Saturday Morning Physics | Bringing the Stars Down to Earth with the Most Powerful Particle Accelerator in the World
Artemis Spyrou, Associate Professor (Michigan State University Physics - National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory)
We also celebrate the James Robert Walker Memorial Lecture on this date.
The elements we see around us are all forged in the glowing fires of stars. Nuclear energy and nuclear reactions are driving these fires, and the only way to ever understand how they work is by producing the relevant nuclei here on Earth and studying their properties. For this reason, among others, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, FRIB, is currently under construction in the heart of Michigan. When built, FRIB will finally give us unique access to those nuclei that are responsible for building the whole Universe.
The elements we see around us are all forged in the glowing fires of stars. Nuclear energy and nuclear reactions are driving these fires, and the only way to ever understand how they work is by producing the relevant nuclei here on Earth and studying their properties. For this reason, among others, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, FRIB, is currently under construction in the heart of Michigan. When built, FRIB will finally give us unique access to those nuclei that are responsible for building the whole Universe.
| Building: | Weiser Hall |
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| Event Type: | Lecture / Discussion |
| Tags: | Culture, Faculty, Free, Graduate Students, Lecture, Natural Sciences, Physics, Research, Science, Talk, Undergraduate Students |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Saturday Morning Physics, The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Department of Physics |
