Abstract
The National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University (MSU) is primarily devoted to the study of exotic nuclei. The Laboratory is funded by the United States National Science Foundation (NSF) to operate two coupled superconducting cyclotrons (the K500 and the K1200) and a diverse array of experimental devices. This paper describes this facility, some of the planned research and its future directions. The planned program will cover three main areas; nuclear structure, nuclear astrophysics, and the equation of state of compressed nuclear matter. In nuclear structure, one of the major goals will be to study the structure of very neutron and very proton rich nuclei with mass A < 100. The tools for these studies are presented. Nuclear astrophysics studies will cover the full range of stellar evolution from main sequence burning to exploration of the properties of neutron stars.
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