Nuclear Physics
Subtitle: Exploring the Heart of Matter
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780309260404
Subjects: Nuclear physics
Table of contents: title: Summary
pagenum: 1; title: Overview
pagenum: 9; title: Introduction
pagenum: 9; title: How Did Visible Matter Come Into Being and How Does It Evolve?
pagenum: 11; title: How Does Subatomic Matter Organize Itself and What Phenomena Emerge?
pagenum: 14; title: Are the Fundamental Interactions That Are Basic to the Structure of Matter Fully Understood?
pagenum: 22; title: How Can the Knowledge and Technological Progress Provided by Nuclear Physics Best Be Used to Benefit Society?
pagenum: 24; title: Planning for the Future
pagenum: 28; label: 2
title: Science Questions
pagenum: 30; title: Introduction
pagenum: 30; title: Perspectives on the Structure of Atomic Nuclei
pagenum: 31; title: Revising the Paradigms of Nuclear Structure
pagenum: 32; title: Neutron-Rich Matter in the Laboratory and the Cosmos
pagenum: 39; title: Nature and Origin of Simple Patterns in Complex Nuclei
pagenum: 41; title: Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Nuclei
pagenum: 51; title: Nuclear Astrophysics
pagenum: 56; title: Origin of the Elements
pagenum: 60; title: Collapse of a Star
pagenum: 67; title: Thermonuclear Explosions
pagenum: 71; title: Neutron Stars
pagenum: 74; title: Neutrino Messengers
pagenum: 77; title: Exploring Quark-Gluon Plasma
pagenum: 80; title: Discovery of the Near-Perfect Liquid Plasma
pagenum: 84; title: Quantifying QGP Properties and Connecting to the Microscopic Laws of QCD and Its Macroscopic Phase Diagram
pagenum: 91; title: Toward a Theoretical Framework for Strongly Coupled Fluids
pagenum: 100; title: The Strong Force and the Internal Structure of Neutrons and Protons
pagenum: 104; title: The Basic Properties of Protons and Neutrons: Spatial Maps of Charge and Magnetism
pagenum: 106; title: Momentum and Spin Within the Proton
pagenum: 117; title: In-Medium Effects: Building Nuclei with QCD
pagenum: 121; title: Identifying the Full Array of Bound States—The Spectroscopy of Mesons and Baryons
pagenum: 128; title: Toward the Next Steps: An Electron-Ion Collider
pagenum: 130; title: Fundamental Symmetries
pagenum: 132; title: A Decade of Discovery
pagenum: 133; title: The Next Steps
pagenum: 138; title: The Precision Frontier
pagenum: 138; title: Two Challenges
pagenum: 143; title: Underground Science
pagenum: 147; title: Fundamental Symmetries Studies in the United States and Around the World
pagenum: 148; title: The Workforce
pagenum: 149; title: Highlight: Diagnosing Cancer with PET
pagenum: 150; label: 3
title: Societal Applications and Benefits
pagenum: 153; title: Diagnosing and Curing Medical Conditions
pagenum: 154; title: Nuclear Imaging of Disease and Functions
pagenum: 154; title: New Radioisotopes for Targeted Radioimmunotherapy
pagenum: 156; title: Future Technologies in Nuclear Medicine
pagenum: 158; title: Making Our Borders and Our Nation More Secure
pagenum: 158; title: Protecting Our Borders from Proliferation of Nuclear Materials
pagenum: 159; title: Certifying the Nation's Nuclear Stockpile
pagenum: 161; title: The Greatest Challenge: Nuclear Devices in the Hands of Terrorists or a Rogue Nation
pagenum: 165; title: Carbon-Emission-Free Energy for the Future
pagenum: 165; title: Nuclear Fission Reactors
pagenum: 165; title: Nuclear Fusion Energy
pagenum: 168; title: Innovations in Technologies and Applications of Nuclear Science
pagenum: 170; title: Addressing Challenges in Medicine, Industry, and Basic Science with Accelerators
pagenum: 171; title: Free-Electron Lasers
pagenum: 173; title: Information and Computer Technologies
pagenum: 174; title: Cosmic Rays, Electronic Devices, and Nuclear Accelerators
pagenum: 177; title: Helping to Understand Climate Effects One Nucleus at a Time
pagenum: 178; title: Highlight: Future Leaders in Nuclear Science and Its Applications — Stewardship Science Graduate Fellows
pagenum: 182; label: 4
title: Global Nuclear Science
pagenum: 186; title: United States
pagenum: 191; title: Europe
pagenum: 193; title: FAIR and GSI
pagenum: 194; title: GANIL and SPIRAL2
pagenum: 195; title: CERN
pagenum: 196; title: Other European Facilities
pagenum: 198; title: Asia, Africa, and Australia
pagenum: 199; title: Canada and Latin America
pagenum: 204; title: U.S. Nuclear Science Leadership in the G-20
pagenum: 206; title: Highlight: The Fukushima Event — A Nuclear Detective Story
pagenum: 209; label: 5
title: Nuclear Science Going Forward
pagenum: 213; title: Ways of Making Decisions
pagenum: 213; title: The Long-Range Plan Process
pagenum: 213; title: Planning in a Global Context
pagenum: 215; title: The Need for Nimbleness
pagenum: 217; title: A Nuclear Workforce for the Twenty-first Century
pagenum: 218; title: Challenges and Critical Shortages
pagenum: 218; title: The Role of Graduate Students and Postdocs
pagenum: 219; title: Balance of Investments in Facilities and Universities
pagenum: 221; title: Mechanisms for Ensuring a Robust Pipeline
pagenum: 221; title: Broadening the Nuclear Workforce
pagenum: 225; title: Highlight: Nuclear Crime Scene Forensics
pagenum: 227; label: 6
title: Recommendations
pagenum: 230; title: Following Through with the Long-Range Plan
pagenum: 231; title: Building a Foundation for the Future
pagenum: 234; title: Appendixes; label: A
title: Statement of Task
pagenum: 239; label: B
title: Meeting Agendas
pagenum: 240; label: C
title: Biographies of Committee Members
pagenum: 244; label: D
title: Acronyms
pagenum: 253