JINA's Undergraduate Research Assistance Program
( JURA Program )
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JURA@MSU Spring 2007 participants are:
Ryan Ferguson
Karl Smith
Timo Fleckenstein
(visiting from University of Giessen)
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MSU Undergraduate students become members of the MSU Nuclear Astrophysics Group and work on various research projects in experimental and theoretical nuclear astrophysics. Recent science projects included:
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-- Building a cosmic ray detector to suppress
background in the NSCL's neutron detector
NERO;
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-- Participation in NSCL experiments (projects during setup,
and running shifts);
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-- Simulation of rare isotope transport through the NSCL beamline system for nuclear
astrophysics experiments;
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-- Analysis of nuclear physics uncertainties on the
compositionof the ashes from thermonuclear
explosionson neutron stars;
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-- Developmemt of a web-based database system for nuclear astrophysics
data.
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Students are paid by the hour on flexible schedules with typically
10-20 hours/week. If you are a major in physics or a related field,
have a strong interest in physics, and are interested in participating
in this program contact:
Prof. Hendrik Schatz - schatz@nscl.msu.edu
To learn more about the science browse the MSU's Nuclear Astrophysics
Group homepage: http://groups.nscl.msu.edu/nero/Web/research.html
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