TUNL . . .
is a US Department of Energy Center of Excellence in Nuclear Physics located on the campus of Duke University. Faculty from three consortium universities : Duke University, North Carolina State University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supervise about 40 graduate students conducting research projects on a wide variety of topics that include nuclear astrophysics, fundamental symmetries, neutrino physics, weak interactions, few-nucleon, sub-nucleon, and many-body systems, and application of nuclear physics to address current needs of the society.
Featured Programs and Facilities
The collaboration of the research groups from the Triangle universities along with the research infrastructure at TUNL enable us to conduct an intellectually broad research program and to take significant responsibilities for major international research projects. Each of the main research efforts at TUNL involves research groups from at least two of the three consortium universities. These facilities and research programs are featured below.
Education and Outreach
TUNL has been a source of more than 240 Ph.Ds in nuclear physics since 1965.
Currently, 40 graduate students conduct research at TUNL on their Ph.D
projects. The research activities at TUNL also provide opportunities for
undergraduate students to participate in forefront curiosity-driven
and applied research during the academic year and in the summer.
Nuclear Physics @ TUNL
Basic Nuclear Physics
Research at TUNL contribute centrally to the scientific frontiers described in the latest Long Range Plan for Nuclear Science in the U.S: (1) Nuclei: from structure to exploding stars; and (2) In search of the new standard model. Specifically, this work at TUNL includes three main areas of intellectual inquiry: (A) strong interaction physics from subnucleonic degrees of freedom to collective motion phenomena; (B) nuclear astrophysics; and (C) search for physics beyond the Standard Model using tests of fundamental symmetries and neutrino measurements.
Interdisciplinary and Applications Research
TUNL and DU-Phytotron has undertaken the goal of measuring dynamical response of plants to global environmental changes using short-lived isotope labeled photosynthesis. In addition to such interdisciplinary programs, scientists at TUNL are providing essential nuclear data for national security.
TUNL Main Office Contacts
1 (919) 660 2630
Duke University, Room 416,
TUNL Bldg, P. O. Box 90308,
Durham, NC 27708-0308, USA
bwest@tunl.duke.edu