The Nuclear Science Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame

Abstract

The Nuclear Science Laboratory (NSL) at the University of Notre Dame (ND) is a mid-sized accelerator laboratory, situated 100 miles east of Chicago, serving the local nuclear physics group and a large growing national and international user community [1]. The research focus of the ND nuclear physics group is on nuclear astrophysics, nuclear structure, and reaction physics. This is complemented by new initiatives in the development of accelerator applications and in questions associated with nuclear reactions in plasma environments. The NSL faculty has also continued to be very successful in the development of new instrumentation, and substantial improvements to the laboratory infrastructure. Presently the laboratory supports seven tenure track faculty members, five research faculty, six postdoctoral associates, seven technical and administrative personal, and thirty-three graduate students.