Nuclear Structure Research at the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory

Paul Huffman (Principal Investigator), Robert Golub (Co-Investigator), Matthew Green,
John Kelley, Richard Longland, Albert Young (Co-Investigator)

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

This proposal aims to study stellar evolution and nucleosynthesis in stars, perform sensitive studies of neutrino properties, study weak interaction processes using ultracold neutrons, disseminate nuclear data to the community, and educate the next generation of nuclear physicists.

This work contributes to several of the broad research areas outlined in the 2023 Long Range Plan. Nuclear astrophysics experiments will address open questions related to the big bang, globular clusters, classical novae, AGB stars, and presolar grains. Fundamental physics measurements will search for physics beyond the Standard Model through β-decay measurements and a search for an electric dipole moment of the neutron. Other e orts center on measurements of weak coupling constants using decay of ultracold neutrons. In neutrino physics, our efforts center around searches for 0νββ decay where our primary emphasis is the LEGEND experiment operating at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, in Italy.

The broad scientific and technical expertise at TUNL also provides hands-on research and training experiences for postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduate students.