃的实验计划，我们将继续分享我们的技术专长，以通过我们的专业跨社区工程师的核心来支持英国的所有群体，以追求自己的研究优先级，并在大型实验室中扮演大型实验室，例如在整个Globeand和Cern and Cern and Cern and Cern and Cern and Cern and Cern and Cern and Swerny中。