CNR Nuclear Experimental Program

CNR activities in nuclear experiment include the following:

• Development of neutron detectors and neutron polarimeters.
• Pattern recognition software for charged-particle tracking detectors.
• Measurement of fundamental structure functions of the neutron and proton.
• Measurement of meson photoproduction.
• Phases of nuclear matter, including the search for Quark Gluon Plasma, using heavy ions and 4 pi detectors.
• Nuclear structure and nuclear reaction mechanisms using electron and hadron beams.

Experiments are performed at various national accelerator facilities, including:

• Jefferson Lab (formerly CEBAF).
• The Mainz Microtron (MAMI).
• Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven.

Kent State is part of several large experimental collaborations, including Hall A (at JLab),  STAR (at Brookhaven), and Crystal Ball and A2 (at Mainz, Germany).