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Semiconductor Detector Lab Reaches for the Stars
October 1, 2023 For decades, the LBNL Semiconductor Detector Lab (SDL) has been at the forefront of advancements in gamma-ray detector technology. Amongst the technologies pioneered at the SDL are...
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Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accountability Moments
October 1, 2023 IDEA-Related Efforts and Resources within NSD Periodically, it is worthwhile to highlight some of the ongoing efforts within the Nuclear Science Division addressing IDEA topics, and...
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Fragments
October 1, 2023 NSD has received two DOE NP funding awards for two-year projects focussed on artificial intelligence and machine learning. Heather Crawford of the Low Energy Nuclear Physics program...
View ArticleThe Nuclear Science Division helps roll out the U.S. 2023 Long Range Plan for...
The Nuclear Science Division hosted a launch event for the U.S. 2023 Long Range Plan for Nuclear Science on Friday, October 6, one of over 20 simultaneous events held across the country at various...
View ArticleMaking Rad Maps With Robot Dogs
October 11, 2023 In 2013, researchers carried a Microsoft Kinect camera through houses in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture. The device’s infrared light traced the contours of the buildings, making a rough...
View ArticleNSD’s Lee Bernstein and Brian Quitter Recognized with Director’s Awards
Congratulations to Lee Bernstein and Brian Quitter, part of the Physical Sciences Area staff members who have received 2023 Berkeley Lab Director’s Awards.
View ArticleBerkeley Lab to Test New Approach to Making Superheavy Elements
Nuclear Science Division researchers are starting to test techniques and equipment for a potential attempt at creating element 120 using the lab’s 88-Inch Cyclotron.
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André Walker-Loud elected as one of this year’s APS Fellows
October 19, 2023 Congratulations to André Walker-Loud who has been announced as one of this year’s APS Fellows for definitive contributions to fundamental symmetries in nucleons and nuclei, utilizing...
View ArticleBerkeley Lab researchers contribute to the most precise measurement of double...
In a new paper published in Physical Review Letters, the CUPID-Mo Collaboration reports on the most precise measurements of the two-neutrino double beta (2νββ) decay rate and the spectral shape in...
View ArticleChemistry World: Collaborations and Element Discovery
Berkeley led collaboration to search for Element 120 highlighted in an article about the evolution of international efforts on superheavy element research.
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Empowering Detector Development: Introducing the Upgraded Scintillator Library
Until recently, the compilation of scintillator properties has largely proceeded as a side project to detector development efforts for fundamental physics and applications. The recently launched...
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Director’s Corner
2023 has been an important year for Nuclear Science in the U.S. with the roll out of the new NSAC Long Range Plan (LRP) on Nuclear Science “A New Era of Discovery”. The research portfolio and...
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MARS-D: Progress Towards 4th Generation ECRIS
The MARS-D project will produce a 4th Generation Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source (ECRIS). MARS-D is expected to outperform the 88-Inch Cyclotron’s world leading 3rd Generation VENUS ECRIS. The...
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Graphene Amplifier & Sensor Development
In the early development of the LEGEND-200 low-noise readout electronics (cf. July 2023 NSD newsletter), researchers in the NSD Neutrinos Program realized a supply issue of the junction field-effect...
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Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accountability Moments
Recognizing and Celebrating Neurodiversity at the Lab We’re happy to highlight a new initiative in our lab community – the Neurodiversity Working Group (NWG), part of the AllAccess Employee Resource...
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Fragments
In November, NSD held a two-day offsite retreat which brought together the whole division to discuss the goals of the scientific programs and the division’s people stewardship efforts. The agenda...
View ArticleA Good Year for Tech Transfer in Physical Sciences Area
2023 was an excellent year for technology transfer in the Physical Sciences Area, with significant contributions from Lee Bernstein, Arun Persaud, and André Walker-Loud
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Divining the mysteries of the atomic nucleus
Heather Crawford and Berkeley Lab’s GRETA project are featured in this recent article in ‘Chemical and Engineering News,’ which highlights how new research is illuminating the most powerful force in...
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Tests begin on Berkeley Lab’s Eos experiment
A sensitive new neutrino detector being built at UC Berkeley merges two types of neutrino detectors into one, for applications in nonproliferation as well as physics. A new type of neutrino detector...
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