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New Method Could Explore Gluon Saturation at the Future Electron-Ion Collider
Theorists propose nucleon energy-energy correlator as a probe to the gluon saturation phenomena at the future electron-ion collider. Exploring the gluon saturation in a large nucleus is one of the...
View ArticleBerkeley Lab’s Physics and Nuclear Science Divisions host an ‘open house’ for...
On March 15, Berkeley Lab’s Physics and Nuclear Science Divisions hosted Lab tours and information sessions as part of the UC Berkeley Physics Department’s two-day open house event for prospective...
View ArticleCollaboration Fuels High-Speed, Data-Intensive Research to Understand How...
A technical evaluation using data from a recent scientific-user experiment demonstrated how ESnet enables researchers at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) – led by Heather Crawford, a staff...
View ArticleBerkeley Lab’s Engineering and Nuclear Science Divisions host ‘High School...
On March 20th, over 60 students and teachers from Bay Area high schools visited the Lab for High School STEM Day, a monthly program hosted by Berkeley Lab’s K-12 STEM Education and Outreach Program in...
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First light with the Eos Hybrid Neutrino Detector
In March, the Eos collaboration hit a major milestone in their development of a novel “hybrid” neutrino detector which simultaneously leverages both Cherenkov and scintillation signatures. Eos is a...
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Fragments
It is with deep sadness that we note the recent passing of retired NSD scientists Doug Greiner and Joe Cerny. Figure 1 Doug Greiner will be remembered as a pioneer of experimental relativistic...
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In Memorium – Doug Greiner
Doug will be remembered as a pioneer of experimental relativistic heavy-ion collisions, having worked on many key early experiments, including HISS at the Bevalac and NA-36 at CERN, before retiring in...
View ArticleNSD’s Alan Poon announced as one of this year’s AAAS Fellows
Alan Poon is among five Berkeley Lab researchers elected into the 2023 class of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Joining him in this honor, also from Physical Sciences, is...
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Director’s Corner
It has been a busy spring with many exciting activities at the Lab and beyond involving NSD team members. The first of several runs to demonstrate the production of element 116 with a 50Ti beam was...
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Using Mirror Nuclei to Obtain a Sharper Image of the Neutron
Elastic electron-neutron (e-n) scattering provides access to the neutron form factors which, when precisely measured over a range of energy scales, Q2, provide access to the spatial distribution of...
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A Bayesian approach to free-moving radiation mapping with a single detector
Large-area radiation imaging is crucial in enhancing nuclear safety and security. Traditional mapping methods involve stationary gamma-ray detectors or imagers and necessitate multiple time-consuming...
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Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accountability Moments
Psychological Safety At the Nuclear Science Division staff meeting on Tuesday, January 23, Janie Pinterits and Kelly Perce from the lab’s IDEA Office gave a presentation about psychological safety....
View ArticleNERSC aids hunt for cracks in Standard Model
With the help of NERSC computing power, researchers from the Majorana Collaboration used detectors at SURF to search for violations of quantum mechanics. Their analysis, published recently in ‘Nature...
View ArticleLattice QCD Calculation of Electroweak Box Contributions to Superallowed...
In a recent publication in Physical Review Letters, an international collaboration including NSD’s Keh-Fei Liu and Bi-Gebg Wang used Lattice QCD – a numerical approach that allows the theoretical...
View ArticleXin-Nian Wang receives 2024 Humboldt Research Award
Xin-Nian Wang, a senior scientist in the Nuclear Theory Program, has received a prestigious 2024 Humboldt Research Award. Wang’s main research interests lie in theoretical high-energy nuclear physics...
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In Memoriam – Joe Cerny
Joseph Cerny, a distinguished member of the UC Berkeley Chemistry faculty and a Berkeley Lab senior staff member for more than five decades, died on April 17, 2024, after a long illness. Cerny’s...
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Erich Leistenschneider named as award recipient for the 2024 Rare Isotope...
Erich Leistenschneider Erich Leistenschneider, a Staff Scientist in the Accelerator-Based Low Energy Research Program has been selected as an award recipient for the 2024 Facility for Rare Isotope...
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NSD’s Wick Haxton elected to the American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society in May announced its Members elected to the Society in 2024. Election to the American Philosophical Society honors extraordinary accomplishments in all fields. The...
View ArticleGabriel Orebi Gann receives 2024 ICFA Instrumentation Early Career Award
Gabriel Orebi Gann, a faculty scientist and lead researcher in the Eos Collaboration, has received the 2024 Instrumentation Early Career Award from the International Committee for Future Accelerators...
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