29 Mar

Harp Performance: Chansons de Paris

29 March 2024 - 5:30 PM
1300 FRIB Laboratory
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Performer Bios

Richie Diaz is a flutist from Abilene, Texas, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in music performance in flute at Hardin-Simmons University. He is currently studying at MSU to receive his master of music degree in music performance. In 2018, Diaz received the Outstanding Soloist award at the Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contest. During his time at Hardin-Simmons Diaz was a private lesson instructor for the Abilene Independent School District while also holding the co-principal spot of the Civic Orchestra of Abilene. While studying at Hardin-Simmons, Diaz has traveled and performed with the “World Famous” Cowboy Band, marching in the 2020 Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Louisiana, as well as the 2022 St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin, Ireland. Diaz has studied under Alex Carpenter (Hardin-Simmons), Richard Sherman (MSU), and Hannah Hammel Maser (Detroit Symphony Orchestra), as well as taken lessons from Melissa Suhr (University of Houston), Kathrine Kemmler (Louisiana State University), and Terri Sundberg (University of North Texas).

Astrophysicist and harpist Katelynn Ehlert is originally from Sturgis, Michigan, and is currently a fifth-year undergraduate student at MSU. She us pursuing her bachelor or art degree in music and bachelor of science degree in astrophysics. Ehlert is currently working as a research assistant at MSU for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, where she works towards furthering the study of neutrinos. Prior to this, she spent two years working on the ATLAS upgrade for CERN at MSU. Ehlert is also an active advocate for women and minorities in STEM as has served as the president of the MSU chapter of the Society of Women in Space Exploration for the last four years. An experienced orchestral and solo musician, Ehlert has had the opportunity to work with the Symphony of the Lakes, the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, the Livington Symphony Orchestra, and various MSU ensembles. She was also the a finalist for the MASTA Elizabeth E.H. Green Solo Competition in 2023. Ehlert also has experience as a music educator. She is currently an instructor for the Capitol Harp Ensemble, and has been the instructor at the Sturgis High School Orchestra Camp for five years. On top of this, she is currently the vice president of the West Michigan Harp Chapter. Throughout her 12 years as a harpist, Ehlert has studied with many accomplished members of the harp community, includinjg Chen-Yu Huang, Elzbieta Szmyt, Jan Jennings, Molly Grettenberger, and Stephanie Gustafson. Ehlert is currently furthering her studies at MSU with Cheryl-Losey Feder as her primary educator.

Canadian violist Meagan Turner is in demand throughout North America and Australia. Turner has served as principal violist of the New York String Orchestra Seminar, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Centre Orchestra, and Juilliard Orchestras, and regularly performs with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. An active chamber musician, she has attended the Ravinia Steans Music Institute and has been a guest artist at Tippet Rise, the Mackay Chamber Music Festival, and guest principal violist with Sydney’s Omega Ensemble. Turner is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Rachel Elizabeth Barton Pine and Virtu Foundation career grants, and was recently named one of Canada’s “Hottest Musicians Under 30” by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). From 2018-2020, she held a young artists’ residency at Carnegie Hall. Turner completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto and her master’s degree at The Juilliard School as a full scholarship student. She is currently pursuing a doctor of musical arts degree with Eric Nowlin at MSU.

01 Apr

Beyond Rare Connections

01 April 2024 - 11:00 AM
1200 FRIB Laboratory
FRIB/Michigan State University

Agnes Mocsy

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Ágnes Mócsy will give a ten-minute presentation at the beginning, providing her thoughts on projects she is interested in pursuing at FRIB after the completion of the Rare Connections film. After the presentation, there will be an informal discussion where people can share their ideas on how this opportunity can be useful for enhancing diversity, broadening participation, informal science education, student recruitment, highlighting nuclear science to the public, and building bridges between art and science
04 Apr

Studying Fission Properties near 198Pb with AT-TPC at FRIB

04 April 2024 - 11:00 AM
1200 FRIB Laboratory and Online via Zoom
FRIB Michigan State University

Curtis Hunt

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Since the discovery of the fission, fission decays has been measured for actinide nuclei and for compound nuclei formed in collisions of long-lived projectile and target nuclei. Expanding such studies to include collisions of rare isotope beams with stable targets allows fission studies to be extended to new regions of the nuclear chart. Recent measurements with rare isotope beams have revealed an unexpected island of asymmetric fission in the region of the neutron deficient pre-actinides, around 180Hg through 198Pb. The fission properties for isotopes in this region have been calculated, suggesting that asymmetric fission may be more common than expected, but experimental information is sparse. We have developed a new method to study the fission barrier and mass asymmetry using the Active Target Time Projection Chamber (AT-TPC). I will discuss results from an initial study that looked at the rare isotopes along the transition from symmetric to asymmetric fission near 198Pb. These rare isotopes were produced by fusing rare isotopes separated by the A1900 separator at the NSCL with 4He target nuclei in the AT-TPC. The rare isotope beam particles were isotopically identified with the new Heavy Isotope Tagger (HEIST), allowing for the identification of the fissioning nucleus on an event-by-event basis. A combination of traditional and machine learning methods has been utilized to identify fission events and the excitation energy of the compound nucleus has been determined by studying the energy loss of the fission products in the AT-TPC. I will present preliminary cross sections and fission barriers that have been found for some Astatine isotope. Prospects for future fission experiments at FRIB with the AT-TPC will also be discussed.
09 Apr

Beam Diagnostics of the J-PARC Accelerator and Its Applications

09 April 2024 - 4:00 PM
1200 FRIB Laboratory and Online via Zoom
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)

Takeshi Toyama

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At first overview of the project status and future plans of J-PARC (Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex) will be given.

Next beam diagnostic instruments of the J-PARC accelerators will be reviewed.
The talk will focus on measurements of high-intensity H-minus beams and proton beams, discussing our experience of "non-invasive" diagnostics.

Application to the machine protection system (MPS) will be shown how the MPS has been progressing by responding actual incidents caused by increasing beam intensity.

11 Apr

Intersection Conversation: Stellar Connections between Art and Science

11 April 2024 - 5:30 PM
1300 FRIB Laboratory
Studio Korinsky

Abel Korinsky

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Join us for an exciting discussion between Abel Korinsky, the inaugural MSUFCU Arts Power Up Artist-in-Residence, and Hendrik Schatz, MSU University Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Astrophysics and scientist at FRIB. They'll explore the fascinating intersection of artistic expression and scientific discovery. Register for the talk here: https://113145.blackbaudhosting.com/113145/Stellar-Connections-Between-Art-and-Science A hands-on workshop led by artist Abel Korinsky will follow the conversation to continue to explore this topic. This portion take place at Rm 1309. Register for the workshop here: https://113145.blackbaudhosting.com/113145/Stellar-Connections-Hands-On-Workshop
09 May

STREAMLINE Symposium

09 May 2024 - 8:00 AM
1221A and 1221B FRIB Laboratory
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The STREAMLINE (SmarT Reduction and Emulation Applying Machine Learning In Nuclear Environments) collaboration aims to advance the frontiers of theoretical and computational research on the nuclear many-body problem using ML. The scientific problems we address are among the most challenging in computational nuclear many-body theory and the collaboration is aligned with the U.S. government initiative to build a broad-based, multidisciplinary, multi-agency program for a sustained national AI structure. STREAMLINE will advance large nuclear physics computations to dramatically increase predictive power and improve our understanding of nuclear structure and dynamics, dense nucleonic matter, and emergent many-body phenomena -- this includes the properties of heavy neutron-rich nuclei and related astrophysical environments at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB); structure and reactions of nuclei and nuclear astrophysics at the Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS); neutron distributions in nuclei and few-body systems at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF); properties of fission at Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE); and nuclear structure, reactions, and astrophysics at Association for Research at University Nuclear Accelerator facilities (ARUNA).
12 May

Nuclear Science Summer School

12 May 2024 - 5:00 PM
1221A and 1221B FRIB Laboratory
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The Nuclear Science Summer School (NS3) is a summer school that introduces undergraduate student participants to the fields of nuclear science and nuclear astrophysics. NS3 is hosted by FRIB on the campus of Michigan State University (MSU). The school will offer lectures and activities covering selected nuclear science and astrophysics topics.

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