January 19, 2023 / Berkeley Lab Physical Sciences News ~ Nu Xu, a senior scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Nuclear Science Division (NSD), has received a prestigious 2022 Humboldt Research Award. Xu plans to use this opportunity to spend time in Germany collaborating with colleagues there studying the QCD properties of nuclear matter. Xu’s research in NSD’sRead More
Diquarks in Nuclei: A Quantum Chromodynamics Basis for nearly 20% of Nuclear Structure
January 3, 2023 / Berkeley Lab Nuclear Science Division ~ In a January 2023 publication by nuclear theory postdoctoral fellow Jennifer Rittenhouse West, a quantum chromodynamics (QCD) bond between quarks from different nucleons is proposed as the cause of short-range correlated pairs in nuclei – a fundamental particle physics explanation for roughly 20% of nuclear structure.Read More
Berkeley Lab’s Big Science Stories of 2022
December 16, 2022 / Berkeley Lab News Center ~ In 2022, the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) delivered solutions for clean energy and a healthy planet, and made discoveries in fundamental science that expand what’s possible. Berkeley Lab staff also made significant progress on new capabilities that will deliver valuable researchRead More
NSD Theory Group researchers receive DOE funding awards for topical theory collaborations in nuclear physics
December 12, 2022 / Berkeley Lab Physical Sciences News ~ Researchers in Berkeley Lab’s Nuclear Theory Group, part of the Nuclear Science Division (NSD), have received DOE funding support for topical theory collaborations in nuclear physics. Theory Group researchers will be involved in all of the five project teams chosen to receive awards as partRead More
Two LBNL Accelerator R&D projects to be supported by DOE Nuclear Physics
November 18, 2022 / Berkeley Lab Physical Sciences News ~ Daniel Xie of the Nuclear Science Division and Ji Qiang of the ATAP Division have each been awarded funding by the DOE Office of Nuclear Physics to lead accelerator R&D projects. Qiang will lead a multi-lab effort on accelerator modeling, while Xie’s award will supportRead More