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Director’s Corner
The goats are back at the Lab, so it must be summer. It is also the time to welcome nine summer interns who are working with teams across the Division. There was much to celebrate since the last...
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Coherent Photoproduction Probes Kaon Couplings
Photons are important probes because they couple to all charged particles. The coupling strength is determined by measuring photon splitting into particle-antiparticle pairs. These strengths have...
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Half-life of 71Ge and the Gallium Anomaly
Experiments detecting neutrinos via the (νe, e−) reaction on 71Ga systematically observe lower than expected interaction rates. This unexplained phenomenon, demonstrated most recently by the BEST...
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GRETA Makes Its First Move
In May, the Gamma-Ray Energy Tracking Array (GRETA) project achieved a significant milestone with the move of the two mechanical assemblies that comprise the array structure. These structures moved...
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Researchers Demonstrate Robotic Inspection for Nuclear Safeguards
Researchers from NSD’s Applied Nuclear Physics Program recently visited the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) to perform data collections in support of two projects focused on using computer vision...
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NSD Hosts 15th Workshop on Critical Point Onset of Deconfinement (CPOD2024)
In May, NSD hosted the 15th Workshop on Critical Point and Onset of Deconfinement (CPOD2024) at LBNL. CPOD is a series of international meetings which focus on the physics of the QCD phase structure...
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Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accountability Moments
The Nuclear Science Division welcomes a cohort of summer interns. The summer is upon us, and with the longer daylight hours, NSD has welcomed a new cohort of summer interns. This year, the division is...
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Fragments
Xin-Nian Wang, a Senior Scientist in NSD’s Theory program has been awarded a prestigious 2024 Humboldt Research Award in recognition of his academic record. Xin-Nian plans to use this award to...
View ArticleA New Way to Make Element 116 Opens the Door to Heavier Atoms
Researchers at the 88-Inch Cyclotron successfully made superheavy element 116 using a beam of titanium-50. That milestone sets the team up to attempt making the heaviest element yet: 120. Today, an...
View ArticleBerkeley Lab scientists and engineers contribute to FCC Week 2024 in San...
Berkeley Lab scientists and engineers served on the local organizing committee and presented talks for the tenth edition of the Future Circular Collider (FCC) Conference, hosted by the European...
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In Memorium – Frank Samuel Stephens Jr.
It is with deep sadness that we have learned of the passing of Frank Stevens on Sunday, August 18, 2024. Frank will be remembered for the enormous impact on the field of Low Energy Nuclear Physics. He...
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NSD Secures Funding to Train Future Nuclear Data Evaluators
NSD’s Nuclear Data Group has secured funding of ~$1.2m from the United States Nuclear Data Program (USNDP) to train the next generation of nuclear data evaluators. This initiative is designed to...
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NSD Research Scientist Jennifer Pore Receives DOE Early Career Research Award
NSD Research Scientist Jennifer Pore has been selected to receive funding through the DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program. Dr. Pore’s project, “Investigating the Fundamental Properties...
View Article12th Annual Nuclear Science Day for Scouts Set for Nov. 9
Registration is open for the 12th Annual Nuclear Science Day for Scouts. The event will take place on Saturday, Nov. 9. The event is hosted by Berkeley Lab’s Nuclear Science Division, the Advanced...
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Director’s Corner
October 2024 Since our last NSD newsletter, there have been a number of notable developments. A major breakthrough in our heavy element program was achieved and published, with the first production of...
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Towards the Discovery of New Elements: Production of Livermorium (Z=116) with...
Is there an end to the periodic table? How many protons and neutrons can fit into a nucleus? What is the heaviest element that can exist? Is there an ‘island of stability’, where superheavy elements...
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ALICE-USA Analysis Facility
A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE) studies fundamental properties of the nuclear matter produced by the high energy collisions at the Large Hadron Collider. At the core of this research lies the...
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Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accountability Moments
IDEA-Related Efforts & Resources in the Division At a recent all-staff meeting, Tom Gallant from NSD’s IDEA Council summarized the many IDEA-related resources, groups, and activities that anyone...
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Fragments
Jennifer Pore, a Research Scientist in the Low Energy Nuclear Physics Program, was selected to receive funding through the DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program. Dr. Pore’s project,...
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