As the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) readies to commence user operations in early 2022, scientists submitted experiment proposals in response to FRIB’s first call for proposals.

Eighty-two proposals requesting 9,784 hours of beam time and six letters of intent were submitted, covering 16 of the 17 National Academies benchmarks for FRIB. These proposals align with national science priorities and span the four FRIB science areas: properties of rare isotopes; nuclear astrophysics; fundamental interactions; and applications for society, including in medicine, homeland security, and industry.

The proposals request the full spectrum of FRIB’s capabilities: fast, stopped, and reaccelerated rare-isotope beams, use of all FRIB experimental areas offered in the first Program Advisory Committee (PAC), as well as all major FRIB instruments.

To read more please visit:

https://frib.msu.edu/news/2021/PAC1-proposals.html

Source: FRIB at Michigan State University