FRIB-TA Science Highlights

On this page are links to one-slide summaries of FRIB-TA-supported research accomplishments. All are in pdf format.

Bridge Faculty Highlights

• Quantifying alpha clustering in light nuclei from binding energies
     [contact: Kévin Fossez, kfossez at fsu.edu]
• Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of 0νββ decay matrix elements
     [contact: Saori Pastore, saori at wustl.edu]
• Benchmark calculations of pure neutron matter with realistic nucleon-nucleon interactions
     [contact: Maria Piarulli, mpiarulli at physics.wustl.edu]

Theory Fellow Highlights

• Efficient emulators for two-body scattering observables using eigenvector continuation
     [contact: Christian Drischler, drischler at frib.msu.edu]
• Efficient field theory for dilute Fermi systems at fourth order
     [contact: Christian Drischler, drischler at frib.msu.edu]
• Large and massive neutron stars: Implications for the sound speed within QCD of dense matter
     [contact: Christian Drischler, drischler at frib.msu.edu]

Past Theory Fellow Highlights

• Quantifying alpha clustering in light nuclei from binding energies
     [contact: Kévin Fossez, kfossez at fsu.edu]
• Nuclear and neutron-star matter from local chiral interactions
     [contact: Diego Lonardoni, lonardoni at nscl.msu.edu]
• Ab-initio short-range-correlation scaling factors in nuclei up to A=40
     [contact: Diego Lonardoni, lonardoni at nscl.msu.edu]
• (e,e’p) study of momentum distribution ratios in A=3 nuclei
     [contact: Diego Lonardoni, lonardoni at nscl.msu.edu]
• Using (d,pγ) reactions as a surrogate for neutron capture
     [contact: Gregory Potel, potelaguilar1 at llnl.gov]
• Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of nuclei with local chiral interactions
     [contact: Diego Lonardoni, lonardoni at nscl.msu.edu]
• Nucleon momentum distributions for local chiral interactions
     [contact: Diego Lonardoni, lonardoni at nscl.msu.edu]
• Exploring new small system geometries in heavy ion collisions
     [contact: Diego Lonardoni, lonardoni at nscl.msu.edu]
• Many-Body Factorization & Position-Momentum Equivalence of SRC
     [contact: Diego Lonardoni, lonardoni at nscl.msu.edu]
• Spin Susceptibility in Neutron Matter from QMC Calculations
     [contact: Diego Lonardoni, lonardoni at nscl.msu.edu]