Put the reaction into action: A Nuclear physics boot camp on reaction methods, Augst 12-14, 2024

For full details and registration: https://indico.frib.msu.edu/event/75/

We are pleased to announce the FRIB Theory Alliance summer school “Put the reaction into action: A Nuclear physics boot camp on reaction methods” to be hosted at Michigan State University from August 12 to 14, 2024. The summer school target audiences are graduate students and postdocs within a few years of their Ph.D. The registration is now open, and more information is available at https://indico.frib.msu.edu/event/75/. The registration deadline is June 1.

In this summer school, we will discuss a variety of theoretical approaches for computing nuclear reaction observables. We plan to introduce some of the most utilized reaction methods, namely the eikonal approximation, DWBA, ADWA, CDCC and Faddeev methods. This 3-day course will be useful for both theorists and experimentalists interested in learning the fundamentals of reaction methods. This will also be a wonderful opportunity for the participants to start collaborations with each other or the instructors on projects beyond the duration of summer school. Please join us in East Lansing this summer to explore a wide range of theoretical approaches to describe nuclear reactions.

For selected participants we hope to provide partial support which may include lodging and meals. After registration closes, you will be contacted about the support we can provide.

Please forward this announcement to students and postdocs who might be interested in joining the summer school.

The school is made possible thanks to the support by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics, under the FRIB Theory Alliance award DE-SC0013617.

Contact persons:
Linda Hlophe (hlophe at frib.msu.edu) and Grigor Sargsyan (sargsyan at frib.msu.edu)

Previous Summer Schools

Practical Uncertainty Quantification and Emulator Development in Nuclear Physics , June 26-28, 2023

For full details and registration: https://indico.frib.msu.edu/event/65/

What it is about
We will address several aspects of uncertainty quantification that are useful in experimental and theoretical nuclear physics, including the development of emulators through dimensionality reduction techniques and machine learning. The school will have strong focus on practical implementation structured in a way to maximize the impact across a wide spectrum of coding expertise. The final product of the summer school will be an edited compendium of short projects that have been completed by attendees’ teams into a single online resource which will be made public.

Event details
The Summer School is organized by the FRIB Theory Alliance. If you plan to attend be sure to be nice to each other and check out the Code of Conduct we abide to. For selected participants we hope to provide partial support which may include lodging and meals. After registration has closed you will be contacted with the support we are able to provide. We will not provide support for transportation expenses.

The FRIB Theory Alliance Summer School Organizing team:
Edgard Bonilla, Pablo Giuliani, Kyle Godbey, Morten Hjorth-Jensen, Rahul Jain, Fernando Montes, Alexandra Semposki, and Frederi Viens.
For any inquiries contact Kyle Godbey at: godbey@frib.msu.edu

FRIB-TA Summer School: Quantum Computing and Nuclear Few- and Many-Body Problems, June 20-22, 2022

Introduction and Motivation
Recent developments in quantum information systems and technologies offer the possibility to address some of the most challenging large-scale problems in science, whether they are represented by complicated interacting quantum mechanical systems or classical systems. The last years have seen a rapid and exciting development in algorithms and quantum hardware. The emphasis of this summer school is to highlight, through a series of lectures and hands-on exercises and practice sessions, how quantum computing algorithms can be used to study nuclear few- and many-body problems of relevance for low-energy nuclear physics. And how quantum computing algorithms can aid in studying systems with increasingly many more degrees of freedom compared with more classical few- and many-body methods. Several quantum algorithms for solving quantum-mechanical few- and many-particle problems with be discussed. The lectures will start with the basic ideas of quantum computing. Thereafter, through examples from nuclear physics, we will elucidate how different quantum algorithms can be used to study these systems. The results from various quantum computing algorithms will be compared to standard methods like full configuration interaction theory, field theories on the lattice, in-medium similarity renormalization group and coupled cluster theories.

Organizers and main teachers:
Alexei Bazavov (MSU), Scott Bogner (MSU), Heiko Hergert (MSU), Matthew Hirn (MSU), Morten Hjorth-Jensen (MSU), Dean Lee (MSU), Huey-Wen Lin (MSU), and Andrea Shindler (MSU)

Contact person:
Morten Hjorth-Jensen, hjensen@msu.edu

For more information, see https://indico.frib.msu.edu/event/54/ and https://github.com/NuclearPhysicsWorkshops/FRIB-TASummerSchoolQuantumComputing

The FRIB-TA Summer School: A Practical Walk Through Formal Scattering Theory: Connecting Bound States, Resonances, and Scattering States in Exotic Nuclei and Beyond was held online from August 4 to 6, 2021.

All materials for the FRIB-TA summer school on formal scattering is now online!

Use link https://fribtascattering.github.io/
The school focused on scattering theory, the framework that connecting seemingly different phenomena of the quantum world such as stable bound states, resonances, elastic scattering, and reactions. It has applications in many areas of physics, ranging from hadrons and nuclear physics to the description of ultracold atomic systems. In particular, scattering theory provides the foundation for few- and many-body approaches that solve quantum problems from first principles, and it is an essential ingredient for the description of low-energy nuclear reactions that will be studied at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB).

This summer school offered an introduction to nonrelativistic quantum scattering theory, discussing its fundamental assumptions and techniques guided by concrete applications. Formal aspects, centered around the important concept of the S-matrix, were covered in detail, complemented at each step by numerical illustrations and hands-on programming exercises.
For additional information visit the website, https://indico.frib.msu.edu/event/43/

FRIB-TA Summer School: “A practical walk through formal scattering theory: Connecting bound states, resonances, and scattering states in exotic nuclei and beyond”

Scattering theory is a framework connecting seemingly different phenomena of the quantum world such as stable bound states, resonances, elastic scattering, and reactions. It has applications in many areas of physics, ranging from hadrons and nuclear physics to the description of ultracold atomic systems. In particular, scattering theory provides the foundation for few- and many-body approaches that solve quantum problems from first principles, and it is an essential ingredient for the description of low-energy nuclear reactions that will be studied at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB).

This summer school will offer an introduction to nonrelativistic quantum scattering theory, discussing its fundamental assumptions and techniques guided by concrete applications. Formal aspects, centered around the important concept of the S-matrix, will be covered in detail, complemented at each step by numerical illustrations and hands-on programming exercises.

At the end of this three-day course, participants will have a firm understanding of the basic concepts of scattering theory, how they relate to a variety of few-and many-body quantum systems, and how they can be implemented numerically for simple examples.

Organizers and Lecturers:
* Kevin Fossez (ANL)
* Sebastian Koenig (NCSU)
* Heiko Hergert (MSU)

Date and location:
August 4-6, 2021 virtual

Applications are now accepted at FRIB Theory Alliance Summer School: A Practical Walk Through Formal Scattering Theory: Connecting Bound States, Resonances, and Scattering States in Exotic Nuclei and Beyond.

To ensure an effective learning experience, applicants are expected to be familiar with the concepts of quantum theory at the level of a typical two-semester graduate course. We furthermore require prior experience with programming in Python. The Organizers/Lectures will select a class of 20 -25 students from the pool of applications.

FRIB Theory Alliance Summer School: Dense matter in Astrophysics, June 30 – July 2, 2020

The FRIB-TA Summer School: Dense matter in Astrophysics took place in an on-line format due to travel restrictions surrounding Covid-19. The school focuses on dense matter in astrophysics, such as the matter in the interior of neutron stars and the one created in supernova explosions and neutron star mergers, along with comparisons with the matter created in laboratories. There were lectures from the following experts, together with interactive activities:
* Veronica Dexheimer (Kent State University): introduction to modeling the core of neutron stars
* Luke Roberts (Michigan State University): the physics of supernova explosions and neutron star mergers
* Pawel Danielewicz (Michigan State University): laboratory constraints for the equation of state of neutron stars
* Rodrigo Negreiros (Federal Fluminense University, Brazil): general relativity (including the formalism to describe stellar rotation and magnetic fields) and stellar cooling
* Thomas Klähn (California State University Long Beach): deconfined quarks and phase transitions in the core of neutron stars
For additional information visit the website.

FRIB Theory Alliance Summer School: Machine Learning Applied to Nuclear Physics

The school, held from 20-23 May, was titled "Machine learning applied to nuclear physics." It brought together graduate students, postdoctoral researches, and senior scientific experts. They work in nuclear physics, mathematics, computer science, and related areas. They came together to discuss an important emerging science, how it applies to nuclear science, and reviewed publications on machine learning.
Hosted by scientists from universities and national laboratories, the summer school had nearly one hundred attendees. Students came from all over the United States, as well as Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Norway.
For additional information about the program visit the "Machine learning applied to nuclear physics" program website.

FRIB Theory Alliance Summer School: Neutron star mergers for non-experts: GW170817 in the multi-messenger astronomy and FRIB eras

The FRIB Theory Alliance hosted a summer school at FRIB entitled "Neutron star mergers for non-experts: GW170817 in the multi-messenger astronomy and FRIB eras" from May 16 to May 18, 2018. It brought together graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and senior scientific experts working in nuclear physics, astrophysics, astronomy and related areas to discuss the impact of the GW170817 neutron star merger on nuclear science and nuclear astrophysics. An MSU Today article gives details of the school, which was also livestreamed to remote participants.